Bibliographies


    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    Unpublished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    Unpublished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    Unpublished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    Unpublished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.