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Sir George Wilkinson, Bt., Chairman of the King George VI National Memorial Fund invites the Queen to unveil the Memorial. After the unveiling Her Majesty replies. Nigel Birch, O.B.E., M.P., Minister of Works accepts the Memorial on behalf of the Government.
From Carlton Gardens, overlooking the Mall.
at 10.50 a.m.
(to 11.30)

Contributors

Commentator:
Richard Dimbleby

Film Profile of David Lean
The well-known British film director, in an interview with Berkeley Smith, introduces scenes from his films: Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, Sound Barrier, Hobson's Choice, and his latest film Summer Madness.
(By arrangement with J. Arthur Rank Organisation and London Films)

Film Profile of Frank Lloyd
The celebrated American film director, in an illustrated interview with Alexander Moyes, introduces scenes from his films: Mutiny on the Bounty, Cavalcade, Under Two Flags, and his latest film The Last Command.
(By arrangement with M.G.M.. Twentieth Century-Fox, and Republic Pictures)

Contributors

Interviewee (Film Profile of David Lean):
David Lean
Interviewer (Film Profile of David Lean):
Berkeley Smith
Presented by (Film Profile of David Lean):
Alan Lawson
Interviewee (Film Profile of Frank Lloyd):
Frank Lloyd
Interviewer (Film Profile of Frank Lloyd):
Alexander Moyes
Presented by (Film Profile of Frank Lloyd):
Alan Sleath

The Friday Western: Dead Man's Shoe
The Range Rider finds a secret plan for a gold mine that belongs to a girl living on a nearby ranch. Bad men capture the plan, but the Range Rider foils the gang.

The Nelson Touch
One-hundred-and-fifty years ago today the British Fleet, commanded by Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson, won the Battle of Trafalgar, but Nelson was killed. This play in his honour tells how he took command of the Fleet.
Adapted by George Nash of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and Naomi Capon from a play by David Scott Daniell.
(Michael Aldridge is in "Salad Days" at the Vaudeville Theatre; Donald Eccles is in "Kismet" at the Stoll Theatre; Wolfe Morris is in "The Teahouse of the August Moon" at Her Majesty's Theatre, London)

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Author (The Nelson Touch):
David Scott Daniell
Adapted by (The Nelson Touch):
George Nash
Adapted by/Producer (The Nelson Touch):
Naomi Capon
Designer (The Nelson Touch):
Lawrence Broadhouse
Captain the Hon Henry Blackwood:
Michael Aldridge
Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson:
Barry Letts
Lord Barham, First Lord of the Admiralty:
Laurence Hardy
William Marsden, Secretary of the Admiralty:
Donald Eccles
William Pitt, the Prime Minister:
Andre van Gyseghem
Captain Thomas M. Hardy:
Norman Mitchell
Powder Monkey:
Richard Palmer
Old Salt:
Wolfe Morris
Bo'sun's Mate:
Gilbert Vernon
Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Calder, Bt:
Eric Phillips
Lieutenant-John Pasco:
David Aylmer

Wilfred Pickles invites you to Ask Pickles for the things you would like to see on your television screen.
Special investigators: Pauline and Larry Forrester

(This programme will be interrupted at 7.45 to show the arrival of H.M. the Queen and H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich)

Contributors

Presenter:
Wilfred Pickles
Orchestra directed by:
Eric Robinson
Special Investigator:
Pauline Forrester
Special Investigator:
Larry Forrester
Production:
Brian Tesler

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Battle of Trafalgar 150th Anniversary Dinner in the presence of H.M. The Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh.
The Rt. Hon. J.P.L. Thomas, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, proposes the toast of Her Majesty the Queen. Her Majesty replies. Admiral Earl Mountbatten of Burma, K.G., First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, proposes the toast of "The Immortal Memory of Lord Nelson".

From the Painted Hall of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

Contributors

Commentator:
Lieutenant-Commander Peter Scott, R.N.V.R. (Retd.)
Presented for television by:
John Vernon

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