Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,627 playable programmes from the BBC

including
Meanderings from Minnie Palllster who has been in Italy
Letter from New York: Kaye Webb sends news of her visit to America.
Reading Your Letters: Expressing the listeners' point of view
Writers Talking: What makes a bore?' a conversation between Naomi Jacob and E. Arnot Robertson. (BBC recording)
Serial: ' The Friend in Need ' by Elizabeth Coxhead
Abridged by Eve Howland
Read by Marjorie Westbury The first of ten instalments
Introduced by Michael Brook *

Contributors

Unknown:
Minnie Palllster
Unknown:
Kaye Webb
Unknown:
Naomi Jacob
Unknown:
E. Arnot Robertson.
Unknown:
Elizabeth Coxhead
Read By:
Marjorie Westbury
Introduced By:
Michael Brook

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

Featuring each week three winners from Round 1 of the contest

Elizabeth Meldrum (Fife)
James Macdonald (Dumfries)
George Low (Inverness)
The programme also includes:
"What Do You Want To Know?"
In which interesting questions sent by listeners are answered by well-known experts.
This week's guest expert: Dr. Alfred Byrne
Chairman, Franklin Engelmann

(BBC recording)

Contributors

Contestant:
Elizabeth Meldrum
Contestant:
James MacDonald
Contestant:
George Low
Guest Expert:
Dr. Alfred Byrne
Chairman:
Franklin Engelmann
Writer:
John P. Wynn
Producer:
Joan Clark

Bringing you the music of the BBC Show Band
Directed by Cyril Stapleton featuring Bill Maynard and guest: Johnny Gray with words and music
In the individual style of The Stargazers
Harold Smart, Bert Weedon
Dennis Wilson
The Show Band Singers Directed by Cliff Adams and Matt Monro
Script by Eric Merriman and Lewis Schwan
Production by John Browell

Contributors

Directed By:
Cyril Stapleton
Unknown:
Bill Maynard
Unknown:
Johnny Gray
Unknown:
Bert Weedon
Unknown:
Dennis Wilson
Directed By:
Cliff Adams
Directed By:
Matt Monro
Script By:
Eric Merriman
Script By:
Lewis Schwan
Production By:
John Browell

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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