15:00

Boat-Race Training

BBC Television

Wed 29^th Mar 1939, 15:00 on BBC Television

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A visit to Putney, where the Varsity boat-race crews are training.

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15:10

Dance Without Music

BBC Television

Wed 29^th Mar 1939, 15:10 on BBC Television

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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)

Contributors

Author:: Mervyn Mills
Settings:: Malcolm Baker-Smith
Production:: Denis Johnston
Jack Sheppard:: Guy Glover
Jonathan Wild:: Frank Birch
'Edgeworth Bess':: Kathleen Edwardes
'Blueskin' Blake:: George Merritt
Joseph Hind:: Ben Field
Mrs Wallop:: Margaret Yarde
Polly Maggot:: Olga Edwardes
Daniel Defoe:: Ian Dawson
Jenkin:: Basil Cunard
Lumley Davis:: Stuart Latham
John Gay:: Jack Allen
Abraham Mendez:: Don Gemmell
Austin:: Adrian Byrne
Ballad Singer:: Elton Hayes
Sir James Thornhill:: Arthur Owen
Ben Hind:: Russell Howarth
Constable:: Kenneth Barton

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20:00

National Programme

BBC Television

Wed 29^th Mar 1939, 20:00 on BBC Television

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(sound only)

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21:00

News Film: Gaumont-British News

BBC Television

Wed 29^th Mar 1939, 21:00 on BBC Television

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21:10

The Sleeping Princess

BBC Television

Wed 29^th Mar 1939, 21:10 on BBC Television

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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.