Programme Index

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

Introduced by John Timpsen and Robert Robinson
Including at 6.50 and 7.M Travel news, What's on, and (6.50 only) Keep Fit; Weather and programme news at 1.55 and 7.55. At 7.0 and 8.0 News and more of Today with Sports-desk at 7.25 and 8.25; Today's Papers at 7.35* and 8.35*; and Thought for the Day 7.45-7.50

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpsen
Introduced By:
Robert Robinson

The sounds and scenes of a year in the past challenge the memories of residents James Burke and Isobel Barnett and guests Miles Kington and Sheridan Morley.
Robin Ray puts the questions aided by recordings from the BBC Sound Archives. Questions set by MARGARET HOWARD Producer HELEN FRY

Contributors

Unknown:
James Burke
Unknown:
Isobel Barnett
Unknown:
Miles Kington
Unknown:
Sheridan Morley.
Unknown:
Robin Ray
Unknown:
Margaret Howard
Producer:
Helen Fry

Box Clever by JOHN UNSWORTH Read by Wilfred Pickles
I was having money troubles, wasn' I? So I decided I ought to disappear for a while, and the geriatric hospital seemed a good place to hole up in ... And the colour telly was a bit of luck ...
Producer BARBARA CROWTHER

Contributors

Unknown:
John Unsworth
Read By:
Wilfred Pickles
Producer:
Barbara Crowther

and investigates the humour of the subject with the help of Alfred Marks with the voices of RONNIE BARKER , RONNIE CORBETT JOHN CLEESE , DAVID FROST PETER SELLERS
PETER COOK , DUDLEY MOORE
Producers SIMON BRETT and BOB OLIVER ROGERS

Contributors

Unknown:
Alfred Marks
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
Ronnie Corbett
Unknown:
John Cleese
Unknown:
David Frost
Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Peter Cook
Unknown:
Dudley Moore
Producers:
Simon Brett
Producers:
Bob Oliver Rogers

To Whom It May Concern by JACK TREVOR STORY
Ethel and George meet by accident on Beachy Head. They had both been lonely and wondered what life held for them. But now ...
Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Trevor Story
Unknown:
Beachy Head.
Producer:
Christopher Venning
Ethel:
Margaret Ashcroft
Gerald:
Kevin Brennan
John:
Fraser Kerr
Amy:
Diana Bishop

Presenter Jeanine McMullen Consumer Style
What price central heating? GEORGE LUCE compares the relative price of oil, gas, electric and solid-fuel central heating. With other items and your letters in What's On Your Mind?

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeanine McMullen
Unknown:
George Luce

from 2.0
Introduced by Sue MacGregor Guest of the Week: Terry Biddlecombe
2.0-2.2 News
Answer and comment.
What Price Loneliness?: MAUREEN STEVENS expresses an unpopular view.
Know Your Place - as the eldest of the family. Two first children, GILLIAN REYNOLDS and CLAIRE RAYNER , With THORNTON PEARN.
TRADER FAULKNER reads A Sporting Proposition by JAMES ALDRIDGE (7)

Contributors

Unknown:
Terry Biddlecombe
Unknown:
Maureen Stevens
Unknown:
Gillian Reynolds
Unknown:
Claire Rayner
Unknown:
Thornton Pearn.
Unknown:
James Aldridge

The Interests of the Child by MARIAN CAMPBELL with Sean Arnold , Alan Rowe and Maureen O'Brien
Jerry Ogden is impulsive, idealistic and full of theories, which can prove a dangerous combination. When he discovers that Eve Potter, out of a sense of guilt and inadequacy, has allowed her child to be fostered, he cannot leave well alone.
Producer KAY PATRICK
(Maureen O'Brien is in ' The Seagull' at Greenwich Theatre)

Contributors

Unknown:
Marian Campbell
Unknown:
Sean Arnold
Unknown:
Alan Rowe
Unknown:
Maureen O'Brien
Unknown:
Jerry Ogden
Producer:
Kay Patrick
Unknown:
Maureen O'Brien
Jerry Ogden:
Sean Arnold
Guy Horrocks:
Alan Rowe
Eve Potter:
Maureen O'Brien
Esme:
Catherine Davies
Mrs Beedon:
Pauline Letts
Mr Beedon:
Gareth Armstrong
First youth:
Sam Dastor
Second youth:
Anthony Daniels
Man:
John Bull

Elsie and Doris Waters look back on an eventful and happy life and recall their many friends including, this week: THE BEVERLEY SISTERS
NORMAN EVANS , THE TWO
LESLIES RICHARD MURDOCH , KENNETH BORNE MAX BYGRAVES , NORMAN LONG ADELAIDE HALL, WILL FYFFE GEOFF LOVE ORCHESTRA
Fourth of six programmes Producer
ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Doris Waters
Unknown:
Norman Evans
Unknown:
Leslies Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
Kenneth Borne
Unknown:
Max Bygraves
Unknown:
Norman Long Adelaide
Unknown:
Fyffe Geoff
Unknown:
Alastair Scott Johnston

Renée Houston. Beryl Reid Freddie Bloom
Sheila Van Damm
In the chair Anona Wlnn
Devised by ANONA WINN and IAN MESSITER. Producer
TRAFFORD WHITELOCK
(Repeated: Friday, 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Beryl Reid
Unknown:
Freddie Bloom
Unknown:
Sheila van Damm
Unknown:
Ian Messiter.

Peter Ustinov made his Lon'don debut at 18 and since then has enhanced most of the performing arts with his distinctive style. Some happy moments from a crowded artistic repertory of film, broadcasting and gramophone records uncover the exuberance, wit and flair of this expansive raconteur and performer extraordinary.
Producer ROGER THOMPSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Ustinov
Producer:
Roger Thompson

The Mediterranean Trip by CHARLES MANDER
A young radio operator joins a merchant vessel little knowing that the previous ' Sparks ' was pushed overboard for finding out more than was good for him.
Producer BRIAN MILLER (Bristol)

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Mander
Producer:
Brian Miller
Tiger:
Michael Goldie
Gibson:
Clive Woodward
Evans:
Aubrey Richards
Hardcastle:
Victor Lucas
Ron Bailey:
Roger Gartland
Megan:
Olwen Rees
Morgan:
Ray Handy

The Lightest Touch
To be the Grand Old Man of modern English literature, and at the same time its most captivating humorist; to be loved by millions of readers as a genius of frivolity, and revered by fellow-writers as a master of style: it couldn' happen to a nicer chap.
The joys of reading P. G. Wodehouse are celebrated by Rt Hon Sir Dingle Foot , QC, Derek Parker , Sam Pollock.
Producer PAMELA HOWE (Bristol)

Contributors

Unknown:
P. G. Wodehouse
Unknown:
Sir Dingle Foot
Unknown:
Derek Parker
Unknown:
Sam Pollock.
Producer:
Pamela Howe

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