Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,903 playable programmes from the BBC

including:
A Play for Christmas: in her third talk, Norah Lambourne gives instructions for making head-dresses, crowns, and jewellery
At the London Theatre: two playgoers describe plays seen recently in London
Sew Like a Pro: Alice Hooper Beck gives a series of talks on taking the ' home-made' look out of dressmaking. 2—' What stitching did you use? '
Other People's Lives: Leonie Stormont was a governess for thirty years, but has now retired behind her own front door
Serial:
' The Franchise Affair ' by Josephine Tey
Abridged by Honor Wyatt
Read by James McKechnie
Programme introduced by Jean Metcalfe

Contributors

Abridged By:
Honor Wyatt
Read By:
James McKechnie
Introduced By:
Jean Metcalfe

Commonwealth artists entertain
Bill O'Connor , Michael Miles
Dolores Ventura , Erin de Selfa
BBC Revue Orchestra (Leader. David Pagpt )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Introduced by Aidan MacDermot
Produced by David Miller

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill O'Connor
Unknown:
Michael Miles
Unknown:
Dolores Ventura
Leader:
David Pagpt
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Introduced By:
Aidan MacDermot
Produced By:
David Miller

We Run Our Own Radio
Margaret Gilder introduces a pocket feature about an amateur radio organisation operating in the attic of a house in Haarlem, and run entirely by members of the Younger Generation in Holland
The recordings used in the programme were made in the homemade studio of the Jeugd Amateurs Radio Omroep
See ' Both Sides of the Microphone'
Music Maker
Myrna Lambden, seventeen-year-old Silver Medallist in this year's International Accordion Festival
(Continued in next column)
Top of the Ladder
Richard Dimbleby, cornered by Parade's youngest interviewer, sixfeen-year-otd Diana Carter Subject: How to Interview

Contributors

Introduces:
Margaret Gilder

A tribute to composers whose melodies have enriched the world of operetta, musical comedy, and revue
Written by Gale Pedrick
Introduced by ' The Man with the Opera Cloak' and illustrated by scenes and music
(Continued in next column)
Chapter 5
The music of Charles Cuvillier
James Tate
Richard Rodgers with Vanessa Lee
George Hancock
Lind Joyce Joan Young Billie Baker
Dudley Rolph
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Concert Orchestra (Leader, John Sharpe )
Conducted by Guy Daines
Musical Adviser, Harold Neden
Produced by Douglas Moodie

Contributors

Written By:
Gale Pedrick
Unknown:
Charles Cuvillier
Unknown:
James Tate
Unknown:
Richard Rodgers
Unknown:
Vanessa Lee
Unknown:
George Hancock
Unknown:
Lind Joyce
Unknown:
Joan Young
Unknown:
Billie Baker
Unknown:
Dudley Rolph
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
John Sharpe
Conducted By:
Guy Daines
Unknown:
Harold Neden
Produced By:
Douglas Moodie

A parlour game in which a panel of experts tries to discover the names of visitors to the studio who bear the same names as famous people
The Panel:
Francis Day, Phyllis Cradock
FMnk Muir , and Denis Nordeo
Chairman, Raymond Glendenning
Produced by C. F. Meehan

Contributors

Unknown:
Phyllis Cradock
Unknown:
Fmnk Muir
Unknown:
Denis Nordeo
Unknown:
Raymond Glendenning
Produced By:
C. F. Meehan

with the BBC Show Band
Part 1 — Music for dancing Directed by Cyril Stapleton with The Stargazers, Julie Dawn Bill McGuffie ,Harold Smart
This weeks guests :
Benny Lee and the Ray Ellington Quartet
Producer, Donald MacLean

Contributors

Directed By:
Cyril Stapleton
Unknown:
Julie Dawn
Unknown:
Bill McGuffie
Unknown:
Harold Smart
Unknown:
Benny Lee
Producer:
Donald MacLean

Light Programme

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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