names the new Royal Yacht
From John Brown and Company's Shipyard, Clydebank
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(to 14.45)
Practical help for the housewife.
Presented by Joan Gilbert.
Training the Pup
Macdonald Daly reports on Jasper's progress during the past month.
Dressmaking
Helena Reid completes the making of the shirt blouse.
Round the Shops
Margot Lovell reports.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
Gladys Whitred sings the songs
Peter Hawkins speaks the voices
Maria Bird writes the songs and music
(A BBC film)
(to 16.15)
Professor Doodle and Lefty
Herod and Kenton present their puppets.
Children's Newsreel
Antarctic Expedition
Duncan Carse describes the expedition he led to the Antarctic island of South Georgia. Before the journey much of the island was completely unexplored and unmapped.
(to 17.40)
(Second performance: for details see Sunday at 8.40)
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Rt. Hon. R. A. Butler. M.P. for the Government
A fortnightly programme in which a panel of experts is challenged to identify a series of unusual objects.
The experts include:
Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Professor of Archaeology, University of London
Iorwerth C. Peate, Keeper in Charge of the Welsh Folk Museum, Cardiff
v. the Challenger: Colchester and Essex Museum
Chairman, Glyn Daniel, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge
names the new Royal Yacht.
(A BBC telefilm of today's ceremony)
(sound only)
