and summary of today's programmes for the Forces

Exercises for men : Coleman Smith
Exercises for women : May Brown
At the pianos, Barbara Laing and Andrew Bryson.

THE ELIZABETHANS
Every morning this week gramophone records of the music of Elizabethan composers will be heard at this time : today, music by William Byrd

Rev. B. C. Plowright , Minister of the Congregational Church, Beckenham

Mixed choice of records. The high spot is Smetana's ' Vltava' (Ma Vlast), played by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Raphael Kubelik

and his Sextet

Talk by W. H. Bush

at the organ of the Gaumont Theatre, Manchester

News commentary

from page 13 of ' New Every Morning' and page 26 of Each Returning Day \ Most ancient of all mysteries ; Psalm 148 ; Teach me, my God and King

Richard Crean and his Orchestra

11.0 SINGING TOGETHER, by Herbert Wiseman
Sir Lglamore (English song)
Golden Slumbers (English song)
The Little Woman and the Pedlar (nursery rhyme)
11.18 Interval music
11.20 SCIENCE AND GARDENING. ' Experiments in your Garden ', by Alan Peacock
11.40 FOR UNDER-SEVENS : 'Let's join in'—' The Story of the Dust-man and his Work'
12.0 THE TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST : ' God as Father and King ', by the Rev. H. F. D. Sparks

Programme of orchestral records
Midsommarvaka (Midsummer Vigil: Alfven): Section of the Concert Society of Stockholm Orchestra: conductor, Nils Grevilliers
Air; Jig (Suite pastorale: Atterberg): Chamber Orchestra, conducted by the composer
Swedish Rhapsody: Ett Slattergille (The Harvest Merry-Making: Lofgren): Goteborg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tor Mann '
Canzonetta Scherzo (Serenade, Op. 31: Slenhammar): Radiojanst Symphony Orchestra: conductor, Tor Mann

followed by a recording of last night's postscript

played by Kathleen Moorhouse ,

1.50 FOR RURAL SCHOOLS (Scotland). ' At Our Village ', by John R. Allan : ' Mr. Stobbs the Joiner' ; the village joiner and his work
2.10 Interval music
2.15 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. 'The Wonderful Hammer', by Rhoda Power : a story of James Nasmyth (1808-1890) and the steam-hammer which he designed to forge the paddle of a steamship
2.35 Interval music
2.40 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT... BBC Orchestra, conducted by Reginald Jacques , who also introduces the programme
Berlioz
Overture : Roman Carnival Dance of the Sylphs Hungarian March

Music of Israel in bondage : record programme, written by Doree Elkina

at the piano, with his Quintet

Conductor, Guy Warrack

7-' Atgofion Mebyd '. Tair stpri yn ymwneud a bachgendod. (Stories in Welsh)

5.20 Music for St. Valentine's Day, played by the BBC Scottish Orchestra : conductor, Guy Warrack. Singer, Elizabeth MacKinlay (soprano)
5.45 The Zoo Man

National and Regional announcements, followed by Scottish News summary

and the Dance Orchestra, with Ken Beaumont and Sid Buckman

by Jane Austen. Adapted for broadcasting by Jonquil Antony. Produced -by Barbara Burnham. Part 4

6—' The Future of Refugees '. Two refugees give their ideas of the future as it concerns them : many will want to return to their countries, a few will want to stay here. Vernon Bartlett discusses the problems that both these groups may expect to find, and what has been done and is being done to meet them

with Donald Peers; 'Michael Starr Investigates': weekly detective problem featuring Henry Oscar, written by Francts Durbridge; 'Many Happy Returns', a musical birthday greeting; Barbara Mullen; 'Puzzle Corner'; 'The Lodger', featuring Cyril Fletcher and Betty Astell, written by Dick Pepper. 'Take the Stand': Frederick Burtwell cross-examines famous artists, presented by Leonard Urry. The Singing Commeres, Revue Chorus, and BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Produced by Harry S. Pepper

Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult. Max Rostal (violin)

' Frank Phillips reads the account of the action from Arthur Bryant 's ' The Years of Endurance '

famous dance bands play popular dance music, on records

Moray i McLaren chooses three poems, by William Shakespeare , Michael Drayton , and Thomas Jordan

Serenade in E for strings played by the Boyd Neel String Orchestra, conducted by Boyd NeeL (Gramophone records)