Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,694 playable programmes from the BBC

Including:
The Flying Trapeze-3. Antonia Ridge invites you to fly through the air in her company and see something of daily life in foreign countries from Germany to Greece
My Prescription for Anxiety: Dr. Leslie Weatherhead offers some of his own remedies. (BBC recording)
Shanty Town: Joe Benjamin describes a new kind of children's playground
Midwife Abroad: Rosalie Roberts talks about her nursing days in India
Serial:
' They Do it with Mirrors' by Agatha Christie
(to be read in fourteen instalments)
Abridged by Eve Howland
Read by Mary Wimbush
2— 'They're all bats at Stonygates'
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson

Contributors

Unknown:
Antonia Ridge
Unknown:
Agatha Christie
Abridged By:
Eve Howland
Read By:
Mary Wimbush
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

Sam Pollock puts listeners' questions to a panel of scientists
Panel:
Robert Boyd , Harry Collier
Peter Sykes , G. P. Wells
Information about events in the world of science and what scientists themselves think about them, will be heard in the answers they give to questions about science and technology sent by listeners.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sam Pollock
Unknown:
Robert Boyd
Unknown:
Harry Collier
Unknown:
Peter Sykes
Unknown:
G. P. Wells

Radio bridges eleven thousand miles of ocean to bring together undergraduates in Australia and in Britain in a weekly series of general knowledge contests
3-The University of Edinburgh
T. The University of Melbourne
Chairman in London,
Robert McKenzie
Chairman in Melbourne,
Creighton Burns
This recorded programme, which is arranged in collaboration with the Australian Broadcasting Commission, is produced jointly by the ABC and the BBC and broadcast simultaneously by the Light Programme and the General Overseas Service of the BBC. It will also be broadcast over the National Network in Australia.
Producer in Melbourne, Bill Newnham
Producer in London, Joan Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert McKenzie
Unknown:
Creighton Burns
Unknown:
Bill Newnham
Unknown:
Joan Clark

with Deryck Guyler , Edna Fryer
Len Lowe , Marian Miller and The Radio Revellers
BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Antony Gilbert )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Charles Hart and Bernard Botting
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont

Contributors

Unknown:
Deryck Guyler
Unknown:
Edna Fryer
Unknown:
Len Lowe
Unknown:
Marian Miller
Leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Script By:
Charles Hart
Script By:
Bernard Botting
Produced By:
Leslie Bridgmont

Lewis Stringer in 1—'The Bottle-green Jacket'
Told by Lewis Stringer who played the leading role in this adventure
The first of a series of three programmes dramatising the curious real-life adventures of everyday men and women who found themselves dragged unknowingly and unwillingly into disturbing circumstances over which they had no control
Dramatised by Stephen Grenfell
Produced by Alan Burgesa

Contributors

Unknown:
Lewis Stringer
Told By:
Lewis Stringer
Dramatised By:
Stephen Grenfell
Produced By:
Alan Burgesa

... of light music
Presented by Vilem Tausky with Marjorie Westbury
The Singers:
Victoria Elliott
Alexander Young
Dudley Rolph
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
The Orchestra:
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conductor, Vilem Tausky
Produced by Neil Sutherland

Contributors

Presented By:
Vilem Tausky
Unknown:
Marjorie Westbury
Singers:
Victoria Elliott
Singers:
Alexander Young
Unknown:
Dudley Rolph
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
John Sharpe
Conductor:
Vilem Tausky
Produced By:
Neil Sutherland

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