with Jim Sullivan
Sunday, 8pm - 10pm
8:08 As I Remember Archive
Town and Circus in 1939 by Gordon Funnell, read by Adam McAuley
8:15 Sullivan's Century - 1957 headlines read by John Craig
Jailhouse Rock (Leiber)
Elvis Presley RCA BPCD 5096
8:20 Miss New Zealand 1949
Mary Woodward, reports from the United Kingdom on her travels.
8:24 Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White (Louiguy)
Eddie Calvert CD
8:27 Radio Digest
Part of a 1956 episode of the weekly 2YA magazine programme. Topics include a play by Helen Wilson and British policeman who has arrived in New Zealand to set up a dog section.
8:43 Piangero from Julius Caesar (Handel)
Kiri Te Kanawa CD Kiwi SLD 82
8:48 This Is New Zealand
Jim Henderson tells the story of a veteran storekeeper Jimmy Donovan of Okarito in an episode from this 1954 series.
8:59 Orchard Road (Sayer)
Radio New Zealand Orchestra LP Music World LTV 13/1
9:09 As I Remember
Sheepish Behaviour by Bryce Jones, read by David Knowles
9:14 The Dear John Letter (Barton)
Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky CD
9:17 The Dear John Letter (Barton)
Stan Freberg CD Capitol
9:21 Cassino Revisited
Jack Perkins of Spectrum joins members on the Maori Battalion on a journey to Cassino in Italy where more than 300 New Zealanders died during the battles in 1944.
9:54 As I Remember
Whitebaiting, Pigeons and the Radio, written by George Anderson and read by Roger Smith.
9:57 Silver Bells (Madden/Wenrich)
The International Novelty Orchestra LP EMI HSD 1069
9:59 Heartlight (Diamond)
Radio New Zealand Orchestra LP Music World LTV 13/1
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Sounds Historical with Jim Sullivan is the programme that gives listeners their chance to learn about the colourful, dramatic, and often remarkable events and people of New Zealand's past.
email: history@radionz.co.nz
Post: PO Box 329
Dunedin
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