A round-up of unusual bank holiday activities around the country, from a display of underwater cycling by naval frogmen in Chatham to a carthorse derby on the Sussex Downs. (1951) Show more
Introduced by Daphne Padel.
Street Trained
It is estimated by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents that dogs are responsible for at least one out of every six road accidents. Barbara Woodhouse shows how the number can be reduced.
Music
Irene Kohler plays the piano.
Lace
Jeanne Heal talks about the history of lace.
Shopping and Fatigue
G. A. McPartlin, specialist in physical education, advises housewives how to avoid unnecessary weariness when shopping and, by using correct exercises, how to relieve strain.
Round the Shops
Margot Lovell reports on what she thinks will interest you in the shops.
(to 16.00)
An adventure of the English fairgrounds of 1812.
Freely adapted for television by Macgregor Urquhart from the novel by Arthur Groom.
(Raymond Rollett is appearing in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London)
(to 18.00)
A visit to the Exhibition of British Musical Instruments Dating from the Fourteenth Century to 1851, organised by the Galpin Society at the Arts Council, St. James' Square, London.
Programme introduced by Sir Steuart Wilson.
(Second performance, for details see Sunday at 8.45 p.m.)
A BBC Television film of last night's Inaugural General Meeting of the 1951 session in Edinburgh.
followed by
Newsreel
(Wednesday's edition repeated)
Weather Forecast and News
(sound only)
