Meet the Ball-boys
The sixty-one boys from the William Baker Technical Schools at Goldings, Herts, the Wimbledon fortnight means an exacting but welcome break from learning a trade. The William Baker Schools, a branch of Dr. Barnardo's Homes, have provided the ball-boys for Wimbledon for the past seven years.
The boys are selected on the basis of their keenness and ability, and competition is fierce. There are about 200 boys at Goldings, eighty or so are juniors below school-leaving age and therefore not eligible, and a few more are incapacitated physically in some way. The remainder all start training for Wimbledon, but gradually the number is reduced until only the best sixty-one are left. To round off their ball-boy training at the school, the boys spend two afternoons at Wimbledon before the tournament starts to be rehearsed by the club staff there.
Viewers and spectators may not appreciate how skilful and energetic a ball-boy has to be, but just watch one for a time. Incidentally, over 10,000 balls are used at an average Wimbledon, and they mean a lot of collecting even to sixty-one keen youngsters of fifteen and sixteen years of age. Eight boys are allocated to a court, and six of them are 'on duty' during a match while two are resting. The Lawn Tennis Association pays the boys pocket money.
There are both grass and hard courts at the Baker Schools, two of which have been added to cater for the increased interest in tennis among ball-boys, many of whom make friends with the Wimbledon stars.

Vera McKechnie in Studio 'E' introduces

Peter Cavanagh with another motor racing report

Gordon and Colville "England's latest Test Match hopes"

John Gower with some songs of the sea

Faraway Children: 2 - Sports in Finland
(A Finnish film)

Holiday Snaps
Neville Maude tells you how to get the best out of your camera.

Roy Earl the comedy conjuror

(John Gower is appearing in "Zuleika" at the Saville Theatre, London; Gordon and Colville and Roy Earl are at Butlin's Holiday Camp, Skegness)

Another visit to the Lawn Tennis Championships.

of the Royal Show which opens at Costessey, near Norwich, tomorrow.
BBC outside broadcast cameras go into the ring to meet some of the exhibitors who have brought livestock for judging at this great annual event in the farming world.
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"Men are always amusing when they lose their temper..."
Who Said That?
Alan Melville questions Lady Pakenham, Judy Montagu, John Betjeman and Gilbert Harding in a light-hearted enquiry into the origin and merits of some provocative quotations.

[Starring] Charlie Drake
featuring Warren Mitchell and Ossie Waller, Robert Dorning, Ann Greenland.

A comedy by Jack Popplewell.
Presents David Tomlinson, Anna Massey in an excerpt.

A special performance from the Westminster Theatre, London, by arrangement with E. P. Clift for Minster Productions Ltd. and Anna Deere Wiman

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Tonight's visit to the Westminster Theatre re-introduces to television that delightful young actress Anna Massey - and one of Britain's best light comedy actors, David Tomlinson, who plays the part of David Warren, an idle young parasite with an engaging charm and a reluctance towards hard work. This is in many ways made understandable by the considerable allowance he receives from his uncle, and the luxurious flat plus, manservant, that he is thus enabled to maintain. Into this flat one night, however, comes a burglar - not so much a cat-burglar as a kitten-burglar - Penelope Shawn (Anna Massey), who is intent on keeping up the family tradition of larceny. David, who is engaged to a rich young socialite, finds Penelope not only an embarrassment legally but also a serious emotional threat to his forthcoming marriage.

Richard Dimbleby opens Television's Window on the World.
The Panorama team of special contributors, using film and television cameras, focuses on events and personalities of the moment.

A magazine of films and film personalities introduced by Peter Haigh and Derek Bond.

A BBC television film of some of the highlights of the day's play at Wimbledon.

followed by Weather and Close Down