E | 1 | ||
Scotland Today IX - "Literature" | |||
Unpublished | |||
12th. March 1929 | |||
Talk Not known B.B.C. Scottish regional programme Fifteen minutes |
E | 2 | A40, A138, B1. | |
The Hawk's Feather | |||
The Scots Magazine | Dundee | ||
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. |
E | 3 | A58, B7, B12. | |
Old Music | |||
The Scots Magazine | Dundee | ||
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. |
E | 4 | A24, A33, A34, A51, A107, B5, E11, E36, E58. | |
Back Home | |||
W. Wilson & Co | Glasgow | ||
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. |
E | 5 | B15. | |
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Unpublished | |||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. |
E | 6 | B16, 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Unpublished | |||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. |
E | 7 | B18 | |
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Unpublished | |||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. |
E | 8 | A31, A76, B20. | |
The Black Woollen Gloves | |||
The Scots Magazine | Dundee | ||
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. |
E | 9 | A96, A112, A130, B21, E10, E33, E71. | |
Sun and Moon | |||
The Scots Magazine | Dundee | ||
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. |
E | 10 | A96, A112, A130, B21, E10, E33, E71. | |
Sun and Moon | |||
The Scots Magazine | Dundee | ||
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. |
E | 11 | A24, 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. |
E | 12 | A107. | |
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. |
E | 13 | A110. | |
"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". |
E | 14 | A121, 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. |
E | 15 | ||
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. |
E | 16 | A69, 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. |
E | 17 | A84. | |
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. |
E | 18 | A84, 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. |
E | 19 | A84. | |
"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. |
E | 20 | A123, 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. |
E | 21 | ||
"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. |
E | 22 | A126. | |
"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. |
E | 23 | A92, 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. |
E | 24 | A34, 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. |
E | 25 | A59, 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. |
E | 26 | A63. | |
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. |
E | 27 | ||
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. |
E | 28 | ||
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. |
E | 29 | A84, 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. |
E | 30 | A84, 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. |
E | 31 | ||
"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. |
E | 32 | ||
"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. |
E | 33 | A96, A112, A130, B21, E9, E10, E71. | |
Wednesday Matinee - Sun and Moon | |||
The Scots Magazine | Dundee | ||
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. |
E | 34 | B26. | |
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. |
E | 35 | ||
"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. |
E | 36 | A24, 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. |
E | 37 | A127. | |
"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. |
E | 38 | ||
"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. |
E | 39 | ||
"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. |
E | 40 | ||
"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. |
E | 41 | A127, 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. |
E | 42 | D11, 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. |
E | 43 | B28. | |
"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. |
E | 44 | A74, 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. |
E | 45 | B30. | |
"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. |
E | 46 | ||
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. |
E | 47 | ||
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. |
E | 48 | A123, 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. |
E | 49 | F17. | |
"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. |
E | 50 | ||
"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. |
E | 51 | A46. | |
"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. |
E | 52 | A46, 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. |
E | 53 | A134, 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. |
E | 54 | A71, 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. |
E | 55 | E57, 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. |
E | 56 | ||
"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. |
E | 57 | A127, 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. |
E | 58 | A24, 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. |
E | 59 | A134, 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. |
E | 60 | E61. | |
"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. |
E | 61 | E60. | |
"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. |
E | 62 | A84. | |
"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. |
E | 63 | A84. | |
"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. |
E | 64 | E65. | |
"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. |
E | 65 | E64. | |
"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. |
E | 66 | A123, 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. |
E | 67 | E68. | |
"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. |
E | 68 | E67. | |
"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. |
E | 69 | ||
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. |
E | 70 | ||
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. |
E | 71 | A96, A112, A130, B21, E9, E10, E33. | |
Sun and Moon | |||
The Scots Magazine | Dundee | ||
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. |
E | 72 | A134, 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. |
E | 73 | ||
"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. |
E | 74 | ||
"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. |
E | 75 | ||
"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. |
E | 76 | ||
"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. |
E | 77 | A107. | |
"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. |
E | 78 | E81. | |
"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. |
E | 79 | A84, 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. |
E | 80 | A68, 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. |
E | 81 | E78. | |
"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. |
E | 82 | ||
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. |
E | 83 | A84, 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. |
E | 84 | A84. | |
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. |
E | 85 | A68, 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. |
E | 86 | A25, 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. |
E | 87 | ||
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. |
E | 88 | ||
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. |
E | 89 | ||
"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. |
E | 90 | A84, 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/ |
E | 91 | A102, 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. |
E | 92 | A102, 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. |
E | 93 | E55, 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. |
E | 94 | A60, 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. |
E | 95 | ||
"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. |
E | 96 | A60, 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. |
E | 97 | ||
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. |
E | 98 | ||
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. |
E | 99 | A102, 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 |
E | 100 | A68. | |
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. |
E | 101 | A59. | |
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. |
E | 102 | A84. | |
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. |
E | 103 | A84. | |
"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. |
E | 104 | A84. | |
"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. |
E | 105 | ||
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. |
E | 106 | A84. | |
"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. |
E | 107 | A84. | |
"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. |
E | 108 | A84, 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 |
E | 109 | A84, 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. |
E | 110 | A102, 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. |
E | 111 | A84, 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. |