Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,803 playable programmes from the BBC

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
The Bulldog and the Bagpipes: JAMES CRICHTON tells how a double dose of white man's magic defeated the witch doctor
Talking about Books: some romanticised biographies discussed by ELIZABETH DICKEY
Mick the Matador: a fishy story by W. H. LEE about Joe McKeever 's red bull
Having a Baby in Spanish: Avis Hove talks about a nightmare experience in a Latin-American hospital
Percy French favourites sung by GEORGE BEGGS : on records
Introduced by MAURICE O'CALLAGBAN from Northern Ireland

Contributors

Unknown:
James Crichton
Unknown:
Elizabeth Dickey
Story By:
W. H. Lee
Unknown:
Joe McKeever
Sung By:
George Beggs
Introduced By:
Maurice O'Callagban

by Wim van Leer and Arnold Yarrow icith Lyndon Brook
Ian McShane , Norman Wynne and Trader Faulkner
Europe: The winter of 1812-1813 Cast in order of speaking :
Music composed and arranged by Joseph Horowitz
Produced by RONALD MASON
Ian McShane is in ' The Promise at the Fortune: Andrew Sachs in ' Stand by Your Bedouin! ' at the Garrick: Michael Griffiths in ' Wait Until Dark ' at the Duchess Theatre. London

Contributors

Unknown:
Wim van Leer
Unknown:
Arnold Yarrow
Unknown:
Lyndon Brook
Unknown:
Ian McShane
Unknown:
Norman Wynne
Arranged By:
Joseph Horowitz
Produced By:
Ronald Mason
Produced By:
Ian McShane
Unknown:
Andrew Sachs
Unknown:
Michael Griffiths
Villars:
Christopher Bidmead
Bourdelle:
Nigel Clayton
Honiger:
Michael Griffiths
Barbosse:
Norman Wynne
Madère:
Trader Faulkner
Lieutenant Christophe de Nery:
Lyndon Brook
Olivier:
John Graham
Colonel Vallio:
John Justin
Lieutenant Hippolyte Rameaux:
Ian McShane
Colonel Simonet:
Andrew Sachs
General Laborde:
Denis McCarthy
Roger Vitrac:
Henry Stamper
Ballad singer,:
Michael Griffiths

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
† GILES PLAYFAIR introduces this evening's edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on public affairs and issues of policy are specially welcome
For very late letters you can ring (01) 580-4468, extension 3030, and dictate your message.

Contributors

Introduces:
Giles Playfair

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

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More