Programme Index

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

Introduced by John Timpson and Desmond Lvnam
Including at 6.50 and 7.50 VHF Regional news and weather; at
6.55 and 7.55 Weather and programme news.
At 7.0 and 8.0 News and more of Today with Sports-desk at 7.27; Today's Papers at 7.35*: and Thought for the Day 7.45-7.59. English Regions: see column 5

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Timpson
Introduced By:
Desmond Lvnam

Presenter Lyn Macdonald
Under the Floorboards: how much do you take on trust with a surveyor? Should he report on the central heating, the drainage and the electrics? ANDY PRICE looks into the responsibilities of a surveyor when it comes to buying a house.

Contributors

Presenter:
Lyn MacDonald

Second Round
A nationwide general knowledge contest
Chairman Robert Robinson 15: West of England and Midlands
DR IAN CAMPION-SMITH, chemist ALEC DAKIN , retired teacher
STEPHEN WYCHERLEY. bookseller including ' Beat the Brains '
Programme devised by JOHN P. WYNN , Who, With IAN GILLIES , sets the questions.
Producer CHRISTOPHER SERLE (Repeated: Friday 6.15 pm)
Brain of Britain, quiz book based on the series, 35p from bookshops
12.55
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news and weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Alec Dakin
Unknown:
Stephen Wycherley.
Unknown:
John P. Wynn
Unknown:
Ian Gillies
Producer:
Christopher Serle

A Home to Go To: MARY CRAIG reports on a new fostering scheme for adults.
Leisure and Pleasure: pursuits, entertainments and places to go.
Clean Clothes on Sunday: CELIA DAVIES talks about her unusual family.
PETER COPLEY reads The Last Unicorn by PETER S. BEAGLE (2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Craig
Talks:
Celia Davies
Unknown:
Peter Copley
Unknown:
Peter S. Beagle

The Three Loves of Ida Bliss by CHARLES THOMAS with World War I - Zeppelin raids - food shortages - call-up papers could come tomorrow - let's live for today - that's what Ida Bliss does - but is it enough? and PAUL GAYMON
Harmonica played by HARRY PITCH
Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING

Contributors

Unknown:
Ida Bliss
Unknown:
Charles Thomas
Unknown:
Paul Gaymon
Played By:
Harry Pitch
Producer:
Christopher Venning
Ida Bliss:
Jean Kent
Rose Draper:
Judy Franklin
Jim:
Simon Richmond
Alfie:
Todd Carty
Johnny Douglas ':
John Rye
Will Draper:
Hector Ross
Fred Cunningham:
Jonathan Burn
Lily Cook:
Nicolette McKenzie
With )AN MARTER,:
Emily Richard

Fanny and Johnny Cradock. TV cooks, authors and gourmets, invite CLIVE JACOBS to invade the privacy of their home. and for the first time ever discuss the driving force of their life together - faith healing. They also tell how Fanny picked Johnny up. their first night together, the day Johnny fell for the Duchess of Windsor and the miracle that saved their lives.
Producer ANNE CATCHPOLE
Ten Classic Dishes 12p; Fanny Cradock 's Common Market Cookery: France 35p; Italy 45p, from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
Johnny Cradock.
Unknown:
Clive Jacobs
Producer:
Anne Catchpole
Unknown:
Fanny Cradock

In the chair Terry Wogan On the panel
Anona Winn , Brian Johnston William Rushton and Bettine le Beau
Voice GRETTA GOORIET Producer
ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON
(Repeated: Friday 12.27 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Terry Wogan
Unknown:
Anona Winn
Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
William Rushton
Unknown:
Alastair Scott Johnston

by P.G. Wodehouse
starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves and Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster
Adapted by Chris Miller from the book "Thank You, Jeeves"

Contributors

Author:
P.G. Wodehouse
Adapted by:
Chris Miller
Banjolele played by:
Billy Bell
Producer:
Peter Titheradge
Jeeves:
Michael Hordern
Bertie Wooster:
Richard Briers
Lord Chuffnell:
Clive Francis
Pauline Stoker:
Connie Booth
Sir Roderick Glossop:
John Graham
Seabury:
Jo Manning-Wilson

The Private Life of George III written by NESTA, PAIN. with 1: The Early Years
Narrator Roger Snowdon
Caesar, the mightu King who stcayed
The sceptre, was a sober blade. A leg of mutton and his wife
Were the chief comforts of his life. with the voices of EVA HADDON , MADI REDD
HAYON JONES , NIGEL LAMBERT
CLIFFORD NORGATE , HECTOR ROSS and ANTHONY SMEE
Producer JOHN THEOCRARIS
A fine madness: page 5

Contributors

Unknown:
George Iii
Narrator:
Roger Snowdon
Unknown:
Eva Haddon
Unknown:
Madi Redd
Unknown:
Hayon Jones
Unknown:
Nigel Lambert
Unknown:
Clifford Norgate
Unknown:
Hector Ross
Unknown:
Anthony Smee
Producer:
John Theocraris
George HI:
Robert Stephens
Queen Charlotte:
Carole Boyd
Fanny Burney:
Kate Coleridge
Walpole:
David Ryall

The first of eight programmes in which John Ebdon introduces a potpourri of recordings taken from the BBC Sound Archives, in which famous literary and artistic people talk about themselves, their work. their inspirations - and each other.
Producer NATALIE WBEEN

Contributors

Unknown:
John Ebdon
Producer:
Natalie Wbeen

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