Listings
: Watch with Mother: The Flowerpot Men
For the very youngAudrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
Gladys Whitred sings the songs
Peter Hawkins speaks the voices
Maria Bird writes the songs and music
BBC film
(to 11.00)
Contributors
Puppeteer:
Audrey
Atterbury
Puppeteer:
Molly
Gibson
Singer:
Gladys
Whitred
Voices:
Peter
Hawkins
Songwriter/music:
Maria
Bird
: Out of School: Merry-Go-Round
An opportunity to see some of the programmes which BBC Television provides for schools throughout the year.A series prepared for children of seven to nine years old in primary schools.
Introduced by Tim Gudgin.
The Little Man No Bigger Than a Finger
A television adaptation by Joy Whitby of a Turkish fairy tale.
and
Another visit to Wheelbarrow Farm
(Previously shown on March 26)
Contributors
Presenter:
Tim
Gudgin
Film editor:
Malcolm
James
Producer:
Claire
Chovil
Adapter (The Little Man no Bigger than a Finger):
Joy
Whitby
[Actor] (The Little Man no Bigger than a Finger):
Jeffrey
Segal
[Actor] (The Little Man no Bigger than a Finger):
Keith
Williams
[Actor] (The Little Man no Bigger than a Finger):
Frank
Duncan
: Out of School: Signpost: Down the River: The Apprenticed Lighterman
A series running throughout the year designed for children between nine and eleven years old in primary schools.Keith has just started work on the river, having been bound apprentice to his father, a Thames lighterman.
Previously shown on May 9
Contributors
Cameraman:
John A.S.
Turner
Film editor:
Malcolm
James
Producer:
Ronald
Smedley
: Newyddion
News in Welsh.(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)
: Heddiw
Owen Edwards yn cyflwyno pynciau'r dydd yng Nghymru gyda Harri Gwynn a John BevanCyfarwyddwyr, GERAINT S.JONES a WILLIAM AARON
Cynhyrchwyr, IFOR REES a JOHN Roberts WILLIAMS
Golygydd, NAN DAVIES
(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)
Contributors
Unknown:
Owen
Edwards
Unknown:
Harri
Gwynn
Unknown:
John
Bevan
Unknown:
Geraint
S.Jones
Unknown:
John Roberts
Williams
Unknown:
Nan
Davies
: The News
: Watch with Mother: Picture Book
For the very youngVera McKechnie turns the pages and shows you how to make paper flowers in a pot.
You need plain or coloured paper, pipe cleaners, modelling clay, an egg box, and scissors
BBC film
Contributors
Presenter:
Vera
McKechnie
Editor:
Maria
Bird
Producer:
Freda
Lingstrom
: International Ski-Jumping
from Garmisch PartenkcirchenWith the Winter Olympic Games imminent the world's ski-jumping champions compete in this exciting event from Germany's winter sports centre in the Bavarian Alps.
Presented by the German Television Service
Contributors
Commentator in Garmisch:
Max
Robertson
: Magic Town
A romantic film comedy starring James Stewart and Jane Wyman.Rip Smith, an expert on public opinion polls, discovers a small town that accurately represents the opinion of the whole of the United States. This short-cut to fame and riches proves embarrassing when he finds himself liking most of the towns-people and falling in love with one of them.
Contributors
Director:
Robert
Riskin
Rip Smith:
James
Stewart
Mary Peterman:
Jane
Wyman
Hoopendecker:
Kent
Smith
Ike Sloan:
Ned
Sparks
Len Dicketts:
Wallace
Ford
Ed Weaver:
Regis
Toomey
Mr Twiddle:
Donald
Meek
: New Year's Day Concert from Vienna
Part of a concert of music by the Strauss family given in the Main Hall of the Musikverein by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.Led and directed by Willi Boskovsky
Recorded via Eurovision by courtesy of the Austrian Television Service
Introduced by Antony Hopkins.
Contributors
Musicians:
The Vienna Philharmonic
Orchestra
Orchestra leader/Musical director:
Willi
Boskovsky
Presenter:
Antony
Hopkins
: The Pony
A film from Canada.Two children living on a fully mechanised farm on the prairies realise their dream of having a pony of their own.
A National Film Board of Canada film
: The Boss Cat: The Golden Fleecing
A second chance to see the film cartoon series about the gang of alley cats captained by the ever-resourceful and formidable Boss Cat.Benny the Ball comes into some insurance money and gets rid of it before even T.C. can touch it.
: Animal Magic
A weekly series introduced by Johnny Morris with Tony Soper.A magazine of stories about animals, sometimes in the wild, sometimes in the home, and sometimes in the zoo-but always magical.
From the West
Contributors
Presenter:
Johnny
Morris
Presenter:
Tony
Soper
Film editor:
George
Inger
Director:
Douglas
Thomas
Producer:
Winwood
Reade
: The News
: Town and Around
A daily presentation of news and views from London and the South-East.Introduced by Michael Aspel.
followed by The Weather
Contributors
Presenter:
Michael
Aspel
: Top of the Pops
A new look at Britain's best-sellers.Discs - Artists - News from this week's Top Twenty.
Introduced tonight by Jimmy Savile.
Contributors
Presenter:
Jimmy
Savile
Settings:
Kenneth
Lawson
Producer:
Johnnie
Stewart
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15 February 2017
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13 September 2015
: Tonight
Introduced by Cliff Michelmorewith Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Christopher Brasher, Julian Pettifer, Brian Redhead.
Contributors
Presenter:
Cliff
Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek
Hart
Reporter:
Alan
Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe
Robertson
Reporter:
Trevor
Philpott
Reporter:
Kenneth
Allsop
Reporter:
Macdonald
Hastings
Reporter:
Christopher
Brasher
Reporter:
Julian
Pettifer
Reporter:
Brian
Redhead
Editor:
Peter
Batty
: The Third Man: A Question of Price
A film series starring Michael Rennie as Harry Lime.Guest star, Viveca Lindfors
A BBC film release
A precious casket becomes the motive for piracy, and Harry Lime proves that he is not always for sale to the highest bidder.
7.35-8.0 Scan: a discussion on Society, The Law, Crime and Punishment.
(Oxford, Peterborough, Manningtree)
Contributors
Story and teleplay:
Harry
Brown
Director:
David
McDearmon
Producer:
Felix
Jackson
Harry Lime:
Michael
Rennie
Elsa:
Viveca
Lindfors
Demos Reculte:
Simon
Oakland
Hitter:
Rudolph
Anders
Arlatti:
Frank
Dekova
Carstairs:
Tom
Greenway
: Z Cars: ...And a Happy New Year
by John Hopkins.There are two young constables in each car, ready to deal with trouble as it happens.
The revelry of New Year's Eve has its normal problems for the Newtown police and its special opportunities for a lone marauder in the streets.
Contributors
Writer:
John
Hopkins
Designer:
Frederick
Knapman
Film sequences - Cameraman:
Ken
Westbury
Film sequences - Editor:
Alan
Martin
Casebook material:
William
Prendergast
Producer:
David E.
Rose
Director:
Christopher
Morahan
: Sportsview
Introduced by Peter Dimmock.Sportsview looks forward to An Olympic Year with some of the sports stars who will be at Innsbruck and Tokyo.
Cricket: England v. Australia Whither the Ashes?
Soccer: Top of the world in 1964?
Contributors
Presenter:
Peter
Dimmock
Presented by:
Alec
Weeks
Associate editor:
Lawrie
Higgins
Editor:
Cliff
Morgan
: The News
: Festival: The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare[Starring] The Royal Shakespeare Company
This production was staged at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, and is currently running at the Aldwych Theatre, London
Contributors
Author:
William
Shakespeare
Designer:
John
Wyckham
Designer/Theatre Production:
Clifford
Williams
Costumes:
Anthony
Powell
Music:
Peter
Wishart
Television Production:
Peter
Luke
Directed for television by:
Peter
Duguid
Solinus, Duke of Ephesus:
Donald
Sinden
Aegeon, a merchant of Syracuse:
John
Welsh
Twin brother, son to Aegeon and Aemilia - Antipholus of Ephesus:
Ian
Richardson
Twin brother, son to Aegeon and Aemilia - Antipholus of Syracuse:
Alec
McCowen
Twin brother, servant to the two Antipholuses - Dromio of Ephesus:
Clifford
Rose
Twin brother, servant to the two Antipholuses - Dromio of Syracuse:
Barry
MacGregor
Balthazar, a merchant:
Michael
Murray
Angelo, a goldsmith:
Ken
Wynne
First Merchant, friend to Antipholus of Syracuse:
Philip
Brack
Second Merchant, to whom Angelo is a debtor:
John
Hussey
Pinch, a schoolmaster and conjuror:
Derek
Smith
An Officer:
John
Corvin
A Messenger:
Ronald
Falk
A Gaoler:
Martin
Jenkins
Aemilia, an abbess at Ephesus wife to Aegeon:
Madoline
Thomas
Adriana, wife to Antipholus of Ephesus:
Diana
Rigg
Luciana, her sister:
Janet
Suzman
Luce, servant to Adriana:
Caroline
Maud
A Courtesan:
Susan
Engel
Ensemble:
Barbara
Barnett
Ensemble:
Shaun
Curry
Ensemble:
Valerie
Cutts
Ensemble:
James
Falkland
Ensemble:
Peter
Geddis
Ensemble:
Brian
Harrison
Ensemble:
Marshall
Jones
Ensemble:
Robert
Jennings
Ensemble:
Philippa
Urquhart
Ensemble:
Tim
Wylton
: News Extra
The latest news with the focus on the main stories of the day.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.