Programme Index

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

including:
A Man's Working Day: Station Officer J. C. Maxwell of the Hertfordshire Fire and Ambulance Brigade
My Trip Abroad, by Minnie Pal lister
Kicking up Dublin: Do you pick a quarrel and get away with it? Or quaver inwardly at the very thought of a row? John Cadell recounts a personal experience
Ourselves and the Law: Dudley Perkins explains some of our personal rights as citizens
Serial: An Episode of Sparrows ' by Rumer Godden
(to be read in fifteen instalments)
Abridged by Ursula Keeble
Read by Mary O'Farrell
6— 'Our Lady of Sion '
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson .

Contributors

Unknown:
J. C. Maxwell
Unknown:
Minnie Pal
Unknown:
John Cadell
Unknown:
Dudley Perkins
Unknown:
Rumer Godden
Abridged By:
Ursula Keeble
Read By:
Mary O'Farrell
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

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

Contributors

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

A general knowledge contest for the title "Brain of Britain, 1956".

Three of the winners from the first round of the contest:
Allan Midlane (Caernarvon)
Antony D. Carr (Anglesey)
Wyn Griffith (Dolgelly)
The programme includes:
"What Do You Want To Know?"
Chairman, Franklin Engelmann

(BBC recording)
(Programme repeated on Wednesday at 12.0 (Home Services except Midland and West))

Contributors

Contestant:
Allan Midlane
Contestant:
Antony D. Carr
Contestant:
Wyn Griffith
Chairman:
Franklin Engelmann
Writer:
John P. Wynn
Producer:
John Clark

Greetings from young members of Her Majesty's Forces 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
This programme comes from the 64th Training Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Park Hall Camp, Oswestry

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