Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,803 playable programmes from the BBC

Basil Collier
When Basil Collier was staying in the Pyrenees last year he witnessed a curious piece of ceremonial, when the villagers dressed up and went in pursuit of a mock bear. The bear was really one of themselves disguised. Nobody knows the origin of this centuries-old ceremony, but it is probably a mixture of Christian and pagan ceremonials, and has to do with good hunting and the fertility of crops.

Contributors

Unknown:
Basil Collier

' The Rural Scene in July '
Arranged by Alfred Dunning and H. R. Jukes
The fifth number of a Northern miscellany of country matters which will be broadcast chiefly in talks by country men and women. Hal Jukes will be heard as collector and introducer of the characters
(A recording of the talk broadcast in the Northern programme yesterday)

Contributors

Arranged By:
Alfred Dunning
Arranged By:
H. R. Jukes
Unknown:
Hal Jukes

at the Organ of the Ritz Cinema, Belfast

Joseph Seal had his first cinema-organ experience at the Regal Cinema, Altrincham. From there he went to the Lonsdale Cinema at Carlisle, where he got his idea for his signature tune 'D'ye ken John Peel?'. After leaving Carlisle he went to the Ritz, Belfast, from where he has broadcast close on eighty times.
Seal's popular arrangement of 'Song Hits, Past and Present', which is a regular feature of his programmes, brings him a fan mail that takes most of his spare time to answer.

Contributors

Organist:
Joseph Seal

Joseph Hislop (tenor): Herding
Song (arr. Lawson). Eriskay Love Lilt (arr. Kennedy-Fraser)
Lauri Kennedy (cello): Old
Scots Melody (arr. Kennedy). Hungarian Rhapsody (Popper)
Dino Borgioli (tenor): Do not go, my love (Hage?nann). 0 del mio amato ben (0 my beloved) (Donaudy)
William Murdoch (pianoforte):
Norwegian Bridal Procession (Grieg)

Contributors

Tenor:
Joseph Hislop
Cello:
Lauri Kennedy
Tenor:
Dino Borgioli
Pianoforte:
William Murdoch

(Section C)
Led by Laurance Turner
Conducted by Arthur Wood
Arthur Wood was born at Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, in 1875. He was deputy conductor of the Harrogate Municipal Orchestra for some years, but in 1903 he became musical director at Terry's Theatre and later at various other well-known theatres in London. He has composed a considerable quantity of music, particularly for revues and musical comedies. His most recent success was an arrangement for brass band of Handel's ' Fireworks ' music. It was played during the London Music Festival by Callenders Band in Ken Wood before an audience of over forty thousand people, which included, among many distinguished musicians, Arturo Toscanini.

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurance Turner
Conducted By:
Arthur Wood
Unknown:
Arthur Wood
Unknown:
Ken Wood
Musicians:
Arturo Toscanini.

At which the guests will be some famous people who have had their birthdays this month
Christopher Stone will be the host and among those present will be
Dorothy Dickson
Jack Hylton
Nora Swinburne
Noel Gay
Ann Maritza the famous astrologer
Jay Wilbur and his Band with Adelaide Hall
The Cavendish Three and Sam Costa
The programme devised by Vemon Harris and presented by Archie Campbell

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Stone
Unknown:
Dorothy Dickson
Unknown:
Jack Hylton
Unknown:
Nora Swinburne
Unknown:
Noel Gay
Unknown:
Ann Maritza
Unknown:
Jay Wilbur
Unknown:
Sam Costa
Unknown:
Vemon Harris
Presented By:
Archie Campbell

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