Introduced by Roma Fairley.
London Street Markets; The Sellers; The Buyers and The Goods; Honor Balfour's Round-Up
Maria Bird brings Andy to play with your small children and invites them to join in songs and games.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
Gladys Whitred sings the songs
(A BBC Television film)
(to 16.15)
The Running Tide
A play by Sheilah Ward.
"I must go down to the seas again, For the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call That may not be denied." (John Masefield)
The action takes place in the latter part of the eighteenth century.
No Ordinary Ship: 1: Steaming to Windward
Portrait of an aircraft carrier.
Outside broadcast cameras go on board H.M.S. Bulwark to show some of the problems of running an airfield at sea.
Produced by Alan Chivers with the co-operation of the Admiralty and H.M.S. Bulwark, Captain J.M. Villiers O.B.E.. R.N.
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on July 6)
(to 18.00)
Max Robertson and Brian Johnston visit Earls Court on the eve of the opening of the twenty-second National Radio and Television Exhibition to see some of this year's exhibits and preparations in progress in the BBC Arena and Studio.
A friendly battle of entertainment.
Judges: Frances Day, Bernard Delfont, Jerry Wayne
Introduced by Peter Haigh.
BBC Northern Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Alyn Ainsworth
Written and produced by Stephen Hearst.
A film programme made in co-operation with the Commonwealth Governments.
"Work is the curse of the drinking classes"
with Gilbert Harding, Nancy Spain, Helga Moray, Peter Jones and Alan Melville.
by William Shakespeare.
Adapted for television by Dallas Bower.
[Starring] Tony Britton, Virginia McKenna, Flora Robson, Harcourt Williams
Scene: Verona, Mantua
(A BBC telerecording of the production on May 22)
(Part 2: Thursday at 9.0 p.m.)
(sound only)
