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SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. A play by J. Michael Yates.

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. "Running" is a play by Laurence Gough. Terry, a young athlete, pursues a career as a track star and a solitary existence, in conflict with the demands of his coach, his fiancee and his university teacher.

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. A "documentary romance" on man's a;spirations and reflections on flying. Prepared by Ann Pollock, Vera Rosenbluth and Volkmar Richter. Note from program log: "A special contributor to the idea of this program was Doug Pollock who, in his struggle to keep a spirit from being 'grounded' by illness, added to another dimension to the word 'flight'. This broadcast is dedicated to him."

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. Part 1: A sound feature in English and French. Part 2: A play by Otto Lowy, set in Spandau prison, in which Rudolf Hess confronts the ghost of Ludwig II of Bavaria.

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0250 SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. A program of poetry and fiction on; a central theme.

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. "The Broken Group" is a sound documentary by Ann Pollock. Remote and uninhabited, the Broken Islands in Barkley Sound, off the West Coast of Vancouver Island, evoke memories of other times. Those involved in this program included Jo Thomas, Brian Whyte, David Hancock, Margaret Reynolds, Bob and Florrie Peel, Rob Tape, Peter Webster, Imbert Orchard, the [staff of the] Bamfield Marine Station, and CBC technicians Jose da Silva, Lars Eastholm, Bob Spence and Michael Nuss.

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0220 SUMMARY: Another copy of the above.

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0256 SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. This program won the Peabody award; in 1980. "Peniel, the private ground of a cancer patient" is a radio feature set in the wards of the Cancer Control Agency of BC. This program won the Peabody award in 1980. Tapes T4303:0378 - 0382 comprise field recordings for this program.

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0220 SUMMARY: Another copy of the above.

SUMMARY: "Heritage Theatre" was a series of short historical plays set in the Vancouver environs. These vignettes illustrate some of the significant events and interesting episodes from Vancouver's earliest times. First broadcast in 1977, the plays were made in co-operation with the Social Planning Department of the City of Vancouver. This series was broadcast during the summer of 1981. This episode, "In 1931 There Were Jungles In Vancouver" by Brenda White, is a story of the Depression.

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. Part 1: "A Night for Ole Conkey" [00:29:00] by Otto Lowy is the story of a racehorse. The BC Archives holds another tape with this title, see T4303:0210. Part 2: "100 In The Shade" [00:23:40] by Daniel Wood. A feature on; the daily life of those over 100 years of age [T4303:0214], originally broadcast on 1981-02-21.

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0429 SUMMARY: "Vancouver Theatre" was a series that featured new plays by Canadian writers, together with adaptations of works from other media and from other countries. This episode, "The Shee", is a play by Jan Williams. The Shee is an Irish fairy said to have ruled over the little people.

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0687 SUMMARY: As above.;

SUMMARY: Series not identified. This program is entitled "An Original Christmas", and documents the religious persecution of the Jewish people. The program features music, readings and narration.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Stage" was a contemporary drama series that introduced and encouraged many promising writers and actors, and drew attention to other literary resources in the country through adaptations. CBC Stage celebrated a quarter-century of this high-calibre program in 1969. This episode, "Tracy's Tiger", is a play adapted for radio by Gertha Golland based on a story by William Saroyan, about a real or imagined "tiger" that belongs to Thomas Tracy. Actors include: Derek Ralston, Robert Clothier, Walter Marsh, Joseph Golland, Doris Chilcott, Merv Campone, Ernie Prentice, Barney O'Sullivan, Tom Bolmer, Otto Lowy and Jim McQueen. "The Child" is a song by Pat Rose and Merv Campone.

SUMMARY: "CBC Tuesday Night" was a multi-part series that featured performances of classical music, opera and drama, as well as readings, documentaries and talks. The series ran from Oct 26, 1965 into the 1970;s, in the 7:30 to 11:00 p.m. time slot. Its predecessor of the same format was "CBC Sunday Night". This episode features "The Secret Of Suzanne", a one-act opera by Wolf-Ferrari, which has been translated and adapted especially for this broadcast. Performed in the Queen Elizabeth Playhouse for the Vancouver Music Festival, with soloists Riki Turofsky and Steven Hendrickson.;

SUMMARY: "The Bush and the Salon" was a CBC radio series that recreated early Canadian life from letters, diaries and other sources. This episode, "The House-Warming and the Claim Bake", recounts two stories o;f yesteryear -- true tales of miners, gentlemen and other hard cases of the pioneer days in BC, as told by the distinguished poet and playwright George Ryga, with Ed McNamara as the chronicler (pionee;r newspaperman R.T. Lowery). Part 1, "The Legend of John Kirkup", takes place in the Rossland area of British Columbia and recounts tales of the lives and problems of prospectors, oand of Chief Const;able John Kirkup. Part 2, "Murder at the Bluebell", tells the tale of an ill-fated miner at the Bluebell Mine on Kootenay Lake in 1885. Other actors include Eric Schneider, Neil Dainard, Roy Brinson;, Jim Johnston, Robert Clothier, Lee Taylor, Michael Collins, Joseph Golland, Jack Anthony, Douglas Masters, Ted Stidder, Roger Dressler, Carolyn Fitzpatrick, Allen Pierce, Jack Leif, Joe Austin and ;Lloyd Barry. This is the third of three programs featuring the work of George Ryga.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Stage" is a contemporary series that has introduced and encouraged a great many promising writers and actors, and drawn attention to other literary resources in the country through adaptations. C;BC Stage celebrated a quarter-century of this high-calibre program in 1969. This episode features "The Net", a radio drama by West coast author and publisher J. Michael Yates. A young fisherman resent;s and rejects the advice of an older man -- and then disaster strikes. Actors include Neil Dainard, Joseph Golland, Anna Hagan, Peter Haworth, Jack Leif, and Percy Matticks. The program continues wit;h selections of poetry from "Nothing Speaks for the Blue Moraines", also by J.Michael Yates, read by Neil Dainard and Peter Haworth.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Monday Evening" was a multi-part series that included documentaries and interviews on the arts, along with drama and serious music. Part one of this episode is "Chartres Cathedral", a story by Ch;arles Laughton about Chartres Cathedral. Part two is "Jepthe", a performance of a 17th century oratorio by Giacomo Carissimi, featuring English tenor Nigel Rogers. Also included in this broadcast is ;a solo recital of music from the renaissance and baroque period, performed by Nigel Rogers. Part three, "Anthony Field", is an interview with the finance director of the Arts Council of Great Britain.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Monday Evening" was a multi-part series that included documentaries and interviews on the arts, along with drama and serious music. The first part of this episode, "Recital", features two musical; selections that were written in Canada in the first half of the century and performed at the 1974 CBC Music Festival. The musical pieces include two trios, both composed in 1907 -- one by Alexis Cont;ant, and a piano trio composed by Healey Willan. Musicians include Linda Lea Thomas on piano, Gerald Jarvis on violin, and Ian Hampton on cello. The second part of the episode, "Letters To R.B.Bennett;", features two series of letters sent to Prime Minister R.B. Bennett in the years 1930-1935, stating conditions of unemployment, hunger, foreclosure and despair, and the subsequent replies from R.B.Bennett's office. One correspondent, a man, seeks employment; the other, a woman, seeks assistance and states her family problems. The actors include Neil Dainard, Peter Haworth, Daphne Goldrick, and R;obert Clothier. The third part of the episode, "Six Bergerettes", features six bergerettes from Lower Canada, originally collected by Marius Barbeau, and arranged for the 1928 Folk Festival by Sir Ernest Macmillian. This type of music included laments and folk songs. The vocalists are: Phyllis Mailing, Steven Hendrickson and Donald Brown, with Simon Strutfield conducting.

SUMMARY: "CBC Monday Evening" was a multi-part series that included documentaries and interviews on the arts, along with drama and serious music. he first item, "Vivaldi's Venice", is a BBC documentary about ;Antonio Vivaldi. Gabriel Wolfe narrated and compiled this piece, and William Fox performed the role of Vivaldi. The second item, "Recital", features two B.C. composers, Barbara Pentland and Elliot Weisgarber, and performances of their pieces for violin and piano. "Vista" by Barbara Pentland is performed by John Loban on violin and Frances Adaskin, piano. Elliott Weisgarber presents "Six Miniatures", inspired by the landscape and sights of Japan, also performed by Loban and Adaskin. The third item, "Audrey Thomas", is an interview with Canadian novelist Audrey Thomas by Elizabeth Komisar. Thomas reads from and talks about her novel "Mrs. Blood".

SUMMARY: "The Bush and the Salon" was a CBC radio series that recreated early Canadian life from letters, diaries and other sources. This episode, "Six Dry Cakes For The Hunted" by George Woodcock, takes place at Fort Assiniboine in the Montana area of the United States, June 1885. Traveling members of the Canadian Métis seek refuge there, and recount their history and the background behind their story of rebellion and Louis Riel's involvement. Actors include Walter Marsh, Iron Buffalo [i.e., Don Francks], Derek Ralston, Graham Crowl, Joseph Golland, Peter Brockington, Sam Payne, Wayne Robson, and Rober;t Clothier.;

SUMMARY: This episode "Revolutions" is a play by Cherie Stewart Thiessen.

SUMMARY: "CBC Stage" was a contemporary drama series that introduced and encouraged many promising writers and actors, and drew attention to other literary resources in the country through adaptations. CBC Sta;ge celebrated a quarter-century of this high-calibre program in 1969. This episode, "Missus Buff" by Eric Hammerstrom-Green, portrays a family that is thrown into chaos when the city tries to expropriate their home for a community development project. Actors include: Doris Chilcott in the title role, Terence Kelly, Barney O'Sullivan, Wendy Falconer, Peter Haworth, Sam Payne, Derek Ralston and Wayne Robson.

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode, "Lester B. Pearson College", explores the background of this college located at Pedder Bay, close to Victoria, BC. It is; one of three United World Colleges opened in 1974, and has students from over forty countries. Free-lance broadcaster J.J. McColl visited the college and prepared this program.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Monday Evening" was a multi-part series that included documentaries and interviews on the arts, along with drama and serious music. This episode is entitled "A Private Eccentricity". No further; content information is available.

SUMMARY: This episode is entitled, "Granados Tonadillas". The Spanish composer Granados was known for his tonadillas -- songs written in the ancient style -- for mezzo and piano. Two songs by the Cuban composer Joaquin Nin-Culmell are also featured. Gloria Doubleday (voice) and Harold Brown (piano) are the performers.

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0578 SUMMARY: The CBC Times refers to "Vancouver Recital" as "a serious music program featuring BC artists". It appears in the CBC Times during the new fall season of 1969. This episode features Eugene Wilson's "Piano Trio", which was composed in 1975 for the UBC Music Faculty Trio. It is performed by Eugene Wilson, cello, Robert Rogers, piano, and John Loban, violin. The movements are conceived in an unconvent;ional manner designed to reflect the various relationships between the instruments. The first and last movements are scored for the full trio, while the second is for cello and piano, the third for cello and violin, and the fourth for violin and piano.;

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0613 SUMMARY: Another copy of the above program.

SUMMARY: "CBC Tuesday Night" was a multi-part series that featured performances of classical music, opera and drama, as well as readings, documentaries and talks. The series ran from Oct 26, 1965 into the 1970;s in the 7:30 to 11:00 p.m. time slot. Its predecessor of the same format was "CBC Sunday Night".) This episode features the first performance of a string octet by Canadian composer Jean Coulthard, recorded at the 1972 CBC Vancouver Music Festival and written for the festival performance. It is titled "Twelve Essays on a Cantabile Theme" and was performed by members of the University of Alberta ;String Quartet and The Purcell String Quartet.

SUMMARY: The CBC Times refers to "Vancouver Recital" as "a serious music program featuring BC artists". It first appeared in the CBC Times during the fall season of 1969. This episode, "Hindemith, Schumann", presents an Hindemith Sonata from 1939, and Schumann's Fantasiestucke, Opus. 73, performed by clarinetist John Rapson and pianist Robert Rogers.

SUMMARY: "CBC Stage" was a contemporary drama series that introduced and encouraged many promising writers and actors, and drew attention to other literary resources in the country through adaptations. CBC Stage celebrated a quarter-century of this high-calibre program in 1969. This episode presents -- direct from their tour of south-western Ontario -- Theatre Passe Muraille's production of "Them Donnellys;", a folk-drama about an infamous Canadian family feud. The play was developed by the performers from a scenario by Frank MacAnani and Paul Thompson. It was directed by Paul Thompson, with music by Jimmy Adams. Actors include David Fox, Claire Coulter, Miles Potter, Booth Savage, Ian Amos, Janet Amos, Lynn Cartwright, Harry Flatman, Ted Jones, Maureen McCray, Larry Mullin, Eric Peterson and Phil Savage.

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating from different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode, "BC Scene", featured Jack Humphrey, Roger Montgomery, Daphne Goldrick, Jimmy Johnston and Shirley Miliner in a program of topical satire and comedy sketches.

SUMMARY: "Music On The Menu" was a radio series from Vancouver produced during 1965; the first show was in April and the last show aired in October. It featured a mix of popular, folk and Canadian songs, which were introduced with commentary. This episode, which aired on September 13, 1965, featured singers Bud Spencer and Claire Klein, accompanied by Bud Henderson's Quintet: Bud Henderson on piano, Ray Moga on guitar, Fraser McPherson on flute, Stan Johnson on bass, and Jim Whiteman on drums.