Schedule:Spring 1954
Looking at Things
(Home Service, Fridays 2:20pm)
Exploring Scotland
(Scottish Home Service, Mondays 1:40pm)
Nature Study
(Home Service, Tuesdays 9:55am)
General Science
(Home Service, Tuesdays 11:20am)
Stories from World History
(Home Service, Wednesdays 9:55am)
BBC Radio
Home Service
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| 9:55 How Things Began | 9:55 Nature Study | 9:55 Stories From World History | 9:55 Music and Movement I(Christine Trodd) (rpt) | 9:55 Music and Movement II(Marjorie Eele) (rpt) | ||||||||||||
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| 10:08 Nature Calendar | ||||||||||||||||
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| 11:00 | 11:00 Singing Together(William Appleby) | 11:00 Music and Movement I(Christine Trodd) | 11:00 Music and Movement II(Marjorie Eele) | 11:00 Rhythm and Melody(Gladys Whitred) | 11:00 Time and Tune(Kay Foster) | |||||||||||
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| 11:20 The World of Work | 11:20 General ScienceGrowing Up / Animals with Backbones | 11:20 Current Affairs II | 11:20 GeographyLife and Work in Asia | 11:20 Current Affairs I | ||||||||||||
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| 11:40 Intermediate French(Jean-Jacques Oberlin) | 11:40 Religion and PhilosophyNatural Science & Supernatural Religion | 11:40 French for Sixth Forms | 11:40 Intermediate German | 11:40 Talks for Sixth FormsHuman Institutions | ||||||||||||
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| 14:00 | 14:00 The Music Box(Gordon Reynolds) | 14:00 Stories and Rhymes | 14:00 Let's Join In | 14:00 Adventures in English | 14:00 Travel Talks | |||||||||||
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| 14:10 Orchestral Concerts | ||||||||||||||||
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| 14:20 Senior English IIJane Eyre, etc | 14:20 Adventures in Music | 14:20 History I | 14:20 Looking at Things | |||||||||||||
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| 14:30 | 14:30 Let's Hear It Again | |||||||||||||||
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| 14:40 Know Your Neighbourhood | 14:40 Early Stages in French | 14:40 History II | 14:40 Science and the Community | 14:40 Senior English IOur Exploits at West Poley, etc | ||||||||||||
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| 15:00 | 15:00 Prose and Verse Readings | |||||||||||||||
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Scottish Home Service
| MONDAY
as England except: 13:40-14:00 Exploring Scotland 14:40-15:00 Scottish Heritage |
TUESDAY
as England except: 9:35-9:55 Service for Schools (Scottish) 11:20-11:40 Round and About 14:40-15:00 Stories from Scottish History: The Days of James IV, etc |
WEDNESDAY
as England. |
THURSDAY
as England. |
FRIDAY
as England except: 9:55-10:15 Physical Training: (Sheila Cater) 11:40-12:00 This is My Country |
Welsh Home Service
| DYDD LLUN
as England except: 13:40-14:00 Ar Grwydr yng Nghymru (Wandering Through Wales) |
DYDD MAWRTH
as England except: 11:00-11:20 Storiau 14:20-14:45 The Story of Wales (followed by an interlude) |
DYDD MERCHER
as England except: 9:15-9:35 Gwasanaeth Crefyddol (Service for Schools in Wales) 11:00-11:20 First Stages in Welsh |
DYDD IAU
as England except: 11:40-12:00 Second Stages in Welsh 15:00-15:20 Hanes Cymru 15:20-15:30 Materion y Dydd |
DYDD GWENER
as England. |
Notes
The Service for Schools and Current Affairs I began on Friday 15th January 1954. All other programmes began in the week of Monday 18th January, and ran for 10 weeks until the week ending Friday 26th March 1954.
The Services for Schools for both England and Scotland continued until Tuesday 30th March. Materion y Dydd on the Welsh Home Service continued until Thursday 1st April 1954.
Sources & References
- Radio Times listings, 1954
Subjects key
Different colours indicate different school subjects.