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BBC Outside Broadcast cameras cover three of the principal races.

2.0 Sunbury Selling Hurdle Race over two miles

2.30 Staines Handicap Hurdle Race over three miles

3.0 Walter Hyde Handicap Steeplechase over three miles

Clive Graham is beside the camera overlooking the Paddock to identify the horses and jockeys before each race.

Contributors

Commentator:
Peter O'Sullevan
Paddock commentator:
Clive Graham
Presented for television by:
Dennis Monger

Mr. Pastry Learns to Ski
Another film of his adventures in the land of snow.

Happy Street
A musical story with Sara Gregory, Bruce Forsyth, James Sharkey, Diana Day, Robin Willett, Maureen Maitland.
At the piano, Tom McCall

Children of the New Forest: 6: Back to Arnwood
by Captain Marryat.
Adapted by Tom Twigge.
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on May 10, 1955)

(to 18.00)

Contributors

[Actress] (Happy Street):
Sara Gregory
[Actor] (Happy Street):
Bruce Forsyth
[Actor] (Happy Street):
James Sharkey
[Actress] (Happy Street):
Diana Day
[Actor] (Happy Street):
Robin Willett
[Actress] (Happy Street):
Maureen Maitland
Pianist (Happy Street):
Tom McCall
Producer (Happy Street):
Vere Lorrimer
Author (Children of the New Forest):
Captain Marryat
Adapted by (Children of the New Forest):
Tom Twigge
Producer (Children of the New Forest):
Douglas Hurn
Edward Beverley:
Alan Edwards
Alice Beverley:
Shirley Cooklin
Humphrey Beverley:
Anthony Valentine
Edith Beverley:
Gillian Gale
Patience Heatherstone:
Shirley Watson
Mr. Heatherstone:
Ralph Nossek
Pablo:
Alaric Cotter
Major Chaloner:
John Downing
Major Grenville:
Derek Aylward
Mr. Langton:
James Raglan
First highwayman:
Clement Lister
Second highwayman:
Reginald Hearne
Landlord:
Christopher Steele

A series of six plays by Berkely Mather.
Wilfrid Lawson plays Barrel Binacre.
(Peter Vaughan appears by permission of Donald Wolfit)

Contributors

Writer:
Berkely Mather
Designer:
John Cooper
Director:
John Nelson Burton
Producer:
Tony Richardson
Barrel Binacre:
Wilfrid Lawson
Cober:
George Rose
Harry the Scouse:
Harold Lang
Chief Det.-Insp. Charlesworth:
John Welsh
Prison Padre:
Peter Vaughan
Seppi the Barber:
Joseph Behrmann
Beeker the Bookie:
Alfred Maron
Tearaway the Bookie:
Donald Cashfield
Squalor:
Ralph de Rohan

Arthur English and Eddie Gray are let loose in The Saturday Show aided and abetted by artists from near and far
Introduced by George Pierce.
Norrie Paramor and his Concert Orchestra
The Television Toppers

Contributors

Comedian:
Arthur English
Comedian:
Eddie Gray
Presenter:
George Pierce
Musicians:
Norrie Paramor and his Concert Orchestra
Dancers:
The Television Toppers
Dance direction:
Leslie Roberts
Devised and produced by:
Richard Afton

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More