Programme Index

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Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including:

'Sewing for Spring': Dorothy Moody offers some advice on making a skirt

'Spinning a Yarn': Commander Ibbett's yarn this time concerns a monkey

'Getting to Know You': Nancy Spain describes a recent meeting she had with Nancy Mitford

'Is There a Woman's Point of View?': an argument between Marghanita Laski and Ann Temple

'Diligence in Love,' by Daisy Newman. Abridged by Evelyn Gibbs. Read by Peggy Hassard

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jean Metcalfe
Unknown:
Nancy Mitford
Unknown:
Daisy Newman
Abridged By:
Evelyn Gibbs
Read By:
Peggy Hassard

Under-Twenty Parade enquires into the sporting habits, ambitions, and opportunities of the Younger Generation
Compiled by Alec Weeks from on-the-spot recordings in different parts of the country, and concluding with a special report by Wynford Vaughan Thomas Narration by Denzil Batchelor
Devised and produced by Alec Weeka

Contributors

Unknown:
Alec Weeks
Unknown:
Wynford Vaughan Thomas
Unknown:
Denzil Batchelor
Produced By:
Alec Weeka

A radio serial based on the novels of C. S. Forester and adapted by Philo Higley
Episode 9
Music composed and conducted by Sidney Torch
Produced by Archie Campbell

Contributors

Unknown:
C. S. Forester
Adapted By:
Philo Higley
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Commodore Sir Horatio Hornblower:
Michael Redgrave
Captain Bush:
Stanley van Beers
Gerard, Junior and Senior:
Kenneth Forteacue
Captain Keene:
Russell Napier
Simpson:
Philip Cunningham
Graves:
Cyril Shaps
Masters:
Peter Bathurst
Tooth:
Bryan Powley
A Surgeon:
Bryan Powley

Presenting the best in Britain's show business to our Armed Forces serving overseas with Tony Hancock, Diana Dors and Graham Stark
Introduced this week by Ted Ray and starring
Josef Locke
Betty Driver
Kenny Baker
Stanley Black at the piano
The George Mitchell Glee Club
The Stanley Black Concert Orchestra
Calling All Stars
The Services are invited to request their favourite tunes and name the stars they wish to perform them

Contributors

Introduced by:
Ted Ray
Performer:
Josef Locke
Performer:
Betty Driver
Performer:
Kenny Baker
Performer:
Stanley Black
Writer:
Ray Galton
Writer:
Alan Simpson
Produced By:
Dennis Main Wilson

A tribute to composers whose melodies in the past twenty-five years have enriched the world of musical comedy and operetta
Introduced by Eric Maschwitz and ' The First-Nighter' Written by Gale Pedrick
Chapter 6
The music of: Ralph Benatsky , Robert Stolz
Franz Lehar
Hans May , Andre Messager with Lucille Graham
Bruce Trent , John Lewis
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master. Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter
Produced by Michael North

Contributors

Introduced By:
Eric Maschwitz
Written By:
Gale Pedrick
Unknown:
Ralph Benatsky
Unknown:
Robert Stolz
Unknown:
Franz Lehar
Unknown:
Hans May
Unknown:
Andre Messager
Unknown:
Lucille Graham
Unknown:
Bruce Trent
Unknown:
John Lewis
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
John Sharpe
Conductor:
Gilbert Vinter
Produced By:
Michael North

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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