Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 278,236 playable programmes from the BBC

Local repertory theatres fight a constant battle for survival against rising costs and ' canned ' entertainment. Should they be expected to pay their own way, or should they expect the rate-payers to come to their rescue? JOHN TIMPSON reports on the repertory theatres at Watford and Chelmsford

Contributors

Unknown:
John Timpson

Prelude: Lohengrin (Wagner)
COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by Bruno WALTER
Piano Concerto No. 1, in E flat major (Liszt)
ANNIE FISCHER (piano)
Philharmonia ORCHESTRA Conducted by Otto Klemperer on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Bruno Walter
Piano:
Annie Fischer
Conducted By:
Otto Klemperer

Introduced by Bill HARTLEY
A Simple Guide to the Motor Car: 1-The Engine, by Robin-RICHARDS
Your Driving Health: The Doctor' with some timely advice
Tyres in the Wet: DANE SINCLAIR reveals the results of some recent experiments
Post-Bag: a selection of listeners' letters
Road Conditions: a review of the week ahead Friday's broadcast in the Third Network

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley

with Ken Dodd, John Laurie, Judith Chalmers, Wallas Eaton, Percy Edwards, Peter Hudson and Edmundo Ros
Special feature: How to make yourself even more invisible
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Malcolm Lockyer
Script by Ken Dodd and Eddie Braben
Produced by Bill Worsley
(Broadcast on October 13, 1963, in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Laurie
Unknown:
Judtth Chalmers
Unknown:
Wallas Eaton
Unknown:
Percy Edwards
Unknown:
Peter Hudson
Unknown:
Edmundo Ros
Script:
Ken Dodd
Script:
Eddie Braben
Producer:
Bill Worsley

Ask Me No Questions by Derek Benfield with Anthony Viccars
' Situation vacant. Big financial reward for the right man. No qualifications necessary.' Too good to be true, perhaps? But Henry Scrubb was out of a job. and he couldn'afford to be choosy....
Other parts played by members of the BBC
Drama Repertory Company Produced by Betty DAVIES

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Benfield
Unknown:
Anthony Viccars
Unknown:
Henry Scrubb
Produced By:
Betty Davies
Henry Scrubb:
Anthony Viccars
Dora Scrubb:
Eva Stuart
James Cornelius:
John Bryning
Margot Cornelius:
Nicolette Bernard
Publican:
George Merritt
Florrie:
Elizabeth Morgan
Inspector Thatcher:
Frank Partington
Mrs Ferrance:
Priscilla Benson
Fred Pender:
Michael Goldie

Sixteen Lives of a Drunken Dreamer by Stephen Grenfell with Geoffrey Matthews as Jack Mallalieu
The hero is dead ... lonely, old, unsung. But from the corpse of the derelict compassionately there arises the ghost of the young man who strode through early manhood in splendour.'
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by members of the cast Produced by KEITH WILLIAMS

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Grenfell
Unknown:
Geoffrey Matthews
Unknown:
Jack Mallalieu
Produced By:
Keith Williams
Mark Waldron:
Peter Claughton
Myra Baker:
Isabel Rennie
Jack Mallalieu:
Geoffrey Matthews
Sergeant Nimmo:
Gordon Faith
Williams:
Bruce Condell
Roger Lowe:
Michael Goldie
David:
Glyn Dearman
Tom Jamieson:
Wallace Campbell
The Rev Basil Filey:
Peter Bartlett
The Rev Arthur Summers:
Stephen Jack
Kate:
Eva Haddon
Dr Curzon:
Bruce Condell
Boetie Du Plessis:
Michael Collins
Alec Borrowdale:
John Baddeley
Margaret:
Eva Stuart
Charles:
Kevin Flood
Susan Jo:
Manning Wilson

News and views of books by CHARLES Gibbs-Smith ROBERT GREACEN
JOHN HORDER , JAMES LAVER
DILYS POWELL on The Movies
PETER NORMAN on Nabokov and Freeborn Introduced by ROBIN HOLMES

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Gibbs-Smith
Unknown:
Robert Greacen
Unknown:
John Horder
Unknown:
James Laver
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Peter Norman
Introduced By:
Robin Holmes

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