Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,853 playable programmes from the BBC

by R.L. Stevenson
Adapted by John Blatchley in six episodes

(Recording of the broadcast on January 26, 1958)

Contributors

Author:
R.L. Stevenson
Adapted by:
John Blatchley
Fights arranged by:
Patrick Crean
Producer:
Naomi Capon
Richard Shelton:
Patrick Blackwell
Joanna Sedley:
Anne Dickins
Hugh, the ferryman:
Colin Douglas
Clipsby:
Alan Edwards
Seldon:
Ralph Nossek
Lawless:
Patrick Wymark
Abbott:
Richard Carpenter
Greensheve:
Ivor Salter
Cobham:
William Thomley
Ellis Duckworth:
Patrick Crean
Sir Daniel Brackley:
Barry Letts
Goody Hatch:
Joyce Marlow
Bennett Hatch:
Alan Dobie
Other parts played by:
Antony Carrick
Other parts played by:
Kenneth Gilbert
Other parts played by:
David Hart
Other parts played by:
Laurence Parker

Percy Thrower shows seasonal work in garden and greenhouse including:
Winter spraying of fruit trees; Preparing the 1959 seed list; The value of a good seed catalogue and with L. Maurice Mason Specialist amateur plant collector from Norfolk shows indoor foliage plants; Trailing ivies; Rubber plants, Ferns, etc.; The best varieties, their culture and place in the modern home.

Contributors

Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Guest:
L. Maurice Mason
Presented by:
Paul Morby

Look around with Cliff Michelmore.
Sport - Music - People
Cinema - Theatre - Argument
with Derek Hart, Geoffrey Johnson Smith and this week, Rory and Alex McEwen

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Singer/guitarist:
Rory McEwen
Singer/guitarist:
Alex McEwen
Producer:
Donald Baverstock

In tonight's recording Perry Como welcomes Guest stars and The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, The Ray Charles Singers, The Louis Da Pron Dancers.
Written by Goodman Ace, Morton Green and George Foster and Jay Burton.

Contributors

Presenter/singer:
Perry Como
Musicians:
The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
Singers:
The Ray Charles Singers
Dancers:
The Louis Da Pron Dancers
Producer for NBC:
Clark Jones
Writer:
Goodman Ace
Writer:
Morton Green
Writer:
George Foster
Writer:
Jay Burton
Edited for BBC television by:
Philip Barker
Film editor:
Richard Barclay

Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton.
[Starring] Tony Hancock
featuring Sidney James
with John Vere, Hugh Lloyd, Patricia Hayes, Robert Dorning, Sidney Vivian, Margaret Flint, John Vyvyan, Ivor Raymonde, Mario Fabrizi, Leslie Smith, Anthony Shirvell, Rose Howlett.
(BBC recording)

Contributors

Writer:
Alan Simpson
Writer:
Ray Galton
Incidental music composed and orchestra conducted by:
Wally Stott
Designer:
Roy Oxley
Producer:
Duncan Wood
Anthony Aloysius Hancock:
Tony Hancock
Sidney Balmoral James:
Sidney James
The man upstairs:
John Vere
Television engineer:
Hugh Lloyd
Aunt Edie:
Patricia Hayes
Father:
Robert Dorning
[Actor]:
Sidney Vivian
Mum:
Margaret Flint
Gascoyne:
John Vyvyan
[Actor]:
Ivor Raymonde
Albert:
Mario Fabrizi
[Actor]:
Leslie Smith
[Actor]:
Anthony Shirvell
[Actress]:
Rose Howlett

Raymond Glendenning introduces Hall of Fame
The Sportsview Unit recalls the world's greatest sports stars in action.
Tonight: The Wembley Trail
The dramatic story of two thrilling Wembley Cup Finals.
1939 - Portsmouth v. Wolves and 1946 - Derby v. Charlton

Contributors

Presenter:
Raymond Glendenning
Devised by:
Paul Fox
Edited and written by:
Leslie Kettley
Presented by:
Tom Millett

by Charles Dickens
Adapted in twelve parts by Freda Lingstrom

In which Mr. Boffin's nose is to be laid on the grindstone, Bella and her father keep an appointment, and Eugene comes to grief.
(David McCallum appears by arrangement with the Rank Organisation)

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Adapted by:
Freda Lingstrom
Film Cameraman:
Ken Higgins
Film Editor:
Pam Bosworth
Director:
Eric Tayler
Designer:
Stephen Bundy
Producer:
Douglas Allen
Reginald Wilfer:
George Howe
Miss Bella Wilfer:
Zena Walker
Mrs. Wilfer:
Daphne Newton
Miss Lavinia Wilfer:
Jill Dixon
George Sampson:
Bruce Gordon
'Rogue' Riderhood:
Richard Leech
Bradley Headstone:
Alex Scott
Nicodemus Boffin:
Richard Pearson
Mr. Venus:
Gerald Cross
Silas Wegg:
Esmond Knight
Sloppy:
Robert Scroggins
'Jenny' Wren:
Helena Hughes
Mr. Dolls:
Wilfrid Brambell
Mr. Fledgeby:
Charles Hodgson
John Rokesmith:
Paul Daneman
Eugene Wrayburn:
David McCallum
Lizzie Hexam:
Rachel Roberts
A Lock-Keeper:
Leslie Handford

BBC Television

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