Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,432 playable programmes from the BBC

World History: Stories of the Arctic
H.P. Smolka

For centuries men of many nations have striven to come to terms with the Arctic, the ice-capped top of the world. Explorers, sailors, scientists, and adventurers, have risked their lives in their attempts to bring mankind knowledge of, and profit from, these frozen wastes.
This afternoon you will hear some of the more outstanding stories of Arctic daring from the lips of a broadcaster who has made a special study of Arctic Siberia where Russian scientists are turning desolation into flowery and fruitful land.
H.P. Smolka, journalist and broadcaster, is author of a book on the great Arctic Siberian Experiment entitled '40,000 against the Arctic'. He has a delightful microphone manner, as listeners who have heard his broadcasts to the schools and in the evening programmes will testify.

Contributors

Speaker:
H.P. Smolka

A commentary on the race by Richard North , with J. Lawson Topham as race reader. The start described by Victor Smythe from" Gosforth Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
The Northumberland Plate, or ' Pit-men's Derby', is one of the most popular long-distance handicaps in the North. It is worth 1,500 sovs. to the winner ; the second gets 150 sovs., and the third 75 sovs. The race is run on the Round Course at Gosforth Park, where the Newcastle races are held, and as the course is left-handed the low numbers in the draw are best. The distance is two miles.

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard North
Unknown:
J. Lawson
Unknown:
Victor Smythe

Opera in two acts by Mozart from the Glyndebourne Festival
Opera House
The action takes place in a city in Spain
Act 1
Scenes
1, Outside the Commandant's house 2, A street
3, Garden entrance to Don Giovanni 's palace
4, Don Giovanni 's dressing-room 5, Don Giovanni 's garden
6, The ballroom of the palace
Cast in order of appearance
The Glyndeboume Festival Chorus
The Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Conductor, Fritz Busch
Producer, Carl Ebert
(A synopsis of ' Don Giovanni ' will be found on page 12)

Contributors

Unknown:
Don Giovanni
Unknown:
Don Giovanni
Unknown:
Don Giovanni
Conductor:
Fritz Busch
Producer:
Carl Ebert
Unknown:
Don Giovanni
Leporello:
Salvatore Baccaloni
Donna Anna:
Ina Souez
Don Giovanni:
John Brownlee
Commandant:
David Franklin
Don Ottavio:
Dino Borgioli
Donna Elvira:
Hella Toros
Zerlina:
Audrey Mildmay
Masetto:
Roy Henderson

National Programme Daventry

About National Programme

National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

Appears in

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