Programme Index

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Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including:
' How Much Do We Know-about Concussion? ' by a neurologist
(Continued in next column)
' Reading Your Letters and Answering Your Questions': a weekly programme contributed by listeners
' A Male Housewife': Peter Daley explains how and why he keeps the house while his wife goes out to work
' Dirty Linen in Public': Gadfan Morris recalls a minor domestic crisis
' Around and About Britain': a visit to an exhibition by the Red Rose Guild of Craftsmen, and a report from Chester Guiders Conference.
Serial: ' Hester ' by Mrs. Oliphant. Abridged by Honor Wyatt. Read by Sheila Mitchell

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jean Metcalfe
Unknown:
Peter Daley
Unknown:
Gadfan Morris
Read By:
Sheila Mitchell

Commonwealth artists entertain
Una Hale
Tommy Reilly , Carl Barriteau
Stan Bernard Trio
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader. David Paget )
Introduced by Aidan MacDermot
Produced by David Miller

Contributors

Unknown:
Una Hale
Unknown:
Tommy Reilly
Unknown:
Carl Barriteau
Unknown:
Stan Bernard
Leader:
David Paget
Introduced By:
Aidan MacDermot
Produced By:
David Miller

A slice of life served up for family listening by Robert Anderson and Ailie Tyler
From the Track at Goodwood: Stirling Moss - Recorded at the pits and cruising at 125 m.p.h. round the course with 18-year-old Sean Lynch beside him.
Straight Off the Ice: Belita, prima ballerina of the Empress Hall ice show, takes time off from rehearsal to broadcast direct. Valerie Jene describes the scene and keeps the conversation going.
Collectors' Corner: Dennis Wilson opera addict, argues his case with the record of his choice to prove his point.
'You're Only Young Once'
The adventures of the Caldicotts
(fourth series)
Script by Edward J. Mason
7: 'Someone at the Door'

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Anderson
Unknown:
Ailie Tyler
Unknown:
Sean Lynch
Unknown:
Valerie Jene
Unknown:
Dennis Wilson
Script By:
Edward J. Mason

A new radio serial based on the novels by C. S. Forester and adapted by Philo Higley
Episode 3
(Continued in. next column)
Music composed and conducted by Sidney Torch
Produced by Archie Campbell

Contributors

Unknown:
C. S. Forester
Adapted By:
Philo Higley
Conducted By:
Sidney Torch
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Commodore Sir Horatio Hornblower:
Michael Redgrave
Captain Bush:
Donald Bissett
Brown:
Jack Fraser
Lord Wychwood:
Denis Cowles
Baron Basse:
Paul Martin
Sorge:
Leonard Sachs
Czar Alexander:
David Kossoff
Minister of Marine:
Bernard Rebel
Midshipman:
David Spenser

Introduced by Richard Murdoch, Kenneth Horne and Sam Costa with Lana Morris
Novelty Corner
Introducing Forces to the Forces and Sirdani, the 'Gulli-Gulli Man'
Carole Carr sings songs of the Servicemen's choice
Guest Comedian Freddie Sales
Show Time
Excerpts and stars from current British films
Solo Pianist Joseph Weingarten
The Merrymakers
The Peter Knight Singers
Augmented Dance Orchestra Conducted by Stanley Black

Contributors

Introduced By:
Richard Murdoch
Introduced By:
Kenneth Home
Introduced By:
Sam Costa
Unknown:
Lana Morris
Unknown:
Carole Carr
Unknown:
Freddie Sales
Pianist:
Joseph Wedngarten
Conducted By:
Stanley Black
Script:
Bob Monkhouse
Script:
Denis Goodwin
Producer:
Leslie Bridgmont
Producer:
Frank Hooper

Paris and Vienna
Part 8
This story of a musical rivalry that spanned a century ends with music from two masterpieces'Die Fledermaus' by Johann Strauss II , the idol of Vienna, and ' The Tales of Hoffmann' with which Offenbach triumphed in Paris even after his death
Singers:
Gwen Catley , Ruth Packer
Anna Pollak , Webster Booth Trefor Jones, Roderick Jones
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter with Keith Pyott as the Voice of Paris and Rudolph Offenbach as the Voice of Vienna
Devised by Kenneth Pakeman and written by Maurice Gorham
Produced by Malcolm Baker-Smith and Kenneth Pakeman
(Anna Pollak broadcasts by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells)

Contributors

Unknown:
Johann Strauss Ii
Singers:
Gwen Catley
Singers:
Ruth Packer
Singers:
Anna Pollak
Unknown:
Roderick Jones
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
John Sharpe
Conductor:
Gilbert Vinter
Unknown:
Keith Pyott
Unknown:
Rudolph Offenbach
Unknown:
Kenneth Pakeman
Written By:
Maurice Gorham
Produced By:
Malcolm Baker-Smith
Produced By:
Kenneth Pakeman
Unknown:
Anna Pollak

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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