Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,217 playable programmes from the BBC

in conversation with Harold Rogers recalls some of his Friends and Contemporaries including:
Bernard Shaw, W. B. Yeats, H. G. Wells and Field-Marshall Earl Wavell and introduces recordings of their voices from the BBC Sound Archives
Produced by Helen Fry
See facing page

Contributors

Subject:
Compton Mackenzie
Presenter:
Harold Rogers
Producer:
Helen Fry

A weekly discussion on cinema, theatre, books, broadcasting, and art
This week:
John Bowen, Edward Lucie-Smith
Basil Taylor, Alexander Walker
In the chair, Dilys Powell
Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Panellist:
John Bowen
Panellist:
Edward Lucie-Smith
Panellist:
Basil Taylor
Panellist:
Alexander Walker
Presenter:
Dilys Powell
Producer:
Philip French

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
A Liberal Man: John Ellison talks to The Rt. Hon. Jo Grimond, T.D., M.P., about the turning points in his life
The Laugh's on Me: Macdonald Hastings recalls amusing moments from his overflowing life. 2: Knife-thrower's target
Care of Christmas Presents: some gardening hints from Fred Loads
Drop Us a Line: your news, views, and memories
Introduced by Steve Race

Contributors

Interviewer:
John Ellison
Interviewee:
Rt. Hon. Jo Grimond
Speaker:
Macdonald Hastings
Speaker:
Fred Loads
Presenter:
Steve Race

Recollections of the life of a little girl in nineteenth-century Tsarist Russia by E. M. Almedingen arranged for broadcasting in six parts by Bertha Lonsdale
Read by Betty Hardy
Little Katia has been adopted by her father's cousin Sophie, after her mother's death. In the winter of 1837 yet another relative comes to stay at Trostnikovo - the beautiful Nastia. Although she is already a grown-up young lady, she proves to be a very gay and lively companion for the children.

Contributors

Author:
E. M. Almedingen
Adaptation:
Bertha Lonsdale
Narrator:
Betty Hardy

The pessimists feel that entry into the European Economic Community could seriously threaten our role as sterling and world bankers, and foresee the possibility of losing our right to manage our own economy as we see fit. The optimists, particularly in merchant banking and insurance, look forward to a boom. What price might we have to pay for entry?

Colin Jones presents the views of British and Continental economic experts and questions W. A. P. Manser, commentator on Common Market affairs, and Peter Jay,
Economic correspondent of The Times
Last of four programmes

Contributors

Presenter:
Colin Jones
Expert:
W. A. P. Manser
Expert:
Peter Jay
Producer:
John Musgrave

Beethoven
Trio in D major, Op. 9 No. played by The Italian String Trio Franco Gulli (violin)
Bruno Giuranna (viola) Giacinto Caramia (cello)
Second broadcast. The second of three programmes of Beethoven's Op. 9 played by the Italian String Trio

Contributors

Violin:
Franco Gulli
Viola:
Bruno Giuranna
Cello:
Giacinto Caramia

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