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A visit to Newbury racecourse to see three of this afternoon's principal events.

1.30 Ilsley Selling Hurdle Race
over two miles and eighty-five yards

2.0 Newbury December Steeplechase Handicap
over two miles and a half

2.30 Nether Wallop Amateur Riders' Handicap Steeplechase
over three miles

Clive Graham identifies the runners and riders in the paddock.

Contributors

Commentator:
Peter O'Sullevan
Paddock commentator:
Clive Graham
Presented by:
Dennis Monger

Percy Thrower continues the general work in the garden, including the treatment for chrysanthemums that have finished flowering; and offers some advice on the management of flowers in pots for the house. Sheila Macqueen is his guest and arranges and shows some simple floral decorations.

Contributors

Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Guest:
Sheila Macqueen
Presented by:
John Furness

Omnibus
A parade of historic London buses from the first to the latest type and a visit to the famous skid patch.
Presented in conjunction with the London Transport Executive

London to Brighton in Four Minutes
Impossible of course but this film does it!

All Your Own
A programme in which children from all over Great Britain have been invited to take part.
Introduced by Huw Wheldon.
At the piano, Tom McCall

Bus of the Future
In which you see the new design of bus that will run in London before long and watch it being put through its paces.

(to 16.00)

Contributors

Commentator (Omnibus):
Raymond Baxter
Producer (Omnibus):
Bill Duncalf
Presenter (All Your Own):
Huw Wheldon
Pianist (All Your Own):
Tom McCall
Editor (All Your Own):
Cliff Michelmore
Presented by (All Your Own):
Michael Westmore

[Starring] Max Wall, Eve Boswell, Stan Stennett, Peter Butterworth, Bruce Trent, Halama and Konarski, The Earls, Bill Adams and Babs Adams, Joan Mann, The George Mitchell Singers, The Variety Parade Dancers
Variety Parade Orchestra
Conducted by Eric Robinson
(Max Wall appears by permission of the Management of 'Harlequinade on Ice,' Brighton; Peter Butterworth by permission of Howard and Wyndham, Ltd.)

Contributors

Comedian:
Max Wall
Singer:
Eve Boswell
Comedian:
Stan Stennett
Comedian:
Peter Butterworth
Singer:
Bruce Trent
Dancers:
Halama and Konarski
Singers:
The Earls
Entertainer:
Bill Adams
Entertainer:
Babs Adams
Performer:
Joan Mann
Singers:
The George Mitchell Singers
Dancers:
The Variety Parade Dancers
Designer:
John Clements
Musicians:
Variety Parade Orchestra
Orchestra conducted by:
Eric Robinson
Producer:
W. Lyon-Shaw

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