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Time-Saving Week
A daily programme for women at home
Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including
' Reading Your Letters': a programme of comments, stories, and criticisms sent by listeners in all parts of the country Delia Murphy sings
'On Being a Step-mother,' by Elizabeth Chantrey
' Passing Opinion': Max Robertson collects opinions from passers-by in London
'Scarlet': Robert Moore recalls the time his son had scarlet fever
' John Brown's Body '—11. The story of the American Civil War. Stephen Vincent Benet 's epic poem adapted for radio by Pamela Frankau and read by Richard Ainley , with Robin Roberts and John Sterland and asides on time saving by Sam Pollock

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jean Metcalfe
Unknown:
Delia Murphy
Unknown:
Elizabeth Chantrey
Unknown:
Max Robertson
Unknown:
Robert Moore
Unknown:
Stephen Vincent Benet
Unknown:
Pamela Frankau
Read By:
Richard Ainley
Unknown:
Robin Roberts
Unknown:
John Sterland
Unknown:
Sam Pollock

Extracts from Verdi's opera
'Aida'
BBC Opera Orchestra (Leader, John Sharpe )
BBC Opera Chorus
(Trained by Alan G. Melville )
Joan Hammond (soprano)
Constance Shacklock
(mezzo-soprano)
Frank Titterton (tenor)
John Cameron (baritone)
Inia Te Wiata (bass)
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
(Constance Shacklock , John Cameron , and Inia Te Wiata broadcast by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)

Contributors

Leader:
John Sharpe
Unknown:
Alan G. Melville
Soprano:
Joan Hammond
Mezzo-Soprano:
Constance Shacklock
Tenor:
Frank Titterton
Baritone:
John Cameron
Bass:
Inia Te Wiata
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Conductor:
Constance Shacklock
Conductor:
John Cameron

Light Programme

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