Arthur Birkby and his Octet

A specialist In dance music with the accent on ' 'melody '-Ronnie Birch

'Sit down, Mr. Smith..... ' H. M. Burton tackles what is. for the successful writer of a letter of application. the natural sequel-the interview
10.20 Details of the Forces Educational Broadcasts you can hear this week

at the organ of the Odeon, Swiss Cottage

Background information on matters of current interest.

from swing to classics

(organ)
From St. Osmund's Church. Park-stone. Dorset

Fifteen minutes of melody and syncopation from the British Forces Network in Germany

by ' The Radio Doctor': 'What is Giddiness? '

An abridged version of Jules Verne 's story in twelve instalments. Reader, Gerik Schjelderup. 6—' Axel is Lost

Alan Paul , with Helen Clare and George Melachrino , brings you fifteen minutes of smooth harmony. (BBC recording)

(arranged in collaboration with ENSA). BBC Northern Orchestra (conductor, Charles Groves ) plays to factory workers during their dinner-hour

with Dick Haymes and the Song Spinners, and Kay Armen and the Balladiers

with Desiree MacEwan (piano)

The day-to-day history of an ordinary family. Produced by David H. God frey and Peter Watts. (BBC recording)

A talk by Spike Hughes. (BBC recording)

Carroll Gibbons and his Orchestra

by Merton Hodge. Produced by Hugh Stewart.

and his Orchestra: on records

from Canada, to celebrate the first anniversary of CBC's international short-wave station. Dance Orchestra, conducted by Alan Mclver, with songs, by Alys Robi and Dave Davies. Jack Allison 's Swing Platoon. Piano solos by Neil Chotem. Introduced by Stanley Maxted

with his Orchestra and artists

' Did You Know ? ' : first of a short series of talks on popular science, by John Langdon-Davies ; 'Fabrics are Fun,' by Elsie Marshall. The true story of a Secret Service agent who became Mayor of a French town, by Maurice Buck -master; ' People in the News,' by Kaye Webb. Programme introduced by Peter Watson

' A Civvy Street Rag.' Cheerful Charlie Chester with his crazy gang-Arthur Haynes , Ken Morris , Len Marten , Louise Gainsborough , Ramon St. Clair, ' Blue Rockets' Dance Orchestra, conducted by Eric Robinson. Produced by Leslie Bridgmont

Records that your relatives and friends in the Forces at home, in the British
Army of the Rhine, and in the Home Fleet, have asked us to play

with Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra I

A programme of music in tranquil mood. Presented by Joy Russell-Smith

with Janet Davis (soprano) and Reginald Foort at the theatre organ

and Interlude

Conducted by Harold Lowe

Frank Weir and his Band. From Fischer's Restaurant, London
11.30 Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band. From the Bagatelle Restaurant. London