For the very young
BBC film
for Good Friday
from The Central Hall, Bristol.
Taking part:
The Rev. Howard H. Bryant and The Rev. Raymond G. Morris, Ministers of Christ Church, Cotham (Baptist-Congregational-Methodist); Mgr. Joseph C. Buckley, Parish Priest of The Church of the Sacred Heart Westbury-on-Trym; The Rev. Peter McCall, Minister of Trinity Presbyterian Church and President of the Bristol Free Church Council; The Rev. Leslie Timmins, Superintendent Minister, Bristol Methodist Mission; The Rev. Sam Woodhouse, Rector of Bristol City Parish Church; together with the people they serve.
The music directed and conducted by the organists and choirmasters of the churches represented together with The Band of the Easton Road, Bristol Salvation Army Citadel, conducted by Keith Hinchley.
(to 12.00)
gydag Owen Edwards.
Topical items in Welsh introduced by Owen Edwards.
(Crystal Palace, Sutton Coldfield, Holme Moss, Wenvoe West)
(to 13.30)
with Lee Montague
Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner.
Adapted for television and directed by David Coulter.
Rolf Harris introduces
This week's guests: Joe Brown, Jack Beckitt, Len Lowe, Paddy Joyce, Roger Squires, George Claydon
(Bert Hayes is appearing at Butlin's Hotels, Cliftonville; Joe Brown is in "Charlie Girl" at the Adelphi Theatre, London)
with Sarah Ward
A weekly look at criticism and comments from younger viewers.
News and views from London and the South-East.
Introduced by Richard Baker with George Villiers.
Followed by The Weather
The story of a London family adapting to life in a country town.
Starring Lance Percival
and featuring Michael Rothwell, Elaine Taylor
Guest star, Millicent Martin
Written and produced by Robert Youngson.
A pageant of the screen's most famous laughter-makers.
Including: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, Harry Langdon, Ben Turpin, Fatty Arbuckle, Charlie Chase, Chester Conklin, Andy Clyde, Billy Bevan, Gloria Swanson, Mabel Normand, Wallace Beery, Snub Pollard
This hilarious film explores the era of silent screen comedy and, in particular, the period of the 1920s.
(First shown on BBC-2)
See page 57
A television version of Verdi's opera based on "La Dame aux Camelias" by Dumas.
Adapted by Peter Ebert from Edward J. Dent's English translation.
With Mary Costa as Marguerite Gautier
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Erich Gruenberg
Conducted by Bryan Balkwill
(Bryan Balkwill conducts by arrangement with the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden; David Bowman, Howell Glynne, and John Wakefield appear by arrangement with Sadler's Wells Opera Company)(Repeat)
See page 57
by Peter Van Greenaway
[Starring] Denholm Elliott as John Fairchild, Nancie Jackson as Cathy Fairchild, Terence Alexander as Mr. Vincent, Rachel Gurney as Mrs. Vincent
with Margaret Whiting as Miss Price
(Repeat)
In this thriller, barrister John Fairchild is worried about his relationship with his daughter, a child watchful and uneasy in his presence. He decides that an ideal birthday present for her would be a Victorian dolls' house...
Words for today from the preaching and poetry of the seventeenth century.
The last of four programmes for Holy Week.
Michael Goodliffe in extracts from the Passion Sermons of Bishop Lancelot Andrewes.
The St. Stephen Walbrook Quartet in settings of the poems of George Herbert
From the Chapel of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Tonight's programme includes passages from a sermon 'preached before the King's Majesty at Greenwich' on Good Friday, 1605.
