Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,700 playable programmes from the BBC

Rites of Spring
Easter is the first festival of the year and whether
You process, light candles, hold all-night vigils, take off on holiday, sport an Easter bonnet or simply dig the garden, it's a time of festivities.
Peter France is joined by a group of European celebrants to find out what it is everyone is celebrating and how they go about it.
Producer MARY PRICE BBC Bristol

from
Peterborough Cathedral Introduced by THE REV ROGER HUTCHINGS Now the green blade riseth (trad, arr Ferguson); Reading: Mark 16, w 1-8; The Easter anthems
(arr Bullock); Come, ye faithful, raise the strain (BBC HB 102)
Director of Music
CHRISTOPHER GOWER BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Hutchings
Unknown:
Christopher Gower

Gather round the radio
Or you will miss a splendid show.
A play for all the family |
Witty and jolly and full of glee.
That's because it's all about me, Edward Bear !
Stereo

Contributors

Writer:
Aubrey Woods
Director:
Ian Cotterell
First assistant:
Ken Cumberlidge
Martin:
Aubrey Woods
Jason:
Henry Power
Harold Chambers:
Alexander Goodman
Darrol:
Cara Kelly
Charlie:
Norman Bird
Fred:
John Moffatt
Max Carling:
John Warner
Gerry:
David Goudge
Sir Herbert:
Nicholas Courtney
Mitchell:
Dominic Rickhards
Miss Jordan:
Jo Kendall
Mrs Balderston:
Eva Stuart
Chambers:
John Bull
Insp Howard:
Joe Dunlop
Samantha Holmes:
Melinda Walker

Time in and out of Music 'I am greedy for musical experiences and that keeps me off the trail of career experiences.' The conductor Simon Rattle in conversation with Michael Berkeley. Stereo

Contributors

Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Unknown:
Michael Berkeley.

Written by GRAHAM HARVEY
BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Written By:
Graham Harvey
Jennifer:
Angela Piper
Tony:
Colin Skipp
Phil:
Norman Painting
Jill:
Patricia Greene
Kenton:
Graeme Kirk
Shula:
Judy Bennett
Mark:
Richard Derrington
David:
Timothy Bentinck
Ruth:
Felicity Finch
Elizabeth:
Alison Dowling
George Barford:
Graham Roberts
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Jack:
Arnold Peters
Nelson Gabriel:
Jack May
Lucy:
Tracy Jane White
Martha Woodford:
Mollie Harris
Joe:
Edward Kelsey
Eddie:
Trevor Harrison
Clarrie:
Rosalind Adams
Susan:
Charlotte Martin
Caroline:
Sara Coward
Nigel Pargetter:
Nigel Carrington
Mrs Antrobus:
Margot Boyd
Matthew:
Crawford Logan
Robert Snell:
Graham Blockey
Lynda Snell:
Carole Boyd
Dawn:
Rachel Wright
Martin Lambert:
Steve Hodson
John Archer:
Sam Barriscale
William Grundy:
Philip Molloy

BBC Radio Drama presents the LA Classic Theater Works with Richard Dreyfuss Amy Irving Harris Yulin and guest star
Timothy West in the play by ARTHUR MILLER. The sale of some family heirlooms forces two estranged brothers to face up to the realities of their past and to recognise the price they have paid for their present life styles.
Directed by MARTIN JENKINS Stereo
0 FEATURE: page 80

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Dreyfuss
Unknown:
Amy Irving
Unknown:
Harris Yulin
Unknown:
Timothy West
Play By:
Arthur Miller.
Directed By:
Martin Jenkins
Victor:
Richard Dreyfuss
Esther:
Amy Irving
Walter:
Harris Yulin
Gregory Solomon:
Timothy West

'For the King of Broadway,' thought
Meyer Berkowitz , seeing his reflection in a jewellery store window, 'you still look like a failure.'
Harris Yulin , a member of the LA Classic Theater Works, reads
ARTHUR MILLER 'S short story about the price of Fame.
Producer GERRY JONES

Contributors

Unknown:
Meyer Berkowitz
Unknown:
Harris Yulin
Unknown:
Arthur Miller
Producer:
Gerry Jones

Sir Alec Guinness reads The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufock and The Waste Land.
Sir Stephen Spender introduces the poems and provides an introduction to T. s. ELIOT 'S life.
Producer JEREMY MORTIMER Stereo (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Alec Guinness
Unknown:
J. Alfred Prufock
Introduces:
Sir Stephen Spender
Unknown:
T. S. Eliot
Producer:
Jeremy Mortimer

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