Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,502 playable programmes from the BBC

including:
The Talk of Two Towns: discussed by Nancy Spain in London and Ginette Spanier in Paris.
Reading Your Letters: expressing the listeners' point of view
Out of the News: two speakers take up a topic of interest
Solitaries: women who live alone say what they think about it
' I and the Doctor ' : Molly Weir draws some conclusions. (BBC recording)
Serial: 'Wild Fire at Midnight' by Mary Stewart
Abridged by Edward Blishen
Read by Catherine Salkeld
The first of fifteen instalment*
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson

Contributors

Unknown:
Nancy Spain
Unknown:
Ginette Spanier
Unknown:
Molly Weir
Unknown:
Mary Stewart
Abridged By:
Edward Blishen
Read By:
Catherine Salkeld
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

A general knowledge contest in which listeners compete for the title ' Brain of Britain'
Semi-Finals—1
From this week until the end of the series, the whole programme will be devoted to the quiz
Competing in the first round:
Frank Goodman (London)
Commander Noel Holland, R.N .
(the Home Counties)
Aubrey Finch (West of England)
Chairman, Franklin Engelmann
Devised and written by John P. Wynn
Produced by Joan Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Goodman
Unknown:
Noel Holland, R.N
Unknown:
Aubrey Finch
Unknown:
Franklin Engelmann
Written By:
John P. Wynn
Produced By:
Joan Clark

A play in five episodes by Stella Margetson
2—' Russian Bear'
Sylvia Raymond is in St. Peters-burg with her husband in the winter of 1913 (Continued in next column)
Production by Audrey Cameron

Contributors

Unknown:
Stella Margetson
Unknown:
Sylvia Raymond
Production By:
Audrey Cameron
Sylvia Raymond:
Mary Wimbush
Jennifer:
Elizabeth London
Count Milanoff:
Frank Duncan
Sir Charles Raymond:
Richard Williams

The adventures of a hotel porter and Resident Cabaret Artists:
The Coronets with Bryan Rodwell (piano and organ)
Bill Le Sage (vibraphone)
Bob Duffy (bass); Bob Turner (drums)
Written by Frank Roscoe and Ken Platt
Produced by John Ammonds

Contributors

Piano:
Bryan Rodwell
Bass:
Bob Duffy
Bass:
Bob Turner
Written By:
Frank Roscoe
Written By:
Ken Platt
Produced By:
John Ammonds
Junior Porter:
Ken Platt
Head Porter:
Dick Emery
Daisy, the chambermaid:
Betty Alberge
Hoo Flung Soo, the laundryman:
Herbert Smith
Two suspicious characters:
Dick Emery
Two suspicious characters:
Herbert Smith
Humphrey Sycamore:
Dick Emery
Hotel Guest:
Geoffrey Banks
Dozy Dan:
Dick Emery

The first programme in a new series this week brings the swinging
Eric Delaney Band with Vicki Anderson and Cab Kaye
Music for dancing by Bob Miller and his Orchestra with Brenda Hayes and Matt Monro and the jazzworthy
Tony Kinsey Quintet
Produced by Jimmy Grant

Contributors

Unknown:
Vicki Anderson
Unknown:
Cab Kaye
Unknown:
Bob Miller
Unknown:
Brenda Hayes
Unknown:
Matt Monro
Produced By:
Jimmy Grant

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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