Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 277,897 playable programmes from the BBC

RHYTHM ANr> MELODY, by Gladys Whitred
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. The British Isles. Farming Today: in the second of two programmes Colin Wills talks about new methods of farming in the Fen-land.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. Die Schildbtirger.' Sie horen, wie die Schildburger das merkwiirdigste Rathaus der Welt bauten und was geschah, als der Kaiser ihr Dorf besuchte. Horspielbearbeitung von Rolf Richards.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gladys Whitred
Talks:
Colin Wills
Unknown:
Kaiser Ihr Dorf
Unknown:
Rolf Richards.

From a shoe manufacturer's at Northampton
The Three Imps
Ron Rowlands
Janet Brown
Jon Pertwee
Harry Engleman (piano) Vic Mortiboys (bass) Bob Mansell (drums)
Introduced by Philip Garston-Jones
Produced by James Pestridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Ron Rowlands
Unknown:
Janet Brown
Unknown:
Jon Pertwee
Piano:
Harry Engleman
Bass:
Vic Mortiboys
Bass:
Bob Mansell
Introduced By:
Philip Garston-Jones
Produced By:
James Pestridge

ADVENTURES IN ENGLISH. ' The Borrowers a serial story from the book by Mary Norton. Script by Philippa Pearce. 1-' Under the Floor '
2.20 HISTORY i. Tudor People. 5-Archbishop: Thomas Cranmer. Script by Philippa Pearce
2.40 science AND THE COMMUNITY. Fuel and Power. 5-Electricity Today. Script by Philip Brown

Contributors

Book By:
Mary Norton.
Script By:
Philippa Pearce.
Unknown:
Thomas Cranmer.
Script By:
Philippa Pearce
Script By:
Philip Brown

A comedy of the nineteen-twenties by Aldous Huxley
Dramatised for radio by Lance Sieveking
Characters in order of speaking:
Pianist, Josephine Lee
Produced by Donald McWhinnie

Contributors

Unknown:
Aldous Huxley
Pianist:
Josephine Lee
Produced By:
Donald McWhinnie
The Rev Pelvey, a headmaster:
Geoffrey Hodson
Theodore Gumbril, a schoolmaster:
Robert Eddison
Appleyard, his colleague:
Geoffrey Matthews
Myra Viveash, a wealthy widow:
Marjorie Mars
Gumbril Senior, Theodore's father:
John Turnbull
Porteous a friend:
Bryan Powley
Bojanus, a tailor:
Jeffrey Segal
Casimir Lypiatt, an artist:
Anthony Jacobs
Mercaptan, a critic:
Derek Hart
Shearwater, a scientist:
James Thomason
Coleman, an eccentric:
Christopher Rhodes
Zoe, his woman:
Mairhi Russell
Bruin Opps, a man about town:
Geoffrey Matthews
Milly, a homeless Cockney:
Cecile Chevreau
Her husband:
Geoffrey Hodson
Boldero, a financier:
Manning Wilson
Agatha Lemon Rosie's aunt:
Beatrice Gilbert
Rosie, a sweet young thing:
Daphne- Maddox

The Car and the Customer
Sir William Rootes G.B.E., Chairman of a well-known firm of motor manufacturers answers questions put by Austen Albu M.P.,engineer and economist, John Claes,
Belgian business man and international competition driver, Tommy Wisdom,
Motoring editor of the Daily Herald and international competition driver

The Australian import cuts and increasing German competition in North American and European markets are causing some anxiety to the British motor industry. The speakers in this programme consider how far improved design and salesmanship can help to meet these difficulties.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir William Rootes G.B.E.
Unknown:
Austen Albu M.P.
Unknown:
John Claes

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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