Programme Index

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8.1* Sunday Papers
8.20 Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye (Make Yourself at Home)
A programme for listeners from India and Pakistan 1
(Correspondence in English or your own language, should be sent to: Make Yourself at Home. BBC. Broadcasting House. Birmingham, 15)
8.20 (On VHF and Ramsgate)
Sing Alleluia: introduced by ANDREW CRUICKSHANK
Young people from junior and senior schools and colleges sing hymns and songs both old and new
Produced by STEWART CROSS
8.50 Programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Ghar Samajhiye
Produced By:
Stewart Cross

from Howden Minster , Yorks Celebrant and preacher, THE REV ROBERT J. GRAHAM Lesson: Ezekiel 3. vv 4-11 Epistle: Acts 12. vv 1-11
Gospel: Matthew 16. vv 13-19
Hymns (A and M Rev): City of God (258); Thou art the Christ (555): Let all mortal flesh (390): Blessed City, heavenly Salem (620)
Master of the Choir A. J. B. LEACH
Minster Organist
EDWARD H. STOCKDALE

Contributors

Unknown:
Howden Minster
Unknown:
Robert J. Graham
Unknown:
J. B. Leach
Organist:
Edward H. Stockdale

Introduced by Eric Tobitt

Motoring Abroad 1970: news and advice for holidaymakers

Ready for the Road: Harry Heywood, Editor of Practical Motorist outlines car preparation for the holiday, and Fred Tingey has some hints on towing trailers and caravans

Traffic Troubles in the West Country: Robin Richards talks to John Brierley, Chief Engineer of Exeter

11.43* the latest traffic report

Contributors

Presenter:
Eric Tobitt
Unknown:
Harry Heywood
Talks:
Robin Richards
Producer:
Arthur Phillips

A selective look at the arts
Alexander Walker introduces this week's choice from what is new and what is always around, and talks to people who have a special interest in what he has seen and heard. Produced by PATRICIA BRENT and ROSEMARY HART
12.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Introduces:
Alexander Walker
Produced By:
Patricia Brent
Produced By:
Rosemary Hart

A trilogy by A. R. Rawlinson
with Jonathan Burn
Hursham Rew, the Victorian family house belonging to the Penshott family, has over the years achieved the reputation of being haunted - not by the past but by the future. This play is set in October 1938
Produced by KEITH WILLIAMS

Contributors

Writer:
A. R. Rawlinson
Producer:
Keith Williams
Mary Penshott:
Sylvia Coleridge
East:
Kathleen Helme
Lucy:
Marjorie Westbury
Mayhew:
John Wyse
Mrs Gruebner:
Gladys Spencer
Steinberg:
Leonard Fenton
Mrs Steinberg:
Hanne Miller
Rosa Steinberg,:
Martina Mayne
Otto:
Paul Hansard
Jacob Gross:
Wilfrid Carter
Announcer:
Peter Williams
Guy:
Jonathan Burn
Selina:
Gretta Gouriet

ARTHUR NEGUS and BERNARD PRICE discuss listeners' questions with HUGH SCULLY
Produced by PAMELA HOWE
(Questions to: Talking about Antiques. BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR) Going for a Song: English Furniture, a book in which Arthur Negus talks to Max Robertson , is available from booksellers, price 30s. or by post (33s) from BBC Publications. [address removed].

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Scully
Produced By:
Pamela Howe
Unknown:
Max Robertson

A selection of items from the many broadcasts on BBC radio and television during the past seven days
Introduced by JOHN ELLISON Script by JEAN STROUD
Produced by RICHARD BURWOOD
(Extended version of last Fridays broadcast)

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Ellison
Script By:
Jean Stroud
Produced By:
Richard Burwood

Behind the Scenes at the Zoo At this time of year many families will be enjoying an afternoon looking at the birds and animals. But how is a zoo run? How is its day-to-day routine -carried on? The Living World visits Paignton Zoo in Devon to find out about the work which the visitor does not see.
Produced by DILYS BREESE
(Repeated: Wednesday, 9.5 am)

Contributors

Produced By:
Dilys Breese

A magazine of special interest to blind listeners
Experiment in Integration: JUNE ROSE reports on a visit to Biscovey Infants Schools which has accepted a couple of blind pupils.
The Job I Could Do: BERT NEWMAN demonstrates to BOB FORBES that he can cope with car repairs
Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL
Produced by THENA HESHEL
5.55 Weather; programme news

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Forbes
Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Produced By:
Thena Heshel

'twixt ISOBEL BARNETT
ELEANOR SUMMERFIELD and RICHARD MURDOCH , DAVID NIXON
Tune-twisters from STEVE RACE In the chair ROY PLOMLEY Devised and written by IAN MESSITER
Produced by PETER TITHERADGE

Contributors

Unknown:
Isobel Barnett
Unknown:
Eleanor Summerfield
Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
David Nixon
Written By:
Ian Messiter
Produced By:
Peter Titheradge

With PAT DOODY
Cricket - The John Player League: reports and results
Racing in France: ST JOHN DONN-RYRNE on the day's racing at Longchamp, including the Grand Prix de Paris 6.57* Cricket Scoreboard Produced by KENNETH PRAGNELL

Contributors

Unknown:
St John
Produced By:
Kenneth Pragnell

Part 2
Mass in D major (Missa solemnis)
IRMA URRILA (soprano) raili KOSTIA i mezzo-soprano) PETER SCHREIER (tenor) MARTI TALVELA (bass)
FINNISH RADIO CHORUS AND
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by PAAVO BERGLUND
Beethoven Symphonies by Robert Simpson , another in the series of BBC Music Guides, may be obtained through booksellers or by sending a crossed po to BBC Publications, [address removed]. Price 6s (postage and packing Is 3d). Two further Beethoven Guides are due to appear later this year.

Contributors

Tenor:
Peter Schreier
Conducted By:
Paavo Berglund
Unknown:
Robert Simpson

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More