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BBC MIDLAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conductor, JACK COLES
STAN REYNOLDS AND HIS MUSIC
THE DEREK NEW QUINTET and some stars on record including THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS
Introduced by PETER LATHAM

Contributors

Conductor:
Jack Coles
Conductor:
Stan Reynolds
Unknown:
George Mitchell
Introduced By:
Peter Latham

A light-hearted look at the twenties and thirties by JAMES MOODY and the Top HATTERS with Cherry LIND and HARRY DAWSON
Introduced by DAVID BROWN
Produced by ERIC ARDEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Cherry Lind
Unknown:
Harry Dawson
Introduced By:
David Brown
Produced By:
Eric Arden

The Carpetbaggers starring GEORGE PEPPARD ALAN Ladd , BOB CUMMINGS and CARROLL BAKER
Adapted by JOHN CUTTS
Introduced by GORDON Gow Produced by MARTIN FISHER
Recording

Contributors

Unknown:
George Peppard
Unknown:
Alan Ladd
Unknown:
Bob Cummings
Unknown:
Carroll Baker
Adapted By:
John Cutts
Introduced By:
Gordon Gow
Produced By:
Martin Fisher

with his ORCHESTRA featuring ROSE
BRENNAN Ross MCMANUS , LARRY GRETTON THE JOHNNY PEARSON
E STRINGS AND RHYTHM
Special guests
SUSAN MAUGHAN , MATT MONRO
On the beat scene THE Ivy LEAGUE
Produced by DON GEORGE
Joe Loss and his Orchestra are at the Hammersmith Palais, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Brennan Ross McManus
Unknown:
Larry Gretton
Unknown:
Johnny Pearson
Unknown:
Susan Maughan
Unknown:
Matt Monro
Produced By:
Don George
Produced By:
Joe Loss

Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Help is Available: 5-MARJORIE ANDERSON visits the Peredur Training Centre, a pioneer scheme for maladjusted schoolleavers
Listening to Birds: the notes that PERCY EDWARDS hears in October
How Safety Conscious Are
You?: a quiz for mothers of young children, prepared by the Home Safety department of RoSPA
The Changing Scene: ELIZABETH WEBB talks to craftsmen who work with wood, clay, silver, and steel
RUPERT DAVIES reads
Christmas Holiday by SOMERSET MAUGHAM
Second of eight instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Percy Edwards
Talks:
Elizabeth Webb
Unknown:
Rupert Davies

Introduced by JOHN ANTHONY Today's record stars include SAM COOKE , SHIRLEY BASSEY and from six o'clock some of the week's new records
BBC MIDLAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conductor, GILBERT VINTER THE RONNIE ALDRICH QUARTET
Script by Tony Aspler
Produced by JOHN SIMMONDS and JOHNNY BEERLING

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Anthony
Unknown:
Sam Cooke
Unknown:
Shirley Bassey
Conductor:
Gilbert Vinter
Unknown:
Ronnie Aldrich
Script By:
Tony Aspler
Produced By:
John Simmonds
Produced By:
Johnny Beerling

A new series of stories written for radio by Rex Rienits
Reunion in Tahiti
When a young honeymoon couple come aboard the Cleo, en route for Tahiti, Johnny and Liz look forward to a trip in pleasant company. But soon they are involved in a situation which is not only embarrassing, but could have a tragic ending-unless they take quick and drastic action.
Produced by VERNON HARRIS
See page 63

Contributors

Produced By:
Vernon Harris
Johnny Pride:
Bill Kerr
Tanenui:
Ian Wallace
Fergus MacBeath:
Duncan Hclntyre
Liz Mostyn:
Christina Gray
Guido Faracci:
David Graham
Garth Forbes-Easton:
John Graham
Prunella Forbes-Easton:
Denise Bryer
Andrew Ellis:
Jeffrey Segal
Lee M Whiteside:
Kevin Brennan

in which he takes the lid off life in 1964 with JACKIE TRENT and the MORGAN-JAMES-DUO
WOOLF PHILLIPS
AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Devised by Al Read
Written by RONNIE TAYLOR
Produced by BILL WORSLEY
Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Jackie Trent
Written By:
Ronnie Taylor
Produced By:
Bill Worsley

A spontaneous discussion by LADY BARNETT
FRANK COUSINS
LORD MANCROFT
BAMBER GASCOIGNE
Travelling Question-Master FREDDY GRISEWOOD
Produced by MICHAEL BowEN
From the Memorial Hall, Cam, Gloucestershire
Views for use in ' Any Answers? ' should be addressed to the BBC. Bristol, marked * Any Answers? '

Contributors

Unknown:
Lady Barnett
Unknown:
Frank Cousins
Unknown:
Lord Mancroft
Unknown:
Bamber Gascoigne
Produced By:
Michael Bowen

From the BBC's studios in Maida Vale, London
SIDNEY TORCH conducts the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
Friday Night's Star Singers
CYNTHIA GLOVER , JOHN LAWRENSON
THE FRIDAY KNIGHTS
Directed by JOHN MCCARTHY
METROPOLITAN Police BAND Conducted by ROGER BARSOTTI , M.B.E.
Introduced by JIMMY KINGSBURY
Produced by CHARLES BEARDSALL

Contributors

Singers:
Cynthia Glover
Singers:
John Lawrenson
Directed By:
John McCarthy
Conducted By:
Roger Barsotti
Introduced By:
Jimmy Kingsbury
Produced By:
Charles Beardsall

THE MIDNIGHT STRINGS
Directed by DAVID FRANCIS GORDON FRANKS at the piano
THE FOUR LATINS
THE ALAN PARKER QUINTET
In Country Corner and a disc or two
Introduced by SEAN KELLY
Produced by IAN GRANT

Contributors

Directed By:
David Francis
Directed By:
Gordon Franks
Unknown:
Alan Parker
Introduced By:
Sean Kelly
Produced By:
Ian Grant

Light Programme

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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