by Malcolm Muggeridge
Andy Pandy, Teddy, and, of course, Looby Loo come to play.
(Colour)
Introduced by Frank Bough
1.40; 2.5; 2.45; 3.20* Racing from Kempton Park
1.45 The Rendelsham Stakes (5 furlongs)
2.15 The Coventry Stakes (1 mile)
2.55 The Queen's Prize Handicap (2 miles)
3.30 The 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes (7 furlongs)
At 4.25 a recording of the Irish Grand National run at Fairyhouse this afternoon
1.50; 2.20; 3.0; 4.30* Motor-Racing from Thruxton
The W. D. and H. O. Wills Trophy International Motor-Race Meeting: featuring the International race for Formula II cars.
(Organised by the British Automobile Racing Club)
3.45* Rugby League: Castleford v Featherstone Rovers
4.55* Results Service
Latest football scores, racing results, and news throughout the afternoon.
Timings are subject to alteration in order to keep up to date with events
by Norman Hunter
With George Benson
Bank Holiday week Jackanory is in colour. To celebrate, George Benson will tell some extraordinary stories. They are about hilarious things that have never happened (and are never likely to happen); just the thing to expect from stories by Norman Hunter of Professor Branestawm fame.
Today: The Dribblesome Teapots
(Colour)
A serial from France in 13 episodes.
Sebastian had become suspicious of Norbert especially after seeing him meet a strange car on the road leading to the village.
Results... action... news... reports... from today's big holiday sports events
A look at some of the many Walt Disney comedy films which have been based on books or children's stories.
Introduced by Jimmy Tarbuck with scenes from:
Alice In Wonderland, Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, Treasure Island, King of the Grizzlies, My Dog, The Thief, A Hundred And One Dalmatians, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, In Search Of The Castaways
Films by courtesy of Walt Disney Productions
A Special Easter Show
featuring
Chimpanzees widely acclaimed to be the best chimp act in the world, trained and presented by Willy Lenz
Bouncing Chinaman double backward somersault on the bouncing rope: Li Suang
Clowning Around on the revolving steel ladder
Comedy timed to the split second by The Balcombes
Ballerina on Horseback dancing on her Palomino horse Juanita Caroli
Stars Balancing on a Cloud classical plastique act The Victorias
Tigers and Bears together in the same cage trained and presented by Eugen Weidmann
Aerial Artistry and Daring from Mexico
The Reynoso Trio
Skills, Thrills, Spills on bars held shoulder-high, one of the funniest acrobatic sensations of the age: The Rennos
with Robert Dhery, Vivian Stanshall's Big Grunt, John Junkin, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Mary Miller, Nick McArdle, Irving Lycett, John Alderson but... Marty Feldman
With Richard Baker and Weather
by Talbot Rothwell
[Starring] Frankie Howerd
(Georgina Moon is appearing in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" at the Mayfair Theatre, London)
The famous British film
Starring John Mills, Eric Portman
with Christopher Rhodes Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes, Ian Carmichael
During the Second World War the heavily guarded Colditz Castle in Saxony was used as a prison for Allied officers who had already escaped from other pow camps. In the tradition of The Wooden Horse, the British contingent formulate even more ingenious plans for escape.
Starring Spike Milligan
and featuring Julian Orchard, Frank Thornton, Ann Lancaster, Leon Thau, Paul McDowell, Josephine Gordon, Thelma Taylor, Bernard Jamieson
Also appearing this week Fred Emney, Bill Pertwee, Charlie Atom, Milton Reid
Adapted by Barry Took from the "Beachcomber" column of the Daily Express
Additional material by Spike Milligan
