Sixty years ago today 15/07/1960 The BBC TV schedule was as follows: BBC ONE 12.25:Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye (From Birmingham) 12.50 Interval 13.00:Llangollen '70 A report from the Eisteddfod 1.25 Interval 13.30:Watch with Mother 13.45:The News 13.53:Closedown 16.20:Play School A programme for children under 5 16.40:Jackanory: Songberd's Grove: Part 3 16.55:The Happy Age: Part 1…
On BBC TV 14/07/1960
Sixty years ago the BBC TV schedules were as follows 13.00:News 14.00:Lunchtime News and Cricket Scores 14.05:Watch with Mother 14.20:Lawn Tennis: The Davis Cup: Great Britain v. Italy 17.00:Children's Newsreel 17.10:Caravan 18.00:Town and Around 18.10:Olympic Show Jumping 18.40:The News and The Weather 18.50:Tonight 19.30:Blackpool Show Parade 20.05:What's It All About? 20.30:Charlie Drake: Suspension 2/5 21.00:The…
On BBC TV 13/07/2020
Seventy years ago today 13/07/1950. BBC TV 10.00: Demonstration Film (to 12.00) 15.00: Health in the Home: 1: The Medicine Chest The first of a series of programmes introduced by Sir Wilson Jameson, in which a doctor advises on family health problems. The doctor tells how to equip the medicine chest for home and holiday…
BBC ON THIS DAY 12/7/1940
I have been reading Louise Bremner's excellent biography of Jacqueline Hill and when reading about the tv shows that she worked on I have been looking on the Genome website https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ which has digitised lots of of radio times and television listings and I found it fascinating. In lieu of anything else I now present…
