A visit to Putney, where the Varsity boat-race crews are training.
A play based upon episodes in the life of Jack Sheppard, by Mervyn Mills.
With Guy Glover, Frank Birch, Kathleen Edwardes, George Merritt, Ben Field, Margaret Yarde, Olga Edwardes, Ian Dawson, Basil Cunard, Stuart Latham, Jack Allen, Don Gemmell, Adrian Byrne, Elton Hayes, Arthur Owen, Russell Howarth, and Kenneth Barton.
(to 16.00)
(sound only)
The Vic-Wells Ballet (under the direction of Ninette de Valois) present..
A ballet based on the fairy tale by Perrault.
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, and other members of the Vic-Wells Company. The Augmented BBC Television Orchestra, leader Boris Pecker, conducted by Constant Lambert.
(to 22.45)