Programme Index

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by John Broadbent
In this talk about the shapes of things we live among and use, John Broadbent explains why he likes windows to be tall and narrow, clock faces to be circular, and wallpaper that steers a middle course between the electrifyingly futuristic and the drably traditional autumn leaves and old-gold fleur-de-lis.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Broadbent

Written by Edward J. Mason and Geoffrey Webb.

Contributors

Writer:
Edward J. Mason
Writer:
Geoffrey Webb
Editor:
Godfrey Baseley
Producer:
Tony Shryane
Daniel Archer:
Harry Oakes
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Jack Archer:
Denis Folwell
Peggy Archer:
Thelma Rogers
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Christine Johnson:
Lesley Saweard
Paul Johnson:
Leslie Dunn
Mr Fairbrother:
Leslie Bowmar
Mrs Fairbrother:
Joy Davies
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Mrs Perkins:
Pauline Seville
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Len Thomas:
Arnold Peters
Doughy Hood:
Arnold Ridley
Carol Grey:
Anne Cullen
John Tregorran:
Basil Jones
Pru Harris:
Mary Dalley
Ned Larkin:
Bill Payne
Mabel Larkin:
Kay Hudson
Jill Patterson:
Patricia Greene

by Edward Hyams
Other parts plaved by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by David H. Godfrey

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Hyams
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Mrs Elkington:
Kathleen Helme
The Rev Ralph Porter:
Arthur Young
Mrs Ashleigh:
Joan Sanderson
Mrs Melhuish:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Mary Alton:
June Tobin
John Ashleigh:
Lockwood West
Ernie Lee:
Haydn Jones
Lew Levin:
David Spenser
Ben Alton:
Stuart Nichol

For Listeners of All Ages
'Speedbird 933'
A journey of 8,000 miles in the Britannia jet-prop airliner from Hong Kong to London Airport via Bangkok, Calcutta, Karachi, Baghdad, Beirut, and Frankfurt-on-Main, with children coming to Britain from the Far East for the start of the school term
The narrator, John Slater
Incidental music composed by Henry Reed who conducts a section of the BBC Northern Orchestra (Leader. Reginald Stead)
Programme written and produced by Trevor Hill with the co-operation of British Overseas Airways Corporation

Contributors

Narrator:
John Slater
Composed By:
Henry Reed
Leader:
Reginald Stead
Produced By:
Trevor Hill

reflecting in humour and song the current interest in the North American continent and presenting from Britain:
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert
Ronnie Barker , Patricia Hayes
Bob Andrews from Canada: Robert Beatty
Edmund Hockridge , Robin Wood and Lois Marshall with the George Mitchell Choir
BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Antony Gilbert )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Continuity by Terry Nation and John Junkin
'Pocket Theatre ' written by Jeremy Bullmore
Produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston

Contributors

Unknown:
Cicely Courtneidge
Unknown:
Jack Hulbert
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes
Unknown:
Bob Andrews
Unknown:
Robert Beatty
Unknown:
Edmund Hockridge
Unknown:
Robin Wood
Unknown:
Lois Marshall
Leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Unknown:
Terry Nation
Unknown:
John Junkin
Written By:
Jeremy Bullmore
Produced By:
Alastair Scott-Johnston

A radio play by Felix Felton and Susan Ashman
From the novel by Elizabeth Kyle
Other parts played by . members of the cast
Production by Audrey Cameron

Contributors

Play By:
Felix Felton
Play By:
Susan Ashman
Novel By:
Elizabeth Kyle
Production By:
Audrey Cameron
Niel Ormond:
Jack Watling
John Ormond:
John Ruddock
August:
John Bryning
Count Kurt Von Hagendorn:
Denis Goacher
Count Georg Von Hagendorn:
Gerard Heinz
Countess Irmgard Von Hagendorn:
Molly Rankin
Johann:
Bryan Powley
Hedwig Orth:
Marjorie Westbury
Doctor Lobnitz:
Andrew Sachs
A young nurse:
Ann Rye
A woodcutter:
John Graham
Julie Von Hagendorn:
Annette Kelly

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.

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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