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Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 20m

15-17/10/1925 Radio Times: Featuring Talk to Schools: The Rev. J. Howen Rodda, "Oliver Twist The Boy Who Asked For More."; Programme S.B. from London; The New Palladium Cinema Orchestra and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/408d84c28e304be48fadbd4d9df6f3e9?page=36

This is a page from Radio Times with radio programmes from Nottingham and Plymouth. Featured programmes include school talks, afternoon topics, live music, children's programmes, and cinema orchestra performances. The page includes advertisements for Climax Radio and Cosmos Wireless Sets. The page is dated October 9th, 1925 with listings for October 16th and 17th.

Featuring:

Afternoon Topies
Children's Corner
Children's Letters
Col. W. P. Drury, "A Sea Dog of Queen Anne's Reign."
Programme S.B. from London
Talk to Schools: The Rev. J. Howen Rodda, "Oliver Twist The Boy Who Asked For More."
The New Palladium Cinema Orchestra
The Royal Hotel Trio

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

TV Listings For Saturday 11th October 1986

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07/10/1934 Radio Times: Featuring Leslie Jeffries; A Violin Recital; All in the Day's Work-I; The Way to God'; An Organ Recital; The Silent Fellowship; A Short Religious Service; The News and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/c7428f05cb37460abd2f90ced332e961?page=20

This page contains radio program listings for Sunday, October 7th across four channels: Droitwich, London, West and North. It features shows such as 'A Violin Recital,' 'All in the Day's Work-I,' 'An Organ Recital', 'Leslie Jeffries' and 'The Way to God'. Advertisements for the 'Superhet Radiogram' and 'His Master's Voice Radio' are also present.

Featuring:

A Short Religious Service
A Violin Recital
All in the Day's Work-I
An Organ Recital
Epilogue
Leslie Jeffries
The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne, Orchestra
The News
The Silent Fellowship
The Way to God'

Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 6h

TV Listings For Wednesday 11th October 1978

Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 7h

11/10/1953 Radio Times: Featuring Star Bill; Alfred Marks In Star Bill; Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison In 'Meet The Huggetts'; Richard Attenborough; Radio Theatre 'The Burning Secret'; The Spanish Tragedy' and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/71ece99b70754451bd97178888d3a226?page=12

This is a radio and TV listing page. It features listings for BBC radio, Light Programme, and Greenwich Time Signal, with variety shows, classical music, and news programs. It also includes show titles such as 'The Saviours', 'Siegfried', and more, offering a variety of entertainment.

Featuring:

'Remember Nelson'
'Siegfried'
Alfred Marks In Star Bill
Big Ben Minute News
Big Bent Close Down
Bill McGuffie
Chamber Music
Children's Hour
Close Down
Coming Events
Community Hymn-Singing
Cotton's Choice
English Songs
Evening Prayer
Grand Hotel
Greenwich Time Signal News
Heartsease
Home Service
I Know What I Like
In Other Home Services
Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison In 'Meet The Huggetts'
Jesus' The Epilogue
Latin America Past And Present
Light Programme
Money Matters
News Summary
On These Things
Poems of Irony
Radio Newsreel
Radio Theatre 'The Burning Secret'
Richard Attenborough
Scottish Church Services
Sportsman's Choice
Star Bill
The Hirsch String Quartet
The Saviours
The Spanish Tragedy'
The Spoken Word
The United Nations Assembly
The Waste Paper Basket
The Weather
Third Programme
Ulster Services
West London Services

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

11-15/10/1925 Radio Times: Featuring Phyllis Chadney; George Parsons; The New Palladium Cinema Orchestra; The Band Of The 2nd Batt. The South Staffordshire Regiment; Motoring For Women and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/408d84c28e304be48fadbd4d9df6f3e9?page=34

This is a collection of magazine pages, featuring radio advertisements and programming for the radio channel 5PY for the week beginning October 11th, 1925. It includes listings with musical performances, talks, and children's programming. There are adverts for A.J.S. Radio instruments and Osram valves and wireless.

Featuring:

Afternoon Talk
Annie Laurie
Bells
Boy Scouts' Bulletin
Brass Quartet, Spring
Caller Herrin
Children's Corner
Children's Letters
Col. W. P. Drury: The Bedford Tinker and His Dream
George Parsons
Gramophone Records
Hand-Bells
I Passed By Your Window
If I Might Only Come To You
Love's Old Sweet Song
Motoring For Women
Mr. Eric J. Patterson, Modern History Talk
Novelty Night
Parted
Patrol, The Wee Macgreegor
Phyllis Chadney
Suite, Americana
The Band
The Band Of The 2nd Batt. The South Staffordshire Regiment
The Kitto Hand And Sleigh-Bell Ringers
The Kitto Musical Quartet
The Last Rose Of Summer
The New Palladium Cinema Orchestra
The Quartet
The Royal Hotel Trio
The Youth of England
Thomas Bennetto
Weather Forecast and News
When You Come Home

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

TV Listings For Monday 10th October 1977

Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 16h

13/10/1943 Radio Times: Featuring Beethoven's Mass in D; Ensa Half-Hour; Northern Music-Hall; BBC Dancing Club; The World Goes By; Greetings From Home; Children's Hour; The Kitchen Front; Jack Payne and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/cb9c8e0ae26c4855b3e529cc54de0ef4?page=12

This is a page from Radio Times listing radio broadcasts for both Home Service and Forces channels. The programme listings are for October 13th, including news, music, and educational programmes for schools. Advertisements targeting women encourage them to contribute to the war effort and promote Hoover products.

Featuring:

'And So To Bed'
'Evening Stars'
'Lift Up Your Hearts!'
'Marching On'
'The Radio Doctor'
'Yn Y Glorian'
BBC Close-Up
BBC Dancing Club
BBC Theatre Orchestra
Band of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Beethoven's Mass in D
Big Ben Minute News
Black-Out
Brass Band Music
Can I Help You?
Charles Ernesco
Children's Hour
Close Down
Cocktail Time
Concert for Factory Workers
Current Affairs
Elgar
English for Under-Nines
Ensa Half-Hour
Evening Stars
For Rural Schools (England)
For the Schools
General Science
Greetings From Home
Harry James
Hello, Parents!
I Knew a Man!
Incidental Music
Jack Leon
Jack Payne
Lloyd Thomas
London Wind Quintet
Marches and Selections
Marching and Waltzing
Mid-Morning Music
Monia Liter
Music While You Work
Music and the Dance
News Commentary
Newyddion (News in Welsh)
Northern Music-Hall
Novelty Swing Quartet
Old-Time Dance Music
Orchestra of the 28th Group Pioneer Corps
Peter Dawson
Piping and Puirt-A-Beul
Programme Parade
R.A.F. Bands on Parade
Reveille!
Robinson Cleaver
Scottish Heritage
Sop As Gach Seid
Starlight
The Daily Dozen'
The Daily Service
The Kitchen Front
The Radio Padre
The Wednesday Story
The World Goes By
This Week's Composer
Time, Big Ben
Time, Big Ben: News
Time, Greenwich
Time, Greenwich: News
Vernon Adcock
Works Wonders

Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 17h

TV Listings For Saturday 10th October 1964

Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 20h

TV Listings For Friday 10th October 1980

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Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 21h

TV Listings For Sunday 10th October 1965

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

14/10/1937 Radio Times: Featuring An Orchestral Concert; Ulster Book Review; Newtown Night'; A Ballad Concert; Jos Q. Atkinson and His Quintet; Men and Machines: Automatic Weaving in the Cotton Industry and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/511af0c5575444b3bb39c35efc00522b?page=72

This is a page from Radio Times magazine, listing radio programmes for Thursday, October 14th. It covers the North, West, Wales, and Northern Ireland regions. Listings include news, weather forecasts, children's programmes, music concerts, and regional interest features. One listing discusses modern mechanisation in the cotton industry.

Featuring:

A Ballad Concert
An Interlude of Gramophone Records
An Orchestral Concert
Awr y Plant
Close Down
Cymru a'i Gwaith'
Darlledu I'r Ysgolion yng Nghymru
Egwyl (Interlude)
For Western Farmers in Particular
Houses of Ulster'
Interlude
Jos Q. Atkinson and His Quintet
Late News Summary
Men and Machines: Automatic Weaving in the Cotton Industry
News Summary
Newtown Night'
Northern Bulletin for Farmers
Northern Ireland News
Pianists' Half-Hour
Regional Programme
String Time
The Children's Hour
The Daily Service
The Second News
Ulster Book Review
Weather Forecast for Farmers and Shipping
Weather Forecast for Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Bulletin for Farmers
Welsh Announcements
Western Announcements
Y Newyddion

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

BBC Radio Listings For Tuesday 10th October 1972

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

09/10/1959 issue of Radio Times: Editorial featuring The Navy Lark; Stephen Murray; Heather Chasen; Leslie Phillips; Richard Caldicot and Jon Pertwee

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/d34616607fe54deabad4a88af855660b?page=1

This is a Radio Times cover, featuring the BBC Television and Sound listings for October 11-17, 1959. The cover promotes 'The Navy Lark,' a comedy series returning to the Light Programme on Friday, and the adaptation of the Wilcox-Neagle film based on the BBC series on Saturday. The image features Stephen Murray, Heather Chasen, Leslie Phillips, Richard Caldicot, and Jon Pertwee.

Editorial featuring:

Heather Chasen
Jon Pertwee
Leslie Phillips
Richard Caldicot
Stephen Murray
The Navy Lark

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

TV Listings For Monday 10th October 1966

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

05/10/1945 issue of Radio Times: Editorial featuring Thanking Yew; Journey to Romance; Jailbirds; This is my Farm; James Stephens; Charles Münch; Sir Max Beerbohm; Geraint Jones; William Blake; David Porter and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/e108d476ae1f45698580af0ac9ed5414?page=2

This magazine page includes articles about upcoming radio and television programmes, focusing on shows like Thanking Yew, Journey to Romance, and Jailbirds, alongside features on personalities like Sir Max Beerbohm and Cyril Fletcher. It highlights discussions about classical music, poetry, and farming. Advertisements promote products such as Kellogg's Wheat Flakes, Wren's shoe polish, VitBe brown bread, Player's cigarettes, Kiltie shoes, and P&B knitting wools.

Editorial featuring:

Basil Jones
C. Gordon Glover
Charles Münch
Cyril Fletcher
David King Wood
David Porter
F. J. Tucker
Geraint Jones
H. G. Sanders
Jailbirds
James Stephens
Jan van der Gucht
Journey to Romance
Len Whiteley
Peter Butterworth
Sir Max Beerbohm
Talbot Rothwell
Thanking Yew
This is my Farm
William Blake

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

08/10/1941 Radio Times: Featuring The Reluctant Dragon; Harvest Home; BBC Symphony Concert; Time, Big Ben: News; BBC Northern Orchestra; Two Tunes; Morning Star; Children's Hour; Lift Up Your Hearts! and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/470382bd70454a13910c38b71d303eef?page=20

This is a page from the Radio Times listings magazine for October 8, 1941, featuring radio programs on the Home Service channel. The programs listed range from news and music to children's shows and religious talks. The page also contains a public safety announcement by the Ministry of Home Security, encouraging citizens to prepare for firebombs during air raids.

Featuring:

Aichear Na Ceilidh
Airs From Erin
At Home Today
BBC Northern Orchestra
BBC Symphony Concert
Be' Gawn Ni I De?
Bickershaw Colliery Band
Carroll Levis Carries On
Children's Hour
For The Schools
Harvest Home
Henry Hall and his Orchestra
It's The End
Lift Up Your Hearts!
Morning Star
Music While You Work
News in Norwegian
Newyddion (News in Welsh)
Old Time Music-Hall
Rosamunde Quartet
String Trio
The Kitchen Front
The Reluctant Dragon
The World Goes By
Time, Big Ben: News
Time, Greenwich The Daily Service
Time, Greenwich: News
Time, Greenwich: News Programme Parade
Two Tunes
Up In The Morning Early
Valerie's Vanities
What It Means To Be A Christian

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

TV Listings For Friday 9th October 1992

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

14/10/1937 Radio Times: Featuring The Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra; The Trocadero Cinema Orchestra; Things I Cannot Explain 'News from Nowhere'; For The Schools Our Village; Gramophone Records Variety and more

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/511af0c5575444b3bb39c35efc00522b?page=64

This is a page from a radio listings magazine, featuring shows on various channels. There are programmes for schools and musical shows, and ends with the children's hour which consists of various programmes.

Featuring:

A Programme of Gramophone Records
At Home Today
Awr y Plant
British History 'The Church'
Dynion Rhyfedd
East Anglian Herring Fishing Bulletin
For The Schools Our Village
For The Schools Regional Geography
Gramophone Records Musical Comedy
Gramophone Records Variety
Rhaglen o Recordiau
TWM A WIL
The Adventures of Blackadder
The Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra
The Daft Days
The Daily Service
The House that Jock Built
The Trocadero Cinema Orchestra
Things I Cannot Explain 'News from Nowhere'
Weather Forecast

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

TV Listings For Monday 9th October 1995

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

TV Listings For Wednesday 9th October 1974

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

BBC Radio Listings For Saturday 9th October 1993

Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 2d

05/10/1956 issue of Radio Times: Editorial featuring Yana; Horse Of The Year Show; Ted Ray and Dawn Palethorpe

READ: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/4d7345fbef424a23b826d48f2eecfee5?page=1

This is a cover of Radio Times magazine featuring singer Yana with a dog. Inside are articles about the Horse Of The Year Show and Ted Ray's new series 'The Spice of Life'. It is a magazine with listings of BBC sound and television programmes for October 7-13.

Editorial featuring:

Dawn Palethorpe
Horse Of The Year Show
Ted Ray
Yana

Old UK TV Listings Magazines @olduktvlistings.bsky.social · 2d

TV Listings For Wednesday 9th October 2002

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Jeff @themadjeff.bsky.social · 2d

I remember waking up to Jack De Manio on the Home Service on our old Bush radio in the kitchen.

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