Programme Index

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

Introduced by BILL
HARTLEY Clearways and Parking: some random comparisons from both sides of the Atlantic by KEITH WILLIAMS
The Knock for Knock Agreement: the principle and practice explained by JOHN GASELEE , editor of The Insurance Record
Running an Old Car without making Enemies: MICHAEL POLLARD gives advice from his own experience
Motoring Ailments: CHARLES IAN STEWART , a Scottish physiotherapist, discusses the common ones and their treatment
Friday's broadcast in the Third Network and The Latest Road Traffic News

Contributors

Unknown:
Hartley Clearways
Unknown:
Keith Williams
Unknown:
John Gaselee
Unknown:
Michael Pollard
Unknown:
Charles Ian Stewart

Members of the public and invited personalities put questions to
JIMMY EDWARDS
TED RAY
TOMMY TRINDER
RICHARD MURDOCH
In the chair, McDONALD HOBLEY
Guest, Joan Turner
From an idea by Jimmy Edwards
Produced by EDWARD TAYLOR
Broadcast on January 9 in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Unknown:
Ted Ray
Unknown:
Tommy Trinder
Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
Joan Turner
Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Produced By:
Edward Taylor

by Vian Smith
' Fifty years ago, Bertie, I was eighteen and used to watch from the window-the dark streets and the wet pavements and the sounds of marching.'
Produced by DAVID DAVIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Vian Smith
Produced By:
David Davis
Alice:
Ann Totten
Stephen:
Fraser Kerr
Sylvia:
Isabel Rennie
Bertie:
Peter Bartlett

Introduced by Vic Oliver
The singers
Pauline Tinsley
Harry Mossfield
The piano played by Colin Horsley
The first broadcast of Leo McKernan
Comedy from
Leslie Crowther
June Whitfield
Ronnie Barker
Drama from
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert
VARIETY PLAYHOUSE ORCHESTRA Leader, John Jezard
Conducted by Vic OLIVER
Script by Carey Edwards
Bob Block and Gene Crowley
Produced by BILL GATES

Contributors

Introduced By:
Vic Oliver
Singers:
Pauline Tinsley
Singers:
Harry Mossfield
Played By:
Colin Horsley
Unknown:
Leo McKernan
Unknown:
Leslie Crowther
Unknown:
June Whitfield
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
Cicely Courtneidge
Unknown:
Jack Hulbert
Leader:
John Jezard
Conducted By:
Vic Oliver
Script By:
Carey Edwards
Script By:
Bob Block
Script By:
Gene Crowley
Produced By:
Bill Gates

The novel by Geoffrey Household adapted for radio by Willoughby Gray.
With Hubert Gregg.

When Roger Taine took a warning pot-shot at a poacher's behind, little did he realise this impulsive action was to involve him with a fantastic spy ring and in a hilarious hue and cry!

Contributors

Author:
Geoffrey Household
Adaptor:
Willoughby Gray
Producer:
Norman Wright
Roger Taine:
Hubert Gregg
Cecily Taine:
Mary Wimbush
Robert Heyne-Hassingham:
Felix Felton
Colonel Francis Hiart:
Norman Claridge
Mr Blossom:
John Ruddock
General Peter Sandorski:
Jeffrey Segal
Lex:
Eric Anderson
Pink:
Frederick Treves
Buff:
Stephen Thorne
Blue:
Alan Haines
Inspector Lawrence:
Wilfrid Carter
Edward Bear:
Garard Green
Jimmy Collins:
Glyn Dearman
Inspector Haldon:
John Boxer
Major Roland:
Philip Morant
News Reader:
Ronald Fletcher
Other Parts:
Members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

WILLIAM BENNETT (flute) - JANET CRAXTON (oboe)
THE OROMONTE STRING TRIO Perry Hart (violin)
Margaret Major (viola) Bruno Schrecker (cello)
First of three fortnightly programmes to include chamber music by Mozart
June 6: Divertimento in F major (K.247)
Second broadcast

Contributors

Flute:
William Bennett
Oboe:
Janet Craxton
Violin:
Perry Hart
Viola:
Margaret Major
Cello:
Bruno Schrecker

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