Programme Index

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including
Reading Your Letters: the latest selection from the Woman's Hour mailbag
A Writer Reads for Pleasure: Elspeth Huxley, author and journalist, talks about some books she has lately enjoyed, books which she did not have to read as part of her work
Seven Books a Week: Elizabeth Beresford reads at least this number and tells how she finds the time
Getting It Off My Chest: Mabel de la Motte protests about lack of cleanliness on trains and railway stations
Serial: 'Family Happiness' by Leo Tolstoy
Translated by April Fitzlyon
Abridged by Terry Gompertz
Read by Jill Balcon
Programme introduced by Jean Mecalfe
For Women Readers - page 27

Contributors

Unknown:
Elspeth Huxley
Unknown:
Elizabeth Beresford
Unknown:
Mabel de la Motte
Translated By:
April Fitzlyon
Abridged By:
Terry Gompertz
Read By:
Jill Balcon
Introduced By:
Jean Mecalfe

The last of a series of sixteen programmes
' The Snow Goose '
From one ol Peter Scott 's illustrations to 'The Snow Goose ' by Paul Gallico
(Michael Joseph )
A dramatised adaptation of the story by Paul Gallico
Adapted by Derek Patmore
Music under the direction of Sidney Torch
Produced by Harry Alan Towers

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Scott
Unknown:
Paul Gallico
Unknown:
Michael Joseph
Story By:
Paul Gallico
Adapted By:
Derek Patmore
Produced By:
Harry Alan Towers
Narrator:
Laurence Olivier
Philip Rhayader:
Laurence Olivier
Frith:
Ann Gudrun
Postman:
Stephen Jack
Officer:
Stephen Jack
Potton:
Campbell Singer
Lofty:
Paul Whitsun-Jonea
Mate:
Paul Whitsun-Jonea
Captain:
Russell Napier

Arranged and conducted by Stanford Robinson with the BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
BBC Chorus
. (Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
Doris Gambell (soprano)
John Hargreaves (baritone)
Alan Paul and Edna Hatzfeld
(two pianos)
The programme includes a selection from ' A Country Girl ' by Lionel Monckton

Contributors

Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Leader:
John Sharpe
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Soprano:
Doris Gambell
Baritone:
John Hargreaves
Baritone:
Alan Paul
Baritone:
Edna Hatzfeld
Unknown:
Lionel Monckton

with Adele Dixon
Spike Milligan
Hattie Jacques
The Tanner Sisters
David Jacobs
The Paradise Street Kids
The augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Conducted by Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Eric Sykes
Produced by Roy Speer

Contributors

Unknown:
Adele Dixon
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Conducted By:
Harry Rabinowitz
Script By:
Eric Sykes
Produced By:
Roy Speer

Light Programme

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