Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 278,066 playable programmes from the BBC

including
Behind the Headlines: a weekly feature to fill in the background to some recent news events
How the Other Half Lives ... On between £ 1,000 and £ 2,000 a year. Today's reporters belong to an income group of 625,000 people
Reading Your Letters: the latest selection from the Woman's Hour mailbag
Town Backyard and Cottage Garden: Margaret Spencer-Smith and Evelyn Gibbs talk about their gardening plans for the month
Serial:
' Sold for a Farthing ' by Clare Kipps
Abridged by P. J. R. Wright
Read by Julia Lang
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson
For the Woman Reader-page 27

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Spencer-Smith
Unknown:
Evelyn Gibbs
Abridged By:
P. J. R. Wright
Read By:
Julia Lang
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed spontaneously by: A. G. Street
Dr. J. Bronowski
Anthony Crosland M.p
Ted Leather, M.p.
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
Produced by Michael Bowen
From the Baptist School Room,
Coleford, Gloucestershire
Repeated on Tuesday at 4.15 (Home)

Contributors

Unknown:
A. G. Street
Unknown:
Dr. J. Bronowski
Unknown:
Anthony Crosland M.P
Unknown:
Ted Leather, M.P.
Produced By:
Michael Bowen

A musical entertainment for the end of the week
Victoria Campbell and John Hanson with the BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conducted by Sidney Torch
Ian Wallace and the BBC Men's Chorus
Conducted by Cyril Gell with Ernest Lush at the piano
Band of Grenadier Guards /
Conducted by Major F. J. Harris, M.B.E.
Director of Music
Introduced by Philip Slessor
Produced by Campbell Ricketts

Contributors

Unknown:
John Hanson
Leader:
John Sharpe
Conducted By:
Sidney Torch
Conducted By:
Ian Wallace
Conducted By:
Cyril Gell
Unknown:
Ernest Lush
Conducted By:
Major F. J. Harris, M.B.E.
Introduced By:
Philip Slessor
Produced By:
Campbell Ricketts

West Indies v. England
Second Test Match
Summary of the last day's play by E. W. Swlanton , cricket correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
From Kensington Oval,
Bridgetown, Barbados
Should reception conditions be unfavourable, a studio report will replace the broadcast from Barbados.

Contributors

Play By:
E. W. Swlanton

where dance music is played by Joe Loss and his Orchestra with Rose Brennan
Howard Jones and Toni Ventro and by Steve Race and Malcolm Lockyer and the host is Edmundo Ros
Part 1 includes
'Talking of Dancing ' by Norton Colville
Producer, Donald MacLean
(Edmundo Ros is appearing at the New Coconut Grove, London)

Contributors

Musicians:
Joe Loss and his Orchestra
Unknown:
Rose Brennan
Unknown:
Howard Jones
Unknown:
Toni Ventro
Unknown:
Steve Race
Unknown:
Malcolm Lockyer
Unknown:
Norton Colville
Unknown:
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