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Geoffrey Wheeler looks back at the stories, events and issues which were making the news of 50 years ago today. The Alpine Motor Race enters its third stage, and the jive and swing dictionary is published.

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Wheeler

Joining Nigel Rees for the last in the series of the popular quiz are
Jim Broadbent , Sir John Drummond , John Sergeant and Baroness Trumpington. The reader is William Franklyn. Producer Chris Neill

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Jim Broadbent
Unknown:
Sir John Drummond
Unknown:
William Franklyn.
Producer:
Chris Neill

By Barry McKinley , with James Fleet as Billy.
Question: You have just arrived in a mental asylum. Who do you ask for help when filling in the assessment form?
Answer: The other inmates.
Director Peter Kavanagh

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry McKinley
Director:
Peter Kavanagh
Joey:
Mark Bonnar
Professor:
John Turner
Priscilla:
Kristin Milward
Tommy Tango:
Christopher Scott
Old Lady:
Shirley Dixon

Rodney Milnes talks to six opera singers about their favourite roles.
1: Mezzo-soprano Marilyn Home talks about singing the part of Isabella in Rossini's L 'Italiana in Algeri. Producer Tracey Ross

Contributors

Talks:
Rodney Milnes
Mezzo-Soprano:
Marilyn Home
Producer:
Tracey Ross

Kaleidoscope Goes Home
Paul Vaughan recalls growing up in the London suburb of Raynes Park. He remembers the early influences on his life, from the bookshops of Charing Cross to standing in the queue for the Proms in the forties at the Queen's Hall.
Producer Helen Garrison
Revised repeat at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Producer:
Helen Garrison

The French Collection
By Alphonse Daudet , read by Anton Lesser. It is the winter of 1870 and Paris is under siege during the Franco-Prussian War. A childish bit of fun turns into tragedy when the story's young hero unwittingly acts as a spy for the Prussians.
Producer Gemma Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Alphonse Daudet
Read By:
Anton Lesser.
Producer:
Gemma Jenkins

Final part of the comedy show featuring unflappable broadcaster Roy Mallard , played by Chris Langham. The Hotel Manager. Mallard goes behind the scenes in a hotel with another of his incisive reports. Written by John Morton
Producer Paul Schlesinger Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Mallard
Played By:
Chris Langham.
Written By:
John Morton
Producer:
Paul Schlesinger

The second of six programmes in which Trevor Phillips presents news, and lively conversation from black and Asian perspectives around the UK. Producer Fran Acheson
PHONE: (0171) [number removed]FAX: (0171) [number removed]
E-MAIL: in.living.colour@bh.bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Trevor Phillips

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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