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Contributors

Daniel Archer:
Harry Oakes
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Jack Archer:
Denis Folwell
Peggy Archer:
Thelma Rogers
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Jill Archer:
Patricia Greene
Christine Johnson:
Lesley Saweard
Paul Johnson:
Leslie Dunn
Mr. Fairbrother:
Leslie Bowmar
Mrs Fairbrother:
Joy Davies
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Mrs Perkins:
Pauline Seville
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Len Thomas:
Arnold Peters
Doughy Hood:
Arnold Ridley
Carol Grey:
Anne Cullen
John Tregorran:
Basil Jones
Pru Harris:
Mary Dalley
Ned Larkin:
Bill Payne
Jimmy Grange:
Alan Rothwell
Norman Wynford:
Robert Chetwyn
Rita Flynn:
June Spencer

Franklin Engelmann is the Chairman of this general knowledge contest for the title
"Brain of Britain 1958".

Joan Curtis (Sussex)
Peter Barker (Wiltshire)
Basil Engert (Sussex)
Edgar Millward (Dorset)
The programme also includes
"What Do You Want To Know?"
This week: James Fisher on "Why are birds' eggs coloured differently?"

(Last Thursday's recorded broadcast)

Contributors

Chairman:
Franklin Engelmann
Contestant:
Joan Curtis
Contestant:
Peter Barker
Contestant:
Basil Engert
Contestant:
Edgar Millward
Guest Expert:
James Fisher

A sound approach to the cinema introduced by Peter Haigh and including
Pocket Edition
William Holden. Jack Hawkins and Alec Guinness in 'The Bridge on the River Kwai '
Adapted by Gordon Gow
Theme Music from
' The Gypsy and the Gentleman '
Popular Newcomer
Gogl Grant, song-double for Ann Blyth in ' Both Ends of the Candle.' sings some He]en Morgan songs
Sounds Familiar
A short quiz to test your know-bow of current and not-so-current movies
Presented by Desmond Carrington and Spencer Hate
Around the British Studios with Peter Noble
Some music from
' Fire Down Below ' and a song from
'The Girl Most Likely"
A few words from
Anthony Perkins
The programme devised and produced by Trafford Whitelock

Contributors

Introduced By:
Peter Haigh
Unknown:
William Holden.
Unknown:
Jack Hawkins
Unknown:
Alec Guinness
Adapted By:
Gordon Gow
Presented By:
Desmond Carrington
Unknown:
Spencer Hate
Unknown:
Peter Noble
Unknown:
Anthony Perkins
Produced By:
Trafford Whitelock

by P. C. Wren
Freely adapted from the novel as a serial in ten episodes by Lester Powell
9—' Flight into the Desert'
Produced by Martyn C. Webster

Contributors

Unknown:
P. C. Wren
Unknown:
Lester Powell
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Beau Geste:
Simon Lack
John Geste:
David Spenser
Digby Geste:
Gordon Gardner
Maris:
Hugh Manning
A Ship's Captain:
Frank Partington
Major de Beaujolais:
Haydn Jones
St Andre:
Frank Windsor

A winter programme looking back to last summer and forward to next-memories of sunlit days and leisure hours to come
This week you hear about:
Sailing off the coast of Scotland with John Lindsay: A holiday on the island of Ibiza by C. Gordon Glover Ted Appleton and Bill Cormack. travel experts, are on hand with up-to-the-minute items of holiday interest
Introduced by Franklin Engelmann
Produced by Arthur Phillips

Contributors

Unknown:
C. Gordon Glover
Introduced By:
Franklin Engelmann
Produced By:
Arthur Phillips

A song-a-minute sequence of popular melodies old and new sung by Benny Lee , Julie Dawn
Franklyn Boyd , Jean Campbell
The Merifones with accompaniments by The Steve Race Four and Harold Smart
Compiled and produced by Johnnie Stewart

Contributors

Sung By:
Benny Lee
Sung By:
Julie Dawn
Unknown:
Franklyn Boyd
Unknown:
Jean Campbell
Produced By:
Johnnie Stewart

Five short stories by W. W. Jacobs adapted for radio by Lionel Brown
5-' Love-Letters'
Characters in order of speaking:
Produced by David H. Godfrey

Contributors

Stories By:
W. W. Jacobs
Unknown:
Lionel Brown
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Bill:
John Bryning
Bargemaster:
Trevor Martin
His wife:
Betty Baskcomb
Slinker:
Malcolm Hayes
First man:
John Graham
Second man:
David March
Mrs Bill:
Marjorie Mars
Mrs Mott:
Mairhl Russell
Mrs Watts:
Kathleen Helme
Mrs O'Brien:
Sheila Manahan

Community hymn-singing from High Street Methodist Church, Bromley, Kent led by the choirs of the Bromley and district Methodist churches
Conductor, Dorothy M. Smith Organist. J. Norton Hancock
Hymns Introduced by Rolf Lefebvre Glorious things of thee are spoken
(Tune, Lux Eoi)
Away with gloom, away with doubt
(Tune. Blairgowrie)
Jesu. thou joy of loving hearts (Tune,
Wareham)
There's a light upon the mountains
(Tune, There's a light upon the mountains)
I bow in silence at thy feet (Tune,
Erskine)
Almighty Father, who dost give
(Tune, Vermont)
Hark, what a sound (Tune, High-wood)
Ye servants of God (Tune, Laudate
Dominum)

Contributors

Conductor:
Dorothy M. Smith
Organist:
J. Norton Hancock
Introduced By:
Rolf Lefebvre

Radio's shining hour of entertainment
Introduced by Tony Fayne and David Evans with Ian Wallace
This week's stars include:
Dora Bryan , Arthur English
Jean Kent , Reginald KeU
Los Chilenos
Bryan Johnson
Johnny Pearson and On the Stairway to the Start
Elizabeth Humphries
BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Antony Gilbert )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowlts
Script by Gene Crowley
Produced by John Simmondf

Contributors

Introduced By:
Tony Fayne
Introduced By:
David Evans
Unknown:
Ian Wallace
Unknown:
Dora Bryan
Unknown:
Arthur English
Unknown:
Jean Kent
Unknown:
Reginald Keu
Unknown:
Los Chilenos
Unknown:
Bryan Johnson
Unknown:
Johnny Pearson
Leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowlts
Script By:
Gene Crowley
Produced By:
John Simmondf

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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