Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,874 playable programmes from the BBC

A novel of the days of Roman Britain by Rosemary Sutcliff abridged for radio in six parts by David Scott Daniell
1: Pack Law
When a Roman merchant ship is wrecked off the south-west coast of Britain there is one survivor, a small baby ...
Readers,
GABRIEL WOOLF. NIGEL GRAHAM and JOAN MATHESON t Broadcast on May 19

Contributors

Unknown:
David Scott Daniell
Readers:
Gabriel Woolf.
Readers:
Nigel Graham
Readers:
Joan Matheson

from Nottingham
Introduced by ISOBEL BARNETT
Child-dumping:
DR. B. J. L. Moss. Medical Officer of Health for Leicester, discusses with TONY CHURCH a situation which is causing him concern
The Wind on the Heath:
RICHARD WADE tells REX Needle how he and his family share the gypsy life t Snakes and Scorpions in Africa:
LORNA WATERMEYER tells Of some uncomfortable experiences as a housewife in Bechuanaland t The Abbey and I shall stand or fall together: JOAN HARPER visits Newstead. home of Lord Byron
Ideas in the Air: discussed by DOROTHY Wood of the Nottingham Council of Social Service. and ALDERMAN SIR MARK HENIG of Leicester
Patience Collier reads
.411 the Dags of Minnie Sue by SUSAN BELL

Contributors

Introduced By:
Isobel Barnett
Unknown:
Dr. B. J. L. Moss.
Unknown:
Richard Wade
Unknown:
Lorna Watermeyer
Unknown:
Joan Harper
Unknown:
Dorothy Wood
Unknown:
Alderman Sir Mark Henig
Unknown:
Susan Bell

by Jane Lane with Stephen Murray and Lionel Harris
An unknown man brings the King news of a ' Popish Plot ' to murder him and invade the country.
George Wakeman. Gordon FAITH
Produced by NESTA PAIN t Based on the programme originally broadcast in 1952

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Lane
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Unknown:
Lionel Harris
Unknown:
George Wakeman.
Unknown:
Gordon Faith
Produced By:
Nesta Pain
Narrator:
John Westbrook
Titus Oates:
Lionel Harris
Charles II:
Alexander John
Lord Chief Justice Scroggs:
Stephen Murray
Edward Coleman:
Peter Bartlett
Mary Poole:
Patricia Leventon
Whitebread:
Rolf Lefebvre
Gavan:
Anthony Hall

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including: tThe Hauntit Hoose: confessions of a policeman, by William Patterson f Jockie and the Swarm:
EDMUND SULLEY has no confidence in the traditional claim that bees take the sting out of rheumatism
Because it's there:
Hamish BROWN describes the unromantic background to a climbing expedition t Music of Scotland played by the BBC SCOTTISH VARIETY ORCHESTRA Conductor, JACK LEON
Introduced by HOWARD Lockhart from Scotland

Contributors

Unknown:
William Patterson
Unknown:
Edmund Sulley
Unknown:
Hamish Brown
Conductor:
Jack Leon
Introduced By:
Howard Lockhart

And a Bottle of Rum
A serial play by A. R. Rawlinson in six parts with Richard Hurndall and Hugh Janes
Revlis's men have mutinied and he has stiKKested to Miriam and Jim that the three of them should no off and get the treasure and split it between them. 6: The Treasure Hunt
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD
Richard Hurndall and Charles Leno are m ' Hostile Witneis at the Haymarket Theatre, London

Contributors

Play By:
A. R. Rawlinson
Unknown:
Richard Hurndall
Unknown:
Hugh Janes
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Produced By:
Richard Hurndall
Produced By:
Charles Leno
Captain Urcott:
Charles Leno
Tom Trelawney:
Richard Hurndall
Erich:
Gordon Gardner
Jim Hawkins:
Hugh Janes
Miriam Urcott:
Jo Manning Wilson
Harbour Master:
Philip Guard

with George Cole , Diana Churchill and Colin Gordon in A Life of Bliss with FREDERICK TREVES
PERCY EDWARDS , SHEILA SWEET
JUDITH Stott , SHEILA MANAHAN
Script by Godfrey HARRISON
Produced by LESLIE Bridgmont t Broadcast on February 25. 1959

Contributors

Unknown:
George Cole
Unknown:
Diana Churchill
Unknown:
Colin Gordon
Unknown:
Frederick Treves
Unknown:
Percy Edwards
Unknown:
Judith Stott
Unknown:
Sheila Manahan
Script By:
Godfrey Harrison
Produced By:
Leslie Bridgmont

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by NEWS STAND t How the dailies have handled the week's news, the opinions they have expressed, and current trends in and out of Fleet Street, are analysed by Douglas BROWN

Contributors

Unknown:
Douglas 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.

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