Written by Basil Taylor.
A film about the English Lakes with Norman Nicholson the Lakeland poet.
(Previously televised on May 2, 1956)
A film contribution to the art of good driving by the Royal Automobile Club, the Automobile Association, and the Royal Scottish Automobile Club, with the co-operation of the Metropolitan Police and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
For the Very Young
(A BBC Television Film)
The Welsh Television Unit trains its cameras on the Eisteddfod stage where Folk Dance parties from many countries compete in friendly rivalry.
Introduced by Hywel Davies.
(Wenvoe, Holme Moss and Sutton Coldfield only)
(to 16.30)
The Magic Pet Shop
[Starring] Fred Barton
Country Close-Up
The July edition of a monthly series of film programmes about the countryside.
Commentary by Ion Trant
Lucky Silver: 4: The Laughing Parrot
A serial in six parts by C.E. Webber.
Ask Your Dad
Humphrey Lestocq takes the chair in a light-hearted family general knowledge game.
Detholiad o ffilmiau o ddigwyddiadau yng Nghymru yn ystod yr wythnosau a aeth heibio
(Television Welsh Newsreel)
(Wenvoe, Holme Moss and Sutton Coldfield only)
(to 18.15)
followed by The Weather
People, events, comments of today.
Introduced by Cliff Michelmore.
A new comedy series written and produced by Kevin Sheldon.
[Starring] Julie Webb and David Drummond as 'Abigail and Roger'
By permission of the Dean and Chapter
Richard Dimbleby takes you to Durham Cathedral stronghold of Christianity in the North since Saxon times and one of the most magnificent Norman buildings in Europe.
See page 7
[Starring] William Bendix in the comedy film Riley the Typical Worker
To the bemusement of his family, Riley hears the call of the islands and eventually succeeds in transporting them all there.
Introduced by Eric Robinson
[Starring] Tito Gobbi
with Anne-Marie Fontaine, Nikki Baker and Joan Bramhall, Ellen Dales, Betty Felstead, Mary Illing, Adela Newman, Nora Ogonovsky, Lesley Wood, Bowles Bevan, Derek Davies, Edgar Fleet, John Ford, John Gower, Owen Grundy, John Mitchinson, David Oddie
London Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Granville Jones)
(Tito Gobbi appears by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Ltd., and S.A. Gorlinsky)
Spotlighting news, views and personalities from the world of sport.
Introduced by Peter Dimmock.
Written and produced by Stephen Hearst.
A film record of life, people, and places.
Made in co-operation with the Commonwealth Governments.
(All transmitters except Sutton Coldfield)
10.0-10.30 Around and About
A Midland magazine. News, views, people, places introduced by James Pestridge.
From the BBC's Midland Television Studio
(Sutton Coldfield only)
A weekly programme in which Charles Hughes helps you to find the story behind your name.
See page 7
Followed by The Weather and Close Down
