"including those of Britannia Royal Naval College, Girton College, Cambridge, the Green Howards Regimental Museum, the National Portrait Gallery (three works), the Open University, the Palace of Westminster, Queens' College, Cambridge, the Royal Scots Museum, and Trinity College, Oxford. She appeared as a ""castaway"" on the BBC Radio programme ""Desert Island Discs"" on 8 September 1979, and in 1985 painted the presenter, Roy Plomley. She is an Officer of the Order of Australia(AO), Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), and a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) and of the Royal Society of Portrait"
"Roy Plomley Francis Roy Plomley, ( ; 20 January 1914 – 28 May 1985) was an English radio broadcaster, producer, playwright and novelist. Plomley was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, son of a pharmacist and was educated at King's College School, Wimbledon. On leaving school he worked first briefly for an estate agent, then for a London advertising agency, then in publishing. His original aim was to be an actor, and he did secure very minor parts in a number of films (e.g. ""To the Public Danger"" (1948), ""Double Confession"" 1950), but he soon drifted into broadcasting, coming to"
"In the cottage he was living in at the time at Little Bushey Lane, Bushey, Hertfordshire, he wrote to Leslie Perowne, who was in charge of popular record programmes. He had a favourable reply and so, in his little back bedroom/study (still existing today) he set out his ideas with the names of personalities to be invited to participate. In those days of WWII every BBC Radio show was scripted by Plomley and submitted for censorship. In January 1942 the first of a series of eight weekly programmes was broadcast. Each show consisted of an interview with a celebrity, interspersed"
"also wrote the screenplay for the 1953 film ""The Blakes Slept Here"". Plomley was awarded the OBE in 1975. He was Chairman of the Radio and Television Writers' Association from 1957 to 1959, and was voted BBC Radio Personality of the Year in 1979. He published 16 stage plays (one of which, ""Cold Turkey"", was put on in the West End), and one novel. He was posthumously inducted into the Radio Academy's Hall of Fame. Plomley died in London from pleurisy in 1985 aged 71 and is buried at Putney Vale Cemetery. Roy Plomley Francis Roy Plomley, ( ; 20"
"studio and 280-strong cinema chain owner Gaumont British, owner of the ""Sunday Referee"", an entertainment-based Sunday newspaper to sponsor him and print Radio Normandy's schedule. A new studio was established in a house in the town. Radio Normandy by now had a large audience as far north as the English Midlands, and many big names of the day. Among them was Roy Plomley, later famous for creating and presenting ""Desert Island Discs"" for BBC radio. Plugge broadcast from Fécamp and later from a new transmitter and studio at Caudebec. World War II began soon after the studio opened and, according"
"Plomley's broadcasting career was not restricted to ""Desert Island Discs""; he also compiled and presented several feature programmes and was the chairman of BBC Radio's game show ""Many a Slip"" from 1964 to 1979, and a participant in such panel games as ""Does the Team Think?"", also on BBC Radio. He also anchored ""Round Britain Quiz"" in 1961. For television he produced ""Dinner Date with Death"" in 1949, claimed to be the first UK film made for TV, and in the same year chaired ""We Beg to Differ"" on BBC Radio, transferring with it to BBC Television in 1951. He"
"Rosemary (radio) Rosemary is an American radio soap opera broadcast on NBC Radio from October 2, 1944 to March 23, 1945, and on CBS Radio from March 26, 1945 to July 1, 1955. Starring Betty Winkler as Rosemary Dawson Roberts, the program's only sponsor was Procter & Gamble, primarily for Ivory Snow dishwashing liquid, Camay soap, Dash and Tide laundry detergents and Prell shampoo. The series was created by Elaine Carrington, who had previously created ""Pepper Young's Family"" (1932-1959) and ""When a Girl Marries"" (1939-1957). When the program began, it focused on 20-year-old secretary Rosemary Dawson (Winkler), who supports her"
"with a variety of sponsors for the commercials. The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater was an anthology radio drama series with Tom Bosley as host, which aired on the CBS Radio Network in 1977. Himan Brown, already producing the ""CBS Radio Mystery Theater"" for the network, added this twice-weekly (Saturdays and Sundays) anthology radio drama series to his workload in 1977. It usually aired on weekends, beginning in February 1977 and continuing through the end of January 1978, on stations which cleared it. General Mills's advertising agency was looking for a means of reaching"
"The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater was an anthology radio drama series with Tom Bosley as host, which aired on the CBS Radio Network in 1977. Himan Brown, already producing the ""CBS Radio Mystery Theater"" for the network, added this twice-weekly (Saturdays and Sundays) anthology radio drama series to his workload in 1977. It usually aired on weekends, beginning in February 1977 and continuing through the end of January 1978, on stations which cleared it. General Mills's advertising agency was looking for a means of reaching children that would be less expensive than television"
"(BBC Radio 4) as ""Producer/writer/creator,"" the Simon Mayo Show (BBC Radio 1), The Scott Mill's Breakfast Show (BBC Radio 1), Chris Moyles (Radio 1), Xmas Panto ""(""BBC Radio 4 1999 ""with R. Coltraine, R. Wilson, C.Anderson, D.Rigg, M.Margoyles & N. Hancock),"" The News Quiz (BBC Radio 4), and The News Huddlines (BBC Radio 2). Television credits during this time included, amongst others, The Rory Bremner Show (C4), The 11 O’Clock Show (C4), The Lily Savage Show (Carlton), and The Big Breakfast (Channel 4). Riley partnered with the comedy writer Simon Littlefield during much of this time as well as performing"
"the same name on the Mutual Radio Network. He also had lead roles in other radio shows including the soap opera ""Bright Horizon"", ""Gang Busters"" and ""Grand Central Station"". In April 1945, Kollmar and columnist wife Dorothy Kilgallen (whom he married in April 1940) began hosting a 45-minute breakfast radio show called ""Breakfast with Dorothy and Dick"". The program aired Monday through Friday on WOR and was broadcast from the couple's 16-room Park Avenue apartment. Over breakfast, served by their butler Julius, the couple talked about New York City entertainment, celebrity gossip and the city's nightclub scene. The couple's two"
"are included with the Orson Welles materials at the Lilly Library. The Orson Welles Almanac The Orson Welles Almanac (also known as Radio Almanac and The Orson Welles Comedy Show) is a 1944 CBS Radio series directed and hosted by Orson Welles. Broadcast live on the Columbia Pacific Network, the 30-minute variety program was heard Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. ET January 26 – July 19, 1944. The series was sponsored by Mobilgas and Mobiloil. Many of the shows originated from U.S. military camps, where Welles and his repertory company and guests entertained the troops with a reduced version of ""The"
"of the other characters were also portrayed by multiple actors, including Patsy Campbell as Patti; Lesley Woods and Joan Alexander as Audrey; Helen Choate as Joyce; Sydney Smith as Peter and Charles Penman as Jim. ""Rosemary"" was complimented for its ""realistic approach to life"" despite its use of plot devices like amnesia, and the program got ""generally higher marks"" from critics than its competition. Rosemary (radio) Rosemary is an American radio soap opera broadcast on NBC Radio from October 2, 1944 to March 23, 1945, and on CBS Radio from March 26, 1945 to July 1, 1955. Starring Betty Winkler"
"The Roy Rogers Show (radio program) The Roy Rogers Show was a 30-minute Western radio program in the United States. It began in 1944, ended in 1955, and was carried on more than 500 stations. Because of demands on Rogers' time for personal appearances and making films, the show was one of the first radio series to be transcribed. Like the television program of the same name, the show centered on Roy Rogers, one of the most popular singing-cowboy movie stars. Initially, the radio show differed in format from ""The Roy Rogers Show"" on TV, with the radio version being"
"many created by the husband-and-wife team of Frank and Anne Hummert. It was sponsored by Personal Finance Company, a loan service firm. Bennet Kilpack had the role of Doc Barclay. Other members of the cast and their roles are shown in the table below. Source: ""Variety Radio Directory"" (1940-1941) Ann Leaf was the organist, and Tom Shirley was the announcer. Writers for the program included Charles S. Moore, John De Witt, and Eleanor Berdon. Doc Barclay's Daughters Doc Barclay's Daughters is an American old-time radio soap opera. It was broadcast on CBS from January 23, 1939, to January 19, 1940."
"The Orson Welles Almanac The Orson Welles Almanac (also known as Radio Almanac and The Orson Welles Comedy Show) is a 1944 CBS Radio series directed and hosted by Orson Welles. Broadcast live on the Columbia Pacific Network, the 30-minute variety program was heard Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. ET January 26 – July 19, 1944. The series was sponsored by Mobilgas and Mobiloil. Many of the shows originated from U.S. military camps, where Welles and his repertory company and guests entertained the troops with a reduced version of ""The Mercury Wonder Show"". The performances of the all-star jazz band that"
"Paul Heiney Paul Heiney (born Paul Wisniewski 20 April 1949) has been a radio broadcaster or television reporter in the United Kingdom for over forty years, but remains best-known as a former presenter of ""That's Life!"" He was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, the son of Norbert Wisniewski and Evelyn Mardlin. He changed his surname to Heiney in 1971. He attended Parson Cross Primary School on Halifax Road, Sheffield, and High Storrs Grammar School for Boys. In 1971-74 he was one of the founder broadcasters on BBC Radio Humberside with his programme of music, chat and current affairs titled ""Scunsbygookington"", reflecting"
"War II. ""Romance, Rhythm and Ripley"" aired on CBS in 1945, followed by ""Pages from Robert L. Ripley's Radio Scrapbook"" (1947–48). Robert Ripley is known for several radio firsts. He was the first to broadcast nationwide on a radio network from mid-ocean, and he also participated in the first broadcast from Buenos Aires to New York. Assisted by a corps of translators, he was the first to broadcast to every nation in the world simultaneously. As the years went on, the show became less about oddities and featured guest-driven entertainment such as comedy routines. Sponsors over the course of the"
"over the first 60 years was ""Ode to Joy"", the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. One of the most remarked broadcasts was Elisabeth Schwarzkopf's 1958 selection of seven of her own recordings. This record was subsequently beaten by British pianist Dame Moura Lympany on her second appearance on the programme on 28 July 1979 when all eight of her selections were of her own recordings. In the early 1970s, Roy Plomley attempted to interview Alistair MacLean, but ended up speaking to somebody else with the same name – and the programme was never broadcast. In January 1981, HRH Princess"
"Radio One from the BBC Light Programme in October 1967, along with host Alan Freeman. Tom Browne took over in 1972 with ""Solid Gold Sixty"". This consisted of two hours featuring Radio One playlist tracks which were not in the Top 20, followed by a one-hour Top 20 rundown. Starting from March 1974, the playlist tracks were incorporated into Paul Burnett's 'All There Is To Hear', and the Tom Browne show was reduced to just the Top 20 for one hour at 18:00. In April 1978,Simon Bates took over as presenter. From May 1978, Radio One had started promoting the"
"the 1985 death of its creator, Roy Plomley, whose widow was unhappy with Parkinson replacing him. After six shows he was criticised by the BBC Board of Management for ""a Yorkshire bias in the choice of castaways"", despite the fact that only one of his guests was born in the county. Parkinson claimed that the criticism was ""a rearguard action by the establishment against the perceived desecration of an institution by an outsider"". Parkinson stayed for three years until handing over to Sue Lawley. Between 1994 and 1996 he hosted ""Parkinson on Sport"" on BBC Radio Five Live. Between 1996"
"Ebi, Roy Winsor, Charles Rinehardt, Homer Heck, and Caldwell Cline. The organist for the 15-minute version was Lou Webb. Vic and Sade Vic and Sade was an American radio program created and written by Paul Rhymer. It was regularly broadcast on radio from 1932 to 1944, then intermittently until 1946, and was briefly adapted to television in 1949 and again in 1957. During its 14-year run on radio, ""Vic and Sade"" became one of the most popular series of its kind, earning critical and popular success: according to ""Time"", ""Vic and Sade"" had 7,000,000 devoted listeners in 1943. For the"
"weekly listening audience around 7 million. It was voted the Best National Speech Breakfast Show at the 2016 Radio Academy Awards. ""Today"" was launched on the BBC's Home Service on 28 October 1957 as a programme of ""topical talks"" to give listeners an alternative to listening to light music. The programme's founders were Isa Benzie and Janet Quigley. Benzie gave the programme its name, and served as its first ""de facto"" editor. It was initially broadcast as two 20-minute editions slotted in around the existing news bulletins and religious and musical items. It became part of the BBC's Current Affairs"
"from The Potteries to Norfolk and was producing 40% of its broadcast output itself - a greater proportion even than that of BBC Scotland. With 14 producers, it was the largest BBC department outside London. Regional radio was suspended during World War II, but in July 1945, the BBC Home Service was launched on a similar regional basis to the pre-war Regional Programme. The Midlands Region continued under new director Dennis Morris in the independent and innovative vein established by Edgar - pioneering on-air listener feedback with ""Listeners Answer Back"" in 1946 and launching the longest-running and most popular programme"
"in network radio, Kilgallen with her radio program ""Voice of Broadway"", which was broadcast on CBS during World War II, and Kollmar with a long stint in the nationally syndicated crime drama in which he played Boston Blackie. Beginning in April 1945, Kilgallen and Kollmar co-hosted a WOR-AM radio talk show, ""Breakfast With Dorothy and Dick"", from their 16-room apartment at 640 Park Avenue. The show followed them when they bought a neo-Georgian brownstone at 45 East 68th Street in 1952. The radio program, like Kilgallen's newspaper column, mixed entertainment with serious issues. Kilgallen and Kollmar continued doing the show"
"the station's launch presenter. He also presented on Radio Luxembourg and Manchester's Piccadilly Radio. The programme he hosted at Piccadilly was ""Timmy on the Tranny"", a popular weekday evening show that ran from 8.00pm–11.00pm and took its name from Mallett's lunchtime and later afternoon shows on Radio Oxford. Among Mallett's team of helpers were Chris Evans (known as 'Nobby Nolevel), Andy Bird (who played the pirate radio character 'Radio Diggle') and Karen Walsh (the original 'Aunty Boney kneecaps'). This led to Mallett co-presenting the Manchester-based BBC2 youth music show ""Oxford Road Show"" for a year in 1984. In March 1985"
"who took their name from the radio show. The programme maintains links with Women's Aid and the Fawcett Society, a campaign group that promotes using the media to secure political change on women's behalf. Woman's Hour Woman's Hour is a radio magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom. Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by Alan Ivimey, ""Woman's Hour"" was first broadcast on 7 October 1946 on the BBC's Light Programme (now called Radio 2). Janet Quigley, who was also involved with the birth of the UK radio programme Today, has been credited with ""virtually"
"and fanzine show ""The Scrimmage"", both of which are regarded as amongst the station's most popular programmes. In 2011, when BBC economy measures raised the idea that local radio football commentaries could be cut back, the possibility was criticised by the local press in Norfolk, praising the station for the passion of its commentaries. ""The Norfolk Airline"", presented by David Clayton and Neil Walker, was the station's first mid-morning programme, launched in 1983. In April 1986 the programme won the Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Magazine Programme, ahead of BBC Radio 4's ""A Small Country Living"" and Capital Radio's"
"The Bing Crosby – Rosemary Clooney Show The Bing Crosby – Rosemary Clooney Show commonly referred to as just The Crosby – Clooney Show was an American old-time talk radio program. In 1960, entertainers Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney teamed together for The Bing Crosby – Rosemary Clooney Show on CBS. This was a 20-minute show aimed at female listeners and was broadcast at 11:40 a.m. daily. Crosby and Clooney would tape the dialogue weeks in advance and songs from the substantial library built up with Buddy Cole and his Trio would be interpolated. The songs would usually feature the"
"The Bing Crosby – Rosemary Clooney Show The Bing Crosby – Rosemary Clooney Show commonly referred to as just The Crosby – Clooney Show was an American old-time talk radio program. In 1960, entertainers Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney teamed together for The Bing Crosby – Rosemary Clooney Show on CBS. This was a 20-minute show aimed at female listeners and was broadcast at 11:40 a.m. daily. Crosby and Clooney would tape the dialogue weeks in advance and songs from the substantial library built up with Buddy Cole and his Trio would be interpolated. The songs would usually feature the"
"PM (BBC Radio 4) PM, sometimes referred to as the PM programme to avoid ambiguity, is BBC Radio 4's long-running early evening news and current affairs programme. It is currently presented by Evan Davis and Carolyn Quinn. ""PM"" is broadcast from 5pm to 6pm from Monday to Friday and from 5pm to 5:30pm on Saturdays. On weekdays it is followed by another news programme, the ""Six O'Clock News"". ""PM"" launched on 6 April 1970, with its first presenters, William Hardcastle and Derek Cooper, promising a programme that """"sums up the day, and your evening starts here"""". It made history for"
"Molly"" fame, and Norman Corwin advised the organization. One of the longest running radio programs celebrating this era is ""The Golden Days of Radio"", which was hosted on the Armed Forces Radio Service for more than 20 years and overall for more than 50 years by Frank Bresee, who also played ""Little Beaver"" on the ""Red Ryder"" program as a child actor. One of the very few still-running shows from the earlier era of radio is a Christian program entitled ""Unshackled!"" The weekly half-hour show, produced in Chicago by Pacific Garden Mission, has been continuously broadcast since 1950. The shows"
"Quigley went to live in Ireland where she became a step mother to her husband's daughter. The BBC flagship radio programme Women's Hour had been created by Norman Collins and was first broadcast on 7 October 1946 on the BBC's Light Programme. Despite this, Quigley has been credited with ""virtually creating"" the programme even though she did not become its editor until 1950. Quigley believed that ""hush-hush"" subjects should be discussed openly as an example to the ""less educated"" to show that they were not taboo. However, memos involving Quigley show that she did lead a campaign against the popular"