Programme Index

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13:00

Time Signal from Greenwich;

Wed 19^th May 1926, 13:00 on 2LO London

Camille Couturier's Orchestra, relayed from Restaurant Frascati

Source: Additional Research

15:15

Transmission to Schools

Wed 19^th May 1926, 15:15 on 2LO London

Sir Stanley Leathes, Citizenship: The City of London

Source: Additional Research

16:00

Time Signal from Greenwich. Out of Doors

Wed 19^th May 1926, 16:00 on 2LO London

by A. Bonnet Laird

Source: Additional Research

16:15

New Gallery Orchestra

Wed 19^th May 1926, 16:15 on 2LO London

conducted by Mr Fred Kitchen, from the New Gallery Kinema

Source: Additional Research

17:00

Organ Recital

Wed 19^th May 1926, 17:00 on 2LO London

by Reginald Foort, from the New Gallery Kinema

Source: Additional Research

17:15

For the Children

Wed 19^th May 1926, 17:15 on 2LO London

Jonathan Quite Forgotten by J.C. Stobart. Night-Time in the Engine Sheds by Cecil J. Allen. Piano Improvisations

Source: Additional Research

18:00

Alex Fryer's Orchestra

Wed 19^th May 1926, 18:00 on 2LO London

Dance Music from the Rialto Theatre

Source: Additional Research

18:50

The Week's Work In the Garden

Wed 19^th May 1926, 18:50 on 2LO London

by the Royal Horticultural Society

Source: Additional Research

19:00

Time signal from Big Ben. Weather Forecast and First General News Bulletin

Wed 19^th May 1926, 19:00 on 2LO London

Source: Additional Research

19:10

Leaves from the Earth's Diary - A Desert in the Midlands

Wed 19^th May 1926, 19:10 on 2LO London

Professor H.H.Swinnerton. S.B. From Nottingham

Source: Additional Research

19:25

Liszt; Pianoforte Works, Charles Kelly

Wed 19^th May 1926, 19:25 on 2LO London

Etudes d’Execution Trajiscendante; No. 3("Paysage"); No. 4 ("Mazeppa")

Source: Additional Research

19:40

Sgt. C. Claxton Turner

Wed 19^th May 1926, 19:40 on 2LO London

Source: Additional Research

20:00

Act 2 Opera "Gotterdamerung" (Wagner) ("The Twilight the Gods"), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Siegfried, disguised the Tarnhelm as Gunther, has brought Brunnhilde from her rock to be Gunther’s bride, and is himself to be wedded to Gutrune. Brunnhilde accuses him of treachery, and they swear on Hagen’s spear. Brunnhilde. Overwhelmed by her betrayal, persuades Hagen and his men to slay Siegfried, telling him that only in the back is he vulnerable. All this tragedy is only the inevitable fulfilment of the curse on the ring

Wed 19^th May 1926, 20:00 on 2LO London

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21:05

T. C. Sterndale Bennett (entertainer at piano) in his own songs, "We'll Drum 'em Down the Channel," "Advice to a Son," "Sweetheart Mine," "A Grievance," "Hats off the Plumber," "I'm so glad I met you this evening," "Leanin'," "I need love."

Wed 19^th May 1926, 21:05 on 2LO London

Source: Additional Research

21:30

Weather. News

Wed 19^th May 1926, 21:30 on 2LO London

Source: Additional Research

21:40

Giant Amphibians of the Coal Swamps

Wed 19^th May 1926, 21:40 on 2LO London

Mr. F. A. Bather

Source: Additional Research

21:55

Local News

Wed 19^th May 1926, 21:55 on 2LO London

Source: Additional Research

22:00

Tales of Fair Kashmir

Wed 19^th May 1926, 22:00 on 2LO London

The Wireless Orchestra: Two Hindoo pictures (Hanson and Lotter) "Approaching and Passing a Hindoo Temple"; "The Shepherdess of the Himalayas". Alice Lilley, Sydney Coltham, and Radio Players and the Orchestra. Song Cycle (Woodforde-Finden). Ashoo, Alice Lilley (soprano); Subhana, Sydney Coltham (tenor). Chanson Indoue (Rimsky-Korsakov). The Orchestra; Song Scena, Alice Lilley and Sydney Coltham. The Radio Players and the Orchestra. Four Indian Love Lyrics (Woodforde-Finden). Ramachandra, Sydney Coltham; Moti, Alice Lilley; Yussuf, Gilbert Heron. Torchlight Dance of the Brides of Kashmir "Feramors" (Rubenstein). The Orchestra

Source: Additional Research

23:00

Close down

Wed 19^th May 1926, 23:00 on 2LO London

Source: Additional Research

00:00

Close down

Thu 20^th May 1926, 00:00 on 2LO London

Source: Additional Research

2LO London

About this data

While most of the data in the BBC’s Programme Index is drawn from Radio Times and BBC programmes pages, a minority of listings have been compiled using the BBC’s own historical documents and early BBC listings printed in contemporary newspapers.