Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 278,321 playable programmes from the BBC

including:
What is essential kitchen equipment?: Margaret Ryan outlines her personal ideas on the minimum tools for the cook's job
Reading Your Letters: the latest selection from the Woman's Hour mailbag
Eng Ho Bungalow: Jay Blakeney describes her life as a housewife in Malaya
Personality Diary: Mary Ferguson is this week's diarist
Serial:
' The Franchise Affair' by Josephine Tey
Abridged by Honor Wyatt Read by James McKechnie
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson

Contributors

Abridged By:
Honor Wyatt
Read By:
James McKechnie
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Jonquil Antony
Isabel had an interview with Henry Thornton , Tiggy's form-master, who was worried about Tiggy's bad work at school. Dr Gardiner visited SaMy and to did Elaine Allardyce, who asked Sally it she needed anyone as a part-time assistant. Mr. Fulton planned, without Sally's knowledge, to get « well-known earlier to design a Christmas card for ' Sarah ' to be sent to householders in Parkwood Hill. Dr. Dale was unable to celebrate his birthday because of a last-minute call. Jenny helped Bob to carry a large picture from the attic to Bob's study over the garage. They dropped the picture on the stairs and another oanvas was revealed, wihidh looked very much like a Constable.

Contributors

Script By:
Jonquil Antony
Unknown:
Henry Thornton
Mrs Dale:
Ellis Powell
Dr Dale:
Douglas Bunbidge
Bob Dale:
Leslie Heritage
Gwen Owen:
Beryl Calder
David Owen:
Gordon Morrison
Mrs Freeman:
Dorothy Lane
Sally Lane:
Thelma Hughes
Mrs Morgan:
Grace Allardyce
Dr Gardiner:
Grey Blake
Grandfather Dale:
Jack Shaw
Joan Dale:
Olga Dickie
Nurse Simpson:
Catherine Fleming
Edward Fielding:
Keith Pyott
Richard Fulton:
Norman Ohidgey

Adapted for radio by Raymond Raikes from the short story and the play by W. Somerset Maugham
Characters in order of speaking:
The action takes place on a plantation in the Malay Peninsula and at Singapore about the year 1920
Production by Raymond Raikes

Contributors

Unknown:
Raymond Raikes
Production By:
Raymond Raikes
A Quiet Voice:
T St John Barry
Leslie:
Googie Withers
Geoffrey Hammond:
John Witty
Chinese Boy:
Enkuo Lih
Malay Servant:
Yunus Maris
The Head Boy:
Noel Iliff
John Withers, the Assistant District Officer.:
David Peel
Robert Crosbie, Leslie's husband:
James McKechnie
Howard Joyce, a lawyer:
Carleton Hobbs
Ong Chi Seng, his Cantonese clerk:
Malcolm Hayes
Mrs Parker, a prison matron:
Rosamund Greenwood
Chung Hi, a Chinese general dealer:
Norman Shelley
A Chinese woman:
An Ni Chang
Mrs Joyce:
Ella Milne

A tale of the future
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips
Written and produced by Charles Chilton

Jet Morgan and his crew were trapped in their rocket-ship and unable to return to Earth. During their long wait through the lunar night, they heard strange tapping noises on the ship's exterior.
Then, with the rising of the sun, power returned to the ship and preparations for the journey home were again made. But. just before take-off, Jet saw a strange object on the televiewer screen ...

Contributors

Conducted By:
Van Phillips
Produced By:
Charles Chilton
Jet Morgan:
Andrew Faulds
Lemmy:
David Kossoff
Mitchell:
Don Sharp
Doc:
Guy Kingsley Poynter

Spotlighting the world of popular music
Show Band's Victim this week:
Richard Murdoch Hit Parade: the best of the best sellers--past and present
Fireside Melody: Bill McGuffie The Stargazers' Music Shop
Songs in style
/ Hear a Violin: Louis Stevens Just For You
Tunes you have specially asked for
BBC Show Band
Directed by Cyril Stapleton
Jufie Dawn , Harold Smart
The Show Band Singers
Introduced byRikki Fulton
Script by Jimmy Grafton and Bryan Blackburn
Produotion by Johnnie Stewart

Contributors

Directed By:
Cyril Stapleton
Directed By:
Jufie Dawn
Unknown:
Harold Smart
Introduced By:
Rikki Fulton
Script By:
Jimmy Grafton
Unknown:
Bryan Blackburn
Unknown:
Johnnie Stewart

A story of the Boxing Ring in eight episodes by David Oameron and Terry Stanford
Round 3
(Continued in next column)
Music composed by Jack Jordan
Production by Vernon Harris

Contributors

Unknown:
David Oameron
Unknown:
Terry Stanford
Composed By:
Jack Jordan
Production By:
Vernon Harris
Jack Seyens:
Michael Ripper
Sally Hicks:
Myrtle Reed
Harry Hicks:
Philip Ray
Steve Nelson:
Russell Napier
Mick Lomax:
Sydney Taller
Bill Brown:
Michael Logan
Charlie Cartwright:
Harry Towb
Nosher Oakea:
Sidney Vivian
Johnny Malenga:
Frank Singuineau
Tess:
Betty Fleetwood
Yorky Benmett:
Paul Whitsun-Jones

Problems and brain-teasers devised for your entertainment
Beat the Experts
Ask Me Another
Ted Kavanagh Robert Moreton
May Cox
Taking part in the sketches:
John Baker , John Bentley
Daphne Maddox , Anthony Green
Chairman, Franklin Engelmann
Programme devised and written by John P. Wynn
Produced by Joan Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
Ted Kavanagh
Unknown:
Robert Moreton
Unknown:
May Cox
Unknown:
John Baker
Unknown:
John Bentley
Unknown:
Daphne Maddox
Unknown:
Anthony Green
Unknown:
Franklin Engelmann
Written By:
John P. Wynn
Produced By:
Joan Clark

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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