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1.15 The Sedgeley Handicap
for three-year-olds over one mile and a quarter

1.45 The Ellesmere Handicap Stakes
for three-year-olds and upwards over six furlongs

2.15 The Delamere Handicap Stakes
for three-year-olds and upwards over two miles

Commentator, Peter O'Sullevan with Clive Graham in the parade ring

(to 14.25)

Contributors

Commentator:
Peter O'Sullevan
Parade ring commentator:
Clive Graham
Presented by:
Derek Burrell-Davis

The Rt. Hon. Sir Alexander Cadogan, O.M., G.C.M.G., K.C.B., Chairman of the BBC, invites Lieut. Col. the Duke of Wellington, K.G., Her Majesty's Lieutenant for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, to inaugurate the regular television service from the Isle of Wight transmitter.
From the Guildhall, Southampton
(Wenvoe, Alexandra Palace and Rowridge only)

Contributors

Speaker:
The Rt. Hon. Sir Alexander Cadogan
Speaker:
Lieutenant Colonel The Duke of Wellington

Filming Wild Animals
Armand and Michaela Denis present Filming Wild Animals
The first of a series of programmes they have filmed in Africa specially for the BBC Television Service.
(A BBC Telerecording)

For Older Children: Grand Fleece
[Starring] Jack Mahoney as The Range Rider.

(to 17.55)

Contributors

Presenter/filmmaker (Filming Wild Animals):
Armand Denis
Presenter/filmmaker (Filming Wild Animals):
Michaela Denis
Presented by (Filming Wild Animals):
Alan Sleath
The Range Rider (Grand Fleece):
Jack Mahoney

The coast of Hampshire, sheltered behind the Isle of Wight, is the natural gateway to Southern England. It is this area, to be served by the BBC's new television transmitter at Rowridge, that John Arlott introduces in a film made by the BBC Film Unit.
(A BBC Television Film)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Arlott
Director:
John Rhodes
Producer:
Desmond Hawkins

Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
[Starring] Dick Bentley
with Peter Sellers, Bill Fraser, Charlotte Mitchell, Rosemary Miller, Herbert Mostyn.

Contributors

Writer:
Frank Muir
Writer:
Denis Norden
Music composed and arranged by:
Malcolm Lockyer
Orchestra director:
Eric Robinson
Designer:
Frederick Knapman
Production:
Brian Tesler
Production:
Ernest Maxin
Comic actor:
Dick Bentley
Comic actor:
Peter Sellers
[Actor]:
Bill Fraser
[Actress]:
Charlotte Mitchell
[Actress]:
Rosemary Miller
[Actor]:
Herbert Mostyn

An unrehearsed discussion on topics of the week.
Chairman, Dingle Foot
Speakers: Edith Pitt, M.P., Sir Robert Boothby, M.P., Barbara Castle, M.P., L. J. Callaghan, M.P.

Contributors

Chairman:
Dingle Foot
Speaker:
Edith Pitt
Speaker:
Sir Robert Boothby
Speaker:
Barbara Castle
Speaker:
L. J. Callaghan
Arranged by:
Edgar Lustgarten
Presented by:
John Irwin

From the Guildhall, Southampton.
Introduced by Brian Johnston.
Formation Dancing: The Harold Webb Team v. The Bob Fagan Team
Professional Demonstrations
Harry Smith-Hampshire and Doreen Casey Holders of the 1954 Southampton Dance Festival
Professional Challenge Trophy: Amateur Team Match - Southampton v. Bournemouth
Dual Dancing
Medal Test Sequences for the Modern Waltz by Southampton Teachers of Dancing
Professional Old-time Tango Demonstration
Music for modern and old-time dancing by Bert Osborne and his Orchestra

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Johnston
Formation dancers:
The Harold Webb Team
Formation dancers:
The Bob Fagan Team
Dancer:
Harry Smith
Dancer:
Doreen Casey
Adjudicator:
Josephine Bradley
Adjudicator:
Phyllis Haylor
Adjudicator:
Herbert Saunders
Musicians:
Bert Osborne and his Orchestra
Presented by:
Duncan Wood

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