Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,614 playable programmes from the BBC

Presenter Brian Redhead With HUGH SYKES
6.45* Prayer for the Day THE REV ADRIENNE SAVAGE
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.30, 8.30 News headlines
7.45* Thought for the Day

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Redhead
Presenter:
With Hugh Sykes
Read By:
Peter Donaldson

Dave Arthur travels to Sussex to meet Gilbert Sareeant , who has had a variety of jobs during the last 92 years: sparrow scarer, rabbit catcher, postboy, carter, chauffeur and water bailiff, being just a few. Producer NICK HUGHES long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
Dave Arthur
Unknown:
Gilbert Sareeant
Producer:
Nick Hughes

of the Family
Uncle David Jason settles down for a cosy half-hour with Sheila Steafel
Gordon Clyde , Jon Glover Music by DAVE COOKE
Lyrics by ALISTAIR BEATON Script by COLIN BOSTOCK -SMITH, ANDY HAMILTON. GUY JENKIN, RORY MCGRATH , MARTIN BERGMAN , BRIAN BETHELL , CHRIS STRATFORD and DAVE MORLEY.
Producer JIMMY MULVILLE
12.55 Weather; programme news: long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jason
Unknown:
Sheila Steafel
Unknown:
Gordon Clyde
Unknown:
Jon Glover
Music By:
Dave Cooke
Unknown:
Alistair Beaton
Script By:
Colin Bostock
Unknown:
Andy Hamilton.
Unknown:
Rory McGrath
Unknown:
Martin Bergman
Unknown:
Brian Bethell
Unknown:
Chris Stratford
Unknown:
Dave Morley.
Producer:
Jimmy Mulville

with Sue MacGregor
Romantic Fiction Competition: PAT MCLOUGHLIN reports on the results of the Woman's Weekly competition. to find some new romantic novelists.
Talking Point - opinions and ideas....
Here and Now: Richard JAMESON came out of mental hospital to face the world again.
Advance Australia Fairt? : Melbourne is the third largest Greek-speaking city in the world. JUDY GRAHAM uncovers multicultural Australia. Greek Fire (11) long wave only until 2.45

Contributors

Unknown:
Pat McLoughlin
Unknown:
Richard Jameson
Unknown:
Judy Graham

Corpy Compo by DAVID R. ROBERTS
The Evans family is having a run of bad luck. Dad and one son are out of work and the other son is on strike. Alison is having a rough time at school and then Mam has her accident. As far as Dad's concerned it's all the Corporation's fault and he's going to do something about it,
Directed by TONY CLIFF BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
David R. Roberts
Directed By:
Tony Cliff
Mrs Evans:
Stephanie Fayerman
Mam:
Valerie Lilley
Jim:
David Lincoln
Alison:
Jane Collins
Betty:
Moira Hughes
Carl:
Michael Angelis
Mr Green:
Ernest Hopner
Dad:
Ken Jones
Fred:
David Jackson
Mr Lewis:
Peter Wheeler
Chairman:
Charles Foster

Mademoiselle Rambert by PADDY BATESON
Read by Denys Hawthorne ' The meal was over. We settled in comfortable chairs. Cora was relating the escape she'd had when a flying-bomb had landed near our Kensington flat. " But perhaps this shocks you, Mam'zelle ", she said apologetically. " Oh, no, Madame ", Mademoiselle Rambert replied, " I, too, have been very close to death ...death by firing-squad ".'
Producer JUDITH ELLIOTT BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Unknown:
Paddy Bateson
Read By:
Denys Hawthorne
Unknown:
Mademoiselle Rambert
Producer:
Judith Elliott

(Repeated: Fri 1.40 pm) Written by MARY CUTLER Cast for the week:
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Written By:
Mary Cutler
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Jennifer Aldridge:
Angela Piper
Brian:
Charles Collingwood
Philip:
Norman Painting
Jill:
Patricia Greene
Shula:
Judy Bennett
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol Tregorran:
Anne Cullen
Jack Woolley:
Arnold Peters
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Nelson Gabriel:
Jack May
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Joe Grundy:
Haydn Jones
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie Larkin:
Heather Bell
Neil Carter.:
Brian Hewlett
Caroline Bone:
Sara Coward

Trees
I planted a young tree when I was young
Michael Flinch examines how poets have written about trees. Readers Rosalind Shanks and Colin Baker. Producer
SIIAUN MACLOUGHLIN BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Flinch
Readers:
Rosalind Shanks
Readers:
Colin Baker.

A double-bill of extracts from favourite opera and ballet. Introduced by Ian Wallace Part 1
Wagner Prelude to Act 3 (Lohengrin): AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA conducted by BERNARD HAITINK
Verdi Aria : O tu che in seno angeli (La forza del destino, Act 3)
CARLO BERGONZI (tenor)
ORCHESTRA OF ST CECILIA, ROME, conducted by GIANANDREA GAVAZZENI
Minkus Ballet: La Bayadere (excerpts)
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by RICHARD BONYNGE
Mozart Finale of Act 1 (Don Giovanni)
VIENNA STATE OPERA CHORUS
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by KARL BÖHM

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ian Wallace
Conducted By:
Bernard Haitink
Conducted By:
Verdi Aria
Conducted By:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Conducted By:
Richard Bonynge
Conducted By:
Karl Böhm
Don Giovanni:
Sherrill Milnes (bar)
Donna Anna:
Anna Tomowa-Sintow (sop)
Donna Elvira:
Teresa Zylis-Gara (sop)
Don Ottavio:
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Leporello:
Walter Berry (bass)
Zerlina:
Edith Mathis (sop)
Masetto:
Dale Düsing (bar)

Part 2
Meyerbeer Coronation March (Le prophete)
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC orchestra, conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Verdi Aria : Celeste Aida (Aida. Act 1)
PLACIDO DOMINGO (tenor) NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA, conducted by RICCARDO MUTI
Tchaikovsky Ballet: Swan Lake (Act 4)
NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by RICHARD BONYNGE
Puccini Love Duet (Madame Butterfly. Act 1)
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI (tenor) MIRELLA FRENI (soprano) VIENNA PHILHARMONIC orchestra, conducted by HERBERT VON KARA. TAN gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Leonard Bernstein
Conducted By:
Verdi Aria
Conducted By:
Celeste Aida
Unknown:
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Conducted By:
Riccardo Muti
Conducted By:
Richard Bonynge
Tenor:
Luciano Pavarotti
Tenor:
Mirella Freni (soprano)
Soprano:
Vienna Philharmonic
Conducted By:
Herbert von Kara.

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