The first of three visits to the Oval to see play on the fourth day of the match.
(to 13.30)
(Previously televised on Monday and Tuesday)
A cartoon film from Czechoslovakia.
For the very young
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 television film)
(to 16.15)
From the Oval.
Prudence Kitten
with Annette Mills (who writes the songs).
Into the Television Garden
with Frances Perry.
Simon the Simple Sardine: 3 - Simon visits a shipwreck
An adventure series for young children, by James Gilroy.
From the Oval.
A summary of the fourth day's play, by E. W. Swanton.
(to 18.40)
Outside broadcast cameras visit the Naval Construction Research Establishment at Rosyth to see scientists testing steel with machines and explosives.
A play by Marie Fawcett.
Adapted for television by Moultrie R. Kelsall.
Nervous people should not let themselves be misled by the merriment with which this play begins. It is a blood-curdling piece which makes a series of sharp, little assaults on the emotions. It begins cheerfully for the scene is a party which Mr. Betts, the watch-maker, has enjoyed and is continuing to enjoy. He is among those who cluster around Mrs. Turner from upstairs as she turns over the cards, telling fortunes. Her predictions are lurid but amusing-until she comes to Mr. Betts. And then the key changes, the merriment departs, and Mr. Betts runs away.
A high-speed entertainment
with The Song Pedlars, Frankie Vaughan, Leslie Cooper, Betty Ferrier, John Blythe, Jimmy Young, Svetlana Beriosova, Eugene Pini, Peter Butterworth, Jane Morgan
(sound only)
