(to 12.00)
Mrs. Joan Robins makes a Christmas pudding and meringues.
with Nan Kenway and Douglas Young supported by Frank Dunlop in The Landlord of "The Startled Hare"
Judy Shirley (songs), Charles Harrison (comedian), Eddie Henderson (comedian),
The Four Ramblers, Eric Robinson and his Orchestra
(to 16.00)
An opera by Giacomo Puccini.
A visit to The Cambridge Theatre (by arrangement with Jay Pomeroy) to see The New London Opera Company in Acts 2 and 3
Presented by the M.A.D. Society
The New London Opera Orchestra (leader, Max Salpeter)
The New London Opera Chorus
Chorus-Master, George Coop
8.0 app. Act 2: Scarpia's rooms in the Farnese palace
8.40 app. Interval - during which Scott Goddard discusses the opera
8.55 app. Act 3: Esplanade of the Castel, St. Angelo
Programme introduced by Scott Goddard.
Vernon Bartlett, M.P., talks about twenty-five years of international contacts by radio and recalls his own broadcasting experiences; J.F. Horrabin illustrates twenty-five years of world history with his maps; Noel Newsome, who was known for his 'Man in the Street' broadcasts to Europe during the war, describes the British method of answering Lord Haw-Haw; and David Low shows famous cartoons of those years, and sums up the period in an original cartoon for television.
(sound only)
(to 22.25)