Hugh Burden was born in Ceylon in 1913 and died in London in 1985. There is literally nothing by way of a tribute, to this fine actor anywhere, so here is mine. The approach I've chosen is to list as much of his work as possible chronologically. I've drawn the following from newspaper archives, books, contemporaneous magazines and various online media related articles and resources.
Hugh Burden's Spotlight Casting Photo 1936.
Sunday 8th October 1933 : The Grafton : Very first appearance on stage in : "Singing Gold" as Evan. The Stage Newspaper 12th October 1933.
November 1933 : Listed as having joined Croydon Repertory Company. (Who's Who In The Theatre : 12th Edition)
March 1934 The Vaudeville as 'the third voice' in John Masefield's play : "Good Friday" The Stage Newspaper 22nd March 1934.
22nd February 1935 : The Haymarket Theatre. Whilst a student at R.A.D.A (The Stage February 29th).
May 1935 : Played multiple parts and toured with the play : "Mesmer".
More reviews of the same, the following week, includes a nice appraisal of Hugh's performance.
3rd July 1935 : The Era.
The Stage 4th July.
3rd November 1935 : The Aldwych. "The Legend of Yesterday". As Jack Ross with a cast that included Trevor Howard.
7th November The Stage.
April 11th 1936 : "The Frog" opens at The Princes and what an important production this was to be for him. Adapted from an Edgar Wallace novel, the play is very well received and ran until at least, December. From The Tatler April 15th 1936.
May 13th 1936 extracts from the play, are being broadcast by the BBC. The Sheffield Independent.
Hugh Burden (seated) shares a scene with a young Jack Hawkins.
From : Theatre World Souvenir.
The Tatler : 13th May 1936.
August 1937 : Hugh makes his film debut in "Death Croons The Blues" which starts production at Twickenham Studios. To be released in January 1938.
From The Daily Mirror 30th August 1937.
September 28th 1937 : Hugh's first television role in "Turn Round".
From Bradford Observer.
3rd October 1937 : Hugh Burden the playwright's first play, "Trouble For Two" opens at The Strand.
23rd September The Era.
The Stage 7th October.
The Stage article continued with constructive criticism of Hugh's first play.
7th November 1937 : The Strand. The Repertory Players in "This Seat Of Mars". As Peter Smiley.
From The Stage November 11th.
April 25th The Arts : "Murder Without Tears". As Jack Grimmett.
The Era 21st April.
Later in April 1938 : The Players Theatre production of "Charles And Mary". As Coleridge.
May 1938 : Holborn Empire : "The Rivals". As Fag.
20th May 1938 : "Charles And Mary" is broadcast by the BBC. From Daily Herald
28th August 1938 : "Charles And Mary" is repeated on BBC TV.
26th October 1938 : The Haymarket (transferring from The Arts) : "A Party For Christmas" as Stephen Firbanks, with a cast that included Dennis Price. Daily Herald 28th October 1938.
The Stage 3rd November 1938.
17th July 1939 : The Barn Theatre, Shere. Hugh's own adaption of the novel "The House At Dormer Forrest". He plays the part of Jasper Darke.
The Stage 20th July 1939.
28th August 1939 Joins tour of "Punch Without Judy" which began in London in June in Blackpool, then onto Leeds, Birmingham, Glasgow and back to London in November. This will be Hugh's last appearance before he joins the Hampshire Regiment for war service. He was not listed as being in the cast in December 1939.
31st August The Stage.
26th September : The Grand Theatre Leeds (from The Yorkshire Post).
Late 1939 - January 1941 : War Service. British and Indian Army.
Saturday 18th January 1941 at 5.30 pm : Hugh starred, in the first of a number of : "For The Forces" programmes .
From Staffordshire Sentinel.
February 1st 1941 : "For the Forces : 'Speak To Me Of Love' " 4.45pm Radio Times.
February 17th : "Speak Of The Devil" 18.40.
February 23rd :"Flight" 10pm.
March 3rd : "Upon The Theme Of Love" 22.50.
March 5th : "P and O" 21.50.
March 14th : "Henry Hudson" 22.15.
March 22nd : "Uncle Gabriel" 21.35.
Hugh's second film : "Ships With Wings" shooting begins in the last week of March 1941.
27th March Kinematograph Weekly.
Released in Great Britain in November 1941, the critics slated it. But the newly-built Ark Royal was a hit, and Hugh made a good first-screen impression.
John Clements and Hugh in a still from the film.
14th August 1941 : Shooting of Hugh's second film : "One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing" begins in Lincolnshire. From The Lincolnshire Echo.
24th April 1942 : "One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing" opens at the Odeon Leicester Square and is an instant hit.
Bernard Miles, Hugh Burden, Eric Portman and Hugh Williams after bailing out.
From The Sketch 22nd April.
From The Bradford Observer 24th April.
22nd July : BBC Home Service "From The Theatre In Wartime" recording of "Quiet Weekend".
7th September : "The Duke In Darkness" opens at the Lyceum Edinburgh before settling into St. James London from October 8th.
21st October : Tatler.
Leslie Banks, Hugh Burden and Michael Redgrave.
The Forfar Dispatch 12th November reports that "One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing" is on it's way to The Regal cinema.
17th January 1943 : Hugh plays Nicholas the eldest son of the Rostov family in Tolstoy's "War And Peace". A seven-part radio play.
2nd March 1943 : Hugh's second play : "The Young And The Lovely" opens at The Q before going to The Arts the following month. From The Stage March 4th.
8th April 1943 : "Experience Teaches". BBC Home Service at 21.40 with Eric Portman. From Birmingham Mail.
6th May : News that "The Way Ahead" will be made and released, on July 10th 1944 appears in Kinematograph Weekly.
May 15th : "The Brass Bottle" Saturday Night Theatre via the Home Service at 21.45.
May 22nd : "Pilot's Wife". 18.45 Home Service.
November 25th : Update on production of "The Way Ahead".
8th May : Oxford.
6th June 1944 : The press get a preview of "The Way Ahead". The timing - as reported in The Tatler, is magnificent.
14th June The Tatler.
7th June 1944 : "The Last Of Summer" opens in London at the Phoenix. From The Tatler June 21st.
18th June 1944 : "Radio Theatre : 'Evensong" 14.30 General Forces program.
9th July : "Socrates". 14.30.
10th July 1944 : "The Way Ahead" is released, and is showing at The Ritz Chelsea.
15th July : "Autumn Violins". 21.35 BBC Home Service.
30th July 1944 : "The Banbury Nose" begins it's tour at The Theatre Royal Glasgow.
7th August : Lyceum Edinburgh
15th August : Theatre Royal Newcastle.
22nd August : New Theatre Oxford.
6th September : Wyndhams.
October 4th The Tatler.
November 12th : 'Seaton's Aunt'. 15.45.
November 26th : The Banbury Nose continues at Wyndhams.
December 1944 : Hugh 'heads the cast' at The Arts as Mr Puff in "The Critic".
The Stage November 30th.
The Daily Herald 28th December.
January 13th 1945 : "Saturday Night Theatre : 'Mary Tudor". 21.30 BBC Home Service.
29th January : "The King's Tryall". 21.30 BBC Home.
February 1945 : Succeeds Michael Wilding in the play "While The Sun Shines". Date not known but it is touring.
12th February : Reads John Dryden poems 16.45 BBC Home Service.
23rd April : Tours as Napoleon in "Ah Josephine". Begins in Oxford.
Banbury Advertiser 18th April.
30th April : Blackpool Grand Theatre.
14th May : His Majesties Theatre Aberdeen.
28th May : New Theatre Northampton. From The Market Harborough Advertiser 25th May.
17th June : "Three Women". 16.05 BBC Home Service.
July 1945 : Took over from Ronald Ward at Wyndham's in "The Years Between".
28th August 1945 : Hugh's most successful play : "Myself A Stranger", co-written with his mother Caro Burden, and co-starring his sister, Anna Burden, opens at The Embassy Swiss Cottage. From The Stage 30th August.
The Daily Herald 29th August.
From The Sphere 15th September 1945.
7th November 1945 : "The Gambler" opens at The Embassy.
The Tatler 21st November.
7th January 1946 : Returned to Wyndhams for the second time taking over from Ronald Ward in : "The Years Between". From The Stage January 3rd.
31st March 1946 : Starred in his own play "No Footlights" at The New.
From The Stage 4th April.
18th May : "Saturday Night Theatre : 'Justice'. 21.20 Home Service.
3rd July : Theatre Programme - review of the stage. BBC Light Programme.
26th August 1946 : Filming for "Fame Is The Spur" begins. From Kinematograph Weekly 29th August.
22nd March 1947 : As John Beaver" in : "A Handful Of Dust". 18.00 The BBC Third Programme.
7th April 1947 : As Fortunato in "Fortunato" on BBC TV at 20.30.
26th April : "The Duke In Darkness" is on the radio at 21.20.
21st May : Plays Angel Clare in "Tess Of The D'Urbervilles at The Piccadilly.
From The Truth 30th May.
From The Illustrated News 7th June.
28th July 1947 : "Love In A Dutch Garden". BBC Midland Service.
19th August : "The Duchess Of Malfi" 21.10 the Third Programme.
2nd September : "Child's Play" opens at The Arts.
From the Daily Herald 3rd September.
7th October : "The End Of The Play" 21.30 Light Programme.
28th October : "The Way Of The World" 20.00 Third Programme.
24th October : "Fame Is The Spur" will show at the Birmingham New Street Odeon.
From Birmingham Daily Gazette 3rd October.
2nd November : "The Brontes" BBC TV.
18th November : "Lovers Meeting" 20.40 BBC TV.
2nd December : Plays Lord Peter Wimsey in "Whose Body" Part one of six at 21.30 The Light Programme. Weekly until 6th January 1948.
18th January 1948 : "Barnaby Rudge" A 12-part Series Part 1 at 20.30 Home Service. Final Part 24th March 1948.
10th May 1948 : "The Paragon" opens at The Fortune to rave reviews. From The Stage
From Theatre World Magazine November 1948.
The Illustrated News 5th June.
July 1948 : Production starts on "Sleeping Car To Trieste". Finishes mid-August.
October 7th : "Sleeping Car To Trieste" opens in Leicester Square Odeon.
Still from "Sleeping Car to Trieste". Hugh and Finlay Currie.
November 24th : "Crime Passionel". 20.00 The Third Programme. Brenda Bruce co-stars.
December 11th : Radio adaption of "The Paragon". 21.00 BBC Home Service.
From RadioTimes.
January 3rd 1949 : Begins the serial "Malice In Wonderland" during Women's Hour on the Light Programme at 2pm.
12th January 1949 : The Inward Eye : "The Death of a Friend". 20.15 The Third Programme.
17th January : "Two's a Pair". 20.00 The Light Programme.
28th February : "The Judge's House" by Bram Stoker at 20.30 Light Programme.
13th March 1949 : "Myself A Stranger" makes its television debut at 20.30.
18th March : "Double Exit". 20.45 Light Programme.
April 1949 : British Council Theatre Tour of Germany.
From The Stage 31st March.
20th June : "Myself A Stranger" is broadcast on BBC Home Service with Maurius Goring in the lead role at 21.15. Hugh is still touring Germany.
28th June : "Hamlet" starring John Gielgud is broadcast via the Third programme. Recorded in December 1948.
From Radio Times.
From The Stage 7th July 1949. The Gate Company have recently returned from tour.
15th August : Stands in for Robert Fleming for two weeks in "French Without Tears" at The Vaudeville.
28th September : "Curtain Up". 20.45 Light Programme.
10th October : Monday Night Theatre : "The Siren" BBC Home Service.
November 5th : A new production" of "The Paragon" adapted for broadcasting by the author : Michael Pertwee. 21.15 BBC Home Service. Repeated on the 7th November.
December 9th : "The Riddle Of The Sands" Part 1 of 7 at 21.00 on the Light Programme. Final part : 18th January 1950.
29th January 1950 : Plays Kafka in "The Trial" with Cyril Cusack at 8pm Light Programme (Part 2 at 9.35pm).
6th February : "Six To Ten". 21.45 Home Service.
13th March : "Crime Passionel" 21.15 Home Service.
14th March : "The Field". 22.00 The Third programme.
21st March 1950 : Plays Napoleon on television in "Man Of Destiny" at 20.30.
From The Radio Times.
From Northampton Chronicle 24th March.
23rd March : "A Study In Loyalty". 19.45 The Third Programme.
24th April : "Myself A Stranger" repeated on BBC Home Service at 21.15.
15th May : "Justice Is Deaf" 21.15 Home Service.
28th May : "Pride And Prejudice" Part One of twelve, as Mr Darcy at 20.30 via the Home Service. Final Part 13th August.
6th June : "Twelve Thousand". 20.30 BBC Television.
From The Daily Mirror 13th August. Final episode of "Pride And Prejudice".
31st August 1950 : "Home And Beauty" by Somerset Maugham opens at The Arts before transferring to the larger St Martins on 27th September.
From Daily Herald 28th September.
6th November : "Hedda Gabler" is broadcast on the BBC Home Service at 21.15. "Home And Beauty" continues at St. Martins.
9th December : "The Transmutation Of Ling" via the Home Service.
Radio Times.
1st January 1951 : "Home And Beauty" transfers to and opens at Wyndham's.
1st January : "Queen Elizabeth" 21.15 Home Service.
4th February : Took part in charity event at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
1st March : "Home And Beauty" tour Bournemouth, Brighton (19th March) and Southsea (26th March).
30th April : "The Thistle And The Rose" begins in Oxford before opening at The Vaudeville on 15th May.
From The Stage 24th May.
From The Tatler 30th May :
While still appearing in the Thistle and the Rose :
3rd June : "The Ultimate Mountain" at 21.30 BBC Home Service.
14th June : "The Rising In The North" 21.55 Third Programme.
15th July : "Hamlet" via the Third Programme.
16th September : "The Revenger's Tragedy" at 18.30 on the Third.
28th October : "Escape" on BBC Television at 20.45.
13th November : "For Art's Sake" at 20.00 Home Service.
1st December : "The Huntress" at 16.10 Home Service.
13th December : "The Hellinics" at 23.25 Home Service.
16th December : "Whiteoaks" at 14.30 Home Service.
18th December : "Nocturne in Scotland" BBC TV at 20.15.
31st December : "The Judge's Story" at 21.15 Home Service.
5th February 1952 : "Ebb Tide" at 20.30 BBC TV.
18th February : "The Muse Of Fire" at 20.05 Third Programme.
February 28th : "The High Bid" at The New Boltons.
25th March : "Music At Night" at 21.00 BBC TV.
14th April : "Traitor's Purse" at 21.15 BBC Home Service.
23rd April : "Forever England" at 18.00 Light Programme.
28th April : "Titty" at 20.05 Third Programme.
4th May : Shooting of "Ghost Ship" begins in Brighton.
12th May : "The Battle Of Dunbar" at 21.45 The Third.
7th June : " Albert RN" opens at the Kings Southsea.
13th June : "Supplication To The Devil" Third Programme at 22.20.
29th June : "Eighty Miles West" 21.15 Home Service.
14th July : At Theatre Royal Birmingham.
31st July : Opens at The Saville London.
From The Stage 7th August.
Illustrated News August 1952.
5th August : "Watkins Explorer England" at 20.00 Home Service.
16th September : "Arden Of Faversham" 21.15 The Third.
21st September : "One Minute Please" as a guest on the Jury at 14.15 The Light Programme.
25th September : "Money With Menaces" 21.15 Light Programme.
2nd October : "The Duke in Darkness" repeated 15.30 Home Service.
3rd October : "Back To Methuselah" 21.45 The Third.
7th October : "Back To Methuselah" Part 3. 21.25 Third.
9th October : " Ghost Ship" is released and on general release Jan/Feb 1953.
12th October : "He Who Laughs Last" 19.30 Light Programme.
4th November : "A Doll's House" at 21.00 on BBC TV.
7th November : "Malta Story" is being filmed in Malta. Hugh has a supporting role to Alec Guinness.
26th November : A new production of "Hedda Gabler" at 16.30 Light Programme.
From The Stage 13th November.
7th December : "Monserrat" 18.00 The Third Programme.
10th December : Morning Story : "The Big-Hearted Racehouse" at 11.45 Light Programme.
12th December : "East Of the Sun. West of the Moon" at 19.45 Third Programme.
13th December : "The Return Of The soldier" at 21.15 Home Service.
4th January 1953 : "The Railway King" at 21.15 Home Service.
10th February : As Edward Thomas in !Edward Thomas : An Appreciation" at 21.45 on the Third Programme.
17th February : "The Royal Exiles" 21.20 The Third Programme.
1st March : "Too Good To Be True" 20.00 The Third.
15th March : Narrates "Throne And People" at 21.15 Home Service.
22nd March : "The Traveller Without Luggage" 18.25 Third.
4th May : "The Royal Exiles" at 18.00 Third Programme.
13th May : "Between Two Wars" 21.05 Third Programme.
6th June : London, June 28, 1938 at 19.00 Third Programme.
16th June : "Malta Story" premiers in Eastbourne and in London Leicester Square on 19th June 1953.
From Kinematograph 18th June.
28th June : "Colossus" at 21.30 Home Service.
15th July : "About This Time" 21.30 Home Service.
25th July : Variety Playhouse at 20.00 Home Service.
26th July : Trouble In The Sun at 20.40 on BBC TV.
9th August : 'Forenoon' 21.30 Home Service.
7th September : Hugh's first outing as Herbert Reeve in : "A Very Great Man Indeed" at 19.55 on The Third.
13th August : "A Penny For A Song". 20.45 on BBC TV.
17th August : "Wilfred Owen 1893-1918" at 10.30 on The Third.
9th September : Guest on : "The Leisure Hour" at 20.00 Light Programme.
13th September : "The War Criminal" Part One 18.00 The Third.
18th September : "The War Criminal" Part Two at 20.05 The Third.
20th September : Time For Verse (Reader) at 19.20 Home Service.
28th September : "Sterne In Paris .A sentimental journey" (Reader).
12th October : "The Affirming Flame" at 19.30 The Third.
26th October : "The Black Dog" at 19.55 The Third.
3rd November : Opens at The Q in "The Painted Devil" before touring in the same.
From The Stage 5th November.
6th December : Narrates "The Summer By The Sea" at 18.35 The Third.
9th December : "Uncle Toby and the widow Wadman" at 20.00 The Third.
27th December : First Reading (reader) at 19.05 on The Third.
11th January 1954 : 'The Frontier Of Darkness' at 19.20 The Third.
30th January : First Reading. 21.40 on the Third Programme. A monthly magazine of poetry and prose.
21st February : First Reading Third Programme.
March - April 1954 : "The Painted Devil" tour includes The Arts Cambridge on the 1st March and The Kings Theatre, Portsmouth on the 15th March and The Kings, Glasgow on the 12th April.
11th March : "Morning Glory" 11.45 Light Programme, and at 21.05 in "The Perils of Property" on the Third Programme.
12th May : "Trouble" at 21.20 on The Third.
21st May : "The Secret Traveller" at 21.55 on The Third.
23rd May : "Suspense : Southward lies Freedom" at 17.00 The Light Programme.
24th May : Hugh makes another appearance as Herbert Reeve in "The Private Life of Hilda Tablet" at 19.30 on The Third Programme.
29th May : "Variety Playhouse" at 20.00 Home Service.
31st May : " Myself A Stranger" written by Hugh and his mother.
7th June : "Physiologus" at 22.05 on The Third Programme.
15th June : "The Story Of Rolls And Royce" at 19.30 Home Service.
24th June : Plays Jules LaForgue in "Hamlet" at 19.55 Third Programme.
11th July 1954 : "The World of Dark Waters" at 21.30 Home Service.
14th July : "Final Meeting" 20.30 Home Service.
22nd July : "Of Human Bondage" Part 3 at 21.30 Home Service.
29th July : Part 4.
5th August : Part 5.
12th August : Part 6.
19th August : Part 7.
26th August : Praying with Kit Smart at 21.55 on The Third.
26th August : "Of Human Bondage" Part 8 at 22.15 on the Home Service.
2nd September : Part 9.
5th September 1954 : "The Toby Chair" Part 1 at 20.40 BBC Television. Part 2 on 9th September.
9th September : "Of Human Bondage" Part 10 at 22.30 Home Service.
16th September : Part 11.
23rd September : Part 12.
24th September : "The Chocolate Judge" at 20.30 Home Service.
3rd October : "Fever Bark" at 21.30 Home Service.
4th October : Monday Matinee : "From Information Received" at 16.30 The Light Programme.
9th October : "The Bamboo House" at 21.15 Home Service.
12th October : Ovid's "Art of Love" at 19.10 Third Programme.
28th October : "Calling Miss Courtneidge" at 20.30 Home Service.
8th November : A Book at Bedtime "The Door Of Opportunity" Part 1 at 23.05 Light Programme.
9th November : "Queen Of the Baltic" at 19.30 Home Service and A Book at Bedtime : "The Door Of Opportunity" Part 2 at 23.05 Light Programme.
10th November : Part 3 at 23.05.
11th November : Part 4.
12th November : Part 5.
22nd November : "The Court Lady" at 19.10 The Third.
5th December : "The Coming Forth By Day of Osiris Jones" 18.50 Third.
14th December : "Emily Butter" at 21.15 Third.
15th December : "The Real Voice" at 21.05 Third.
23rd December : "Hamlet" at 22.15 Third.
24th December : "Poems by George Crabbe" at 20.25 Third.
3rd January 1955 : "The Widow's Wooing " 20.30 The Third.
6th January : The Thursday Play : "The Puppet Master" at 19.15 Home Service.
17th January : "The Duke In Darkness" at 16.30 Light Programme.
1st February 1955 : "Vicious Circle" opens at The New Watergate Theatre Club.
From The Stage 3rd February.
From Truth 11th February.
5th February : "The Return Of A Hero" at 21.15 Home Service.
20th February : "The Purgatorio" 19.20 Third Programme.
26th March : "Variety Playhouse" at 20.00 Home Service.
20th April : "Back to Earth" 11.40 Home Service.
24th April : "Time For Verse" at 22.30 Home Service.
13th May : "Vincenzo" at 20.45 The Third.
28th May : "Death Has Deep Roots" 21.15 Home Service.
1st June : "The Whisper In The gloom" 20.30 Light Programme.
6th June : "The Inconstant man" 20.00 The Third.
12th June : "The Enterprise of England" 21.15 Home.
12th July : "The Fullness Of The Nile" 21.15 Home.
17th July : "W.S. Merwin" 19.10 Third.
19th July : "The Range Of The Tide" 19.30 Home.
21st July : "A Door Must Be Kept Open Or shut"
Various Repeats including "Pride and Prejudice"
7th August : "Night Was Our Friend" on BBC TV at 20.45.
From The Stage 11th August :
25th August : "The Lester Ferguson Hour" 20.30 Light Programme.
29th August : "Left Hand, Right Hand" 14.30 Home Service.
6th September A world of Children.
11th September : "The Shaking Earth" 21.15 Home.
12th September 1955 : "Waiting For Godot" opens at The Criterion.
From The Stage 15th September :
From The Illustrated News October 1st :
13th September : "The Travels Of Gulliver's travels" 16.20 Home.
25th September : "Home For The Day "Elinor Glyn" Part 1. 09.10 Light Programme.
2nd October : "Home For The Day "Elinor Glyn" Part 2 09.10 Light.
9th October : Part 3. Radio Times notes Hugh's continuance at The Criterion.
16th October : Part 4.
23rd October : Talking of Books 14.30 Home.
28th October : Repeat of : "A World Of Children" 15.00 Home.
November 1st : "Epicentre Lisbon" 21.00 The Third.
14th November : "Between Two Worlds : "Crime Passionnel" 21.15 Home.
4th December : "Gilbert And Sullivan" Part 1 of 6 at 21.15 Home.
11th December : Part 2.
18th December : Part 3.
21st December : "Morning Story" 11.15 Light Programme.
25th December : "Gilbert And Sullivan" Part 4.
1st January 1956 : "Gilbert And Sullivan Part 5.
8th January : Part 6.
14th January : "Night Was Our Friend " repeated on BBC TV at 14.30.
14th February : "For All True Lovers" 20.20 Home.
At 21.40 "The Way Of Deliverance" on The Third.
29th February : "A Hedge Backwards"
10th March : "No bail For The Judge" 21.15 Home.
24th March : "The Harsh Requirement" 21.15 Home.
2nd April : "El Baile" ("To My Love") adapted into English by Hugh, opens at the Festival Theatre, Malvern.
9th April : "The Gardens Of Altering Eros' 20.00 The Third. And "Brideshead Revisited" at 21.15 Home Service.
10th April : "Homes to Mend" 19.30 Home Service.
10th April : "UNESCO In The African Bush (Part 1) 22.15 Home Service.
17th April : Part 2.
7th May : Festival Of Radio Drama at 21.15 Home Service. 21.25 "Danger".
14th May : Second week of Festival : "Money With Menaces" at 19.15.
11th June : "Misery Me" 21.15 Home Service.
22nd June : "The Four Horizons" 19.30 Third programme.
3rd July : "Crime Report" : Part 1 of 4 : "The Body of a Girl" 19.00 Light Programme.
9th July : "Simon And Laura" Part 1 of comedy series starts 19.00 Home Service.
10th July : Crime Report : "The Fingers of a Hand" 20.30 Light Programme.
16th July : Mainly For Women : Male Opinion 15.15 BBC TV.
Episode 2 of Simon and Laura at 19.00 Home.
17th July : Crime Report : "The Missing Fortnight"
23rd July : Episode 3.
24th July : Crime Report : "The Final Question".
27th July : "Done Very Gently" 20.00 Third.
30th July : Episode 4.
From Birmingham Weekly Post 3rd August.
6th August : Episode 5.
13th August : Episode 6.
17th August : Mrs Wilcox and the message of hope 20.15 Third.
20th August : Episode 7.
24th August : Hooded Eagle 22.00 on Third.
26th August : "Bruno the Nolan. Called the Nuisance" 20.55 Third.
27th August : Episode 8.
3rd September : Episode 9.
3rd September : "A Box at the Adelphi" On ITV.
10th September : Episode 10.
11th September : "Dwarf's and Eggs" 18.55 Third.
17th September : Episode 11.
23rd September : "The Pythoness" 21.15 Home.
24th September : Simon and Laura Final Episode 12.
2nd October : Writing For Sound 22.15 Home.
6th October : A Modern Symposium 18.00 Third.
9th October : Writing For Sound 22.15 Home.
14th October : "Memory For Murder" 15.30 Light.
Talking of Books at 15.45 Home.
6th November : Plays with Bristol Old Vic Company for three weeks in "The Slave of Truth"
17th December : "Morning Story" on the Light Programme.
9th January 1957 The Tatler
27th January 1957 : Hugh's Play : "Myself A Stranger" on BBC TV at 20.30.
From Birmingham Daily Post 26th January.
Radio Times :
3rd February : "Shakespeare Apocrypha" at 15.00 The Third.
11th February : "Sons Of Pride". 18.50 The Third.
2nd March : "The Common Wind". 18.40 The Third.
9th March : "No Reply From One-One-Five" 14.00 Home.
18th March : "Opium" 19.20 Third.
24th March : "A Fighting Man" 15.00 The Third.
19th April : "The Passion Of Our Lord" 22.10 Third.
6th May : "I Am Jonathan Scrivener". 21.15 Home Service.
7th May : "Bedtime Story" : "Melinda" Part 1 23.00 Light Programme.
8th May : Part 2.
9th May : Part 3.
12th May : "Talking of Books". 15.30 Home.
14th May : "A Case For Dr. Morelle" Part 4 "A Sleepwalker". 20.30 Light Programme.
19th May : A Dialogue On Politics. 21.30 Third.
20th May : "Repertory In Britain" : Bristol Old Vic Company : "The Slave of Truth". 21.15 Home.
3rd June 1957 : "The Adventures Of Robin Hood" : "The Frightened Tailor on ITV at 17.15.
18th June : "For The Schools : Poets and Poetry" 14.20 Home.
5th July : "L' Impromptu De L'Alma 22.10 Third.
7th August : "The Mask Of Dimitrios" Part One of Four. Light Programme.
11th August : "Rameaus Nephew" 22.00 The Third.
14th August : The Mask Of Dimitrios" Part Two.
18th August : An English Thistle 22.25 Third.
21st August : The Mask Of Dimitrios Part Three.
28th August : Part Four.
2nd September : "The War Came Down On Us Here". 15.00 Home.
20.10 : "The Sixth Canto" Part One at 20.10 Third.
8th September : Part Two.
14th September : Hugh's play "Wormwood" is shown on ITV at 19.00.
15th September : "The Sixth Canto" Part 3.
17th November : "The Trial Of Mitya Karamazov" 17.00 Third.
1st December : "Armchair Theatre". "Sister" at 21.30 ITV.
11th December : "The Balfour Declaration". 20.00 Home.
14th December : The World of Books. Network 3.
17th December : "The Trial of Machiavelli" 21.15 Third.
25th December : Reads "Lost Hearts" by M.R James. 21.25 Third.
31st December : "Twelve By The Mail" 20.00 Home.
11th February 1958 : "The Mouth Of God" 21.45 The Third.
25th February : New Production of "Emily Butter" at 21.00 Third.
28th February : "Selections From Part One of 'Hudibras". 20.30 Third.
11th March : "The Primal Scene". Another outing as Herbert Reeve. 21.20 Third.
16th April : "The Frost Of Heaven". 21.15 Home.
26th April : "Saturday Playhouse Presents 'A likely Tale'. 21.00 BBC TV.
25th May : "Thomas Hardy: A Selection Of His Poetry". 22.05 Third.
1st June : "The Ring And The Book". 17.55 The Third.
24th June : "Romeo And Jeannette". 21.35 Third.
25th August : "The Trial Of Lord Byron". 20.20 Third.
31st August : "Follow The Stars". 21.00 Light programme.
1st September : "Oliver Cromwell". 20.00 Third.
8th September : "Favor Island". 20.25 Third.
9th September : Dark Is A Long Way". 22.15 Home.
7th October : Narrates "The Birth Of An Opera : The Ring: Part One. 21.05 Third.
17th October : "Television Playhouse Presents: Parisiene". 21.00 on ATV.
21st October : "The Birth Of An Opera : The Ring Part Two. 21.15 Third.
10th November : "Too Many Ghosts" at The Oxford Playhouse.
From The Stage 13th November 1958 :
Reading Mercury 15th November :
28th November : "Electric". 21.45 Third.
7th December : "Inquisition". 17.00 Third.
30th January 1959 : "The Last Chronicle Of Barset" : Part One of Six on BBC TV at 21.30 and on the front cover of The Radio Times.
Birmingham Daily Post 31st January :
6th February : Part Two.
13th February : Part Three.
Western Mail 14th February :
20th February : Part Four.
27th February : Part Five.
6th March : Part Six.
10th March : "The Truth About Pyecraft". 21.00 BBC TV.
11th March : "Morning Story" at 11.00 Light Programme. Reads : "God's In His Heaven" by James McFarlan.
29th April : "Portrait Of A Soldier". 21.15 Home Service.
6th May : Another outing as Herbert Reeve in : "Not A Drum Was Heard : The War Memoirs of General Gland". 20.00 Third.
18th May : "A Turn Outside". 20.20 Third.
9th July 1959 : "The Rope Dancers" Opens at The Arts.
From and article about Peter Cotes (left directing rehearsals) : The Tatler 30th September.
The Stage 16th July :
10th July 1959 : "Seclusion". 20.35 Third.
21st July : "Thirty-Minute Theatre : "Digby - A Memoir". 21.00 Light.
9th August : "Favourite Characters" as Bertie Wooster. 15.30 Home.
16th August : Narrates : "Towards The Conquest of Poliomyelitis". 21.15 Home.
25th August : "Play Of The Week" : "The Hungry God" at 20.30 ITV.
TV Times :
28th September : "Unaccompanied Child". 21.15 Home.
4th October : "Saturday-Night Theatre Presents : 'What The Public Wants". 20.50 BBC TV.
15th October : "I Call Me Adam". 21.45 Third.
3rd November : "Less Than Kind". 20.00 BBC TV.
11th November : "The Common Cold". 22.10 Home.
14th November : "Saturday Night Theatre - 'Jumping Jenny". 21.15 Home.
20th January 1960 : "No Hiding Place : A Man Of Straw". 20.30 ITV.
26th January 1960 : "The Damask Drum". 20.55 Third.
10th February : "Morning Story". 11.00 Light.
18th February : "The Happy Couple". 20.30 ATV.
6th March : "Armchair Theatre : China Doll". 21.05 ABC TV.
10th March : "With Courage". 20.00 Home.
8th April : "Missing From Home". 21.35 ITV.
12th April : "Enquiry Into Influenza". 16.00 Home.
20th April : "Miss Pulkinhorn". 20.20 Third.
23rd May : "Cavalcade Of The Fifties". 19.00 Home.
28th July : "No Love For Johnnie" is being filmed in London, reports Kinematograph Weekly.
13th July : "Omar And Omar". 20.20 Third.
9th August : "Time For Verse". 22.45 Home.
14th November : "Maigret : The Burglar's Wife". 20.45 BBC TV.
1st December : "Television Playhouse :The Honeymooners". 21.35 ITV.
6th January 1961 : Reads T.S Elliot's : "Four Quartets" 21.05 Third.
9th February 1961 : "No Love For Johnnie" starring Peter Finch opens in Leicester Square. Hugh plays Tim Maxwell in a cast that includes Peter Sallis and Donald Pleasance (below).
4th March : Illustrated London News.
6th March : Guest appearance in "Probation Officer" as Ken Humphries. ITV (Granada) at 21.35.
Halifax Evening Courier :
4th April : "Blest Pair Of Sirens". 20.15 Home Service.
26th April : "Tales Of Mystery : The Empty Sleeve". 20.55 ITV.
11th May : "Fakes, Frauds and Forgeries" : Part 3. 19.30 Home.
17th May : Returns as Herbert Reeve in a new production of : "A Very Great Man Indeed"
25th May : "Fakes, Frauds and Forgeries" Part 4. 19.30 Home.
8th June : Part 5.
16th June : " Sotoba Komachi" Part One and Two. 20.00 Home.
22nd June : "Fakes, Frauds and Forgeries" Part Six.
6th August : "Contrast And Comparison". 22.10 Third.
26th August : "The Minotaur". 19.05 Third.
3rd September : "Lectures To A Shaving Mirror". 21.00 Third.
September 1961 : "The Secret Partner" is released.
From The Reading Standard 1st September :
Hugh plays Charles Standish and Melissa Stribling his wife.
Marylebone Mercury 8th September :
16th September : "The Case Of Satan Vs Job". 19.15 Third.
23rd October : "Morning Story". 11.00 Light.
31st October : "Us, Canonised For Love". 22.35. Third.
1st November : "Nekrassov". 20.30 Third.
22nd November : "Windows". 20.45 Home.
23rd December : "The Round Earth's Imagined Corners". 21.45 Third.
27th December : "The Private Life Of Hilda Tablet". 20.20 Third.
1st January 1962 : "Abraham Cowley". 22.35 Third.
19th January : "The Birth Of An Opera". 20.20 Third.
20th January : "The Birth Of An Opera". 18.35 Third.
22nd January : "From The Fifties : 'The Queen And The Rebel'. 20.30 Home.
29th January : "National Theatre Of The Air". 20.30 Home.
7th February : "Orpheus". 20.30 Third.
28th February : "Mid-Week Theatre". 20.31 Light.
6th February 1962 : Plays Colonel Flynn in "Flynn's Last Dive" at the Pembroke, Croydon.
8th April : "The Passion Of Our Lord". 21.10 Third.
20th April : "The Imposter's". Episode 1 : "Bunga-Bunga". 21.15 Home.
25th April : "The Amazing Hat Mystery". 22.30 Home.
27th April : "The Rivals". 20.20 Third.
1st May : "The Impostors" Episode 2 19.45 Home.
14th May : "Morning Story". 11.00 Light.
8th June : "Andorra". 20.00 Third.
12th June : "The Impostors". Episode 5. 19.45 Home.
15th June : "The Flying Doctor". 19.31 Light.
16th June : "The Salt Lake Line". 20.00 Third.
21st June : "Professor Taranne". 21.55 Third.
30th June : "Thyrsis". 21.35 Third.
3rd July : "The Impostors" Part 6. 19.45 Home.
10th July : Part 7.
11th July : "Chinese Mystery". 21.15 ITV.
17th July : "At The Parting Of The Ways". 20.55 Home.
31st July : "The Empire Builders" opens at The Arts.
From The Stage 2nd August.
Illustrated London News 11th August :
4th August : "The Scholar Gipsy". 20.20 Third.
18th August : "Saturday Night Theatre : "Night Round-Up Paris". 20.30 Home.
18th September : "Morning Story". 11.00 Light.
27th September : "The Point Of Honour". 21.45 ITV.
Coventry Evening Telegraph :
12th October : "Not At All". 21.30 BBC TV.
4th November : "The Rivals". 18.05 Third.
12th November : "Caller Anonymous". 20.10 Home.
8th December : "Afternoon Theatre : The Seventh Man". 14.10 Home.
21st December : "New Poetry". 22.10 Third.
26th December : "The Impostors : The Bank Clerk". 21.00 Home.
2nd January 1963 : "Morning Story". 11.00 Light.
3rd January : "It Happened Like This". 21.45 ITV.
From Belfast Telegraph 4th January :
9th January : "In Lighter Vein". 21.40 Home.
21st January : "The Button". 16.45 Home.
22nd January : "The Impostors : 'The Somme Death Ray". 20.30 Home.
2nd February : "Ghost Squad : 'Escape Route". 19.25 ITV.
From Liverpool Echo.
19th February : "The Impostors : The Ghost Of Katie King". 20.30 Home.
4th March : "Suspense : Project Survival". 21.45 BBC TV.
From Birmingham Daily Post.
21st April : Hugh is on the radio and the television.
"Drama '63 : 'Image Of A Society". 21.35 ITV.
From Liverpool Echo 20th April
From The Stage 25th April.
'An underrated actor' says The Leicester Chronicle on 26th April.
21st April : "Lord Atlee Remembers". 22.10 Home.
23rd April : "Bedlam Galore For Two Or More". 20.00 Third.
30th April : "Woman's Hour". Hugh reads Part One of fifteen of "Heart Of The Matter". 14.00 Light.
1st May : Part 2.
2nd May : Part 3.
3rd May : Part 4.
20th May : Final Part.
22nd May : "Mid-Week Theatre : 'Court Marshal". 21.41 Light.
24th May : "Ezra Pound". 22.30 Third.
19th June : "Mid-Week Theatre : 'Brief Encounter". 20.40 Light.
28th June : "Panurge Would Take A Wife". 20.00 Third.
30th June : "The Nature Of Cold Weather". 19.25 Third.
1st August : "The Interval : The Other Side Of The Hedge". 20.10 Home.
2nd August : "The Immortal Cleopatra". 20.50 Home.
5th August : "The Cello". 20.00 Third.
6th August : "The Round Earth's Imagined Corners". 20.30 Third.
9th September : The BBC "Suspense" Series features Hugh's play : "Wormwood" starring him and Miriam Karlin at 21.25 BBC TV.
From The Stage 12th Septmber :
September to October : Various Repeats on Radio,
3rd October : "Rip Van Winkle". 21.35 Third.
6th October : "Layard Of Nineveh". 22.10 Home.
31st October : "Fando And Lis". 21.35 Third.
20th November : "Orlando Furioso". 22.35 Third.
22nd November : "The Flying Doctor". 19.31 Light.
23rd November : "Afternoon Theatre : 'Call From A Customer". 14.10 Home.
24th November : "The Trial Of Lord Byron". Revised version of 1958 production.
30th November : "The Avengers : 'The Grandeur That Was Rome. 22.05 ITV.
2nd December : "Time Of The Guiltless". 20.30 Home.
10th December : "Morning Story : 'Susan And Romeo". 'Written and read by Hugh Burden'. 11.00 Light.
Also : "Maigret : 'The Crime At Lock 14". 21.10 BBC TV.
From The Daily Mirror 10th December.
From Coventry Evening Telegraph 10th December.
14th December : "Afternoon Theatre : 'Nuncle". 14.10 Home.
25th December : "The Impostors : Therese The Great". 19.30 Home.
28th December : "The Love Of Fame". 22.00 Third.
9th January 1964 : "The Impostors". 19.30 Home.
13th January : "The Inferno : Part 2". Twelve weekly parts. 22.25 Third.
20th January : Part 3.
30th January : "The Impostors : The Complete Letter-Writer". 19.30 Home.
10th February : "Night Thoughts : The Complaint". 21.50 Third.
17th February : "Time Of The Guiltless". 20.30 Home. Also "The Inferno : Part 7" at 22.25 Third.
20th February : "The Impostors". 19.30 Home.
24th February : Part 8.
27th February : "Police". 21.45 Third.
12th March : "The Impostors". 19.30 Home.
2nd April : "The Impostors".
13th April : "Thirty-Minute Theatre. 20.00 Light.
30th April : "The Impostors". 19.30 Home.
19th May : "Morning Story". 11.00 Light.
22nd May : "Merry-Go-Round". 20.00 Third.
Various Repeats until :
11th June : "The Old White Man". 21.20 Third.
24th June : "Womans Hour". 14.00 Light. Reads first of 12 instalments of Graham Green's "A Burnt Out Case".
25th June : Part 2.
30th June : Part 3.
1st and 2nd July : Part 4 and 5.
5th July : "625 Theatre : All The Conspirators : 1 : The Ides Of March". 20.00 BBC TV.
From The Stage 2nd July.
6, 7, 8, 9th July : "Woman's Hour : A Burnt Out Case" Parts 8,9,10 and 11.
9th July : "The Sea And Sands Of Hell". 20.15 Home.
10th July : Final Part : "A Burnt Out Case".
22nd July : "To The Blue Tower". 20.45 Third. Cast includes Hugh's sister Anna Burden.
14th August : "Lions Don't Smoke". 21.45 Home.
2nd September : "Tristram Shandy". 21.15 Third.
3rd September : Marking the 25th Anniversary of the start of the Second World War : "A Citizen's War". 19.30 Home.
12th September : "The Ordeal Of Richard Feverel : Part 1 (of 4) : The Seed". 20.40 BBC2.
From The Stage 17th September.
19th September : Part 2.
26th September : Part 3.
3rd October : Part 4.
14th October : "Reconstruction Of A Poet". 21.20 Third.
20th October : "The Looking Glass". 19.55 Third.
7th November : "Afternoon Theatre". 14.15 Home.
22nd November : "The Elegies Of A Glass Adonis". 18.30 Third.
29th November : "The Sunday Play". 14.30 Home.
14th December : "Death Of A Hero". 20.30 Home.
16th December : "Morning Story". 11.00 Light.
20th December : "Drama '64 : 'It's Sad About Eddie". ITV 21.35.
TV Times :
23rd December : "Brother Fabian's Manuscript". 21.20 Network Three.
5th January 1965 : "The Letter". 15.30 Home.
12th February : "The Museum Of man". 21.20 Network Three.
26th February : "Woman's Hour : Rogue Male'. Part One of Ten.
1st March : Part 2.
2nd March : Part 3.
11th March : Final Part 10.
21st March : "The Timepiece". 21.05 Network Three.
22nd March : "Zone 36". 20.30 Home.
18th April : "O Mortal Man Remember Well". 22.10 Home.
5th May : "Return To Wimereux". 21.30 Third (Network 3).
10th May : "In My Father's House". 'Imaginary Interviews written by Hugh Burden'. 20.00 Network 3.
22nd May : "The World Of Books". 22.10 Home.
9th June : "Mid-Week Theatre : 'Wormwood". A new production of Hugh's play. 20.40 Light.
16th June : "Farewell, Earth's Bliss". 20.55 Network 3.
23rd June : "Asleep In The Ground". 20.30 Network 3.
9th July : "The Man In Room 17 : The Millions Of Muzafariyah" 21.40 ITV.
13th July : "R3 : Ministry Of Research Centre No 3 : Unwelcome Visitor". 20.25 BBC1.
29th July : "No Why". 22.00 Network 3.
17th September : "The Art Of The Preacher". 22.25 Network 3.
26th September : "The Storyteller : The Truth About Pyecraft". 11.15 Home.
28th September : "Morning Story : 'A Prophet In His Own Country". 11.00 Light.
29th September : "Survival". 20.35 Network 3.
2nd October : Afternoon Theatre : 'The Ring Of Truth". 14.15 Home.
7th October : "Diabetes Today". 20.30 Home.
11th October : "Poems By Andrew Marvel". 22.10 Network 3.
19th October : "Z Cars : Cop And Blow". 20.00 BBC1.
29th November : "The Fascination Of What's Difficult". 20.00 Network 3.
5th December : "The Sunday Play : 'Brideshead Revisited". Shortened version. 14.30 Home.
6th December : "The Lives Of Gilbert And Sullivan" Part 1 of 6. 19.30 Home.
13th December : Part 2. 19.30 Home.
"The Thirties In Britain". 21.55 Network 3.
24th December : "Le Roman De Fauvel". 20.15 Network3.
27th December : The Lives Of Gilbert And Sullivan". Part 3. 19.30 Home.
30th December : "St.Peter Westminster". 20.30 Home.
31st December : "The Sacrifice". 20.25 Home.
2nd January 1966 : " The Human Motive : 'Oracle Or Prophet". 18.35 ITV.
3rd January 1966 : "The Lives Of Gilbert And Sullivan". Part 4.
10th January : "Part 5.
17th January : Part 6.
24th January : "Return To Tyassi". 20.30 Home.
30th January : "The Sorcerer". 12.00 Network 3.
13th February : "A Priest To The Temple". 19.45. Home.
Various Repeats until March.
15th March : "The Wasteland" (Elliot) 22.05 Network 3.
From Birmingham Daily Post 12th March :
6th April : "The Interval : 'The Unrest Cure' ". A short story by SAKI. 20.55 Home.
8th April : "The Seven Last Words Of Jesus On The Cross". 22.30 BBC2.
May 1966 : The Filming of : "Funeral In Berlin" has begun.
17th June 1966 : "Coronary Thrombosis". 16.00 Home.
16th July : As Hugh Clayton in : "Public Eye". 21.25 ITV.
2nd August 1966 : "Storytime : 'Traveller's Tales". 17.25 Home.
15th August : "Mexico Taking Off". 19.30 Home.
18th August : "A Glorious Failure". 20.30 Home.
29th August : "The Awful Reason Of The Vicar's Visit". 11.00 Home.
2nd September : "Final Meeting". 21.45 Network 3. New production. Previous 1954.
8th September : "The Great Fire Of London". 20.30 Home.
29th September : "The Myth Of Greyfriars". 19.30 Network 3.
9th October : "I Am Nothing If Not Human". 20.00 Home.
20th October : "Journey's Into Fear". 21.10 Home.
24th October : "The Cocktail Party" opens at the Theatre Royal Windsor for seven days.
29th October : "The Adventure". 22.00 Network 3.
3rd December : "Milestones And Moments". 21.50 Network 3.
9th December : "The Memorandum". 20.00 Network 3.
25th December : "The Babe Of Bethlehem". A reading of the Gospels. 08.10 Home.
29th December : "Migraine". 20.30 Home.
31st December : "Saturday-Night-Theatre : 'The Raven". 20.30 Home.
5th January 1967 : "Ten To Eight". 07.50 Home.
11th January : "Morning Story". 11.00 Light.
6th February : "The Second Mrs Tanqueray". 20.30 Home.
8th February : "The Myth Of Greyfriars". 20.45 Network 3.
12th February : "The Face Of Truth". 18.25 Network 3.
23rd February : "Funeral In Berlin" opens in London cinema's.
27th February : "Woman's Hour". Hugh reads the first of thirteen instalments of : "The Ninth Directive". Daily (weekdays) at 14.00 Light. Final Part on 15th March.
18th March : "The Devil In Love". 19.10 Network 3.
29th April : "Armchair Thriller : England My England" at 10.30 pm on ITV as Supt. O'Leary, alongside Rachel Gurney and Paul Eddington.
2nd May : "Woman's Hour". Reads T.S Eliot's : "Portrait Of A lady". 14.00 Light.
9th May : "T.S Eliot". 21.30 Network 3.
14th May : "Hornblower : A Career In The Navy". 22.10 Home.
29th May : "World Theatre : 'The Misanthrope". 20.30 Home.
4th July : "Morning Story : 'For Those In Peril". 11.00 Light.
21st July : Filming "The Inn Way Out" in Chelsea. Broadcast date to be confirmed.
1st September : "The Art Of The Preacher". 22.05 Network 3.
7th September : "Asthma". 20.30 Home.
16th September : "A Portrait Of Malcom Lowry". 19.30 Network 3.
27th September : "Blake And Hayley". 21.25 Network 3.
8th October : "The Lost World of Brian Hooper". 19.25 BBC2.
From The Stage 12th October :
5th December : "A Storm In The Nile Basin". 20.00 Radio 3.
14th December : "Lord Peter Wimsey". 20.30 Radio 4 FM.
15th December : "The Common Cold". 15.00 Radio 4.
25th December : "peace On Earth To Men Of Goodwill". 22.50 Radio 4.
11th February 1968 : "Now Barabbas Was A Publisher". 19.10 Radio 3.
13th February : "The Seagull". 20.10 Radio 3.
21st February : "Antigone" Part 1. 14.30 Radio 4.
28th February : Part 2.
6th March : Part 3.
14th March : Filming has begun on "The Best House In London".
27th March : "Man In A Suitcase : The Revolutionaries". 20.00 ITV (Northern).
15th April : "Lord Peter Wimsey". 19.30 Radio 3.
6th May : "A Book At Bedtime : 'Men At Arms" Part one of twenty. 23.02 Radio 4. Daily weekdays.
17th May : Part 10.
18th May : "Weekend Woman's Hour : reads 'Many Mansions". 15.00 radio 4.
20th May to 24th May : "Book At Bedtime". Part 11-15. 23.02 Radio 4.
25th May : "Weekend Woman's Hour : reads 'The Show Must Go On" written by himself.
27th May to 31st May : "A Book At Bedtime". Parts 16 to 20.
3rd June : "Poor Mrs Machiavelli". 19.30 Radio 3.
14th June : "Geography". 20.25 Radio 3.
20th June : "Ten To Eight". 07.50 Radio 4.
27th June : "Ten To Eight". 07.50 Radio 4.
2nd July : "The Gamblers : 'Day Of Heroes". 22.30 ITV.
4th July : "Ten To Eight".
11th July : "Ten To eight".
"Nicolas 11 : Tsar Of All The Russia's. 20.30 Radio 4.
18th July : "Ten To Eight". 07.50 Radio 4.
25th July : "Ten To Eight".
31st July : "Ten To Eight : 'A Season Of Sermons". 07.50 Radio 4.
12th August : "The Other House". 20.30 Radio 4.
25th September : "Mid-Week Theatre : 'Ring Of Truth" 20.15 Radio 2.
3rd November : "Stories By Slawomir Mrozek : 'The Fall Of The Eagle's Nest". 17.30 Radio 3.
6th November : "Mid-week Theatre : 'The Robber And The Priest". Written by Hugh. 20.15 radio 2.
13th November : "Woman's Hour : 'The Regiment". Part 1 of 7. 14.00 Radio 2. Weekdays daily. Last part : 21st November.
24th December : From The Stage. What's happening in 1969.
14th February 1969 : "Woman's Hour : Tribute To St Valentine". 14.00 Radio 2.
19th February : Is 'guest of the week' on "Women's Hour". 14.00 Radio 2.
Various repeats on BBC Radio.
Wednesday 23rd April 1969 : "The Mind Of Mr J.G Reeder begins at 21.15 on ITV. Episode One : 'The Treasure Hunt'.
23rd April : Daily Mirror.
24th April : Reading Evening Post.
Most weeks Reeder was in Black and White due to ongoing industrial action, but : now and again, he was in colour. Hugh Burden's starring role had - at last, arrived.
26th April Aberdeen Evening Telegraph :
30th April : "The Mind Of Mr J.G Reeder : Episode 2 : 'The Keeper Of Marble".
5th May : "Woman's Hour". Hugh reads Part 1 of 10 of 'Nicholas And Alexandra". Weekdays daily until 16th May. 14.00 Radio 2.
7th May : "The Mind Of Mr J.G Reeder : Episode 3 : 'The Green Mamba".
7th May : Coventry Evening Telegraph.
14th May : Episode 4 : "Sheer Melodrama".
Newcastle Evening Chronicle 15th May :
15th May : "Fulfilment". 20.15 radio 3.
16th May : "Woman's Hour". Final part "Nicholas And Alexandra". 14.00 Radio 2.
21st May : "The Mind Of Mr J.G Reeder". Episode 4 : 'The Strange Case'. Below with Edward Fox.
24th May : "Chronicle : No Ordinary Monk". 21.10 BBC2.
28th May : "The Mind Of Mr J.G Reeder : 'The Poetical Policeman". Co-written by Hugh.
4th June : "The Mind Of Mr J.G Reeder : 'The Troupe".
11th June : "The Mind Of Mr J.G Reeder : 'The Investors'. Final episode of series.
11th July : "Tartu FFE". 20.40 Radio3.
2nd August : "Lenin In London". 18.45 Radio 3.
26th August : "The Waiting Room". 22.40 Radio 3.
12th September : "The Best House In London" is on general release. Hugh has the smallest of parts, as Alfred Lord Tennyson, reciting 'The lady Of Shalot'.
28th September : "The Strange Report : 'Let Sleeping Heroes Lie". 19.25 ITV.
Reunited with Eric Portman ("One Of Our Aircraft is Missing") in this.
8th October : "The Primal Scene, As It Were ...". 20.15 Radio 3.
4th November : "For Schools". 11.40 Radio 4.
10th November : "Enoch Soames". 20.30 Radio 4.
8th December : "World Theatre : 'The Seagull'. 20.00 Radio 4.
19th December : "The Babe Of Bethlehem". 16.00 Radio 4.
3rd January 1970 : "Dr Who : Spearhead From Space : Part One. 17.15 BBC1.
5th January : "Morning Story : 'The Canute Assessment". 11.00 Radio 2.
"Woman's Hour : Reads 'Brideshead Revisited'. Part 1 of 15. 14.00 Radio 2. Weekdays until 24th January.
"Volunteers For The Gallows". 19.30 Radio 3.
9th January : "Battles Of Britain". 11.30 Radio 4.
10th January : "Dr Who : Spearhead From Space : Part 2". 17.15 BBC1.
17th January : Part 3.
24th January : Part 4.
15th March : "The Traitors". 15.30 Radio 4.
19th March : "Modeste Muggorgsky". 19.30 Radio 4.
"A Short Stay". 20.35 Radio 3.
27th March : "Because The Light Was Lifted Up Today". 22.45 Radio 4.
1st April : "Mid-Week Theatre : 'Who Believes In Ghosts ?". 20.30 Radio 2.
7th April :
13th April : "World Theatre Biography : A Game". 20.00 Radio 4.
3rd May : "With Great Pleasure". 22.10 Radio 4.
22nd May : "Afternoon Theatre From The Sixties : 'Wormwood'. Written by and starring Hugh and Mary Wimbush. 15.00 Radio 4.
25th May : "Book At Bedtime : 'The Club' : Part 1 of 10. Weekdays until 5th June. 23.00 Radio 4.
26th June : "Afternoon Theatre From The Sixties : 'Court Martial". 15.00 radio 4.
11th July : "For Younger Listener's". 09.55 Radio 2.
14th July : "Woman's Hour". 14.01 Radio 2.
17th July : "The Gardener's Of My Youth". 21.45 Radio 3.
18th July : "For Younger Listener's : 'Shackleton's Boat Journey : Part 2". 09.55 Radio 2.
25th July : "For Younger Listener's". 09.55 Radio 2.
27th July : "Men At Arms". Part 1 of 20. 08.45 Radio 4. Weekday's until 21st August.
28th July : "The Unseen Being". 20.00 radio 4.
31st July : "Woman's Hour : 'A War Of liberation". 14.01 Radio 2.
3rd August : Repeat of : "The Memorandum". 20.30 Radio 4.
28th August : "Pause For Thought". 'Hugh Burden talks about achievement and acclaim'. 08.55 Radio 2.
11th September : "The Salt Lake Line". 22.05 Radio 3.
13th September : "Chosen Companions". 22.10 Radio 4.
18th September : "The Gardeners Of My Youth". 21.45 Radio 3.
18th September : "Conceptions Of Murder : 'The Dreams of Timothy Evans". Hugh stars as John Reginald Christie. 22.30 ITV (Scotland) 22.40 London.
3rd October to 7th November : "The Lives Of Gilbert And Sullivan". Weekly 19.30 Radio 4.
8th November : "Sunday Reading". 07.50 Radio 4.
15th November : "Sunday Reading".
3rd January 1971 : "The Sunday Play : 'The Raven'. 14.30 Radio 4.
20th January : "Pause For Thought". 08.55 Radio 2.
21st January : Pause For Thought".
Meanwhile : Hugh is filming location shots for Serie 2 of : "The Mind Of Mr J.G Reeder".
From The Stage 21st January :
22nd January : "Afternoon Theatre Selected For Friday : 'The Robber And The Priest' by, and starring : Hugh Burden. 15.00 Radio 4.
28th March : "Sunday Play : 'Return To Tyassi'. 14.30 Radio 4.
19th April : "The Mind Of Mr J.G Reeder : Series Two Episode One : 'The Duke'. 21.00 ITV.
From The Belfast Telegraph :
The Daily Mirror 19th April.
April 22nd 1971 : "The Statue" starring David Niven, is released and is showing at Kensington Odeon.
26th April : "The Mind Of Mr J.G Reeder : Episode 2 : 'Man With The Strange Tattoo'.
3rd May : Episode 3 : "The Shadow Man".
10th May : Episode 4 : "Death Of An Angel".
17th May : Episode 5 : "The Willing Victim".
Daily Mirror 17th May :
24th May : Episode 6 : "The Fatal Engagement".
26th May : " Afternoon Theatre : 'Cat And Mouse Game'. 20.15 Radio 4.
31st May : "The Mind Of Mr J.G Reeder : Episode 7 : 'Find The Lady'. 21.00 ITV.
5th June : "Weekend Woman's Hour". 15.00 Radio 4.
7th June : "The Recruiter". 20.30 Radio 4.
"The Mind Of Mr J.G Reeder : 'The Treasure House' Final episode of Series 2. 21.00 ITV.
12th June : "Weekend Woman's Hour".
21st June : "The Awkward Age". 20.30 Radio 4.
11th July : Hugh reads T.S Eliot at The Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-Upon-Avon as part of the Festival.
From Birmingham Daily Post 26th June :
14th October : "Blood From The Mummies Tomb" is released.
26th October : "ITV Playhouse : 'Beneath The Tide". 21.00 ITV.
15th November : "The Gardener's Of My Youth". 22.10 BBC2.
22nd November : "The Seagull". 20.00 Radio 4.
23rd December : "First Night Of Aida". 20.00 Radio 4.
3rd January 1972 : "Thirty-Minute Theatre : 'Not Counting The Savages".
31st January : "Book At Bedtime : 'Officers And Gentlemen' : Part 1 of 15. Weekdays until 18th February. 23.00 Radio 4.
18th March : "Unnatural Death". As Lord Peter Wimsey. 20.30 Radio 4.
From The Aberdeen Evening Express.
15th April : "Tobacco Is A Harmful Weed". 14.00 Radio 4.
23rd April : "The Land Where The King Is A Child". 18.55 Radio 3.
29th April : "Lord Peter Wimsey". 18.00 Radio 3.
3rd June : "Saturday Night Theatre : 'The Scapegoat'. 20.30 Radio 4.
4th June : Hugh presents : "The Sentimental Traveller" at Hampstead Theatre Club at 19.15.
From The Stage 1st June.
2nd October : "Book At Bedtime : 'Unconditional Surrender' : Part One of Fifteen. Weekdays until 20th October. 23.00 Radio 4.
19th October : "The Mind Of Mr J.G Reeder" is repeated on ITV until 7th December.
25th October : "The Captain Who Taught Generals". 22.15 Radio 3.
31st January 1973 : "Thirty-Minute Theatre : 'A Chance Encounter'. 22.15 BBC2.
From Middlesex County Times 26th January.
19th February : "Nightfall" plays in The Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, for one week.
From The Stage.
26th February : The Adeline Genee Theatre, East Grinstead.
23rd March : "The House In Nightmare Park" is released.
From Daily Mirror : 30th March.
29th July : "He Flung His Empty Revolver Down The Slope ... 22.15 Radio 4.
9th September : "Afternoon Theatre : 'The Recruiter'. 14.30 Radio 4.
15th September : The film : "The Ruling Class" is showing in the Odeon Leicester Square.
13th October : "The Shipwreck Of The Juno". 22.25 Radio 3.
6th November : "Morning Story : 'Turning Point'. 10.45 Radio 4.
8th November : "Afternoon Theatre : 'Cat And Mouse Game". 15.05 Radio 4.
11th November : "The Monstrous Anger Of The Guns". 22.15 Radio 4.
12th November : "The Monday Play : 'The Golden Country'. 20.00 Radio 4.
19th December : "Morning Story : 'The She-Wolf' by SAKI. 10.45 Radio 4.
23rd December : "Sporting Scenes : 'England Their England : The Cricket Match'. 20.55 BBC2.
14th February 1974 : "Stories By Saki : chosen and read by Hugh : 1 : 'The Stalled Ox'. 11.50 Radio 4.
21st February : "Stories By Saki : Part 2 : Mrs Pickletide's Tiger".
28th February : 3 : "The Philanthropist And The Happy Cat".
7th March : 4 : "Molvera".
14th March : 5 : "The Mouse".
18th May : "A little Honouring Of Lionel Johnson". 20.20 Radio 3.
24th May : "Fall Of Eagle's : Tell The King The Sky Is Falling". 21.25 BBC1.
25th May : "The Ruling Class" is broadcast as a special holiday presentation on BBC2 at 22.10.
1st July : "Morning Story : 'Safety Match'. 10.45 Radio 4.
10th July : "Afternoon Theatre : 'Expediency'. 15.05 Radio 4.
4th August : "Sword Of Honour". Part 1 of 11. 21.03 Radio 4.
From Southall Gazette 2nd August.
11th August : Part 2.
16th August : "Ernesto Cardenal : Committed Poet". 21.30 Radio 3.
20th August : "Sword Of Honour : Part 3".
Parts 4 - 11 weekly until 15th October.
9th November : "Paradise Regain'd : 'A Poem In Four Books'. Four weekly readings until 30th November. 23.20 Radio 3.
23rd December : "Put Out More Flags". Part One of Fifteen.
24th, 26th,27th, 30th, 31st, 1st January 1975 : Parts 2 -7.
1st January 1975 : "Mid-Week Theatre : 'A Man In The House', by Henry James. 20.15 Radio 4.
2nd January : "Put Out More Flags". Part 8.
3rd, 6th,7th, 8th,9th, 10th, 13th. Parts : 9 - 15.
15th January : "Pioneers Of Photography". 19.45 BBC2.
19th January : "Closedown : Reads 'Father William' Lewis Carroll. 23.50 BBC2. A Series he will narrate for the rest of the year.
Birmingham Daily Post 18th January (weekend listings).
20th January : "Closedown : 'At The Firth Of Lorne". 23.25 BBC2.
21st, 22nd,23rd,24th : "Closedown".
23rd March : "Gielgud's Hamlet". 1948 recording. Hugh plays Laertes. 17.20 Radio 3.
13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th April : "Closedown. 23.25 BBC2.
8th May : Hugh's adaption of : "The Sentimental Traveller". Part 1 of 3. 21,30 Radio 3.
15th May : Part 2.
18th May : "World Drama : Lulu". 19.00 Radio 3.
22nd May : Final Part of : "The Sentimental Traveller". 20.50 Radio 3.
26th May : "Short Story : 'The Leg-Puller". 08.45 Radio 4.
8th July : "Morning Story : 'A Poem Of Fire". 10.45 Radio 4.
28th, 29th, 30th, 31st "Closedown".
1st August : "Closedown". 23.29 BBC2.
17th Two readings, 18th, 19th, 21st November Two readings : "Closedown".
28th December : "Drawing Tears Out Of A Stone". 17.50 Radio 3.
26th January 1976 : "The King Of Argos". 17.15 BBC1.
4th February : " A Book At Bedtime : 'A Handful Of Dust". Part 1 of 13. 22.45 Radio 4.
9th, 10th, 13th, 16th, 17th : Part 4 - 10.
24th February : "Drama Now : Sweeny Tom". 21.35 Radio 3.
5th March : "Pioneers Of Photography : Mirror With A Memory". 19.50 BBC2.
19th March 1976 : "Playhouse : 'Kites". 22.25 BBC2.
From Aberdeen Evening Express :
From The Stage 25th March :
28th March : "Evelyn Waugh". 22.15 Radio 4.
1st April : "Afternoon Theatre : 'What Do We Do Now, Henry ?'. 15.05 Radio 4.
2nd April : "Pioneers Of Photography : 'Travelling Man'. 19.50 BBC2.
10th April : "A Question Of Mirrors" by Michael Ayrton. 21,20 BBC2.
11th April 1976 : "One Of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing" is released'.
Harrow Observer 15th April.
16th April : "Closedown : Good Friday : The Third Nocturn'. 23.25 BBC2.
2nd June : "Morning Story". 10.45 Radio 4.
12th July : "Closedown : 'Bedtime Story'. 23.20 BBC2.
13th July : "Closedown : My Many Coated Man".
14th, 15th, 16th July : "Closedown".
16th September : "The Crezz" begins at 20.00 on ITV.
Front of TV Times that week.
23rd September : "The Crezz". Episode Two : 20.00 ITV.
30th September : "The Crezz". Episode Three : 20.00 ITV.
4th October : "Jackanory : 'Nothing Ever Happens On Sundays' : Part 1 of 5. 16.25 BBC1.
5th October : "Part 2.
5th October : "Drama Now : 'The Night Nurse Slept In The Day Room". 21.25 Radio 3.
6th, 7th, 8th October : Parts : 3,4 and 5 of : "Jackanory". 16.25 BBC1.
7th October : "The Crezz". Episode 4. 20.00 ITV.
14th October : "The Crezz" : Episode 5.
21st October : "The Crezz". Episode 6. 22.30 ITV.
28th October : "The Crezz". Episode 7. 22.30 ITV.
4th November : "The Crezz". Episode 8.
7th November : "Afternoon Theatre : 'The Private Life Of Hilda Tablet". 14.30 Radio 4.
11th November : "The Crezz". Episode 9. 22.30 ITV.
18th November : "The Crezz". Episode 10. 22.30 ITV.
25th November : "The Crezz". Episode 11.
2nd December : "The Crezz". Final Episode 12. 22.30 ITV.
26th December : "Murder With Menaces". 22.10 Radio 4.
10th January 1977 : "Closedown : 'A Ballad For Catherine Of Aragon". 23.35 BBC2.
11th, 12th, 13th, 14th January : "Closedown". BBC2.
5th February : "Saturday Night Theatre : 'The Governing Dark'. 20.30 Radio 4.
11th February : "Leap In The Dark". 23.20 BBC2.
21st February : "The Monday Play : 'The Land Where The king Is A Child'. 19.30 Radio 4.
14th August : "The Sunday Drama : 'A Superstition" by David Mercer. 22.00 ITV.
The Stage Review : 'Hugh Burden was outstanding'.
3rd October : "A Book At Bedtime : 'Laughter In The Dark'. Part 1 of 10. 23.00 Radio 4. Weekdays daily until 14th October.
13th October : "A Hidden Life". 20.00 Radio 4.
1st November : "Closedown : 'Leda 23.55 BBC2.
2nd November : "Closedown : 'Three Street'. 23.55 BBC2.
3rd November : "Closedown : 'Rams'. 23.55 BBC2.
5th November : "Closedown : 'My Dear Timothy'. 00.15 BBC2.
17th November : EMI have launched : 'Listen For Pleasure'. A series of twelve classic novels and children's stories on cassette. One being "The Hound Of The Baskerville's" read by Hugh.
23rd November : "Afternoon Play : 'A Man In The House'.
Hugh Burden has dramatised the Henry James' story : 'The Third Person'. 15.05 Radio 4.
30th November : Hugh Burden's dramatisation of Henry James' 'Juno'. 15.05 Radio 4.
18th December : "Forget Tomorrow's Monday". 10.15 Radio 4.
1st February 1978 : "The Quest For Junius". 22.15 Radio 3.
16th March : "The Crezz" is repeated 14.25 ITV.
21st March : "Closedown : 'Juggler'. 23.50 BBC2.
22nd March : "Closedown : 'Hedgehog'. 23.50 BBC2.
8th May : "Morning Story : 'Playthings'. 10.45 Radio 4.
9th May : "Siegfried Sassoon : 'Poet's Pilgrimage'. 21.25 Radio 3.
27th September : "Play Of The Week : 'Fairies'. 21.25 BBC2.
Aberdeen Evening Express :
25th November : "Noll". 15.00 Radio 4.
26th November : "Drama Now : 'The Clerks'. 20.00 Radio 3.
9th December : "Lohengrin". 21.05 BBC2.
30th December : "Saturday-Night-Theatre : 'Mr Perrin And Mr Traill'. 20.30 Radio 4.
22nd January 1979 : "Closedown : 'Pilot Light'. 23.40 BBC2.
24th January : "Closedown : 'A Ballad Of Abbreviations' 23.15 BBC2.
12th March : "Closedown". 23.55 BBC2.
14th March : "Closedown". 23.45 BBC2.
16th March : "Closedown". 23.45 BBC2.
2nd May : "Prix Futura 79". Repeat of award-winning : 'The Clerks'. 23.35 Radio 3.
12th May : "Just Before Midnight : 'And No Birds Sing'. 23.45 Radio 4.
29th July : "Screenplay : 'Gossip From The Forrest". 21.30 ITV.
Below : From Liverpool Echo 28th July.
From Coventry Evening Telegraph :
1st November : "A Poem Of Fire". 20.30 Radio 4.
"Closedown : 'And If I didn't, what then ?". 23.40 BBC2.
5th November : "Closedown : 'To The Autumn'. 23.50 BBC2.
8th November : "Closedown : 'Wessex Heights'. 23.40.
14th November : Closedown : 'The Storm'. 23.50 BBC2.
15th November : "Closedown : 'The Last Lap'. 23.50 BBC2.
16th November : "Sykes". Hugh appears as the BBC's Head of Light Entertainment. 19.30 BBC1.
1st January 1980 : Another guest appearance on "Sykes". 20.00 ITV.
16th January 1980 : "The Plague Column". 21.20 Radio 3.
29th February : "The Vision Of Piers Plowman". Part 1 of 13. 22.30 Radio 3. Until 7th April.
3rd March : Part 2. 21.15 Radio 3.
10th March : "Poetry Please". 11.50 Radio 4.
17th March : "Poetry Please". 11.50 Radio 4.
24th March : "Poetry Please". 11.50 Radio 4.
"The White-Haired Novelist". 20.45 Radio 3.
7th April : Final Episode of : "The Vision Of Piers Plowman".
29th May : "Time For Verse". 19.20 Radio 4.
2nd June : "Poetry Please". 11.50 Radio 4.
5th June : "Time For Verse". 19.20 Radio 4.
9th June : "Poetry Please".
12th June : "Time For Verse".
16th June : "Poetry Please".
19th June : "Time For Verse".
23rd June : "Poetry Please".
26th June : "Time For Verse".
8th July : "The First Oil Crisis". 19.20 Radio 4.
17th December : "In Search Of The latest Mrs Cross". 1945 Radio 4.
19th January 1981 : 26th and 2nd February : "Poetry Please". 11.30 Radio 4.
8th February 1981 : Hugh Burden stars with Harry Towb in "Passing Through", by Rhys Adrian at 8.15 pm on Radio 3.
From Aberdeen Evening Express Saturday 7th February.
Feb 16th, 23rd February : "Poetry Please". 11.50 Radio 4.
15th March : "The Poetry Of Henry Newbolt". 15.20 Radio 3.
31st March : "The Poetry Of John Donne". 19.00 Radio 3.
15th April : "The Poems Of John Donne : The Divine Poems". 19.00 Radio 3.
16th May : "Poetry Please". 15.30 Radio 3.
23rd May : "Poetry Please". 15.30 Radio 3.
27th May : "The Poems Of Thomas Thornely". 21.15 Radio3.
27th June : "Poetry Please". 15.30 Radio 3.
29th June : "A Book At Bedtime : 'The Moving Toyshop' by Edmund Crispin. Part One of Ten until 10th July. 23.00 Radio 4.
4th July : "Arrivals And Departures". 20.35 Radio 3.
5th July : "Questions And Answers". 15.55 Radio 3.
20th July : "Silences". 20.05 Radio 3.
24th July : "Growing". 21.45 Radio 3.
17th August : "Surprises, Accidents". 21.45 Radio 3.
6th September : "A Timely Exhumation". Radio 3.
20th September : "The Preachers". 22.30 BBC1.
24th September : The Talking Tape Company have released 21 cassettes and Hugh narrates 12 of them. As reported in The Stage.
1st December : "Edmund Campion". Part 1 of 4. 21.50 Radio 3.
6th December : Part 2. 16.55 Radio 3.
13th December : Part 3. 15.55 Radio 3.
19th December : Part 4. 22.40 Radio 3.
27th December : "Maurice Now". 20.00 Radio 3.
From Aberdeen Evening Express.
1st February : "Poetry Please". 11.50 Radio 4.
8th February : "Poetry Please". 11.50 Radio 4.
15th February : "Poetry Please". 11.50 Radio 4.
5th March : "The Choice". 13.05 Radio 3.
23rd April : "The Sonnets And Poems Of John Donne". 22.00 Radio 3.
18th May : "The Fruits Of The Spirit". 19.00 Radio 3.
25th May 1982 : "Crown Court : Soldier Soldier". Part One 13.30 ITV.
21st June : "Book At Bedtime : 'Laughter In The Dark'. Part 1 of 10. Weekdays until 2nd July. 23.00 Radio 4.
2nd July : "Afternoon Theatre : 'Ladies Day'. 15.02 Radio 4.
10th August : "The Fruits Of The Spirit". 19.00 Radio 3.
20th September : "The Monday Play : 'A Dramatic Revival'. 20.00 Radio 4.
26th September : "Afternoon Theatre : 'Home'. 14.30 Radio 4.
1st October : "Foreign Correspondents : 'The Only Gentleman In Fleet Street'. As Sir Philip Gibbs (1977-1962). 16.10 Radio 4.
1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 19th November : "Poetry Please". 23.48 Radio 4.
1st January 1983 : "Roads To Trebizond". 22.15 Radio 4.
5th January 1983 : "Afternoon Theatre : 'Ties Of Loyalty'. 15.02 Radio 4.
14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th February : "Book At Bedtime : 'Work Suspended'. Parts 1 to 5. 23.00 Radio 4.
31st March 1983 : "Gossip From The Forrest" is shown on Channel 4 at 20.30.
Sunday Mirror 27th March'
June 22nd 1983 : "Jemima Shore Investigates : 'The Crime Of The Dancing Duchess". 21.00 ITV.
10th July 1983 : "The Man Who Wrote A Library Alone'. As Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953). 22.15 Radio 4.
16th July : "Silences". 20.45 Radio 3.
Date of Broadcast not known : "Two Foolish Men". TV short film cast included Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith.
1st August : "An Umbrella From Piccadilly". 21.45 Radio 3.
12th September : "Poetry Please". 11.48 Radio 4.
16th September : "The Young Man Of Providence". 11.00 Radio 4.
19th September : "Poetry Please". 23.48 Radio 4.
20th September : "A Portrait Of William Plomer". 20.50 Radio 3.
26th September : "Poetry Please". 11.38 Radio 4.
3rd October : "Poetry Please". 11.38 Radio 4.
10th October : "Poetry Please".
16th November : "Afternoon Theatre : 'The Investigators". 15.00 Radio 4.
14th February 1984 : "Alas Smith And Jones". 21.15 BBC2.
6th March 1984 : "Alas Smith And Jones". 21.00 BBC2.
26th March : "Film 84" includes a feature on "Dr Fischer Of Geneva" which is being filmed and will be Hugh's last film. 22.50 BBC1.
31st March : "Earwig". Part 1 of 6 weekly instalments until 5th May.
12th May : "Thirty-Minute Theatre : 'Unicorn Calling'. 14.05 Radio 4.
16th May : "Persona Grata". 21.30 Radio 4.
1st July : "Sword Of Honour". Part 1 of 11. 21.00 Radio 4. Weekly until 9th September.
1st October 1984 : "Dr Fischer Of Geneva". 21.30 BBC2.
5th November : "A Book At Bedtime : 'Some Do Not', Part One of Fifteen. 22.15 Radio 4. Part One of Fifteen. Weekdays until 23rd November.
22nd/23rd December : "Hammer Horror : 'Blood From The Mummy's Tomb'. Midnight BBC2.
24th December : "One Of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing". 18.55 BBC1.
1st January 1985 : "Good Books ..". 21.30 BBC4.
2nd January : "The Afternoon Play : 'Ties Of Loyalty'. 15.00 Radio 4.
21st March 1985 : "A Portrait Of Coventry Patmore". Hugh stars as Coventry Patmore. 22.20 Radio 3.
6th May 1985 : "The Way Ahead" is shown at 13.05 BBC1.
Hugh Burden died on the 16th May 1985. And while so much of his work on television has been lost, presumed 'wiped' by the companies that made them, we still have, a few of them. We still have the better-known films. We still have his voice on tape and vinyl. And we still have "The Mind Of Mr J.G Reeder" on DVD and recently, on our TV screens too.
Here's some of the recordings by Music For Pleasure Ltd (1977 and 1989) and The Talking Tape Company (1980).
And if you're really determined like me, you might find the odd interview of the man himself. Such as the one featured in the April 17-23 1971 edition of The TV Times. Reeder was back on our screens after two years, with eight new episodes of Edgar Wallace's finest creation.
© Mary Tinney 12th September 2021.
