Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,414 playable programmes from the BBC

including:
A Man's Working Day-5: Edward Blishen , a teacher, describes his work at school
Starting a Business: two enterprising people describe their experience.
The Boy that was Once Myself: Burnett James recalls cruising holidays in the 1930s-before he was struck down by polio
Tone not Stone: Rita Lipton talks about her odd form of deafness
Serial:
' They Do it with Mirrors' by Agatha Christie
(to be read in fourteen instalments)
Abridged by Eve Howland
Read by Mary Wimbush
1—' A Holiday is arranged for Miss Marple'
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Blishen
Unknown:
Burnett James
Talks:
Rita Lipton
Unknown:
Agatha Christie
Abridged By:
Eve Howland
Read By:
Mary Wimbush
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

by Robert Morley and Noel Langley
Adapted for radio by Peter Watts
Time: 1919-1947
Produced by Peter Watts

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Morley
Unknown:
Noel Langley
Unknown:
Peter Watts
Produced By:
Peter Watts
Arnold Holt:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Evelyn Holt:
Angela Baddeley
Dr Larry Parker:
David Oxley
Harry Soames:
Cyril Shaps
Mr Waxman:
T St John Barry
Cunningham:
Michael O'Halloran
Ellerby:
Wyndham Milligan
Hanray:
Dennis Arundell
Eileen Perry:
Alvys Maben
Mr Prothero:
Ronald Sidney
Phyllis Maxwell:
Prunella Scales
Betty Fowler:
Virginia Winter

A programme of British music sung by Mary Denise , John Hauxvell and the BBC Singers
Conducted by Cyril Gell with Sidney Davey and his Players
Introduced by John Hobday
Produced by Charles Beardsall

Contributors

Sung By:
Mary Denise
Sung By:
John Hauxvell
Conducted By:
Cyril Gell
Unknown:
Sidney Davey
Introduced By:
John Hobday
Produced By:
Charles Beardsall

Cyril Stapleton directs
The BBC Show Band starring Alfred Marks
The Stargazers, Harold Smart
Bert Weedon , Dennis Wilson
The Show Band Singers and Janie Marden
Script by Dick Vosburgh and Brad Ashton
Production by John Browell

Contributors

Unknown:
Cyril Stapleton
Unknown:
Harold Smart
Unknown:
Bert Weedon
Unknown:
Dennis Wilson
Unknown:
Janie Marden
Script By:
Dick Vosburgh
Script By:
Brad Ashton
Production By:
John Browell

A general knowledge contest in which listeners from all over the British Isles compete for the title "Brain of Britain".

H.A. Lowry (Belfast)
Mrs. R.A. Phillips (Belfast)
Timothy Boyle (Co. Armagh)
Herbert Curling (Co. Down)
The programme includes:
"What Do You Want to Know?" featuring "The Professor" who answers interesting questions sent in by listeners.
Chairman, Franklin Engelmann

(BBC recording)
(Repeated on Wednesday at 12.0 (Home))

Contributors

Contestant:
H.A. Lowry
Contestant:
Mrs. R.A. Phillips
Contestant:
Timothy Boyle
Contestant:
Herbert Curling
Chairman:
Franklin Engelmann
Writer:
John P. Wynn
Producer:
Joan Clark

Greetings from young members of Her Majesty's Forces including National Servicemen, Regulars, and the Women's Services, to their parents at home. Together they challenge the BBC Gramophone Library to produce their choice In record time
Introduced by Alan Dixon Produced by Michael Bell
The programme this week comes from the Royal Naval Air Station, Eglinton, Northern Ireland

Contributors

Introduced By:
Alan Dixon
Produced By:
Michael Bell

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