Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 278,041 playable programmes from the BBC

Presented by Peter Hobday and Sue MacGregor
6.30, 7.30, 8.30 News Summary
7.0, 8.0 Today's News
Read by PETER DONALDSON
7.25*, 8.25* Sport
7.45* Thought for the Day Editor JULIAN HOLLAND

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Hobday
Presented By:
Sue MacGregor
Read By:
Peter Donaldson
Editor:
Julian Holland

A non-stop comedy cabaret with Fundation who are Joe Griffiths (on piano)
Gareth Hale, Norman Pace, Terry Morrison and Maryanne Morgan
Written by FUNDATION with contributions from
CHARLIE ADAMS and GEOFFREY ATKINSON Producer ALAN NIXON
(Fundation are appearing at the Tramshed, Woolwich)
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlie Adams
Unknown:
Geoffrey Atkinson
Producer:
Alan Nixon

1.55 Listening Comer Something Old, Something New Songs and rhymes with SANDRA KERR and TONY AITKEN Today's songs: Rise and Shine BBC Birmingham
2.5 Playtime Presented by HARRIET POWELL and ANDREW BRANCH
2.20 Introducing Science Unit 2 1: How We Grow
2.40 Noticeboard With TONY BARNFIELD
2.45 Radio Club TOMMY BOYD and the Radio Club team bring you more items of interest for 8-12 year olds.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandra Kerr
Unknown:
Tony Aitken
Presented By:
Harriet Powell
Unknown:
Andrew Branch
Unknown:
Tony Barnfield
Unknown:
Tommy Boyd

Introduced by Liz Mardall Teenagers Without Tears?
CELIA TOYNBEE reports on how parents and teenagers ride adolescent storms.
Editor SANDRA CHALMERS
Appointment with Venus by JERRARD TICKELL abridged in eight episodes by PAT MCLOUGHLIN
Read by FRANK DUNCAN (3)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Liz Mardall
Unknown:
Celia Toynbee
Editor:
Sandra Chalmers
Unknown:
Jerrard Tickell
Unknown:
Pat McLoughlin
Read By:
Frank Duncan

Madeira to the Atlantic
I just can't imagine 28 days without seeing land at all, and constantly feeling seasick.
Nick and Chris Calder home in to Radio 4 as they set sail again in Stroma of Mey from Madeira to the Atlantic. Producer SARAH ROWLANDS

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Calder
Producer:
Sarah Rowlands

Last in the series - about people who are successful against the odds - features the finalists in a £10,000 competition.
6:Georgina Von Etzdorf
Marjorie Lofthouse meets the three young partners whose success in textile design made them joint winners of the 1984 Enterprise award.
Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Birmingham (Revised repeat)

Contributors

Unknown:
Marjorie Lofthouse

Floating Down The Nile on The Oxford English Dictionary by DOUGLAS KENNEDY
Jonathan Pringle, a young
Irishman, is determined to put his years of Arabic studies to good use by moving to Cairo. But his fellow teachers in the English Language school where he has a job do not share his fascination with Arabism. Things turn sour as Jonathan hilariously becomes more Arab than the Arabs. Jonathan Pringle
ADRIAN DUNBAR
Directed by PETER KAVANAGH BBC Northern Ireland
Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Douglas Kennedy
Unknown:
Adrian Dunbar
Directed By:
Peter Kavanagh
Colin George:
Nigel Anthony
Harry Hamilton:
Blain Fairman
David McNiven:
Bill Paterson
Julia Finchley:
Ellen McIntosh
Gwen Watkins:
Nicolette McKenzie
Hamdi Abu Thiekry:
Ali Rafiae
Moussa/Det Mafouz/ Policeman:
Alton Kumalo
Det Idris/Yusef/Taxi driver:
Abi Gouhad

Paul Vaughan presents tonight's edition, which includes interviews, news and reviews of books, films, plays, broadcasting, music and exhibitions. Producer JOHN POWELL
Editor THOMAS SUTCLJFFE

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Producer:
John Powell
Editor:
Thomas Sutcljffe

by OLIVIA MANNING abridged in 12 episodes by VIVIEN CREEGOR
Read by Sheila Grant (1)
Ellie is 18. She has come to London from Eastsea full of hope and ambition and has fallen in love with an older man, Quintin Bellot. But there are many struggles ahead, not least the struggle to survive. Producer DAVID SPENSER

Contributors

Unknown:
Olivia Manning
Unknown:
Vivien Creegor
Read By:
Sheila Grant
Unknown:
Quintin Bellot.
Producer:
David Spenser

Get By in Spanish The first of a five-programme beginners' course for travellers on holiday or business. with MARIA ANTONIA MARCOS and EDUARDO DELGADO
1: Getting Food and Drink Calling the waiter; saying how much you like something; being polite. Written by JANE FREELAND Producer CHRISTOPHER STONE Booklet 91.75, set of two cassettes
96.56, available from [address removed] or your local retailer

Contributors

Unknown:
Maria Antonia Marcos
Unknown:
Eduardo Delgado
Written By:
Jane Freeland
Producer:
Christopher Stone

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