Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,801 playable programmes from the BBC

from St Comgall's Parish Church, Bangor, Co Down conducted by the Rector, THE REV GEORGE MITCHELL
Hymns (ICH): Come, ye thankful people, come (297); We plough the fields and scatter (308); Father of mercies, God of love (300) Psalm 150
Lessons: Genesis 1. vv 24-31 St Matthew 13. vv 3-9
Anthem: Achieved is the glorious work (Haydn) Organist BRIAN HUNTER

Contributors

Organist:
Brian Hunter

Introduced by JIM PESTRIDGE
Garage Servicing: ROBIN RICHARDS discusses the ' Motoring Which? ' report
Protecting the car's underside: by MICHAEL KEMP of the Daily Sketch
Private Prosecution: CHARLES BRANDRETH discusses With C. H. ROLPH an action by an aggrieved motorist together with topical news and at 11.43* the latest traffic report Produced by ARTHUR PHILLIPS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
Michael Kemp
Unknown:
Charles Brandreth
Unknown:
C. H. Rolph
Produced By:
Arthur Phillips

A selective took at the arts
Philip Oakes introduces this week's choice from what is new and what is always around us and talks to people who have a special interest in what he has seen and heard.
Produced by ROSEMARY HART and ALAN HAYDOCK
12.55Weather; programmenews

Contributors

Introduces:
Philip Oakes
Produced By:
Rosemary Hart
Produced By:
Alan Haydock

FRANKLIN ENGELMANN invites
FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS and ALAN GEMMELL to answer questions which listeners have sent in by post
Produced by KENNETH FORD (Repeated: Tuesday, 4.0 pm)
Questions, on postcards, to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Franklin Engelmann
Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Unknown:
Alan Gemmell
Produced By:
Kenneth Ford
Unknown:
Woodhouse Lane

Defence in Depth by PATRICK RIDDELL adapted by ROGER PINE with Paul Daneman and Sarah Lawson
'Alcohol is a drug. The majority can take it safety, a minority can't.'
A man who has inflicted grievous bodily harm on his wife is a difficult man to defend, even if he is suffering from the disease of alcoholism.
Produced by JOHN GIBSON followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Riddell
Adapted By:
Roger Pine
Unknown:
Paul Daneman
Unknown:
Sarah Lawson
Produced By:
John Gibson
Charles Benton:
Carleton Horbs
Helen Boutwood:
Sarah Lawson
John Megarrel:
Paul Daneman
Janet Ashton:
Marjorie Westbury
Edward Ashton:
Haydn Jones
Jonathan Fordham:
Ralph Truman
Henry Falman -:
Lockwood West

Radio Nature Trail on the Sea-shore
The Living World visits the coast of Pembrokeshire to look at the wildlife of the sea-shore - including, we hope, the seals. Introduced by DEREK JONES Produced by DILYS BREESE (from Bristol)
(Shortened version: Wed, 9.5 am)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Derek Jones
Produced By:
Dilys Breese

A weekly magazine of special interest to blind listeners
Here. There and Everywhere: a report on recent events by GEORGE MILLER
Talking Newspaper: RONALD STURT describes a Welsh experiment to JUNE ROSE Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL
Produced by THENA HESHEL

Contributors

Unknown:
George Miller
Unknown:
Ronald Sturt
Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Produced By:
Thena Heshel

A serial for radio in 12 parts based on the novels of L. P. HARTLEY and adapted by ARCHIE CAMPBELL Time: The early 1900s.
Of all the grown-up inhabitants of Anchorstone it was only old Miss Fothergill with her ugly face, her witch's hands, and her creaking bath-chair who really held terror for the Cherrington children. Then one day ...
2: The Lion in the Path
(For cast see Tuesday, 3.0)

Contributors

Unknown:
L. P. Hartley
Adapted By:
Archie Campbell

DR WINIFRED KANE , MB, BS appeals on behalf of St Giles Housing Association of which she is Vice-Chairman and Honorary Medical Adviser. This Association provides specially designed self-contained flats for severely disabled persons, married and single, helping them to lead independent lives and follow outside employment.
Donations, preferably by crossed po or cheque, to: [address removed].

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Winifred Kane
Unknown:
Dr W. Kane

St John Passion
Evangelist JOZSEF RETI (tenor) Christus JOZSEF DENE (bass) MARGIT LASZLO (soprano) MARTA SZIRMAY (contralto) GYÖRGY MELIS (baritone)
BUDAPEST ACADEMY OF MUSIC CHOIR chorus-master ISTVAN PARKAI GABOR LEHOTKA (organ)
ZSUZSA PERTIS (harpsichord) LISZT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by GYÖRGY LEHEL Part 1

Contributors

Tenor:
Jozsef Reti
Bass:
Jozsef Dene
Soprano:
Margit Laszlo
Contralto:
Marta Szirmay
Baritone:
György Melis
Chorus-Master:
Istvan Parkai
Chorus-Master:
Gabor Lehotka
Harpsichord:
Zsuzsa Pertis
Conducted By:
György Lehel

by DEREK WRIGHT , Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Leicester
' We are the music while the music lasts': how does that marvellous escape from ourselves come about, when we truly find our lives by losing them? Derek Wright tells how he studied and practised one way to inner freedom at a Buddhist meditation centre in England.

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Wright
Unknown:
Derek Wright

Dr Roy Strong Director of the National Portrait Gallery presents a personal choice of drama, prose, and verse that has influenced his life and work. This anthology is read by DOROTHY REYNOLDS and ANGUS MACKAY who appear with Dr Strong before an invited audience.
Produced by ROSEMARY HART

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Roy Strong
Read By:
Dorothy Reynolds
Read By:
Angus MacKay
Produced By:
Rosemary Hart

At evening time it shall be light
Reading from The Private Prayers of Launcelot Andrewes ; Psalm 4 (Br Ps); Isaiah 38, vv 10-14; 41, vv 10, 13, 14: Darkening night the land doth cover (BBC HB 509); Psalm 4, v 8
10.59 Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Launcelot Andrewes

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Appears in

About this data

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