E: Broadcast Material


E1
Scotland Today IX - "Literature"
Unpublished
12th. March 1929

Talk

Not known

B.B.C. Scottish regional programme

Fifteen minutes


E2A40, A138, B1.
The Hawk's Feather
The Scots MagazineDundee
24th. September 1929

Play

Not known

B.B.C. Aberdeen

Thirty minutes

This one act play was published by The Scots Magazine in August 1929 - see entry B1 for details.


E3A58, B7, B12.
Old Music
The Scots MagazineDundee
19th. June 1936

Play

Andrew Stewart

B.B.C. Scottish regional programme

Twenty five minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Glasgow. This one act play was published by The Scots Magazine in July 1935 - see entry B7 for details.


E4A24, A33, A34, A51, A107, B5, E11, E36, E58.
Back Home
W. Wilson & CoGlasgow
16th. August 1937

Play

Andrew Stewart

B.B.C. Scottish regional programme

Twenty five minutes

Typescript held (with slight variations from the original) at the B.B.C. Glasgow. A Gaelic version was also broadcast - see entry E11. This one act play was published by W.Wilson & Co. in 1932 - see entry B5 for details.


E5B15.
The Land we Defend: The Western Highlands and Islands
Unpublished
30th. August 1940

Dramatisation

Moultrie R. Kelsall

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Thirty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland. For details - see entry B15.


E6B16, B17.
Lewis Today
Unpublished
10th. December 1941

Dramatisation

Moultrie R. Kelsall

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Thirty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) London, B.B.C. Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland. For details - see entry B16.


E7B18
Highland Prospect
Unpublished
10th. October 1942

Dramatisation

Moultrie R. Kelsall

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Forty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) London, B.B.C. Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland. For details - see entry B18.


E8A31, A76, B20.
The Black Woollen Gloves
The Scots MagazineDundee
8th. February 1944

Play

Moultrie R. Kelsall

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Thirty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) London, B.B.C. Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland. This one act play was published by "The Scots Magazine" in January 1928 - see entry B20 for details.


E9A96, A112, A130, B21, E10, E33, E71.
Sun and Moon
The Scots MagazineDundee
1st. June 1944

Play

Moultrie R. Kelsall

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Thirty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) London, B.B.C. Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland. This one act play was published by "The Scots Magazine" in November 1942 - for details see entry B21.


E10A96, A112, A130, B21, E10, E33, E71.
Sun and Moon
The Scots MagazineDundee
6th. February 1947

Play

Moultrie R. Kelsall

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

thirty minutes

A recorded repeat of the programme first broadcast 1st. June 1944 - see entry E9.


E11A24, A33, A34, A51, A107, B5, E4, E36, E58.
Tileadh Dhachaidh
Unpublished
13th. March 1947

Play

Hugh MacPhee

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Twenty five minutes? (this was the duration of the English version)

The Gaelic language version of "Back Home" - no script held. For details - see entry B5.


E12A107.
The Toast is Scotland
Unpublished
30th. November 1948

Excerpt from "The Drinking Well"

Robin Richardson

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Two minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Glasgow.


E13A110.
"Book Review" - The Silver Bough
Unpublished
10th. December 1948

Book Review

Not known

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Fifteen minutes (total programme length)

No known typescript or recording held. Review by Maurice Lindsay of Gunn's new book "The Silver Bough".


E14A121, D178.
"Scottish Digest" - The Pursuit of Light
Unpublished
11th. April 1950

A digest of periodicals (an article with this title appeared in Scotland's magazine April 1950)

A.P. Lee

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Thirty minutes

No known typescript or recording held.


E15
Interlude
Unpublished
24th. June 1950

Extract from "Storm and Precipice: and other pieces"

Not known

B.B.C. Third programme

Ten minutes

No known typescript or recording held.


E16A69, A84.
Reading from "The Silver Darlings": "Tormod goes Fishing" from the chapter "The Derelict Boat"
Unpublished
17th. May 1951

Reading

J. Gillespie

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service (Schools)

Ten minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E17A84.
Reading from "The Silver Darlings"
Unpublished
18th. May 1951

Reading

J. Gillespie

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service (Schools)

Ten minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E18A84, A95, E30.
"This is my Country" - The Herring Fishing : No. 2, "Storm and Precipice"
Unpublished
28th. September 1951

Reading from "The Silver Darlings"

Tom Allen

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service (Schools)

Nineteen minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E19A84.
"Senior English II" : "Ordeal by Plague"
Unpublished
3rd. June 1952

Reading from "The Silver Darlings"

T.S. Allen

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service (Schools)

Nineteen minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E20A123, E48, E66.
"Book by the Fire" - Bloodhunt
Unpublished
12th. October 1952

Talk by Alan Melville

Not known

B.B.C. Light programme

Thirty minutes

No known typescript or recording held.


E21
"For Senior Secondary Schools" : "Some Modern Scottish Writers
Unpublished
1st. June 1953

Talk about Neil M. Gunn by L.A.G. Strong

George Dixon

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service (Schools)

Twenty minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E22A126.
"Book Review" - The Other Landscape
2nd. April 1954

Review of Gunn's new book by Maurice Lindsay

Not known

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Fifteen minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E23A92, A94, A95.
"Senior English I" - "Art Runs A Great Race"
Unpublished
11th. june 1954

Reading from "Young Art and Old Hector"

David Butts

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service (Schools)

Twenty minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E24A34, A51, A63.
Heritage No. 1 - "The Family Face" - A Portrait of Ourselves, The Scottish Family: Compiled from some sketches by some members and some neighbours, relatives and visitors
Unpublished
19th. September 1954

Contains extracts from "The Lost Glen" and "Whisky and Scotland"

Robin Richardson

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

One hour

Typescript (written by John Wilson) held at the B.B.C. Glasgow.


E25A59, B24, D198.
Heritage No. 18 - "The Highland Clearances"
Unpublished
12th. December 1954

Dramatisation

Robin Richardson

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

One hour

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland. For details - see entry B24.


E26A63.
Heritage No 23 - "Whisky"
Unpublished
30th. December 1954

Dramatisation

Robin Richardson

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

One Hour

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland. For details - see entry B25.


E27
Heritage No. 38 - "Voices of the New Scotland"
Unpublished
20th. March 1955

A reflection, with illustrations, of the main themes of Scottish writing during the twentieth century, with contributions by Gunn

Robin Richardson

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

One hour

Typescript, written by John Wilson, held at the B.B.C. Glasgow.


E28
Heritage No. 39 - "Rediscovery"
Unpublished
24th. March 1955

An account of the 'Scottish Renaissance' movement

Robin Richardson

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

One hour

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Glasgow.


E29A84, E90.
"This is My Country" - "The First Fishing" from "The Silver Darlings"
Unpublished
14th. October 1955

Reading from "The Silver Darlings"

Tom Allen

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Twenty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library London and the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E30A84, A95, E18.
"This is My Country" - "Storm and Precipice" from "The Silver Darlings"
Unpublished
21st. October 1955

Reading from "The Silver Darlings"

Tom Allen

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service (Schools)

Twenty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library London and the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E31
"St. Andrew's Day" - Letters from Scotland "Fishing" to the Rev. R.F.V. Scott
Unpublished
30th. November 1955

Letter

Robin Richardson

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Three minutes

Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland.


E32
"Scottish Life and Letters" - "Time - A Highland Reflection"
Unpublished
8th. January 1956

Talk

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Nine minutes

No known typescript or recording held.


E33A96, A112, A130, B21, E9, E10, E71.
Wednesday Matinee - Sun and Moon
The Scots MagazineDundee
28th. March 1956

Play

Finlay J. MacDonald

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Thirty five minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) London, B.B.C. Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland. This one act play was published by The Scots Magazine in November 1942 - see entry B21 for details.


E34B26.
The Sea to the Isles
Unpublished
9th. August 1956

Dramatisation

Robin Richardson

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Forty five minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland. For details - see entry B26.


E35
"Annals of Scotland" - "Renaissance?" (The Scottish literary revival that followed the first world war)
Unpublished
22nd. November 1956

Personal reminiscence of Neil M. Gunn, narrated by Robert Dunnett

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

One hour

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland.


E36A24, A33, A34, A40, A107, A138, B5, E4, E11, E58.
"The Annals of Scotland" - "The Drinking Well"
Unpublished
3rd. December 1956

Adaptation of Gunn's novel by John Wilson

Finlay J MacDonald

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

One hour, thirty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) London, the B.B.C. Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland.


E37A127.
"Book Review" - The Atom of Delight
Unpublished
19th. December 1956

Review, by Robert Dunnett, of Gunn's autobiography

Not known

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Fifteen minutes

No known typescript or recording held.


E38
"Annals of Scotland" - "Sketch Book of the Thirties" (An impression by Edwin Muir of the literature of a decade of unemployment and approaching war)
Unpublished
20th. January 1957

Programme contained an extract from "The Silver Bough"

Robin Richardson

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Fifty minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. script library London.


E39
"Scottish Life and Letters" - The Contemporary Artist and the Public: No. 12, The Novel
Unpublished
12th. March 1957

Talk

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Ten minutes

Typescript held at the National library of Scotland.


E40
"Scottish Life and Letters" - The Contemporary Artist and the Public: No. 13, The Novel (continued)
Unpublished
26th. March 1957

Talk

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Eleven minutes

Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland.


E41A127, A138, B27.
The Boy and the Salmon
Unpublished
30th. May 1957

Dramatisation

Finlay J MacDonald

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

One hour

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) London and the National Library of Scotland. For details - see entry B27.


E42D11, D213, D217.
The Indivisible Man - Men of Mark
Unpublished
3rd. July 1957

tribute to C.M. Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) on his receiving a doctorate at Edinburgh University. Gunn contributed to the programme

Robin Richardson

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Forty five minutes (Gunn's part - four minutes)

No known typescript or recording held, although a typescript entitled "For Christopher's Cap", which may well relate to this broadcast, is held at the National Library of Scotland.


E43B28.
"This is My Country" - Living in the Highlands I "Good News Comes to the Glen"
Unpublished
1st. November 1957

Dramatisation

Tom Allen

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service (Schools)

Twenty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland. For details - see entry B28.


E44A74, A80, B14, B29, D212.
"This is My Country" - Living in the Highlands II "Deer Stalking"
Unpublished
8th. November 1957

Dramatisation

Tom Allen

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service (Schools)

Twenty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland.


E45B30.
"This is My Country" - Living in the Highlands III "All in a Lifetime"
Unpublished
15th. November 1957

Dramatisation

Tom Allen

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service (Schools)

Twenty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland. For details - see entry B30.


E46
Life in the Highlands
Unpublished
4th. March 1958

Talk

Bill Meikle

General Overseas Service of the B.B.C.

Four minutes

Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland.


E47
Time Out of Doors - Angling and Pigeons
Unpublished
13th. March 1958

Talk

Francis Dillon

B.B.C. Network three

Thirty minutes

No known typescript or recording held.


E48A123, E20, E66.
Bloodhunt
Unpublished
28th. April 1958

Adaptation by John Wilson of Gunn's novel "Bloodhunt"

Finlay J MacDonald

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

One hour thirty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) London and the B.B.C. Glasgow.


E49F17.
"Arts Review" - "The Changeling" by Robert Jenkins
Unpublished
30th. April 1958

Book Review

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Forty five minutes (Gunn's part four minutes)

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland.


E50
"Scottish Life and Letters" - The Tenth Anniversary Edition
Unpublished
14th. May 1958

Gunn wrote, and read, the linking narrative for this programme

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Forty five minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E51A46.
"This is My Country" - Land and Sea
Unpublished
7th. November 1958

Extracts from "Morning Tide"

David Butts

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service (Schools)

Twenty minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E52A46, A136.
"Scottish Life and Letters" - Is There a Living Scottish Tradition in Writing Today?
Unpublished
15th. January 1959

The typescript of this work was later printed in: The Man Who Came Back | M. McCulloch, ed. | Polygon | Edinburgh | 1991 | pp. [93] - 95.

Talk, containing references to "Morning Tide"

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Thirty minutes (Gunn's part seven minutes)

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland.


E53A134, D239, E59, E72.
"Town and Country" - The Wonder Story of the Moray Firth.
Unpublished
28th. April 1959

The typescript of this work was later printed in: Anarchy 86 | London | April 1968 | Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 122 - 125. Landscape and Light: Essays by Neil M. Gunn } A. McCleery, ed. | Aberdeen University Press | Aberdeen | 1987 | pp. 57 - 60.

Talk

I. Grimble

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service on V.H.F. - a limited transmission to the Meldrum and Rosemarkie areas

Fifteen minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library London, the B.B.C. Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland.


E54A71, D220.
The Light of Iona
Unpublished
5th. June 1959

Talk

I. Grimble

B.B.C. Third programme

Fifteen minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library London, the B.B.C. Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland.


E55E57, E93.
"Scottish Life and Letters" - Landscape
Unpublished
10th. June 1959

Conversation

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Thirty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. Glasgow and the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E56
"Arts Review" - Review of "The Highlands" by Calum I MacLean
Unpublished
24th. June 1959

Book review

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Thirty minutes (Gunn's part three minutes)

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland.


E57A127, E55, E93.
Talking About Landscape
Unpublished
28th. June 1959

Conversation

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Fifteen minutes

Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland.


E58A24, A33, A34, A40, A107, A138, B5, E4, E11, E36.
"Saturday Night Theatre" - The Drinking Well
Unpublished
18th. July 1959

Adaptation, by John Wilson, of Gunn's novel "The Drinking Well"

Finlay J. MacDonald

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

One hour thirty minutes

A recorded repeat of the programme first broadcast 3rd. December 1956 - see entry E36.


E59A134, D239, E53, E72.
The Wonder Story of the Moray Firth
Unpublished
31st. July 1959

The typescript of this work was later printed in: Anarchy 86 | London | April 1968 | Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 122 - 125. Landscape and Light: Essays by Neil M. Gunn | A. McCleery, ed. | Aberdeen University Press | Aberdeen | 1987 | pp. 57 - 60.

Talk

I. Grimble

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Fifteen minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library London, the B.B.C. Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland. A recorded repeat of the programme first broadcast 28th. April 1959 - see entry E53.


E60E61.
"The World of Books" - Books we read and read again.
Unpublished
24th. October 1959

Discussion on Walter Scott in which Gunn took part

Robin Holmes

B.B.C. Home Service London

Thirty five minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library London and the National Library of Scotland.


E61E60.
"The World of Books" - Books we read and read again
Unpublished
31st. October 1959

Discussion on Walter Scott in which Gunn took part

Robin Holmes

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Thirty five minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library London and the National Library of Scotland. A recorded repeat of the programme first broadcast 24th. October 1959, but this time on the Scottish service of the B.B.C., - see entry E60.


E62A84.
"This is My Country" - Stories of Men and the Sea
Unpublished
27th. November 1959

Dramatised extracts from "The Silver Darlings"

Tom Allen

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service (Schools)

Twenty minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E63A84.
"This is My Country" - Stories of Men and the Sea
Unpublished
4th. December 1959

Dramatised extracts from "The Silver Darlings"

Tom Allen

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Twenty minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E64E65.
"Town and Country" - The Late Miss Margaret MacDougall, Librarian at Inverness
Unpublished
26th. January 1960

Talk narrated by Gunn

I. Grimble

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service on V.H.F. A limited transmission to the Meldrum and Rosemarkie areas

Three minutes

Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland.


E65E64.
"Northern Notebook" - The Late Miss Margaret MacDougall, Librarian at Inverness
Unpublished
1st. February 1960

Talk narrated by Gunn

I. Grimble

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service on V.H.F. A limited transmission to the Meldrum and Rosemarkie areas

Three minutes

Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland. A recorded repeat of the programme first broadcast 26th. January 1960 - see entry E64.


E66A123, E20, E48.
Bloodhunt
Unpublished
5th. March 1960

Adaptation, by John Wilson, of Gunn's novel "Bloodhunt:

Finlay J. MacDonald

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

One hour thirty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) London and the B.B.C. Glasgow. A recorded repeat of the programme first broadcast 28th. April 1958 - see entry E48.


E67E68.
"Town and Country" - The Beginning of the Programme
Unpublished
10th. May 1960

Talk (Magazine programme)

I. Grimble

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service on V.H.F. A limited transmission to the Meldrum, Rosermarkie, Orkney and Thrumster areas.

Twenty minutes (Gunn's part two minutes)

No known typescript or recording held.


E68E67.
"Northern Notebook" - The Beginning of the Programme
Unpublished
20th. May 1960

Talk (Magazine programme)

I. Grimble

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service on V.H.F. A limited transmission to the Meldrum, Rosermarkie, Orkney and Thrumster areas

Twenty minutes (Gunn's part two minutes)

No known typescript or recording held. A recorded repeat of the programme first broadcast 10th. May 1960 - see entry E67.


E69
Counterpoint - Television broadcast with Maurice Lindsay
Unpublished
17th. June 1960

Filmed interview

George Bruce

Television - B.B.C. Scotland

Thirty minutes (Film insert fifteen and a half minutes)

A typescript of the interview is held at the National Library of Scotland.


E70
Experience into Novel
Unpublished
19th. June 1960

Conversation (Gunn and Maurice Lindsay)

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Fourteen minutes

Recording held in the archives of the B.B.C. London. Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland.


E71A96, A112, A130, B21, E9, E10, E33.
Sun and Moon
The Scots MagazineDundee
29th. June 1960

Play

Finlay J. MacDonald

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Forty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) London, B.B.C. Glasgow and the National Library o Scotland. A recorded repeat of the programme first broadcast 28th. March 1956 - see entry E33. This one act play was published by "The Scots Magazine" in November 1942 - see entries A 96 and B21.


E72A134, D239, E53, E59.
"Town and Country" - The Wonder Story of the Moray Firth
Unpublished
9th. August 1960

This typescript was later published in: Anarchy 86 | London | April 1968 | Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 122 - 125. Landscape and Light: Essays by Neil M. Gunn | A. McCleery, ed. | Aberdeen University Press | Aberdeen | 1987 | pp. 57 - 60.

Talk

I. Grimble

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service on V.H.F. A limited transmission to the Meldrum, Rosermarkie, Orkney and Thrumster areas

Fifteen minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library London, the B.B.C. Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland. A recorded repeat of the programme first broadcast 28th. April 1959, but this time extended to the Orkney and Thrumster areas - see entry E53.


E73
"Arts Review" - Review of "A Common Grace" - poems by Norman MacCaig
Unpublished
5th. October 1960

Book review

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Twenty five minutes (Gunn's part three minutes)

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh and the National library of Scotland.


E74
"Arts Review" - Review of "The Trossachs and the Rob Roy Country" by Campbell Nairn
Unpublished
21st. June 1961

Book review

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Thirty minutes (Gunn's part three minutes)

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland.


E75
"Arts Review" - Review of "The Brave White Flag" by James Allan Ford
Unpublished
19th. July 1961

Book review

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Thirty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland.


E76
"Scottish Life and Letters" - Tribute to George Blake
Unpublished
27th. September 1961

Tribute to which Gunn contributed

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Thirty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland.


E77A107.
"Woman's Hour" - The Wife
Unpublished
20th. October 1961

Quotes from "The Drinking Well"

Not known

B.B.C. Light programme

One hour (total)

No known typescript or recording held.


E78E81.
"Town and Country" - Tribute to Dr. Neil M. Gunn (on the occasion of his 70th. birthday on the 8th. November)
Unpublished
10th. November 1961

Tribute by I. Grimble

James Wilson

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service on V.H.F. A limited transmission to the Meldrum, Rosermarkie, Orkney, Thrumster and Sandale areas

Fifteen minutes

No known typescript or recording held.


E79A84, A102, A127.
"Scottish Life and Letters" - 70th. Birthday of N.M. Gunn
Unpublished
18th. November 1961

Quotes from: The Atom of Delight, The Silver Darlings, and The Green Isle of the Great Deep.

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Thirty five minutes

No known typescript or recording held.


E80A68, A138.
Highland River
Unpublished
12th. March 1962

Adaptation, by John Wilson, of Gunn's novel "Highland River"

Finlay J. MacDonald

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

One hour fifteen minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) London.


E81E78.
"Northern Notebook" - Tribute to Dr. Neil M. Gunn
Unpublished
12th. March 1962

Tribute by I. Grimble

James Wilson

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service on V.H.F. A limited transmission to the Meldrum, Rosermarkie, Orkney, Thrumster and Sandale areas.

Fifteen minutes

No known typescript or recording held. A recorded repeat of the programme first broadcast 10th. November 1961 - see entry E78.


E82
Scotland on the Screen
Unpublished
1st. April 1962

Talk by Gunn on the making of films

George Bruce and Stewart Conn

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Thirty minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E83A84, E111.
The Silver Darlings
Unpublished
3rd. September 1962

Adaptation, by John Wilson, of Gunn's novel "The Silver Darlings

Finlay J. MacDonald

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

One hour thirty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) London and the B.B.C. Glasgow. An article relating to this broadcast appeared in: The Radio Times (Scottish Edition) | London | 30th. August 1962 | Vol. 156, No. 2025, p. 18.


E84A84.
Prose and Verse Readings - No. 12, "The Silver Darlings"
Unpublished
3rd. December 1962

Readings from "The Silver Darlings"

Robert Gittings

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service (Schools)

Ten minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. script library London.


E85A68, A95, A100, A138, E80.
The Silver Fish
Unpublished
March 1963

Adaptation of the story of Kenn and the Salmon from "Highland River" read by Bryden Murdoch

Stewart Conn

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Eight minutes per part

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Glasgow. Part I 4th. March 1963 Part II 5th. March 1963 Part III 6th. March 1963 Part IV 7th. March 1963 Part V 8th. March 1963 An article relating to this broadcast appeared in: The Radio Times (Scottish Edition) | London | 28th. February 1963 | Vol. 158, No. 2051, p. 19.


E86A25, A35, A42, A46.
"This is My Country" - No. 1, From the Sea
Unpublished
31st. May 1963

Adaptation of the short story "The Sea"

Neil Dalgleish

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service (Schools)

Nineteen minutes

No known typescript or recording held.


E87
The First Forty Years
Unpublished
10th. October 1963

Talk by Gunn on the philosophy behind the new V.H.F. programme

James Wilson

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Forty five minutes

Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland.


E88
In Search of Edwin Muir
Unpublished
28th. April 1964

Talk

Michael Blakstad

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

One hour

Recording held at the B.B.C. archives in London, typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh. There were two further programmes in this series, on the 7th. and the 13th. May 1964, to which Neil Gunn did not contribute.


E89
"Scottish Life and Letters" - The Continuing Tradition in Scotland
Unpublished
31st. May 1964

Talk

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Thirty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland.


E90A84, E29.
"Scottish Heritage" - Herring Harvest II The First Fishing
Unpublished
11th. June 1964

Extract from "The Silver Darlings"

Margaret Lyford-Pike

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service (Schools)

Twenty minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh/


E91A102, E79, E92, E99, E110.
"Afternoon Theatre" - The Green Isle of the Great Deep
Unpublished
January 1966

Adaptation, by John Keir Cross, of Gunn's novel "The Green Isle of the Great Deep"

Stewart Conn

B.B.C. Home Service and Scottish Service

One hour per part

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) London and the National Library of Scotland. Part I 22nd. January 1966 Part II 29th. January 1966 An article relating to this broadcast appeared in: The Radio Times (Scottish Edition) | London | 20th. January 1966 | Vol. 178, No. 2202. p. 9. Alex MacKenzie who played Old Hector died just before the broadcast.


E92A102, E79, E91, E99, E110.
The Green Isle of the Great Deep
Unpublished
May 1967

Adaptation, by John Keir Cross, of Gunn's novel "The Green Isle of the Great Deep"

Stewart Conn

B.B.C. Home Service and Scottish Service

One hour per part

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) London and the National Library of Scotland. Part I 7th. May 1967 Part II 14th. May 1967 A recorded repeat of the programme first broadcast January 1966 - see entry E91.


E93E55, E57.
"Scottish Life and Letters" - Landscape (Twenty years of "Scottish Life and Letters")
Unpublished
25th. May 1969

Conversation

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Thirty minutes

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. Glasgow and the B.B.C. Edinburgh. A recorded repeat of the programme first broadcast 10th. June 1959 - see entry E55.


E94A60, A118, A120. A121, D178, E14, E96.
"Afternoon Theatre" - The Well at the World's End
Unpublished
February - March 1970

Adaptation, by Alex Reid, of Gunn's novel "The Well at the World's End"

Stewart Conn

B.B.C. Radio Four

One hour per part

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) London, the B.B.C. Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland. Part I 28th. February 1970 Part II 7th. March 1970 Part III 14th. March 1970 An article relating to this broadcast appeared in: The Radio Times (Scottish Edition) | London | 26th. February 1970 | Vol. 186, No. 2416, p. 12.


E95
"Scottish Life and Letters" - A Matter of Enlightenment
Unpublished
15th. March 1970

Interview with George Bruce

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Ten minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Glasgow.


E96A60, A118, A120, A121, D178, E14, E94.
The Well at the World's End
Unpublished
September 1971

Adaptation, by Alex Reid, of Gunn's novel "The Well at the World's End"

Stewart Conn

B.B.C. Radio Four

One hour per part

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) London, the B.B.C. Glasgow and the National Library of Scotland. An article relating to this broadcast appeared in: The Radio Times (Scottish Edition) | London | 26th. February 1970 | Vol. 186, No. 2416, p. 12. A recorded repeat of the programmes first broadcast 28th. February 1970, 7th. March 1970 and the 14th. March 1970.


E97
The Reality and the Romance
Unpublished
10th. November 1971

Interview with George Bruce

George Bruce

B.B.C. Scottish Home Service

Fifteen minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Glasgow.


E98
Highland Novelists I
Unpublished
9th. June 1972

Portrait of Neil M. Gunn (Unscripted interview with Ian Grimble - recorded 1958)

R.J.C. Cradock

B.B.C. Radio Four

Two minutes fifty five seconds

Typescript held at the B.B.C. script library London.


E99A102, E79, E91, E92, E110.
The Green Isle of the Great Deep
Unpublished
April 1973

Adaptation, by John Keir Cross, of Gunn's novel "The Green Isle of the Great Deep"

Stewart Conn

B.B.C. Home Service and Scottish Service

One hour each part

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) london and the National Library of Scotland. An article relating to the broadcast appeared in: The Radio Times (Scottish Edition) | London | 20th. January 1966 | Vol. 170, No. 2202, p. 9. A recorded repeat of the programme first broadcast 22nd. January 1966 and 29th. January 1966 - see entry E91. E


E100A68.
Scottish Writing
Unpublished
27th. September 1974

Reading from "Highland River"

David Campbell

B.B.C. Radio Scotland (Schools)

Twenty minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E101A59.
Scottish Writing
Unpublished
4th. October 1974

Reading from "Butcher's Broom"

David Campbell

B.B.C. Radio Scotland (Schools)

Twenty minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E102A84.
Scottish Writing
Unpublished
11th. October 1974

Reading from "The Silver Darlings"

David Campbell

B.B.C. Radio Scotland (Schools)

Twenty minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E103A84.
"Scottish Magazine" - A People of the Sea
Unpublished
15th. November 1974

Reading from "The Silver Darlings"

David Campbell

B.B.C. Radio Scotland (Schools)

Twenty minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E104A84.
"Scottish Magazine" - A People of the Sea
Unpublished
24th. January 1976

Reading from "The Silver Darlings"

David Campbell

B.B.C. Radio Scotland (Schools)

Twenty minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh.


E105
Neil M. Gunn - The Man and the Writer
Unpublished
2nd. May 1976

An appreciation by Ian Grimble, narrated by Tom Fleming, containing extracts from previous broadcasts.

Fraser Steel

B.B.C. Radio Three (Manchester)

Forty five minutes

No known typescript or recording held.


E106A84.
"Scottish Magazine" - A People of the Sea I
Unpublished
10th. January 1978

Reading from "The Silver Darlings"

David Campbell

B.B.C. Radio Scotland (Schools)

Twenty minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh. Extract printed in B.B.C. radio teacher's notes Spring/Summer 1978, pp. 3 - 4.


E107A84.
"Scottish Magazine" - A People of the Sea II
Unpublished
17th. January 1978

Reading from "The Silver Darlings"

David Campbell

B.B.C. Radio Scotland (Schools)

Twenty minutes

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Edinburgh. Extract printed in B.B.C. radio teacher's notes Spring/Summer 1978, pp. 3 - 4.


E108A84, E109, E111.
The Silver Darlings
Unpublished
June - July 1982

Adaptation, by Tom McGrath, of Gunn's novel "The Silver Darlings"

Tom Kinnimont

B.B.C. Radio Four

One hour per part

Part I 16th. June 1982 Part II 20th. June 1982 Part III 27th. June 1982 Part IV 4th. July 1982 Part V 11th. July 1982


E109A84, E108, E111.
The Silver Darlings
Unpublished
June - July 1982

Adaptation, by Tom McGrath, of Gunn's novel "The Silver Darlings"

Tom Kinnimont

B.B.C. Radio Four

One hour per part

Part I 16th. June 1982 Part II 22nd. June 1982 Part III 29th. June 1982 Part IV 6th. July 1982 Part V 13th. July 1982 A recorded repeat of the programmes first broadcast 13th. June 1982, 20th, June 1982, 27th. June 1982, 4th. July 1982 and 11th. July 1982. The recording of the first part was scheduled for 15th. June 1982, and appeared as such in "The Radio Times", but was deferred to allow for coverage of the Falklands war.


E110A102, E79, E91, E92, E99.
The Green Isle of the Great Deep
Unpublished
January 1986

Adaptation, by John Keir Cross, of Gunn's novel "The Green Isle of the Great Deep"

Stewart Conn

B.B.C. Home Service and Scottish Service

One hour per part

Typescripts held at the B.B.C. script library (plays) London and the National Library of Scotland. Part I 4th. January 1986 Part II 11th. January 1986 An article relating to the broadcast appeared in: The Radio Times (Scottish Edition) | London | 20th. January 1966 | Vol. 170, No. 2202, p. 9. A recorded repeat of the programme first broadcast 22nd, January 1966 and 29th. January 1966 - see entry E91.


E111A84, E83, E108, E109.
The Silver Darlings
Unpublished
January /February 1998

Adaptation of novel by James Robertson into ten readings given by Ann-Louise Ross.

Pam Wardell

B.B.C. Radio Scotland

Fifteen minutes per reading

Typescript held at the B.B.C. Glasgow. Readings entitled: 1) The Derelict Boat, 26.1.1998. 2) Catrine goes into a Strange Country, 27.1.1998. 3) The Land and the Sea, 28.1.1998. 4) The Coming of the Plague, 29.1.1998. 5) Out to Sea, 30.1.1998. 6) Storm and Precipice, 2.2.1998. 7) The Seven Hunters, 3.2.1998. 8) Catrine and Roddie, 4.2.1998. 9) The Wreck, 5.2.1998. 10) Finn in the Heart of the Circle, 6.2.1998.