ENTERTAINING THE ARMY
Snt,—My family and I are more than thankful to see a letter in your issue of 6th inst. deprecating the low quality of B.B.C. entertainments for the Forces, especially as the correspondent is a member of the Forces himself.
We civilians have for a long time past shared his view, and are often ashamed at the coarse language and indecent jokes that pass for humour, not only in the Forces programmes, but also in those of the Home service.
Do the authorities really think that the majority of our men want this kind of thing? Those who have to listen time and again to what your correspondent rightly describes as poison can hardly fail to have their taste and moral standards lowered. This is not the way to keep up the morale of a nation that is fighting for its life and, as we like to pride ourselves, on the side of what is good. I enclose my card,
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