From Parkside Ground, Hunslet, Leeds.
(to 16.00 app.)
A mixed bag of entertainment, interest, and a thrilling new serial.
Introduced by John Hewer.
The Lost Planet: 1: Mystery at Inverard
by Angus MacVicar.
Adapted for television by the author.
The Space Ship in which "The Lost Planet" is approached is powered by an atomic motor firing charged droplets of water from a bank of six enormous jets. The crew is led by Doctor Lachlan McKinnon, as Scottish as his name, intrepid, fearless, and a brilliant scientist. His assistant is Professor Lars Bergman, from Sweden, and his chief engineer, Spike Stranahan, from America. Janet Campbell, young, pretty, and studying science at Glasgow University, is his secretary, and his cook is Madge Smith, a Cockney, determined to take her new hat along and look smart when she arrives. Then there is Jeremy Grant, aged sixteen and Dr. McKinnon's nephew. He comes from Australia, and the journey across the sea to Scotland seems a pretty big adventure to him until he gets to Inverard House and finds out what is happening there.
During this serial you will see what happens when a Space Ship runs across the path of a shower of meteorites-the 'vermin of the skies' - and watch Dr. McKinnon and Jeremy fighting to save the ship from destruction when the atomic motor becomes unsafe. You will journey through the silences of the void and roam across the fantastic landscapes of Hesikos, the lost planet. (Kevin Sheldon)
(to 18.00)
This week's Television Newsreels (shortened versions) repeated at the following times:
Monday's edition, 7.0 app.
Tuesday's edition. 7.14 app.
Wednesday's edition. 7.28 app.
Thursday's edition. 7.42 app.
Friday's edition. 7.56 app.
A serial in six parts by Francis Durbridge
[Starring] Patrick Barr
Television cameras visit the Caledonian Hall Baths to see some of the bouts in a match between invited teams representing Scotland and England.
Organised by the British Amateur Wrestling Association
See columns 3 and 4
Music-Hall from the Television Theatre.
Featuring Jerry Wayne, Albert and Les Ward, 'Windy Blow', Don Peters, Yvonne Prestige, Joan Dowling, The Television Toppers.
Dances directed by Jack Billings (by arrangement with Jack Hylton and George and Alfred Black)
(sound only)