A visit to this Berkshire race-course to see three of the principal races on the first day of the December Meeting.

2.0 Berkshire Handicap Hurdle Race over 2 miles 85 yards

2.30 Freshman's Hurdle Race over 2 miles 85 yards

3.0 Andover Handicap Steeplechase over 3 miles

Clive Graham identifies the runners and riders in the Paddock before each race.

Viewers' Queries Answered.
At the desks: Nan Winton and Peter Haigh
also appearing: Charles Pennethorne Hughes and Elkan Allan

by Brenda Belth.

in a cavalcade of songs.

For the Very Young
Stories about a family of wooden dolls who live on a farm.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
(A BBC Telefilm)

Introduced by Jack Bell.
A topical film programme in which viewers see excerpts from films old and new, and meet cinema personalities who are in the news.

For Older Children: The Friday Western - Flame Across the Prairie
The fierce Mojave Tribe, led by Chief Sky Eagle, are in revolt. Settlers are panicked into selling their farms as the Cisco Kid and Panchor arrive to investigate. They find a sinister force at work and uncover the true reason for the Indian raids.

Inside Information
An outside broadcasting unit takes a look at itself; and Stephen Wade explains the working of some of the equipment that brings you your programmes.
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on January 21, 1955)

(to 18.00)

People, events, comments of today introduced by Geoffrey Johnson Smith.

Josephine Douglas invites you to meet men and women of H.M. Forces serving overseas and to hear their musical requests for the people at home.
This week the requests come from Oldenburg and are answered by: Carole Carr with Tony Mercer, Tutte Lemkow, Sara Luzita, The Northerners, David Francis and the Forces' Requests Orchestra under the direction of George Clouston.

John Slater, Television's well-known storyteller invites you to join him.
(A BBC Telefilm)
(John Slater is appearing in "Dry Rot" at the Whitehall Theatre, London)

Introduced by Ronnie Waldman.
This week's viewer competitor from Tottenham.
Including:
Which Year?
with Edna Savage, Gene Baxter, Harry Naughton, Pamela Harrington, Peter Darrell,
The George Mitchell Four.

Viewers who live in Tottenham are invited to place this copy of Radio Times in their window by noon today if they wish to offer themselves as the viewer competitor in tonight's 'Puzzle Corner'.

An invitation event between swimmers from five countries.
From the Isleworth Baths, Middlesex.
(BBC Outside Broadcast cameras will visit this event again at 3.5 tomorrow)

An unrehearsed discussion on topics of the week.
The Rt. Hon. Walter Elliot, C.H., M.P., The Rt. Hon. Hugh Gaitskell, M.P., Viscount Hailsham, Joseph Grimond, M.P.
Chairman, Frank Byers

[Starring] George Burns and Gracie Allen

The Burns family and their friends want to go to the pictures-but the problem is to find a film that none of them has seen.

A preview of some of your programmes for tomorrow and Sunday.

Sidney Harrison takes a look at your music programmes for the next fortnight.
Followed by The Weather and Close Down