One of the main competitions in the National Eisteddfod is the composition of a poem in free-verse on a given theme. The winning poet is crowned with all the traditional pomp and ceremony of the Gorsedd of Bards of the Isle of Britain.
(Coroni'r Bardd: teledir y seremoni yn syth o Baflliwn yr Eisteddfod yn Ystradgynlais)
Introduced by Joan Griffiths.
I'd Like You to Meet...: Jean Kingdon-Ward
Children's Clothes
Janey Ironside shows how to make two or more different dresses from one basic pattern.
Music
Joan Clark introduces Stan Nova who sings popular songs to his own guitar accompaniment.
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 16.15)
Paradise Island: 1 - The Message for Carlos
A serial in six episodes written for television by Tom Twigge.
A visit to the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales (Ystradgynlais, 1954)
The Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales is a great festival in which Welsh people of all ages compete in writing poetry, singing, acting, composing, and painting. The Eisteddfod lasts a week, but part of today is reserved for the young.
Television cameras take you to the Pavilion to see some of the competitions and to show how an Eisteddfod is conducted.
(Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Frenhinol Cymru. 1954: dyma gyrle ichi droi i mewn am ychydig i Bafljiwn yr Eisteddfod i gael gweld a chlywed rhai o'r cystadleuwyr yn yr Eisteddfod ar ddiwrnod mawr y plant)
(to 17.45)
including Weather Report
A special evening edition, in which children from all over Great Britain have been invited to take part.
Introduced by Huw Wheldon.
by Allan Prior.
A documentary programme showing the growth of a great seaside resort.
See page 13
with Molly Weir, Bill Fairchild, Frank Tilsley and a guest asking the questions.
Leslie Mitchell in the chair.
A series of telerecordings from the Empire Stadium, Vancouver, covering the main events of the fifth British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Presented by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
(sound only)
