Viewers' Queries Answered
At the Desk: Nan Winton and Peter Haigh
Also appearing: Charles Pennethorne Hughes and Elkan Allan
by Gwen Evans.
A programme of songs and light music.
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)
Road of Iron
This film shows how a railway was built from Seven Islands, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, to Ungava and the great reserves of iron ore buried there.
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada
The Ice Breakers
The story of the ice breakers that work to keep the Baltic open through the long Northern winter.
For older children
The Friday Western: The Great Bank Robberies
Old General Lawrence still fights the Civil War in his imagination. Bad men pose as his troopers and under this cloak of respectability terrorise the countryside. They accuse Cisco and Pancho of the murder of one of their number and the General condemns them to death. The friends escape, however, and in a thrilling battle turn the tables on the outlaws.
Children of the New Forest: 5: The Attack
by Captain Marryat.
Adapted and produced by Douglas Hurn.
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on May 3, 1955)
Edward rescues Clara Ratcliffe from robbers who kill her father in an attack on their hide-away forest cottage. The Intendant, Mr. Heatherstone, revealing that the Cavalier Ratcliffes were his friends, shows signs of having lost faith in the Parliamentary cause. Edward becomes his secretary, to be ready to go to war when the hour comes.
(to 18.00)
followed by The Weather
People, events, comments of today introduced by Cliff Michelmore.
[Starring] George Burns and Gracie Allen
A preview of some of your programmes for tomorrow and Sunday.
Josephine Douglas invites you to meet men and women of H.M. Forces serving overseas and to hear their musical requests for their friends and relations at home.
The requests are from Kenya and Malta, G.C.
Carole Carr introduces the programme starring Anthony Steel, Lester Ferguson with Tutte Lemkow, Sara Luzita, The Northerners, Forces' Requests Orchestra (Leader, David McCallum) under the direction of George Clouston.
(Anthony Steel appears by permission of the Rank Organisation)
Written by Ernest Dudley and Donn Russell.
Ernest Dudley introduces a weekly series of Imaginary court cases in which the verdict rests with you, the jury.
An unrehearsed discussion on topics of the week.
Gerald Nabarro M.P., Bernard Braine M.P., Wilfred Fienburgh M.P., George Woodcock
Chairman, Dingle Foot
with a story of his own.
(A BBC telerecording)
(John Slater is appearing in "Dry Rot" at the Whitehall Theatre, London)
An evening date for enthusiasts, bringing them news, views, and expert information on their particular subject.
Percy Thrower introduces the President of the Royal Horticultural Society, the Hon. David Bowes-Lyon, who describes the activities of the Society.
F. E. W. Hanger, Curator of the Society's Gardens at Wisley, talks about some of the work being carried out there.
Percy Thrower deals with seasonal work in the garden and greenhouse, including the sowing of onions and seed potatoes for chitting, and also demonstrates the planting of fruit trees in tubs and discusses multiple fruit trees.
Joseph Cooper takes a look at your music programmes for the next fortnight.
Followed by The Weather and Close Down
