Weather permitting, viewers see the Royal Procession driving up the course to the Royal Enclosure.
2.30 The Cork and Orrery Stakes
A race for three-year-olds over six furlongs.
(to 14.35)
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Weather permitting, viewers see the Royal Procession driving up the course to the Royal Enclosure.
2.30 The Cork and Orrery Stakes
A race for three-year-olds over six furlongs.
(to 14.35)
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.
For the very young.
Maria Bird brings Andy to play with your small children and invites them to join in songs and games.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
Gladys Whitred sings the songs
(A BBC television film)
(to 16.40)
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)
with Dr. Bergen Evans as guest chairman and Elizabeth Gray, Kenneth Horne, Michael Pertwee, Winifred Shotter finding the letters.
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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)
A BBC telerecording of highlights of today's racing.
(sound only)