and Home Service programme summary

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

BORODIN, BALAKIREV, and CUI
Today : Gramophone records of . music by Balakirev and Cui

Special Holy Week readings from the Gospels, by Joseph Macleod

and his Orchestra, with Betty Kent , Leslie Douglas , and Rita Williams

at the theatre organ

on records
Ballet Suite : The Wise Virgins
(Bach-Walton): Sadler's Wells Orchestra. conducted by William Walton
Apollon Musagetes (Apollo, Leader of the Muses : Stravinsky) : Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky
Excerpts from Les Noces (Stravinsky ) : Kate Winter , Linda Seymour Parry Jones , Roy Henderson. and Chorus, with Percussion Orchestra. conducted by the composer
Ballet Suite : The Triumph of Neptune (Berners) : London Philharmonic Orchestra, condutted by Sir Thomas Beecham

' An End and a Beginning ', from ' What Manner-of -Man is This ? ' by W. R. Maltby , D.D.

for Saturday in Holy Week: As Christ upon the Cross; Psalm 23; O strength and stay

Richard Crean and his Orchestra

Hetty Bolton (piano) and Robert Irwin (baritone)

and his Orchestra, featuring Dorothy Carless , with Doreen Villiers , Len Camber , Derek Roy. Johnny Green , and Three Boys and a Girl

and his Orchestra. Half an hour of their music recorded for the Forces of the United Nations by the Special Service Division of the War Department of the-United States of America

Recording of last night's broadcast in the General Forces Programme

' Bee Diseases'. Dr. C. G. Butler of Rothamsted joins Reginald Gamble in a discussion on the recent bee-disease survey and the prospects of bringing disease completely under control

Conducted by Harold Lowe

Light entertainment from Northern Ireland, introduced by Fraser Mayne: including excerpts from 'It's the Blarney' at the Royal Hippodrome, Belfast, with Jimmy O'Dea; and from 'Come to the Show' at the Empire Theatre. Also taking part are Mat Mulcaghey, Mary Johnston, George Beggs. the Belfast Choral Union, and David Curry and his Irish Rhythms Orchestra. Produced by James Mageean

Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra

Conducted by Julius Harrison. Henry Hoist (violin). Anthony Pint (cello)

Sgwrs gan J. J. Williams. (Talk in Welsh)

5.20 ' Saturday Matinee ' : Novelty items by Bill Geeryand the Lyrian Singers, with the High Flyers; The Garden of Happy Conclusions', a study in detection by Franklyn Kelsey. Programme by Mat Jones. Produced by Morfudd Mason Lewis
5.45 The Children's Hour sports coach, F. JN. S. Creek , discusses baseball with Wing Commander N. W. Timmerman

National and Regional announcements and Northern Ireland
News

F. H. Grisewood brings to the microphone people with out-of-the-way news and views of passing events

Conductor, Ian Whyte

The new National Health scheme has recently been debated by Parliament. What it means to everybody is explained by an expert

A Saturday-night entertainment featuring famous stars of Variety, music, and drama : Randolph Sutton , Bunny Doyle , Fred O'Donovan , Harry Hutchin son, Margaret Eaves , and this week's
£ 100 Red Cross Radio Contest introduced by Ronald Waldman. and produced by Audrey Cameron
Revue Chorus, and augmented
BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves. Producers, John Sharman and Harry S. Pepper.

Alistair Cooke

Play by St. John Ervine , adapted by Cynthia Pughe. Produced by Howard Rose ,

and his Orchestra. From Ciro'a, London

and his Band, with Helen Clare and Peter Morton. From the Astoria Dance Salon, London