Listings
: The Pink Panther Show
Starring the optimistic, indestructible panther. Pink Panther theme by Henry Mancini (Repeat)Contributors
Composer:
Henry
Mancini
: Mop and Smiff
Written and presented by Mike Amatt : The SnowMop meets the snow blower, Smiff gets taken to the dump. Animation SIMON AND SARA BOR Director SID WADDELL Producer DAVID BROWN BBC Manchester
Contributors
Presented By:
Mike
Amatt
Director:
Sid
Waddell
Producer:
David
Brown
: The Littlest Hobo: Second Chance
(Repeat): Why Don't You....
just switch off your television and go out and do something less boring instead?The Cardiff gang come up with an idea for drop-outs - ever tried parascending?
: The Hunter
Fox's Foul PlayThe Fox is having a ball till the Hunter chases him back to base.
: Play Chess
with Bill HartstonThe values of the chessmen. How to stop losing your pieces and start winning instead.
Contributors
Unknown:
Bill
Hartston
: Ivor the Engine
by OLIVER POSTGATE Cold SheepStory told by Olwen Griffiths
Anthony Jackson and Oliver Postgate
Pictures by PETER FIRMIN
Music by VERNON ELLIOTT (R)
Contributors
Unknown:
Oliver
Postgate
Told By:
Olwen
Griffiths
Told By:
Anthony
Jackson
Unknown:
Peter
Firmin
Music By:
Vernon
Elliott
: Play School
January brings the snow Makes the feet and fingers glowPresenters Carol Leader and Wayne Jackman Guest storyteller John Wells
Story: Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting and Nearly Catch a Woozle by A. A. MILNE
Illustrations by E. H. SHEPARD
Contributors
Unknown:
Wayne
Jackman
Unknown:
John
Wells
Unknown:
A. A.
Milne
Illustrations By:
E. H.
Shepard
: Edinburgh Military Tattoo 1985
Highlights fromEdinburgh Castle
THE MASSED PIPES AND DRUMS The Royal Navy Display Team
The Window Display
The final appearance of the Display Team consisting of 60 ratings performing over 200 co-ordinated movements without a word of command. A Drum Salute and the Dance The Argyll Broadswords The Royal Hong Kong Police Bands
A stirring and colourful display in the traditions of the East and West.
THE SILVER BAND and THE
PIPES AND DRUMS OF THE
ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE
Policewomen display a scarf dance and a fan dance. The Rutgers University Queens Guard
The precision drill team of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
The Massed Military Bands The Finale
Evening Hymn and Last Post Lone Piper
Auld Lang Syne
Commentary Tom Fleming Director of music
WING COMMANDER ERIC BANKS Producer LT COL LESLIE DOW
Produced for TV by IAN CHRISTIE BBC Scotland (R)
Contributors
Producer:
Lt Col Leslie
Dow
Produced for TV by:
Ian
Christie
: Birdwatch
Live from Martin MereThe first of three live reports from one of Britain's finest natural refuges for Arctic wildfowl. Pink-footed geese, bewick's swans, whooper swans, hosts of ducks and waders are all within range of four live cameras (including a remotely-controlled one) far out in the bogs and marshes of Lancashire.
Tony Soper and Roger Lovegrove have come to see tens of thousands of migrants which have flown south to enjoy the warmth of a British winter.
Contributors
Presenter:
Tony
Soper
Presenter:
Roger
Lovegrove
: Dot and the Kangaroo
An animated film.Dot, the little daughter of a settler in the Australian outback, loses her way in the bush. As night begins to fall, she is terrified by the dark shadows and unfamiliar sounds, until she is befriended by a kangaroo who introduces her to the other bush creatures and promises to help her find her way home.
Written by John Palmer
Produced and directed by Yoram Gross
Contributors
Writer:
John
Palmer
Director/producer:
Yoram
Gross
: News
with Frances CoverdaleWeather News MICHAEL FISH
Contributors
Unknown:
Frances
Coverdale
Unknown:
Michael
Fish
: Birdwatch
Live from Martin MereSeventeen thousand pink-footed geese spend the winter on this marshland reserve, and these are the birds Tony Soper looks for during his second live report of the day. This ancient mere had all but disappeared 11 years ago, but the wetlands were re-established by the Wildfowl Trust, and the birds returned. Janet Kear , the curator, tells the story.
Contributors
Unknown:
Tony
Soper
Unknown:
Janet
Kear
: Ice Skating Special
featuringThe 1985 World Professional Figure Skating Championships from Washington, USA. More outstanding performances from the world's greatest skaters, all holders of Olympic, World or National titles.
The competitors include: TorviU and Dean
Robin Cousins
The
Protopopovs Blumberg and Seibert Scott Hamilton Toller Cranston
Norbert Schramm
Babilonia and Gardner Dorothy Hamill Linda Fratianne Elaine Zayak
Rosalynn Sumners
Commentator ALAN WEEKS
Contributors
Unknown:
Protopopovs
Blumberg
Unknown:
Seibert Scott
Hamilton
Unknown:
Toller
Cranston
Unknown:
Norbert
Schramm
Unknown:
Gardner Dorothy
Hamill
Unknown:
Linda
Fratianne
Unknown:
Elaine
Zayak
Unknown:
Rosalynn
Sumners
Commentator:
Alan
Weeks
: Birdwatch
Live from Martin MereDusk comes early and cold on the first afternoon of 1986. Vast numbers of geese, ducks and swans are flying back from the feeding grounds to roost around the mere.
To help them survive all the better, the warden
Chris Tomlinson gives the birds a bonus feed of grain.
Tony Soper , Roger Lovegrove and four live cameras are waiting for the action. Cameraman IAN STACEY Technical co-ordination GEOFF STAFFORD
Director PAUL APPLEBY
Assistant producer ROBIN PRYTHERCH Producer JOHN DOBSON BBC Bristol
(The Best of Birdwatch tomorrow
5.35pm)
Contributors
Unknown:
Chris
Tomlinson
Unknown:
Tony
Soper
Unknown:
Roger
Lovegrove
Unknown:
Ian
Stacey
Unknown:
Geoff
Stafford
Director:
Paul
Appleby
Producer:
John
Dobson
: Back to the Drawing Board
Presented by Lennie Bennett and Sally JamesTen teams of British eccentrics travel to Volendam in Holland to take on the Dutch at one of their own most exciting and popular television programmes. Each team has to build a weird and wonderful craft to negotiate a very steep, greasy ramp and cross 15 metres of water to ring a bell!
Sounds easy doesn't it, but just see what happens! Watch out for: Champagne Charlies from Liverpool; Brunel Old Boys (and a girl), Middlesex; Bristol Dental Teachers; Wirral Haematology; The Radcliffe Sword from Sussex; Geoff Shoesmith's Rotary Motion; Life Support from Yorkshire; The Bath Charioteers; The Kent Teachers; The Swansea Jacks
(In association with Rene Stokvis Entertainment Productions, Holland)
A further series of programmes will be recorded this year. Those interested in competing should write to: Back to the Drawing Board BBC, [address removed]
Contributors
Presenter:
Lennie
Bennett
Presenter:
Sally
James
Production:
David
Pickthall
Production:
Joy
Corbett
Production:
Liz
Cullen
Production:
Owen
Thomas
Television Production:
Peter Hylton
Cleaver
: Paul Young in Concert
The exciting and dynamic British pop star, just back from a long, successful world tour, launches a new pop/rock year with his own television special, recorded at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham.Outstanding chart successes such as 'Love of the common people', 'Wherever I lay my hat' and 'No parlez' are all included in a dazzling repertoire.
Producer JOHN G. SMITH BBC Pebble Mill
A simultaneous broadcast with Radio 1. Viewers with stereo
Radio I may wish to turn off TV sound and position their speakers on either side of the screen, butafew feet away. Stereo headphones provide a suitable alternative.
0 FEATURE: page 17
Contributors
Producer:
John G.
Smith
: Final Score
All the headline makers and day's results: The Circus World Championships
A spectacular competition for the coveted gold medals between supreme circus artists from around the world. The categories and contenders are: High WireManfred Doval
(West Germany) v
Delilah Wallenda Duo (USA) Supertroupe and Speciality Act
The Seven Kornek (Poland) v The China Zhanshi Acrobatic Troupe (China) Juggling
Dick Franco (USA) v
Arturo Alegria (Mexico) Ringmaster
Norman Barrett Commentator Graham Dene
Staged in the Big Top at Torbay
Musical director NEIL RICHARDSON Sound MIKE JOHNSTONE Lighting JOHN MASON
Designer RICHARD MCMANAN-SMITH CWC producer CHARLES THOMPSON Television presentation BOB WILD
Contributors
Unknown:
Dick
Franco
Unknown:
Norman
Barrett
Commentator:
Graham
Dene
Director:
Neil
Richardson
Unknown:
Mike
Johnstone
Unknown:
John
Mason
Designer:
Richard
McManan-Smith
Producer:
Charles
Thompson
Unknown:
Bob
Wild
: Clash of the Titans
starringHarry Hamlin Judi Bowker
Burgess Meredith as The Mortals
Laurence Olivier
Claire Bloom
Maggie Smith
Ursula Andress as The Immortals
Perseus, son of the god Zeus, sets out to win the love of the beautiful Andromeda. In order to do so he must first overcome the terrifying obstacles set in his path by the other gods on Mount
Olympus. He is set upon by witches, a monstrous two-headed dog, the Medusa of the Gorgon's head and finally the horrifying Kraken - a giant sea monster.
This action-packed fantasy adventure features an all-star cast and the ingenious special effects of Ray Harryhausen.
The Mythologicals Bubo, Charon, Dioskilos,
Kraken, Medusa, Pegasus, Scorpions and Vulture
THEMSELVES
Screenplay by BEVERLEY CROSS
Produced by CHARLES H. SCHNEER and RAY HARRYHAUSEN
Directed by DESMOND DAVIS
(First showing on British televison)
0 FILMS: page 27
Contributors
Unknown:
Harry
Hamlin
Unknown:
Judi
Bowker
Unknown:
Burgess
Meredith
Unknown:
Laurence
Olivier
Unknown:
Claire
Bloom
Unknown:
Maggie
Smith
Unknown:
Ursula
Andress
Play By:
Beverley
Cross
Produced By:
Charles H.
Schneer
Produced By:
Ray
Harryhausen
Directed By:
Desmond
Davis
The Immortals Zeus:
Laurence
Olivier
The Immortals Hera:
Claire
Bloom
The Immortals Thetis:
Maggie
Smith
The Immortals Aphrodite:
Ursula
Andress
The Immortals Poseidon:
Jack
Gwillim
Athena:
Susan
Fleetwood
Hephaestus:
Pat
Roach
The Mortals Perseus:
Harry
Hamlin
Andromeda:
Judi
Bowker
Ammon:
Burgess
Meredith
Cassiopeia:
Sian
Phillips
Stygian witches:
Flora
Robson
Stygian witches:
Freda
Jackson
Stygian witches:
Anna
Manahan
Thallo:
Tim
Pigottsmith
Calibos:
Neil
McCarthy
Acrisius:
Donald
Houston
Danae:
Vida
Taylor
Huntsman:
Harry
Jones
: Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
written by ROY CLARKE starringBill Owen , Peter Sallis Michael Aldridge and Thora Hird with Jane Freeman
Joe Gladwin , Kathy Staff Jonathan Linsley , Gordon Wharmby and Mike Grady For Compo and Clegg, the wedding of Wesley and Edie's daughter would have been little more than a happy diversion, but when they meet Uncle Seymour - retired headmaster and would-be brilliant inventor - nothing seems to go quite as expected - especially when he takes charge of the groom on his stag night.
Music composed and conducted by RONNIE HAZLEHURST Designer ROGER CANN
Photography david FEIG
Film editor JOHN WILKINSON Visual effects CHRIS LAWSON Produced and directed by ALAN J.W. BELL
0 FEATURE: page 147 * CEEFAX SUBTITLES
Contributors
Written By:
Roy
Clarke
Unknown:
Bill
Owen
Unknown:
Peter
Sallis
Unknown:
Michael
Aldridge
Unknown:
Thora
Hird
Unknown:
Jane
Freeman
Unknown:
Joe
Gladwin
Unknown:
Kathy
Staff
Unknown:
Jonathan
Linsley
Unknown:
Gordon
Wharmby
Unknown:
Mike
Grady
Conducted By:
Ronnie
Hazlehurst
Designer:
Roger
Cann
Editor:
John
Wilkinson
Unknown:
Chris
Lawson
Directed By:
Alan J.W.
Bell
Compo:
Bill
Owen
Clegg:
Peter
Sallis
Seymour:
Michael
Aldridge
Edie:
Thora
Hird
Nora Batty:
Kathy
Staff
Wally:
Joe
Gladwin
Ivy:
Jane
Freeman
Crusher:
Jonathan
Unsley
Wesley:
Gordon
Wharmby
Howard:
Robert
Fyfe
Marina:
Jean
Fergusson
Pearl:
Juliette
Kaplan
Barry:
Mike
Grady
Glenda:
Sarah
Thomas
Painter:
Derek
Ware
Postmistress:
Rosemary
Chamney
Landlord:
James
Duggan
Neighbour:
Brenda
Halbrook
Albert:
Albert
Welch
Blog post that mentions this programme:
: Rocky II
The Rematch! starringHaving gone the distance in a dramatic title fight with the World Heavyweight
Champion, Apollo Creed,
Rocky Balboa finds getting back to normality pretty hard. Unable to cope with new-found fame, and out of a job, things look bad for him. Creed meanwhile taunts
Rocky at every turn - challenging him to re-enter the ring for a second battle. In spite of an eye injury that could render him blind, Rocky finally agrees to fight again.
Produced by ROBERT CHARTOFF and irwin winkler
Written and directed by SYLVESTER STALLONE
(First showing on British television) 0 FILMS: page 27
* CEEFAX SUBTITLES
Contributors
Produced By:
Robert
Chartoff
Directed By:
Sylvester
Stallone
Rocky Balboa:
Sylvester
Stallone
Adrian:
Talia
Shire
Paulie:
Burt
Young
Apollo Creed:
Carl
Weathers
Mickey:
Burgess
Meredith
Apollo's trainer:
Tony
Burton
Gazzo:
Joe
Spinell
Agents:
Leonard
Gaines
Agensts:
Linda
Grey
Mary Ann Creed:
Sylvia
Meals
Meat foreman:
Frank
McRae
Cutman:
Al
Silvani
Director:
John
Pleshette
Announcer:
Stu
Nathan
Commentator:
Bill
Baldwin
Salesman:
Jerry
Zeismer
Fr Carmine:
Paul J
Micale
Employment managers:
Earl
Montgomery
Employment managers:
Sheperd
Sanders
Employment managers:
Herb
Nanas
Johnny:
Stuart
Robinson
: Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow graduated from being a bar pianist in Manhattan to become one of show business's most charismatic figures. 'Mandy', his first recording hit in 1975, triggered off an astonishing musical career that has captivated live audiences and achieved record sales.This programme, recorded specially for BBCtv at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, reflects the Manilow magic of the past decade and catalogues his biggest hits over that period. Producer JOHN G. SMITH BBC Pebble Mill (R)
Contributors
Unknown:
Barry
Manilow
Producer:
John G.
Smith
: Weather
About this project
This site contains the BBC listings information which the BBC printed in Radio Times between 1923 and 2009. You can search the site for BBC programmes, people, dates and Radio Times editions.
We hope it helps you find information about that long forgotten BBC programme, research a particular person or browse your own involvement with the BBC.
Through the listings, you will also be able to use the Genome search function to find thousands of radio and TV programmes that are already available to view or listen to on the BBC website.
There are more than 5 million programme listings in Genome. This is a historical record of the planned output and the BBC services of any given time. It should be viewed in this context and with the understanding that it reflects the attitudes and standards of its time - not those of today.
To read scans of the Radio Times magazines from the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s, you can navigate by issue.
Welcome to BBC Genome
Genome is a digitised version of the Radio Times from 1923 to 2009 and is made available for internal research purposes only. You will need to obtain the relevant third party permissions for any use, including use in programmes, online etc.
This internal version of Genome, which includes all the magazine covers, images and articles as well as the programme listings from the Radio Times, is different to the version of BBC Genome that is available externally/to the public. It is only available inside the BBC network.
Your use of this version of Genome is covered by the BBC Acceptable Use of Information Systems Policy and these terms.