Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,062 playable programmes from the BBC

Microbes in the Works by E. C. HILL of the Department of Microbiology, University College, Cardiff
Have you ever noticed the sickenng smells that persist inside an engineering workshop? This is not poor ventilation: it is due to bacterial decomposition of the lubricating oils used in engineering practice. But the smell is not the worst part of the problem. The bacteria can make the oil completely useless as a lubricant and so ensure failure of machinery.

Contributors

Unknown:
E. C. Hill

Everyday German by Radio
A series of twenty programmes for listeners with a basic knowledge of the language, based on Erich Kastner 's novel Drei Manner im ^chnee
20: Ende gut, alles gut
Introduced by Sabine MICHAEL and DIETER GEISSLER
Last Wednesday's broadcast (Study)
A booklet and records are available
Competition entries should be posted to ' Der arme Millionar ', Further Education Department (Sound), BBC. London. W.I, to arrive not later than August 15. 'Ihe results will be published in RADIO Times dated October 5.

Contributors

Unknown:
Erich Kastner
Introduced By:
Sabine Michael
Introduced By:
Dieter Geissler

A series of fifteen magazine-type programmes, including French songs and readings from the Penguin book of French Short Stories and The Penguin Book of French Nineteenth Century Verse, for listeners with some knowledge of French
Programme 7
Verlaine: Nevermore
Les bottes de sept lieues-7 Poste restante Ma romance
Speakers, Paulette PRENEY
Louis BLONCOURT, PAUL COUSTER
Last Thursday's broadcast (Study)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Couster

Reliable Brakes?: MICHAEL KEMP , Motoring Correspondent of the Daily Sketch, interviews a manufacturer of braking equipment about a recent investigation into reliability
Cramp or Comfort: DONALD NORFOLK talks about the importance of seating and posture for the motorist together with topical news and the latest Road Conditions
Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
Produced by Jim Pestridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Kemp
Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Produced By:
Jim Pestridge

Members of the public and invited personalities put questions to
JIMMY EDWARDS , TED RAY
TOMMY Trinder , CYRIL FLETCHER
In the chair, McDONALD Hobley
Special guest, SARA LEIGHTON from an idea by Jimmy Edwards
Produced by Edward Taylor
Broadcast on April 16 (Light)
Jimmy Edwards is in ' Big Bad Mouse ' at the Shaftesbury Theatre. London

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Unknown:
Ted Ray
Unknown:
Tommy Trinder
Unknown:
Cyril Fletcher
Unknown:
Sara Leighton
Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Produced By:
Edward Taylor
Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards

The Man in the Looking Glass
A comment on marriage by Bruce Beeby with Denys Hawthorne
Rolf Lefebvre
Joan Matheson , Madi Hedd
Other parts played by Stephen Thorne , Bruce Beeby
Pianist. Michael Kilgarriff
Produced by Betty DAVIES

Contributors

Unknown:
Bruce Beeby
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Unknown:
Rolf Lefebvre
Unknown:
Joan Matheson
Unknown:
Madi Hedd
Played By:
Stephen Thorne
Pianist:
Bruce Beeby
Pianist:
Michael Kilgarriff
Produced By:
Betty Davies
Narrator:
Denys Hawthorne
Charles Cundall Smythe:
Rolf Lefebvre
Celia Cundall Smythe:
Joan Matheson
Penny Williams:
Madi Hedd
Gladys:
Carol Marsh

'twixt
ISOBEL BARNETT
ELEANOR SUMMERFIELD and RICHARD MURDOCH , DAVID NIXON with some tune-twisters from STEVE RACE
In the chair, Roy PLOMLEY
Last Sunday's broadcast (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Isobel Barnett
Unknown:
Eleanor Summerfield
Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
David Nixon

Bird in Hand by John Drinkwater adapted for radio by PEGGY WELLS with Produced by ANTHONY CORNISH in the BBC's Midland studios

Contributors

Unknown:
John Drinkwater
Unknown:
Peggy Wells
Produced By:
Anthony Cornish
Thomas Greenleaf:
Bob Arnold
Alice Greenleaf:
Anne Cruen
Joan:
Valerie Georgeson
Gerald Arnwood:
Alan Devereux
Mr Blanquet:
Mark Kingston
Cyril Beverley:
Michael Deacon
Ambrose Godolphin:
George Woolley
Sir Robert Arnwood:
John Hobday

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