A comedy film.
[Starring] Vincent Price
Glyn Daniel and Sir Mortimer Wheeler discuss the discovery last year, near Vix in north-east France, of a Celtic princess who was buried 2,500 years ago in a chariot surrounded by a remarkable treasure.
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on August 18)
(to 16.00)
Steps into Ballet
Peggy van Praagh describes "Steps into Ballet"
with Donald Britton, Maureen Bruce, Susan Saloman
The Ballet: "Punch and the Child" Part 1
Music by Richard Arnell, played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, Bt. (on gramophone records)
Produced by Naomi Capon, who writes on page 21.
(Peggy van Praagh, Donald Britton and Maureen Bruce appear by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust, Ltd.)
Mr. Pastry Takes a Holiday
Mr. Pastry, an expert at winter sports, sets out on a visit to Norway for the ski-ing.
(A BBC Television Film)
Model Railways
Trucks and trains, stations and cranes, and many other working models that go to make up one of the biggest model railway systems in the country are seen in a visit to a big London store.
(to 17.40)
A play by Philip Mackie.
With Noelle Middleton as Martha Jorgensen, Walter Rilla as Rasmussen, John Stone as Jorgen Jorgensen.
The scene is a hotel bedroom in Copenhagen. Time, the present.
(Noelle Middleton appears by permission of Remus Films, Ltd.)
See page 15
with Dill Jones (piano), Joe Muddel (bass), Eddie Taylor (drums) and Bert Courtley (trumpet), Bill Le Sage (vibes).
Dancers, Rene and Ronnie Allen
Introduced by Dill Jones.
A report for television.
Every year in Britain thousands of men and women have to change their jobs through injury or illness. What facilities are available for their rehabilitation? How can they be trained for a new job? Are the facilities adequate?
From the stage of the Television Theatre.
A preview of spring collections by the London Model House Group.
[Photo caption] Model for Spring: This coat in off-white, richly trimmed with ocelot, is from the spring collection of one of the London Model House Group which will be shown at 9.45
(sound only)