at the organ of the Odeon, Swiss Cottage
featuring Ronnie Aldrich
'German from Scratch'
Bill and Jock of the British Army of the Rhine continue their struggles with the German language
10.20 'A Penny on the Rates'
6-An argument between a ratepayer and a Borough Treasurer. Douglas Houghton winds up the series by discussing with Ernest Long some of the problems of local taxation
by David L. Linton , M.Sc. 6—'The
Air View of the Ground.' Tactical reconnaissance finds its parallels in the use of aircraft to give ice and wreck warnings to shipping, or in tne control of forest fires and insect pests
from swing to classics
Music of the Sunny South, played by the Southern Serenade Orchestra, directed by Reg Leopold
Pte Gerry Travers , Canadian Army. Sgt. Dick Misener at the piano
on gramophone records
Elisabeth Welch , Arthur Young , and George Shearing. Introduced by Roy Plomley. Produced by Edgar Blatt
with his Orchestra and artists
Fifth (request) series. —' Cabin B.13,' by John Dickson Carr. Produced by Martyn C. Webster. (Recording of last Tuesday's Broadcast)
(bass-baritone) and Chorus: on gramophone records Dashing away with the smoothing-iron Bobby Shaftoe
Who's that a-calling?
Ho-ro, my nut-brown. maiden O Rodgerum Clementine
Richard of Taunton Deane arr. Motley
ENSA presents half-an-hour of songs and orchestral music. Geraldo and . his Concert Orchestra and vocalists. Ruth Naylor in ' Songs that have Lived ' Clarence Wright in Story in Song ' ' Memories of a Star' (Lucienne Boyer ), featured by Amalia Magri.
This week's ENSA artist,
Mervyn Saunders.
(at 3.0 p.m.)
(Fighter Command), by permission of the Air Officer Commanding: under the direction of Sgt. Paul Fenoulhet
from the Town Hall, Cheltenham Spa, with Margaret Eaves, Terry Thomas, and music for dancing played by the Hector Davies Dance Orchestra. Produced and introduced by Philip Garston-Jones
Cardiff City v. Bristol City. (Commentary during the second half of the Third Division (South Region) match. From Ninian Park, Cardiff
Light music and song: BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell , with Gene Crowley
flashes between Britain and America, with Robb Wilton , Anne Shelton , and Leslie Mitchell as Master of Ceremonies in London, and Ben Grauer in New York. Produced in New York by Ross Filion , and in London by Eric Fawcett. (Joint BBC and NBC programme)
Conductor, Harold Moss
Half-an-hour of news, music, and entertainment for officers and men of the Merchant Service, from their own Merchant Navy Club in London's West End. Hostess, Doris Hare. Music provided by Debroy Somers and his Orchestra Regular features include ' Shin's Newspaper,' clubroom talks on Merchant Navy affairs, and guest artists. Produced by Alfred Dunning.
and topical talk
Listeners are invited to follow the crowds to entertainments old and new all over the country:
Music-Halls
Theatres and tonight's special attractions-Henry Hall and his Orchestra, from the New Theatre, Cardiff, and ' Hutch,' from the Chiswick Empire
Robin Richmond at the organ. (BBC recording)
Weekly radio magazine feature with contributions from broadcasting organisations throughout the world
Claire Luce discusses with Roy Plomley the eight records she would choose if she were condemned to spend the rest of her life on a desert island with a gramophone for her entertainment.
Louis Levy and his Gaumont-British Studio Orchestra, with Dorothy Car less, Maria Perilli , Benny Lee , Jack Cooper , and the Georgettes, and Male Chorus. Produced by Elisabeth Tyson
Country notes by Brian Vesey -Fitzgerald.
An operatic programme produced by H. Procter-Gregg and Stanford Robinson , with Laelia Finneberg (soprano), Frank Titterton (tenor), and Tom Williams (baritone). BBC Theatre Chorus and BBC Theatre Orchestra: conductor, Stanford Robinson
Tonight, famous prison scenes from ' II Trovatore,' 'Fidelio,' and ' Faust '
Melville Christie and his Dance Orchestra. From the Empire Hall, Taunton
11.25 Blanche Coleman and her All-Ladies Band. From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden