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Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · Apr 15

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Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 49m

18/10/1924 Radio Times: Featuring The Savoy Orpheans and Savoy Havana Bands; The Wireless Orchestra; Speech Day; Popular Night; Military Band Programme; Incongruities; Overture, The Barber of Seville and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/1700e53d5e534de7805c494f28a83bda?page=20

This is a page from Radio Times, listing wireless programme for Saturday, October 18th, 1924. The programs feature music concerts, dance bands and talks. There is content from London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Bournemouth, Manchester, Newcastle, Aberdeen and Glasgow.

Featuring:

5WA'S Five O'Clocks
Boxing To-Day
Building a Ballad
Characteristic Piece, The Parade of the Tin Soldiers
Children's Afternoon Concert
Children's Corner
Dance Music and a Play
Dance Night
Daniel Seymour will sing the Vocal Numbers and Choruses
Descriptive Piece, In a Monastery Garden
Episodes in the History of England-The End of the Roman Era
Excerpt from The Spanish Gipsy
Grand March, Coronation
Harry Dearth (Baritone)
In the Cotton Fields
Incongruities
Laidlaw-Murray (Baritone)
Mabel Fitzgerald (Entertainer)
Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground
May Blyth (Soprano)
Military Band Programme
Music relayed from the Piccadilly Picture Theatre
Night With Other Nations-No. 4. Spain and Portugal
Overture, Four Ages of Man
Overture, The Barber of Seville
Popular Afternoon: The Wireless Quartet
Popular Night
Rah! Forsaken
Richard Arthur (Entertainer at the Piano)
Rupert O'Hea (Entertainer)
Short Circuits
Song Recital by Roy Henderson (Baritone)
Songe d'Amour après le Bal
Special Dance Night
Speech Day
Suite Espagnole
Teens' Corner
The 2ZY Dramatic Company
The Band of H.M. 2nd Bn. The East Yorkshire Regiment
The Cotter's Saturday Night
The Dulcettos Dance Band
The Orpheus Trio
The Psychology of Happiness
The Savoy Orpheans and Savoy Havana Bands
The Station Light Orchestra
The Station Orchestra
The Wireless Octet
The Wireless Orchestra
This Week's Interesting Anniversary: Leipzig
Time Signal from Big Ben, Weather Forecast and 1st General News Bulletin
Time Signal from Greenwich
Time Signal from Greenwich, Weather Forecast and 2nd General News Bulletin
Vision d'Amour
When Autumn Leaves are Falling
Women's Corner

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TV Listings For Sunday 15th October 2000

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TV Listings For Tuesday 15th October 1963

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TV Listings For Tuesday 15th October 1991

Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 8h

15/10/1959 Radio Times: Featuring The Thursday Play 'The Criminals!'; Return to Pestalozzi; Our World Is Music; Kenneth Alwyn Introduces and conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra; Science Survey Underwater Speeds and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/d34616607fe54deabad4a88af855660b?page=40

This is a page from a magazine listing television and radio programmes, including shows on Light Programme, Network Three, and The Home Service. The listings include various music programmes, dramas, news summaries, and features for children and adults. Advertisements also appear on the page for Myer's Agents, and other business. The magazine includes summaries of upcoming events.

Featuring:

A Listen and Learn Series Anthology
Adlai Stevenson
Big Ben Minute News
Big Ben: News Summary
Children's Hour For Children of Most Ages "Delilah, a Sensitive Cow
Children's Hour For Children of Most Ages "Delilah, a Sensitive Cow"
Close Down
Dale's Diary
Five To Ten
Flat Racing Results
For Older Listeners 'The Gunrunners'
Greenwich Time Signal
Greenwich Time Signal Exhibition Choice
Greenwich Time Signal News
Greenwich Time Signal Woman's Hour
Housewives' Choice
Kenneth Alwyn Introduces and conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra
Listen With Mother
Local News and London Stock Market Report
Louis Mordish and his Players
Lunch Date
Market Trends
Matters Of Moment
Morning Music
Morning Service
Morning Story
Mrs. Dale's Diary
Music At Night
News Summary
News Summary While You Work
Organ Recital
Our World Is Music
Racing
Reading Your Letters
Record Review
Return to Pestalozzi
Science Survey Underwater Speeds
Stage and Screen
The Thursday Play 'The Criminals!'
The Weather
Three's Company
Today's Sport
Town and Country
Workers' Playtime

Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 9h

TV Listings For Tuesday 15th October 2002

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Tola @tolagemeda.bsky.social · 12h

That show was also one of the... out of place choices made by the BBC to replace the 6pm slot held by The Simpsons for BBC Two back in June 2004 (which thankfully didn't last long)
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Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · Jun 17

TV Listings For Thursday 17th June 2004

Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 13h

17-18/10/1937 Radio Times: Featuring Am I My Brother's Keeper?; The BBC Scottish Orchestra; An Outline Of Church History; The BBC Military Band; A Programme Of Gramophone Records; We Live By The Fjords and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/365bd1b6c97848b9aece5a4a832cfc3c?page=30

Radio listings for Sunday, October 17th and Monday, October 18th. The listings cover channels like Westerglen, Burghead, Aberdeen, Scottish National, and Newcastle. Show types include gramophone records, children's programs, religious services, military bands, and orchestral performances. A discussion called Am I My Brother's Keeper? focuses on labour and employer perspectives. The Week's Good Cause is promoted by Sybil Thorndike. On Monday there is Church History, plus the Scottish Orchestra and an orchestral performance.

Featuring:

A Programme Of Gramophone Records
A Religious Service
Am I My Brother's Keeper?
An Organ Recital
An Outline Of Church History
East Anglian Herring Fishing Bulletin
For Older Children
Fred Hartley And His Sextet
German For Fifth Forms
Gramophone Records
Jungle
Music Of The Week
National Programme
Reginald Porter-Brown
Ride-A-Cock-Horse-2
The Alphas
The BBC Military Band
The BBC Scottish Orchestra
The Cecilian Glee And Madrigal Society
The Daily Service
The Flower Seller
The Scots Worthies
The Shadow Dance
The Week's Good Cause
We Live By The Fjords
With Twenty Bars Of Silver

Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 14h

TV Listings For Saturday 15th October 1983

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13/10/1933 issue of Radio Times: Editorial featuring The Circus Princess; Quilter's opera; Tsar Saltan; Waltz Time; European Dances; Strange Interlude; The Royal Scots; Kaleidoscope; John Hendrik and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/ae9c75c003444c1b85d72ba8d82a98c8?page=10

This magazine page previews radio programmes. It covers musical events such as operas and band concerts, as well as talks on farming and national character. It also mentions books by various authors. Celebrities associated with these programs and literary works are listed. The page discusses upcoming radio events and personalities.

Editorial featuring:

A. N. Rawes
Ambrose
Clifford Collinson
Drake
Eugene O'Neill
European Dances
Florence McHugh
Frida Leider
Harold Scott
Harriet Bennett
Harry Farjeon
John Hendrik
Kaleidoscope
Kalman
M. Stéphan
Pushkin
Quilter's opera
Robert Adam
Rodney Bennett
S. P. B. Mais
Strange Interlude
The Circus Princess
The Royal Scots
Tsar Saltan
Tyrone Guthrie
Waltz Time

Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 22h

16/10/1951 Radio Times: Featuring Woman's Hour; Forces Educational Broadcast; Concert Hour; Listen with Mother; Workers' Playtime; Service for Schools; Hugh James and his Orchestra; Morning Music; Big Ben and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/0a673370fe5c41c2a38d72c46550f1ee?page=26

This magazine page lists radio programs for October 16, 1951. It covers the Home Service and Light Programme channels, detailing shows like 'Bright and Early,' 'Service for Schools,' and 'Woman's Hour.' The page also features an article about a school in Africa, as well as adverts for Cadbury's Dairy Milk Chocolate and Gale's Honey.

Featuring:

Adventures in Music
Big Ben
Bright and Early
Choral Evensong
Citizenship
Concert Hour
Cory Workmen's Band
Edelweiss
Five to Ten
For the Schools
Forces Educational Broadcast
General Weather Forecast
Greenwich Time Signal
Greenwich Time Signal For the Schools
Housewives' Choice
Hugh James and his Orchestra
Lift up Your Hearts!
Listen with Mother
London Light Concert Orchestra
Morning Music
Morning Story
Mrs. Dale's Diary
Music While You Work
Music for the Housewife
Music-Hall
Musically Yours
News
Orchestral Concert
Piano Recital
Programme Parade
Ronnie Pleydell and his Orchestra
Senior English II
Service for Schools
Straw-Hat Circuit
The Daily Service
Woman's Hour
Workers' Playtime

Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 23h

BBC Radio Listings For Sunday 14th October 1984

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12/10/1951 issue of Radio Times: Featuring Sir Thomas Beecham conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra; Election Broadcasts; Grand Hotel; The Battle Of Trafalgar; Rommel-Desert Fox; Wilfred Pickles; The Passing Day and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/0a673370fe5c41c2a38d72c46550f1ee?page=1

This is the cover page of the Radio Times for October 14-20, 1951. It features listings for BBC Television and Radio programs, including Election Broadcasts, 'The Battle Of Trafalgar', Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Julian Huxley on 'The Process of Evolution', 'Rommel-Desert Fox', Wilfred Pickles, 'The Passing Day', 'Ring Up The Curtain!', 'The Cesarewitch', and 'Grand Hotel'. A photograph shows Tom Jenkins leading his orchestra, evoking the atmosphere of a Palm Court in a big hotel.

Featuring:

Election Broadcasts
Grand Hotel
Julian Huxley on 'The Process of Evolution'
Ring Up The Curtain!
Rommel-Desert Fox
Sir Thomas Beecham conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra
The Battle Of Trafalgar
The Cesarewitch
The Passing Day
Wilfred Pickles

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The 'Skeets' @continuitytweets.bsky.social · 1d

1) Little and Large substituting Morecambe and Wise - definitely reserves coming on for first-teamers.

2) Brucie couldn't even beat them in the ratings.

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TV Listings For Saturday 14th October 1978

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TV Listings For Saturday 14th October 1978

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TV Listings For Sunday 14th October 2001

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TV Listings For Friday 14th October 1994

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15/10/1948 Radio Times: Featuring Edwardian Heyday; Churchill At The Admiralty; Cruft's Dog Show; Second House; Wilfred Pickles In 'Have A Go!!'; Richard Murdoch In 'Much-Binding-In-The-Marsh' and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/172c6629fab84061a840df817e2fa4ba?page=18

These are radio listings from October 1948, featuring programmes from the Home Service, Light Programme and Third Programme, including music, comedy, news, current affairs and drama. There are adverts for Jones Mobile Cranes and New World Water Heaters. The shows include 'Edwardian Heyday', 'Wilfred Pickles In Have A Go!!' and 'Dick Barton - Special Agent'.

Featuring:

'Amours De Voyage'
'Gordon Grantley, K.C.'
'Rusalka'
A Dublin Nursery In The Nineties
African Haunts
American Letter
At The Console
BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra
Big Ben
Big Ben Minute News
Break For Music
Bright And Early
Children's Hour
Christian Commentary
Churchill At The Admiralty
Collector's Corner
Concert Hour
Cruft's Dog Show
Current Affairs
Design For Dancing
Dick Barton- Special Agent
Douglass Montgomery in 'Return From Darkness'
Edwardian Heyday
Ethel Revnell in 'Down Our Street'
Family Favourites
Fantasia
For The Schools
For The Schools News
Forces Educational Broadcast
Friday Forum
General Weather Forecast
Good Health
Housewives' Choice
Ideas And Force In Society
Let's Join In
Lift Up Your Hearts!
Melody Hour
Mid-Morning Story
Moonlight Lullaby
Morning Music
Mrs. Dale's Diary
Music For All
Music In Your Home
Music While You Work
Musical Comedy Milestones
Mussorgsky And Khachaturyan
News Summary
Phil Green
Programme Parade
Progress Report
Radio Newsreel
Richard Murdoch In 'Much-Binding-In-The-Marsh'
Sandy MacPherson
Second House
Senior English I
Service For Schools
Sport
The Cloud And The Waltz'
The Critics
The Daily Service
The Friday Recital
The Naturalist
The United Nations
Themes And Variations
This Week's Celebrities
This Week's Composer
Time For Music
Time, Greenwich
Time, Greenwich For The Schools
Time, Greenwich News
Time, Greenwich: News
United Nations
Vaughan Williams
Waterlogged Spa'
Wilfred Pickles In 'Have A Go!!'
Woman's Hour
Workers' Playtime
World Affairs

Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 1d

BBC Radio Listings For Wednesday 14th October 1970

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10/10/1952 issue of Radio Times: Editorial featuring La Città Morta; The Dead City; Chu Chin Chow; Lift Up Your Hearts; Eleanore Duse; Gerald du Maurier; Gabriele D'Annunzio; Douglas Griffiths; Martyn Hughes and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/afe23d7f48034934b6640b6d6fc70afc?page=12

Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 1d

BBC Radio Listings For Thursday 14th October 1993

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Vintage UK Radio Times, 11/10/1940 issue (pages 2 and 3)

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/a6e454580f1e49eeb9e324a1f2a8fc4a?page=2

This magazine page includes adverts for products such as fires, interlinings, furnishing fabrics, hair products, lanterns, plasters, and an antiseptic called Dettol. Articles cover topics such as what to ask for at the butchers, comfort in the shelter, baby patterns, fashion, knitting, cookery, saving mushrooms and lighting your home. Featured writers include Ambrose Heath and Leslie Halward.

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11/10/1959 Radio Times: Featuring Laramie; Body And Soul; It's Saturday Night; Sports Special; Juke Box Jury; The Brains Trust; Conversations With Dr. Johnson; Music Magazine; Dixon Of Dock Green and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/d34616607fe54deabad4a88af855660b?page=22

This document contains television and radio programme listings for Saturday and Sunday. It includes details of dramas, entertainment shows, sports broadcasts, news updates, and religious services. Articles also feature light music, discussions and sound enthusiasts magazine. The weekend's schedule offers a mix of entertainment, information, and cultural content.

Featuring:

A Well Brought-up Girl
Body And Soul
Bridge
Can I Help You?
Chess
Conversations With Dr. Johnson
Country Questions
Dixon Of Dock Green
Ernest Bloch
Frontier
Gardeners' Question Time
Home For The Day
I Married a Nigerian
It's Saturday Night
Juke Box Jury
Laramie
Light Music
Morning Service
Music Magazine
News
News Summary
Paper Gunman
Programme Parade
Sir Gerald Kelly on Masterpieces of Portraiture
Sound
Sports Special
Stage Stop
Sunday Symphony Concert
Talking About Music
The Brains Trust
The Critics
The First Day Of The Week
The Saturday Film
The Weather
Weather and Close Down

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TV Listings For Thursday 13th October 1988

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08/10/1926 issue of Radio Times: Editorial featuring The Mind of Animals and Professor J. Arthur Thomson

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/b80f371d05a4426fb9723d8ca28de397?page=1

This is a page from Radio Times, dated October 8, 1926. The page features an article titled 'The Mind of the Ape' by Professor J. Arthur Thomson, who is giving a series of talks on 'The Mind of Animals' from Aberdeen. The article discusses chimpanzee intelligence, experiments with apes, and their problem-solving abilities.

Editorial featuring:

Professor J. Arthur Thomson
The Mind of Animals