by Alexandre Dumas
Adapted by Estelle Holt
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on September 18, 1956)
Tunes and tales from the South Pacific with The Paradise Hawaiians, Loa and Bill Elliott.
Another visit to the Lawn Tennis Championships.
"Sit tight in your chair And we'll take you there to..."
Float on Air
BBC outside broadcast cameras on the ground and airborne in a BEA helicopter watch the gliders and members of the Lasham Gliding Centre as they float, soar, and aerobat over the beautiful Surrey countryside at Lasham.
Air Man-on-the-Spot Raymond Baxter, who hopes to fly his first glider solo, watches some of this country's gliding experts show their skill.
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[Boxed caption] Raymond Baxter invited you to join him both on the ground and in the air with members of the Losham Gliding Centre this evening - at 7.30
[Starring] George Burns and Gracie Allen in the film Who's giving the Party?
George gets thoroughly confused between Gracie's efforts to organise a barbecue and his own plans for a large dinner party. He ends by inviting a group of strangers into his house without realising that they are on a guided tour of Hollywood. His friends fear for his sanity.
by Mary Webb
Adapted for television by Constance Cox
[Starring] Daphne Slater, Paul Daneman, Patrick Troughton
with Nora Nicholson
Peter Dimmock introduces Television's weekly sports magazine for the family including:
Geoff Dyson in My View of Sport
Ben Lyon introduces Zodiac
A new monthly programme with a constellation of personalities, people, and predictions featuring Al Koran.
This month's sign: Cancer, the Crab
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Zodiac
with Al Koran.
Introducing personalities, people, and predictions under the sign of Cancer, the Crab Horoscope with the Zodiac Models
Singers of the Month The Meritones: Leoni Page
Personality Prediction Zodiac Suite
featuring the music of Norrie Paramor and the Zodiac Dancers
Your Lucky Stars Pinky and Perky with The Dalibors
Wheel of Fortune
and finally you are invited to Pick Your Star
BBC Northern Dance Orchestra conducted by Alyn Ainsworth
From the BBC's North of England Television studios
Is the crime rate in this country rising or failing? In particular, what has happened recently to the number of murders? How many people go to prison; how many hours a week does the average prisoner work; what can he earn; and what does he cost the State? How many prisoners in recent years have successfully escaped from prison? These are some of the questions that will be answered in tonight's programme.
A BBC television film of some of the highlights of the day's play at Wimbledon.
followed by Weather and Close Down
