From the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Chichester.
Celebrant, the Rev. Canon A. R. Browne-Wilkinson; the Rt. Rev. G. K. A. Bell, Bishop of Chichester presiding
Processional Hymns:
Hail thee, Festival Day (E.H. 624)
The strife is o'er (E.H. 625)
The Epistle: Colossians 3, vv. 1-7
Gradual: Christians, to the Paschal Victim (E.H. 130)
Alleluia, the Lord is risen (Weelkes)
The Gospel: St. John 20. vv. 1-10
Fanfare for Three Trumpets (Vivian Dunn)
Offertory Hymn: Christ the Lord is risen again (E.H. 129)
At the Communion:
Motet: O taste and see (Vaughan Williams)
After the Blessing: Jesus lives! (E.H. 134)
Finale from Sixth Symphony for Organ and Three Trumpets (Widor)
From the earliest days of the Church Christians have met to celebrate the Eucharist on the day of Christ's Resurrection.
The Service, which follows the Customary of the Cathedral, is sung to the setting by Charles Wood in the Ionian Mode.
(to 12.45)
Fox and the Rooster
A film adaptation of one of Aesop's fables in which real animals play all the roles.
Children's Newsreel
The Man from the Moors
A play for Easter.
Written and produced by Shaun Sutton.
(Leonard Sachs is appearing in 'Misery Me' at the Duchess Theatre, London)
(to 18.00)
with Elizabeth Allan, Eunice Gayson, Michael Pertwee, Rikki Fulton as the newshawks.
Peter West in the chair.
Special investigators, Pauline and Larry Forrester
('Guess My Story' is from an idea by William Taylor)
Dr. Skupa, the famous Czechoslovak puppeteer, gives a special television performance before an invited audience.
Televised from the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith.
(By arrangement with Harold Holt, Ltd., and Tennent Productions, Ltd.)
A play by Lenore Coffee and W. Joyce Cowen
[Starring] Fay Compton
The action takes place in Nazareth, Capernaum, and Jerusalem.
The Rev. Hugh Martin, C.H., D.D., talks about the events of the first Easter Day and of the amazing transformation of a little group of beaten and despairing men out of which the Christian Church was born.
(sound only)