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3.45 The Gold Cup
A race for three-year-olds and upwards over two miles and a half, with a gold cup value of five hundred sovereigns and ten thousand sovereigns added.

4.20 The King Edward VII Stakes
A race for three-year-olds, over the Swinley Course of one mile and a half.

Clive Graham identifies the horses and jockeys.

Contributors

Commentator (The Gold Cup):
Peter Dimmock
Race-reader (The Gold Cup)/commentator (The King Edward VII Stakes):
Peter O'Sullevan
Paddock commentator:
Clive Graham

Children's Newsreel

Stranger in the House
by Eileen Blackburn.
(Gordon Bell and Walter Horsbrugh are appearing in 'Dangerous Curves' at the Garrick Theatre, London)
Second performance next Sunday

(to 17.50)

Contributors

Writer (Stranger in the House):
Eileen Blackburn
Settings (Stranger in the House):
Michael Yates
Producer (Stranger in the House):
Dorothea Brooking
Mr. Benfield:
Gordon Bell
Mrs. Benfield:
Noel Dyson
Peter Benfield:
Sean Barrett
Jill Benfield:
Gillian Gordon-Inglis
Mr. Hill:
Walter Horsbrugh
David Hill:
Anthony Valentine
Mrs. Tippett:
Hilda Barry
Rudi:
Marc Guebhard

with Dr. Bergen Evans as guest chairman and Elizabeth Gray, Kenneth Horne, Michael Pertwee, Winifred Shotter finding the letters.

Contributors

Guest chairman:
Dr. Bergen Evans
Panellist:
Elizabeth Gray
Panellist:
Kenneth Horne
Panellist:
Michael Pertwee
Panellist:
Winifred Shotter
Special effects:
Alfred Wurmser
The game devised by:
Polly S. Cowan
The game devised by:
Louis G. Cowan
Presented by:
Brian Tesler

See top of page.
George R. Foa writes on page 15

The action takes place in Rome in June 1800 in the church of Sant' Andrea della Valle, the Farnese Palace, and Fort Sant' Angelo, which have been specially photographed for this production
'Tosca'
An opera in three acts based on the play by Victorien Sardou
Music by Giacomo Puccini at 8.45
London Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Thomas Matthews)
Conducted by Charles Mackerras

(Victoria Elliott, Harold Blackburn, and Charles Mackerras broadcast by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells)
(Second performance next Monday)

Contributors

Composer:
Giacomo Puccini
Based on the play by:
Victorien Sardou
Musicians:
London Symphony Orchestra
Leader:
Thomas Matthews
Conductor:
Charles Mackerras
Repetiteur:
George Coop
Additional Settings:
Stephen Bundy
Adapted for television by/Producer:
George R. Foa
Floria Tosca, a celebrated singer:
Victoria Elliott
Mario Cavaradossi, a painter:
Kenneth Neate
Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police:
Roderick Jones
Cesare Angelotti, a political prisoner:
Edmund Donlevy
Sacristan of Sant' Andrea della Valle:
Harold Blackburn
Sipoletta, a Police Agent:
Harry Powell
Lloyd Sciarrone, a Sergeant of Police:
Richard Wood
A gaoler:
Harold Blackburn

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