Programme Index

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Augmented
BBC Variety Orchestra
(Leader, John Jezard )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet with Jill Stewart
and Jose Stewart
Billy Burden , Barbara Lyon
Terry Scott
Presented by Bill Worsley

Contributors

Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Unknown:
Jill Stewart
Unknown:
Jose Stewart
Unknown:
Billy Burden
Unknown:
Barbara Lyon
Unknown:
Terry Scott
Presented By:
Bill Worsley

A light-hearted enquiry in which famous stars of modern comedy step out of character and discuss their personal approach to the serious business of dispensing the precious commodity of laughter
2-The Art of Ted Ray with Kenneth Connor
George Wadmore
Script by Gale Pedrick
Produced by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Connor
Unknown:
George Wadmore
Script By:
Gale Pedrick
Produced By:
Tom Ronald

The Jewel of the Jungle
A serial play in four episodes from the book by Irene Byers adapted by Denis Constanduros
2— ' Tony Makes an Enemy '
Produced by Mollie Austin
The Bradshaw family has come to England from Africa where their father was killed taking away a rare bulb known as ' The Jewel of the Jungle.' They come to the house of their grandfather, who is a crusty customer, and he takes himself off, leaving the children and their mother to fend for themselves in his big gloomy house.

Contributors

Book By:
Irene Byers
Adapted By:
Denis Constanduros
Produced By:
Mollie Austin
Tony:
David Enders
Melissa:
Angela Brooking
Sally:
Hilda Schroder
Mrs Bradshaw:
Sheila Mitchell
Mr Collins:
Norman Tyrrell
Pringle:
Irene Hall
Mr Mariott:
Ronald Baddiley
Charlie Bates:
Harold Reese
George Casey:
Denis Raymond
Mr Spinks:
George Holloway
Narrator:
Douglas Leach

Regional Variations (2)

Children's Hour. ' The Farm at Glenree ': story-2. Songs

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

A series of four programmes in which ' B.B.', Roy McCarthy , Phil Drabble , and Bill Oakley suggest ways of spending a day during the holidays
2-Cycling
Produced by Graham Gauld

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy McCarthy
Unknown:
Phil Drabble
Unknown:
Bill Oakley
Produced By:
Graham Gauld

Regional Variations (7)

News. sport.

BBC Home Service Welsh

News, sport

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

News. sport.

BBC Home Service Midland

News. talk.

BBC Home Service Scottish

News, sport.

BBC Home Service West

News. sport.

BBC Home Service North

Today's results and weekend preview including a report by Harold Abrahams on the first day of the A.A.A. Championships at the White City
Introduced by John Snagge

Contributors

Unknown:
Harold Abrahams
Introduced By:
John Snagge

Regional Variations (4)

News in Welsh.

BBC Home Service Welsh

The Week in the West.

BBC Home Service West

Ulster Mirror.

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

International Musical Eisteddfod
Stephen Williams gives his impressions of the Tenth Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod illustrated with recordings made during the choral and solo competitions

Talk by the Rev. Edward Rogers
The second Christian Conference on the needs of the Arab refugees from Palestine was held in Beirut in May. Church leaders from the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and France met with representatives of the Near Eastern Christian Council and the Orthodox Patriarchates in the area. Mr. Rogers, Secretary of the Methodist Citizenship Department, describes the Conference.

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Edward Rogers

Regional Variations (3)

Welsh journey to Holland with John Griffiths and Ifor Rees: recordings.

BBC Home Service Welsh

The Drama as Entertainment: talk by C. K. Munro. 4-The Place of the Comic in Drama.

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

presenting this week
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, William Armon )
Conductor, Vilem Tausky
Owen Brannigan (bass-baritone)
Danish Radio
Entertainment Choir
Conductor, Svend Saaby
From the Winter Gardens, Margate
Programme introduced by Philip Slessor
Produced by John Tylee in association with Margate Corporation

Contributors

Leader:
William Armon
Conductor:
Vilem Tausky
Bass-Baritone:
Owen Brannigan
Conductor:
Svend Saaby
Introduced By:
Philip Slessor
Produced By:
John Tylee

Regional Variations (4)

Birds and Beasts: discussion.

BBC Home Service Scottish

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

The Limits of the North: programme about the Fishery Protection Service of the Royal Navy.

BBC Home Service North

A series of three programmes based on the letters written by Private Wheeler of the 51st of Foot
In the Napoleonic Wars
1809-1815
2-' Goodbye Portugal! '
Adapted for radio and produced by Robert Pocock

Contributors

Written By:
Private Wheeler
Produced By:
Robert Pocock

Regional Variations (3)

As Midland.

BBC Home Service West

Sunday Out at Bucknell. Shropshire, with Joan Elliott, 'B.B.,' F. R. Buckley. and George Why ley.

BBC Home Service Midland

Remind you of what?
Roy Plomley invites a reply from
Nancy Spain
Wilfrid Hyde-White
E. Arnot Robertson
Rene Cutforth
Michael Ayrton
Wynford Vaughan Thomas
Based on an idea by Nancy Spain
Produced by Pat Dixon

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Plomley
Unknown:
Nancy Spain
Unknown:
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Unknown:
E. Arnot Robertson
Unknown:
Rene Cutforth
Unknown:
Michael Ayrton
Unknown:
Wynford Vaughan Thomas
Unknown:
Nancy Spain
Produced By:
Pat Dixon

Regional Variations (4)

Scotland in Parliament: account of the past few weeks' Parliamentary business, by R. Brooman-White, m.p.

BBC Home Service Scottish

The Three Arts Operatic Society: conductor. John Patterson.

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

The University of Exeter: recordings of the installation of the Duchess of Devonshire as the first Chancellor of the University of Exetet

BBC Home Service West

Kathleen Long (piano)
Composed over a period of five years, Schumann's Second Piano Sonata was completed in 1-838, two years before his marriage to Clara Wieck. He dedicated it to Henriette Voigt, one of his earliest admirers and the confidante of his love affairs. The second movement is an elaborate transcription of an early song, 'Im Herbst.' Julian Budden

Contributors

Piano:
Kathleen Long
Unknown:
Julian Budden

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.

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