[Introduced by] Jeanne Heal
Jeanne Heal, with the help of experts, enquires into the causes of accidents to children, and in particular why more than a third of child road casualties are under five years old.
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on July 28)
A comedy film made for television.
Written and produced by Dorothea Brooking.
Carols recorded by boys of Canterbury Cathedral Choir
(to 17.40)
A fortnightly Northern Ireland television magazine.
(Kirk O'Shotts and Glencairn only)
(to 19.15)
by Michael and Roland Pertwee.
A Christmas story with music by Gian-Carlo Menotti.
(Charles Vignoles, a member of the Cathedral Choir School, appears by permission of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury
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Carols from St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington.
A film story that begins on Christmas Eve.
With Jean Parker, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Winninger and Richard Carlson.
Even Scrooge found the spirit of Christmas infectious and the three ageing and prosperous business men who begin this film are not Scrooges. They decide to toss lightly out of the window their wallets, each containing ten dollars and cards bearing their names and addresses. Will any of the wallets be returned?
Glyn Daniel challenges a panel of experts to identify a series of unusual objects, which he has specially collected for Christmas Eve.
The Experts:
Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Professor of Archaeology, University of London
Professor Thomas Bodkin, Former Director of the Barber Institute and Professor of Fine Arts at Birmingham University
Hugh de S. Shortt, Curator of Salisbury Museum
Challenger and Chairman, Glyn Daniel, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge
(sound only)
followed by Interlude
from Notre Dame, Paris.
Viewers are invited to take part in the Midnight Mass of the Nativity from the famous Cathedral of Paris.
Presented by the French Television Service
(to 0.00)
