(Composite edition)
(to 15.55)
by Alison Uttley.
Jan Bussell and Ann Hogarth bring back some old friends in the first of a weekly series.
Story by Laurence Dopson.
Told and drawn by Harry Rutherford.
(to 17.30)
A visit to the Reptile House and Aquarium at the London Zoo to meet some cold-blooded animals on a warm summer's evening.
Commentator, G. S. Cansdale, Superintendent of the London Zoo
[Starring] Lord Kitchener, the Calypsonian, Boscoe Holder and his Caribbean Dancers
The Trinidad All-Steel Percussion Orchestra
Conducted by Lieutenant N. Joseph Griffiths
Programme introduced by Edric Connor.
The Edinburgh Film Festival, which will be presenting outstanding documentary and experimental films from all over the world, opens this week.
In this programme Anthony Asquith comments on specially selected extracts from these films.
Every night for nearly seven hundred years the great gates of the Tower have been locked against the King's enemies.
This evening, for the first time, viewers are able to watch this ancient ceremony as it is performed by the Yeoman Gaoler, escorted by armed guards.
(sound only)
