Nigel Anthony's appearances
on the Home Service
Alistair Wyper
Just under 250 appearances on Home Service - many thanks, Alistair .... - ND
Children’s Hour: Men of Letters – 2.6 Captain Marryat (11 November 1956)
Children’s Hour: Jennings At to School, as Darbishire from 10 January 1957 until 14 March 1957 and then as Venables until 24 April 1958
The Giant-Killer (a new play for broadcasting by Jean Morris), as Petya (4 November 1957)
Saturday Matinée: We Do But Teach…, by Alan Cowan, as Boy (23 January 1960 rpt 18 August 1960 and 14 June 1964)
The Navy’s Here, as Co-pilot (1 February 1960)
Saturday Matinée Double Bill: Y List, as First Medical Orderly (2 April 1960)
SNT: A Question of Proof, as Smithers (9 April 1960)
The Home Game, as Ron (23 April 1960)
SNT: A Little South of Heaven, as Second Voice (30 April 1960 rpt 20 June 1960 and 2 August 1962)
Birds in Britain: Extinct (A dramatised reconstruction of the end of the Great Auk written for broadcasting by Stephen Potter and James Fisher) (5 June 1960 rpt 13 August 1960)
Wednesday Matinée Double Bill: Serious Charges, as Taff (20 July 1960)
The Way of Life: ' Uncle Tom's Cabin ' (An imaginary interview with Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe illustrated by dramatised scenes from her book), as Interviewer (24 July 1960)
Wednesday Matinée: Turnabout, as Dennis (27 July 1960)
Wednesday Matinée Double Bill: Undeserving Objects, as Michael (3 August 1960)
Down for the Day, as Douglas Jones (3 August 1960)
The Thursday Play: A Whale of a Time (4 August 1960)
Wednesday Matinée Double Bill: The Ebb-Tide of Peadar O’Meara, as Sean O'Meara (17 August 1960)
The Temptation of Mr Podbury (28 September 1960)
The Thursday Play: Who Killed Menna Lorraine?, as Bell-boy (20 October 1960)
The Woman in White 7.12 The Figure by the Lake, as Messenger (23 October 1960)
A Wind Blew, as Lieutenant Jones (31 October 1960)
The Right-Hand Side of the Setting Sun, as Abel Wilkins (21 November 1960)
Saturday Matinée: Intermission, as Bertie Ribble (26 November 1960)
The Thursday Play: The Bitter Truth, as Page-boy (1 December 1960)
Wednesday Matinée: Try Anything Once, as Barman (7 December 1960)
Saturday Matinée: The Clerks (24 December 1960)
The Go-Between, as a Schoolboy (2 January 1961)
Wednesday Matinée: The Boy Who Might Have Been the Chess Champion of the World, as Gene (2 January 1961)
SNT: The Girl Richards (21 January 1961)
Saturday Matinée: Due North, as Boy (28 January 1961)
Monday Night at Home (6 February 1961)
Wednesday Matinée: Do the Good Deed, as Docker (15 February 1961)
SNT: Murder in Melbourne (15 February 1961)
The Devil Makes Sunday, as Jacky (9 March 1961)
The Safety of the City: Part 1 The Prize in That Race, as A Young Girl’s Brother (20 March 1961)
Monday Night at Home (27 March 1961)
The Safety of the City: Part 2 The Stone Lion, as Diophon, a Mitylenian (27 March 1961)
SNT: The Crippled Tanker, as Lieutenant Masters (Pilot) on H.M.S. Hecate (1 April 1961 rpt 31 January 1965)
Mansfield Park 8.9 A Visit to Portsmouth, as Sam Price (2 April 1961)
Saturday Matinée: Orbit One, as Assistant (8 April 1961)
Monday Night at Home (17 April 1961)
Wednesday Matinée: A Time for Everything, as David Manton (19 April 1961)
Six Men of Dorset, as James Brine, One of the Six Men (24 April 1961 rpt as SNT 26 August 1961 and as The Sunday Play 20 December 1964)
Monday Night at Home (15 May 1961)
Great Expectations 6.12, as Bentle Drummle (21 May 1961)
Quiet Dinner with Lord Richborough, as Pot Boy (5 June 1961)
SNT: A Dead Secret, as Archie Gooch (10 June 1961)
Great Expectations 9.12, as Bentle Drummle (11 June 1961)
Monday Night at Home (12 June 1961)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, as Boy (26 June 1961)
Bright Day, as David Alington (3 July 1961)
The High Priest, as Bertolon (5 July 1961)
The Go-Between, as a Schoolboy (10 July 1961)
Afternoon Theatre: The Gold Watch, as Paul, Gladys's, boyfriend (22 July 1961)
Afternoon Theatre: A Trip to Italy, as Jack (20 September 1961)
Afternoon Theatre: Incident at Little Moose, as Charlie (27 September 1961)
Afternoon Theatre: Best Seller, as Frank (2 October 1961)
Afternoon Theatre: Hedgehog, as Derek Smith (2 October 1961 rpt 8 January 1962)
Afternoon Theatre: When is a Door ?, as Sims (21 October 1961)
Monday Night at Home (23 October 1961)
Afternoon Theatre: The Professionals, as Ronnie (28 October 1961)
The Way of Life, as Sailor (29 October 1961)
Afternoon Theatre: Don't Just Stand There, as Stephen (8 November 1961)
SNT: Abraham Lincoln, (11 November 1961)
Monday Night at Home (20 November 1961)
Hurry On Down, as A Student (20 November 1961)
Afternoon Theatre: A Time for Silence, as Roger Malvern (29 November 1961)
SNT: The Gentle Killer (2 December 1961)
Afternoon Theatre: Detective's Wife, as Terry Hagan (6 December 1961)
SNT: Bluto (9 December 1961)
The Sunday Play: Beware of Pity (16 December 1961 rpt 24 January 1965)
SNT: The Eyes of Youth, as Tim Blake (20 January 1962)
SNT: Sometimes at Night (10 February 1962)
Afternoon Theatre: A Wind Blew, as Lieutenant Jones (19 February 1962 rpt 17 January 1965)
Afternoon Theatre: A Holiday Abroad, as Leon Enface (10 March 1962)
Afternoon Theatre: Albert Deacon 's Discovery, as Big Sam (7 April 1962)
Five O’Clock Tales - 2: The Little Silver Man, as Pierre (16 April 1962)
Afternoon Theatre: A Touch of the Sun, as Siddy (21 April 1962)
National Theatre of the Air: The Merry Wives of Windsor, as William Page (23 April 1962)
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth: Part 1, as Axel (25 May 1962)
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth: Part 2, as Axel (1 June 1962)
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth: Part 3, as Axel (8 June 1962)
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth: Part 4, as Axel (15 June 1962)
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth: Part 5, as Axel (22 June 1962)
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth: Part 6, as Axel (29 June 1962)
Afternoon Theatre: One Night in Styria, as Smithy (2 July 1962)
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth: Part 7, as Axel (6 July 1962)
Afternoon Theatre: The Lonely Man, as Dean Weston (22 September 1962)
Afternoon Theatre: It was Only a Joke, as Garth (29 September 1962)
The Cranes Are Flying, as Voloyda (15 October 1962 rpt 7 February 1965)
The Roll Call of the Reef, as John Christian (11 November 1962)
Dance to My Tune – 1.6 Goodbye to a Ballerina, as Greville Allington (16 November 1962)
Dance to My Tune – 2.6 Night Manoeuvres, as Greville Allington (23 November 1962)
Dance to My Tune – 3.6 Sink or Swim, as Greville Allington (30 November 1962)
Dance to My Tune – 4.6 Unwelcome Stranger, as Greville Allington (7 December 1962)
The Torrents of Spring, as Emilio (10 December 1962 rpt 8 May 1966)
Dance to My Tune – 5.6 Shiver Me Timbers, as Greville Allington (14 December 1962)
Dance to My Tune – 6.6 Ring Up the Curtain, as Greville Allington (21 December 1962)
The Chestnut Horse - 1.5 The Man in the Moleskin Waistcoat, as Bob Lancaster (19 April 1963)
The Chestnut Horse - 2.5 The Chase to London, as Bob Lancaster (26 April 1963)
The Chestnut Horse - 3.5 Gone to Putney, as Bob Lancaster (3 May 1963)
The Chestnut Horse - 4.5 Jerry Tinker to the Rescue, as Bob Lancaster (10 May 1963)
The Chestnut Horse - 5.5 Dan Gives the Final Clue, as Bob Lancaster (17 May 1963)
The King Must Die – 3.5 Athens, as Iros (23 June 1963 rpt 6 September 1964)
The King Must Die – 4.5 Crete, as Iros (30 June 1963 rpt 13 September 1964)
The King Must Die – 5.5 Naxos, as Iros (7 July 1963 rpt 20 September 1964)
Bleak House – 3.13 The Law Writer, as Jo (28 July 1963)
Bleak House – 6.13 The Lady in the Veil, as Jo (18 August 1963)
Bleak House – 7.13 Jo and Mr. Bucket, as Jo (25 August 1963)
Afternoon Theatre: The Giant Wheel, as Eddie (31 August 1963)
Bleak House – 8.13 The Appointed Time, as Jo (1 September 1963)
Bleak House – 10.13 Shot Through the Heart, as Jo (15 September 1963)
Bleak House – 11.13 Mr. Bucket Does His Duty, as Jo (22 September 1963)
Afternoon Theatre: Thank You and Goodnight (28 September 1963)
SNT: One More River, as Jacko (28 September 1963)
For the Young Polly and Oliver On Guard – 1.6 Contraband, as Drummer Oliver Crowe (30 September 1963)
SNT: She Shall Have Murder, as Oates (5 October 1963)
For the Young Polly and Oliver On Guard – 2.6 Night Action, as Drummer Oliver Crowe (7 October 1963)
For the Young Polly and Oliver On Guard – 3.6 The Fall of Sergeant Trott, as Drummer Oliver Crowe (14 October 1963)
For the Young Polly and Oliver On Guard – 4.6 Smuggler's Rendezvous, as Drummer Oliver Crowe (21 October 1963)
SNT: The Chequer Board, as Faulkner (26 October 1963 rpt as Afternoon Theatre 28 October 1963 and 6 March 1966 as The Sunday Play)
For the Young Polly and Oliver On Guard – 5.6 A Trail of Gunpowder, as Drummer Oliver Crowe (28 October 1963)
For the Young Polly and Oliver On Guard – 6.6 The Battle of Dead Man's Cove, as Drummer Oliver Crowe (4 November 1963)
The Stranger 1.6, as Bernie Walsh (27 December 1963)
The Stranger 2.6, as Bernie Walsh (3 January 1964)
National Theatre of the Air: Twelfth Night, as Curio (6 January 1964)
The Stranger 3.6, as Bernie Walsh (10 January 1964)
The Stranger 4.6, as Bernie Walsh (17 January 1964)
The Stranger 5.6, as Bernie Walsh (24 January 1964)
The Stranger 6.6, as Bernie Walsh (31 January 1964)
Afternoon Theatre: A Question of Loving, as Keith Harris (19 February 1964) (Originally broadcast on The Light Programme 15 July 1964 rpt 7 September 1966)
Afternoon Theatre: The Female of the Species, as Dirk (30 March 1964 rpt 23 January 1965)
Afternoon Theatre: A Cry from the Streets, as Don Bryant (8 April 1964)
Fighting It Out (Fifth of six programmes telling the story of adolescence, in poems of all periods, with linking narration) (17 June 1964)
SNT: The Offending Hand, as Kenneth Lowry (20 June 1964)
The Count of Monte Christo – 5.13 The Warning, as Albert de Morcerf (7 August 1964)
The Count of Monte Christo – 6.13 The Challenge, as Albert de Morcerf (14 August 1964)
The Count of Monte Christo – 7.13 The Duel, as Albert de Morcerf (21 August 1964)
The Count of Monte Christo – 8.13 The House of Peers, as Albert de Morcerf (28 August 1964)
Afternoon Theatre: The Flag Wavers, as Lenny (29 August 1964)
At Cousin Harry’s 7.7, as Ralph (22 September 1964 rpt 20 October 1964)
A Matter of Life and Death – 2.3 Death (Three broadcasts on this theme, using prose and verse passages with a linking narration) (21 October 1964)
Afternoon Theatre: The Stowaway, as Roger (21 October 1964)
Twilight Bar, as Henry (26 October 1964)
The Men Who Killed Heydrich, as Ata (3 December 1964)
The Man Born to Be King (14 February 1965)
The Dragon, as The Donkey (1 March 1965)
The Sunday Play: Bright Day as, David Alington (21 March 1965)
The Sunday Play: The Angry Silence, as Eddie (25 April 1965)
Afternoon Theatre: Holiday in the Dark, as Trevor (8 May 1965)
Under Stress (A new poetry series Including songs and poems of all periods based on themes of stress and conflict) (19 May 1965)
Moonstrike 6: Five Hours to Kill, as Michel (12 August 1965) (A repeat of the Light Programme broadcast of 9 April 1965)
The Bishop’s Move (1 September 1965)
The Merry Men of Halifax Road, as Alan Nicholls (14 September 1965)
The World of the Young 4.5: Paradise for a Painter (14 September 1965 rpt 5 January 1966)
Afternoon Theatre: The Passport, as Bus Conductor (27 September 1965) ( A repeat of the Light Programme broadcast 6 September 1960)
SNT: The Boy Who Made It, as Johnny Driscol (30 October 1965 Rpt Monday at 3:15)
Afternoon Theatre: Cheerio, Lou, as Laurie (10 November 1965)
Afternoon Theatre: Birds Ain'Worth the Trouble (2 February 1966)
SNT: Round of the Bend, as Arjan Singh (19 March 1966)
Afternoon Theatre: Starting Point, as a Senior Boy (23 March 1966)
Off Course, as Ben (8 April 1966)
Afternoon Theatre: The Elephant You Gave Me, as Stephen (11 May 1966)
SNT: Death in Captivity, as Overstrand (4 June 1966)
The Sunday Play: They Were So Few 1.3 The Shadow of the Persian, as Bias (5 June 1966)
Story Time: Tea with Mr. Timothy 1.3 The Rescue (9 June 1966)
Story Time: The Shield 1.4 The Tobacco Run, as Bill Chuter (10 June 1966 rpt 20 December 1966)
SNT: Inherit the Earth, as Joseph (11 June 1966)
The Sunday Play: They Were So Few, as Bias (5 June 1966)
The Sunday Play: They Were So Few 2.3 The Coming of the Persian, as Bias (12 June 1966)
Jamaica Inn 1.5 Wagons in the Night (12 June 1966)
Over to You, Mort (13 June 1966)
Story Time: Tea with Mr. Timothy 2.3 The Gift (16 June 1966)
Afternoon Theatre: The Bad Samaritan, as Bill Mortimer (20 June 1966)
Story Time: Tea with Mr. Timothy 3.3 Return to Angel Street (23 June 1966)
Jamaica Inn 3.5 Disappearance of a Horse Thief, as a Servant (26 June 1966)
Cleopatra (26 June 1966 rpt 24 August 1966))
World Theatre: Cyrano de Bergerac, as the Son of The Citizen (4 July 1966)
Afternoon Theatre: The Helpers, as Bill Davies (6 July 1966)
Story Time: The Shield 2.4 The Tunnel, as Bill Chuter (8 July 1966 rpt 21 December 1966)
SNT: Pompey the Great (9 July 1966)
Scandal! 1. Intent to Kill, as Captain Ralph Reynolds (14 July 1966)
SNT: Reunion in Vienna, as Emil (30 July 1966)
The Father’s Comedy, as Corporal Hare (15 August 1966)
Afternoon Theatre: Walter Camden's Son, as George Tilly (17 August 1966)
Afternoon Theatre: Persons Unknown (24 August 1966)
The Sunday Play: My Son, My Son 1.4, as William Essex as a boy (4 September 1966)
Afternoon Theatre: Mosaic of Loving 3.3 Threnody for Love, as Mark Shelley (21 September 1966)
Story Time: The Amateur Gentleman 9.13 The Great Steeplechase, as Milo (23 September 1966)
SNT: Let Me See Your Face (24 September 1966)
The Sunday Play: My Son, My Son 4.4, as William Essex as a boy (25 September 1966)
Afternoon Theatre: Samantha, as Dr Redfern (25 September 1966)
He Had a date, as Second spectator (17 October 1966)
Story Time: The Amateur Gentleman 13.13 The Duchess Decides, as Milo (21 October 1966)
SNT: A Gazelle in Park Lane, as H H The Prince Saleem (29 October 1966)
The Lion in the Birdcage, as Boy (14 November 1966)
Afternoon Theatre: The Prizes are Wonderful, as TV Interviewer (16 November 1966)
Hard Times: 1.11 Girl Number Twenty, as Tom Gradgrind (4 December 1966)
Hard Times: 2.11 Sleary's Circus, as Tom Gradgrind (11 December 1966)
World Theatre: Caesar and Cleopatra, as Persian (12 December 1966)
Hard Times: 3.11 For Better or Worse, as Tom Gradgrind (18 December 1966)
Afternoon Theatre: A Changing Light, as John, Catharine’s brother (24 December 1966)
Hard Times: 4.11 A Dream and a Decision, as Tom Gradgrind (25 December 1966)
Look After Amélie, as Adonis, a servant (26 December 1966)
Hard Times: 5.11 Mr. Harthouse Presents His Compliments, as Tom Gradgrind (1 January 1967)
Tales Out of School: 3.3 Stop that Clock, as Paul Corbit (3 January 1967)
Hampton Court, as a Builder and Master Kingston (6 January 1967)
Hard Times: 6.11 Sent to Coventry, as Tom Gradgrind (8 January 1967)
Hard Times: 7.11 Robbed!, as Tom Gradgrind (15January 1967)
Hard Times: 8.11 The Last Step of the Staircase, as Tom Gradgrind (22 January 1967)
Afternoon Theatre: The Sentimental Man, as Brian Field (25 January 1967)
Hard Times: 9.11 Sissy Calls on a Gentleman, as Tom Gradgrind (29 January 1967)
Hard Times: 10.11 Lost and Found, as Tom Gradgrind (5 February 1967)
Hard Times: 11.11 The Wonderful Dog, as Tom Gradgrind (12 February 1967)
Story Time: Porto Bello Gold 1.7 New York, 1733, as Robert Ormerod (1 March 1967)
Story Time: Porto Bello Gold 2.7, as Robert Ormerod (8 March 1967)
Story Time: Porto Bello Gold 3.7, as Robert Ormerod (15 March 1967)
Why This Waste? (A personal anthology for Passiontide by Fr. Gerard Meath , o.p.) (19 March 1967)
Afternoon Theatre: The Village That Won, as Jonty (19 March 1967)
Story Time: Porto Bello Gold 4.7, as Robert Ormerod (22 March 1967)
The Möbius Twist, as Colonel Douglas Simpson (27 March 1967)
Story Time: Porto Bello Gold 5.7, as Robert Ormerod (29 March 1967)
A Comedy for Tuesday: 2. Big Business, as George Clarkson (4 April 1967)
Story Time: Porto Bello Gold 6.7, as Robert Ormerod (5 April 1967)
World Theatre: Major Barbara, as Snobby Price (10 April 1967)
Old and Young: 3. Fine Feathers, as Terry (12 April 1967)
Story Time: Porto Bello Gold 7.7, as Robert Ormerod (12 April 1967)
Old and Young: 4. Pick a Pebble, as Colin (13 April 1967)
Afternoon Theatre: Spring Fever, as Brian White (22 April 1967)
The Silver Oar, as Dick Barlicorn, Captain Kidd's servant (24 April 1967)
A Room With A View, as George Emerson (8 May 1967 but postponed until 21 August 1967)
Afternoon Theatre: The Bunyip, as Mark Erickson (13 May 1967)
Afternoon Theatre: The Maze, as Benson (3 June 1967)
SNT: The Shaws of Synge Street, as Matthew Edward McNulty, a bank clerk (3 June 1967)
SNT: The Sixth, as George Coburn (10 June 1967)
The Sunday Play: A Knight in the Theatre, as Adams, a reporter (11 June 1967)
SNT: A Horseman Riding By 1.3 Long Summer Day, as Ikey Palfrey (8 July 1967)
SNT: A Horseman Riding By 2.3 Wind in the East, as Ikey Palfrey (15 July 1967)
SNT: A Horseman Riding By 3.3 Post of Honour, as Harold Eveleigh and as a Photographer (22 July 1967)
SNT: Six and Four Make Sunday, as Marlowe (28 July 1967)
A Play for Tuesday: A Day in Bed, as Compere (8 August 1967)
Afternoon Theatre: Uncle Hughie, as Edward Gash (12 August 1967)
A Room With A View, as George Emerson (21 August 1967) (Postponed from 8 May 1967)
SNT: The Gun, as Hugh O'Neill (26 August 1967)
Afternoon Theatre: Cry to the Sea (2 September 1967)
Afternoon Theatre: The Stowaway, as Roger (23 September 1967)
On Friday 29 September 1967 The BBC Home Service Basic ceased and on Saturday 30 September 1967 BBC Radio 4 began.
Compiled by Alistair Wyper, Sep-Oct 2016.
