[Swprograms] Re: [dxld] War of the Worlds new version on BBCWS today

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

One more corroborating piece of evidence:  

The "BBC World Service Network" e-mal sent 1st February had the following entry:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Play of the Week
Our Worldplay series of specially commissioned plays from around the
world continues with Hearts of the World by Michael O' Brien (Canada),
The Butcher's Wife by Noelle Janaczewska (Australia) and Jumping for
Joy by Bernard Farrell (Ireland). The final production, from the LA
Theatre Works (USA), is a play loosely based on H G Wells's novel The
War of the Worlds. It features two actors best known for their roles
in TV's 'Star Trek' series, Leonard Nimoy and Gates Mc Fadden. From 5
February â times below.

<snip>

Australasia: Sat 0901 rpt Sun 1132; East Asia: Sat 0801 rpt Sun 1032,
1901; South Asia: Sat 1001 rpt 2201, Sun 0801; East Africa: Sun 0101
rpt 1001; West Africa: Sun 0101 rpt 2101; Middle East: Sun 0201 rpt
0932; Europe: Sat 1832 rpt Sun 0201; Americas: Sat 2201; Sun 0201 rpt
Mon 0601

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA


On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:11:45 -0500, Richard Cuff <richard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The program website also says "updated at 1832 GMT Saturday".
> 
> So what is shown there is the past week's entry, not the upcoming entry.
> 
> This also matches the World Service Press Office communication I received in
> January, which has the following details on the program:
> 
> "Two key crew members of TV's  Starship Enterprise are featured in the L.A.
> Theatre Works revival of H G Well's celebrated science fiction story  The
> War of the Worlds on Saturday 26 February.
> 
> "Leonard Nimoy, best known as the enigmatic Vulcan Mr Spock in the original
> Star Trek TV series and films, and Gates McFadden, best known as Dr Beverley
> Crusher in the Star Trek Next Generation TV series and more recent spin-off
> films, star as Pierson and the announcer respectively.
> 
> "In 1938 Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre Company broadcast Howard Koch's
> radio dramatisation of this sci-fi classic and caused the biggest Halloween
> fright of all time. They interrupted regular programming with numerous news
> flashes and first hand reports that were so convincing thousands of people
> believed the world was coming to an end.
> 
> "Loosely based on H.G.Well's novel The War of the Worlds, Orson Welles'
> production went down in history as The Panic Broadcast.
> 
> "Producer/Susan Albert Lowenberg, LA Theatre Works, USA"
> 
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glenn Hauser" <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <swprograms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 10:55 AM
> Subject: [Swprograms] Re: [dxld] War of the Worlds new version on BBCWS
> today
> 
> > Today??? This is not March 4, which BTW will be a Friday, and March 5
> > Saturday.
> > The program website mentioned,
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/play_of_the_week.shtml
> > shows an Irish play called Jumping for Joy at 1832 Feb 26.
> >
> > Yet the BBCWS online sked for the Americas stream, tho not so labeled,
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/worldservice/psims/ScheduleSDT.cgi?Sc=100951-1%3A%3A4&Pg=Pg&Ce=235056&Ft=1&Wk=1&WS.x=4&WS.y=8
> >
> > does show War of the Worlds for Feb 26-28, the times on this stream being
> > Sat
> > 2201, Sun 0201, Mon 0601.
> >
> > BBC does it again with confusing and contradictory info about its own
> > programming. Perhaps we won`t really know which is correct until we tune
> > in.
> >
> > 73, Glenn Hauser
> >
> > --- Mike Barraclough <mikewb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Phil Attwell, World DX Club,  spotted this one:
> >>
> >> Saturday 4th March 6.30 p.m BBC World Service, Sunday 5th March 2.00 a.m
> >> BBC
> >> World Service, 4.05 a.m. BBC Radio 4.
> >> It's a Radio Times choice:
> >> Worldplay: The War of the Worlds
> >> It will be available on demand for a week from 1832 today at
> >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/play_of_the_week.shtml
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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