with a story of his own.
(A BBC telerecording: previously shown on March 1, 1956)
[Starring] Amos 'n' Andy in a second showing of the film Engagement Ring
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 Television Film)
(to 16.00)
A Glassful of Oxygen
Dr. Din, a research chemist, shows you some of the things that can be done with liquid oxygen.
African Scene
Marjorie Juta tells you more about her country, with illustrations on film.
Extra Item
by Frederick H. Wiseman.
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on August 19)
(to 18.00)
followed by The Weather
People, events, comments of today.
Introduced by Geoffrey Johnson Smith.
[Starring] Joan Davis in the film series I Married Joan
A preview of your programmes for tomorrow and Sunday.
From the Derby Baths, Blackpool where the Amateur Swimming Association National Championships, the last major event before the selection of the Olympic team, are taking place.
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with a guest or two and Norman Percival and his Music.
by Michael Voysey.
A series of half-hour plays about famous men and women who were known to the world by names other than their own.
The name by which the principal character is commonly known will be revealed only towards the end of the story.
(Nom-de-Plume is based on a series by Hector and Dorothy Crawford)
(Robert Stephens appears by permission of the English Stage Company)
Gilbert Harding says I Know What I Like.
Thirty minutes of the type of entertainment that gives him pleasure.
People who make the news face questions from the people who write the news.
An early Sennett production, with Mabel Normand as the daughter of a Red Indian chief who elopes with a young brave.
Followed by The Weather and Close Down
