Close menu

Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 278,120 playable programmes from the BBC

Children's Hour

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

View in Radio Times

For Listeners of All Ages
'Speedbird 933'
A journey of 8,000 miles in the Britannia jet-prop airliner from Hong Kong to London Airport via Bangkok, Calcutta, Karachi, Baghdad, Beirut, and Frankfurt-on-Main, with children coming to Britain from the Far East for the start of the school term
The narrator, John Slater
Incidental music composed by Henry Reed who conducts a section of the BBC Northern Orchestra (Leader. Reginald Stead)
Programme written and produced by Trevor Hill with the co-operation of British Overseas Airways Corporation

Contributors

Narrator:
John Slater
Composed By:
Henry Reed
Leader:
Reginald Stead
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
Source: Radio Times

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

Appears in

View magazine

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More