Programme Index

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RHYTHM AND MELODY. by Gladys Whitred.
11.20 geography. Port of London.
Script by Freda Lingstrom. (BBC recording)
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. Abenteuer im Odenwald. Manuskript von Rolf Richards.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gladys Whitred.
Script By:
Freda Lingstrom.
Unknown:
Rolf Richards.

Regional Variations (2)

Very Much at Home: record requests for listeners in the South and West

BBC Home Service West

Midland Region's panel game devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
E. Arnot Robertson and Frank Muir challenge
Nancy Spain and Denis Norden
Umpire, Jack Longland
(The recorded broadcast of Jan. 19)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
E. Arnot Robertson
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland

Regional Variations (4)

The Week Ahead. Interlude

BBC Home Service North

I Ysgolion Cymru

BBC Home Service Welsh

What's On? Coming events

BBC Home Service Midland

A Victorian Peep-Show by E. F. Benson
' Arranged for broadcasting in twelve parts by H. Oldfield Box Produced by David H. Godfrey
PART 11

Contributors

Unknown:
E. F. Benson
Unknown:
H. Oldfield
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey

ADVENTURES IN ENGLISH. Theseus and the Minotaur. 1-The Road to Athens. Script by Edward Blishen
2.20 SCIENCE and THE COMMUNITY. Communications. 3-The telephone. Script by G. K. Saunders
2.40 STORIES FROM BRITISH HISTORT. Votes for Sale: the story of a Rotten Borough. Script by Richard Wortley

Contributors

Script By:
Edward Blishen
Script By:
G. K. Saunders
Script By:
Richard Wortley

Conducted by Sir John Summerson
Art: Basil Taylor
Film: Edgar Anstey
Theatre: Richard Findlater
Radio: Laurence Kitchin
Book: C. V. Wedgwood

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir John Summerson
Unknown:
Edgar Anstey
Unknown:
Richard Findlater
Unknown:
Laurence Kitchin

Regional Variations (3)

Children. Magazine: Music Spot (as North). I Want to be an Actor

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Children. Magazine for girls. Music Spot. Take your Cue

BBC Home Service North

The home of Samuel Johnson , the great lexicographer

Contributors

Accordion:
David Rendell
Accordion:
David Orland
Introduced By:
Sibyl Clark
Produced By:
Sheila Bailey
Unknown:
C. Gordon Glover
Unknown:
Samuel Johnson

Regional Variations (7)

News, sport. News in Welsh

BBC Home Service Welsh

News. Round-up. Sport

BBC Home Service West

News

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

News

BBC Home Service North

News, sport

BBC Home Service Midland

News, sport

BBC Home Service Scottish

Local news and London Stock Market report
6.30 Today's Sport
6.40 Town -and Country
A magazine for listeners in London and the counties of the South-East

Regional Variations (3)

Farm Forum : from Oban

BBC Home Service Scottish

Ulster Farm

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

(Leader. William Armon )
The programme includes The Emperor Waltz by Johann Strauss ; Pavane and Tambourin from Eric Coates 's ' Four Centuries ' Suite; and Norwegian Festival Overture by Johan Halvorsen

Contributors

Leader:
William Armon
Unknown:
Johann Strauss
Unknown:
Eric Coates
Unknown:
Johan Halvorsen

by Oliver Onions
Adapted for radio by Frederick Laws
Cast in order of speaking:
Eva Stuart , Hugh Dickson
Produced by R. D. Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Frederick Laws
Unknown:
Eva Stuart
Unknown:
Hugh Dickson
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Narrator:
Hugh Dickson
Paul Oleron:
John Dearth
Mr Barrett:
Ben Williams
Lawyer:
Arthur Ridley
Mrs Barrett:
Catherine Dolan
Mrs Johnson:
Elsa Palmer
Mr Johnson:
John Hollis
Elsie Bengough:
Sheila Raynor
Barmaid:
June Wenner
Vicar:
Charles Simon
Ironmonger:
Jon Rollason
Inspector:
George Merritt
Sergeant:
Philip Grout
Neighbours:
Terry Stanford

Regional Variations (4)

Brahms: Michael Saxton, clarinet: Oliver Brookes. cello; James Walker, piano

BBC Home Service Midland

River Bann in Pre-history"

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

BBC Gaelic Choir

BBC Home Service Scottish

A gallery of portraits in close-up
'Galway.' ' Donegal, 'Eamonn ': long-distance kiddies
The life and hard times, opinions, and philosophy of three itinerant Irish workmen who drift from job to job, from town to town, from country to country.
Script by Eamonn Smullen
Narrator, Ian Sadler Edited and produced by Maurice Brown

Contributors

Script By:
Eamonn Smullen
Narrator:
Ian Sadler
Produced By:
Maurice Brown

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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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