The Vic-Wells Ballet (under the direction of Ninette de Valois) present..
A ballet based on the fairy tale by Perrault. Reproduced by Nicolai Sergueeff after the original choreography by Marius Petipa.
With Margot Fonteyn as The Princess Aurora, June Brae as The Lilac Fairy, and Robert Helpmann as Prince Charming.
Also Mary Honer, Elizabeth Miller, Pamela May, Ursula Moreton, Joy Newton, Julia Farron, Harold Turner, Frederick Ashton, William Chappell, Frank Staff, John Greenwood, Bruce Dargavel, and other members of the Vic-Wells Company. The Lord Mayor's Boy Players, the Augmented BBC Television Orchestra, leader Boris Pecker, conducted by Constant Lambert.
(to 16.15)

(sound only)

With Paul Berny, French juggler; A. C. Astor, ventriloquist; Trudi Binar, Continental songs; Ruth and Billy Ambrose, American dancers.

A brush between Gallic wit and English humour, in which well-known personalities from both sides of the Channel show their knowledge of the life and customs of each other's country. The questions will be asked and the peace preserved by E. M. Stephan.

Eric Wild and his Band, with Alice Mann, obstructed by Leslie Mitchell.

(to 23.05)