Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,425 playable programmes from the BBC

including:
Living with Colour: Herman Schrijver describes how to get the best effect from colour in a room
Talking of Vegetables: Fred Streeter and Jean Conil, gardener and chef, discuss the growing and cooking of vegetables coming into season now
A Writer Reads for Pleasure: John Connell, novelist and critic, turns most often for his personal reading to the biography or travel shelves. He recommends some of the books he has enjoyed
At the Foot of the Pamirs: Brian Kirman describes a visit which he made last year to Tajikistan, an isolated part of Soviet Asia on the borders of Afghanistan and Kashmir
Serial:
'The Tortoise and the Hare' by Elizabeth Jenkins
Abridged by P.J.R. Wright
Read by Sheila Mitchell
This I Believe: A talk by Rebecca West
Produced by the BBC as a contribution to a series broadcast in the United States by the Columbia Broadcasting System.
Programme introduced by Jean Metcalfe

Contributors

Unknown:
Herman Schrijver
Unknown:
Fred Streeter
Unknown:
Jean Conil
Unknown:
John Connell
Unknown:
Brian Kirman
Unknown:
Elizabeth Jenkins
Abridged By:
P. J. R. Wright
Read By:
Sheila Mitchell
Talk By:
Rebecca West
Introduced By:
Jean Metcalfe

A series of sixteen programmes in which Sir Laurence Olivier introduces new radio versions of famous stories, with himself or a distinguished guest in the leading part
11—' The Overcoat'
A dramatised adaptation of the story by Nicolai Gogol
Guest, Michael Redgrave
(Continued in next column)
Adapted by Derek Patmore
Music under the direction of Sidney Torch
Produced by Harry Alan Towers

Contributors

Introduces:
Sir Laurence Olivier
Story By:
Nicolai Gogol
Unknown:
Michael Redgrave
Adapted By:
Derek Patmore
Produced By:
Harry Alan Towers
Hast:
Laurence Olivier
Akaky Akakyevitch Bashmatchkin:
Michael Redgrave
The Director:
Keith Pyott
The Voice:
Keith Pyott
Peter Vasilevitch:
Ferdy Mayne
A Secretary:
Ferdy Mayne
Grigory Petrovitch:
Carl Bernard
A Porter:
Carl Bernard
Nikolai:
Seymour Green
A Clerk:
Seymour Green
Vassily Ilarionovitch:
Robert Rietty
A Servant:
Robert Rietty
The Marauder }:
Jackson Frazer
The Soldier:
Jackson Frazer
The Landlady:
Joan Young
The Superintendent:
Felix Felton
His Excellency:
Alexander Gauge

A memoir in music by John Watt and Gale Pedrick in eight weekly instalments
The story of Adele Lenotre as told by herself
Part 7
The Players: and The Singer: Jack Cooper
BBC Concert Orchestra (Leader. John Sharpe )
Music adviser and Director of Music
Muir Mathieson
Produced by Michael North

Contributors

Music By:
John Watt
Music By:
Gale Pedrick
Unknown:
Adele Lenotre
Singer:
Jack Cooper
Leader:
John Sharpe
Produced By:
Michael North
Ferriss:
John Sharp
Millie:
Cecile Chevreau
Al:
Charles Farrell
Steve:
Harold Ayer
Maudie:
Dilys Lay
Bertie:
Richard Hurndall
Tania:
Irene Prador
Adele Lenotre:
Gladys Young

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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