A weekly date with Percy Thrower and his gardening friends.
This week he advises on: Planting wallflowers, polyanthus, and tulips; lifting and storing the tuberous roots of dahlias; watering and feeding pot plants.
His guest today is: Sydney Pearce, Assistant Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew
He gives advice on the type of plants and shrubs which are suitable for borders which face north or are shaded by trees or buildings.
Produced by John Farrington in the BBC's Midland television studio
(A BBC telerecording)
Vilem Tausky and Gerald Gentry conduct the combined BBC Concert Orchestra (Leader, William Armon) and BBC Midland Light Orchestra (Leader, James Hutcheon) with Lizbeth Webb, Bruce Trent and Tommy Reilly.
Introduced by John Hobday.
Part of a public concert from the Coventry Theatre, Coventry
meets every Sunday afternoon to answer questions sent by viewers.
The members this week are: Lady Violet Bonham Carter, D.B.E., Professor A. J. Ayer, F.B.A., Dr. J. Bronowski, Dr. Julian Huxley, F.B.S.
Question-Master: Norman Fisher
When Old Colonel Jack sets off on an expedition his brother has a grand idea for taking over the Circus and running things more profitably. His economy measures are highly unpopular and Big Tim tries every device to get rid of him, but it takes a cyclone and the Colonel in person to set things right again.
assisted by Sweep and Harry Corbett.
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted and produced by Joy Harington
[Starring] Bernard Miles
with Valentine Dyall and Derek Birch
(Douglas Blackwell is appearing in 'No Time for Sergeants' at Her Majesty's Theatre, London)
R. T. Brooks has been visiting schools to join in their daily services. Now he tells the story of some of the words and music he heard in them.
(to 18.15)
An Anglican Service of Holy Communion from St. Augustine's Church, Highgate.
Celebrant: The Vicar, The Rev. Gerald FitzGerald
Preacher: Father St. John Groser
The music of the Twentieth-Century Folk Mass composed by Geoffrey Beaumont.
Those taking part:
Cantor John Alldis
The Peter Knight Orchestra and Singers
Conducted by Peter Knight
See page 13
The Grand Order of Water Rats, the variety profession's most famous confraternity presents Cyril Dowler, King Rat in The King Rat's Birthday Party.
With Evelyn Laye, Ben Warriss, G. H. Elliot, Albert Whelan, Rhoda Rogers, Dave O'Gorman, Josephine Lesley, Clarkson Rose, The Bedser Twins, Ted Drake, Jimmy Greaves, The Six Rosebuds, 'Those Four Rats'.
A new play for television by Paul Vincent Carroll
[Starring] Micheal MacLiammoir
The action takes place in London and Dublin between 1711 and 1728.
(See top of page and page 4)
Tonight's play by the distinguished Irish dramatist, Paul Vincent Carroll, centres upon the ever-fascinating, enigmatic personality of Jonathan Swift (1667-1745). Here is a vivid portrayal of the two sides of Swift's character - of the ambitious, Irish-born clergyman who hated the 'scoundrel island' of Ireland (as he put it), the brilliant satirist and pamphleteer who supported the Tory cause in an attempt to fight the Whigs and the great Duke of Marlborough. Here, too, is the woman-loathing lover, adored by Esther Vanhomrigh and Esther Johnson, who have passed into posterity as 'Vanessa' and 'Stella'. Mr. Vincent Carroll brings the turbulent early eighteenth-century world of London and Dublin to life through the political and private dilemmas of a proud, unhappy genius.
At 8.0
Told by Hugh Gibb and Tom Harrisson.
Six films about the people and animals who live in the British Colony of Sarawak.
Bela Siki plays Preludes by Chopin.
Sir Cedric Hardwicke contrasts the ruins of ancient Rome with the indestructibility of Christ's power.
(A film series by arrangement with Milo Film)
followed by Weather and Close Down
