
Braden Back on the Beat
Richard Ingrams presents a retrospective of his multi-talented friend Bernard Braden’s career in variety radio, featuring ‘Leave Your Name and Number’ and ‘Bedtime with Braden’.
Oldie magazine founder Richard Ingrams presents a retrospective of the pioneering star of TV and radio, Bernard Braden.
Compiled from scouring the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sound Archive and liaising with Bernard Braden's family and long-term friend Gillian Best, this 3 hour showcase features:
* Leave Your Name and Number: 21/07/1950
* Bedtime with Braden: 06/04/1951
* The Ransom of Red Chief: date unknown
* Braden Beside Himself: 04/07/1987
* Offbeat with Braden: 23/09/1978
Born in Canada, actor and broadcaster, Bernard Braden (1916 – 1993) made numerous radio and TV appearances in the UK – many with his wife Barbara Kelly. Braden is particularly remembered as a pioneer of UK TV consumer programmes - ‘On the Braden Beat’ (ATV) and ‘Braden's Week’ (´óÏó´«Ã½).
Producer: Mik Wilkojc.
Made for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in May 2015.
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- Sat 16 May 2015 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 16 May 2015 19:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 21 May 2016 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 21 May 2016 19:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 3 Feb 2018 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 3 Feb 2018 19:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 18 Jan 2020 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 18 Jan 2020 19:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 1 May 2021 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 1 May 2021 19:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra