Programme Index

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Direct from Sweden
From the Solna Stadium, Stockholm.

The Opening Ceremony
A fly-past by the Swedish Royal Air Force followed by The Inauguration of the Championships by His Majesty King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.

2.0 Kick-Off
Mexico v. Sweden
The first match of the eighth-finals.
Presented by the Swedish Television Service
(See page 3)
(All transmitters)

Contributors

Commentator:
Kenneth Wolstenholme

Percy Thrower shows seasonal work in garden and greenhouse.
Care of cyclamen; Care of rock plants that have finished flowering; Planting out celery; Sowing wallflowers and forget-me-nots; Potting rooted cuttings of hydrangeas; Putting in cuttings of Regal pelargoniums
From the BBC's Midland television studio

Contributors

Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Presented by:
Paul Morby

The members this week are: Sir Isaiah Berlin, Lady Violet Bonham Carter, D.B.E., Noel Annan, Sir John Maud.
Question-Master, Norman Fisher

(A sound recording can be heard in the Home Service on Friday at 1.10)
(Picture on page 5)

Contributors

Question-Master:
Norman Fisher
Panellist:
Sir Isaiah Berlin
Panellist:
Lady Violet Bonham Carter
Panellist:
Noel Annan
Panellist:
Sir John Maud
Producer:
John Furness

A serial in six episodes by R. F. Delderfield.
[Starring] Peter Wyngarde, John Moffatt, Rupert Davies, Richard Coleman

(Peter Wyngarde is appearing in "Duel of Angels" at the Apollo Theatre, London)

Contributors

Writer:
R.F. Delderfield
Producer:
Desmond O'Donovan
Fights arranged by:
Terry Baker
Film Cameraman:
David Prosser
Film Editor:
Ron de Mattos
Designer:
Frederick Knapman
John Silver:
Peter Wyngarde
Captain Flint:
Rupert Davies
Gabriel Pew:
Nigel Arkwright
Black Dog:
Gertan Klauber
Israel Hands:
Sean Lynch
Morgan:
Neil Hallett
Anderson:
Rodney Burke
Davis:
Terry Baker
Nick Allardyce:
Richard Coleman
Ben Gunn:
John Moffatt
Sergeant Hoxton:
Peter Vaughan
Private Barnes:
John Barrett
First sailor:
John Grant
Second sailor:
Louis Haslar
Billy Bones:
Olaf Pooley
Big Prosper:
Ayton Medas
Darby Magraw:
Michael Corcoran
Benn Gunn, an old man:
Meadows White

What is a Church for? How far is its shape and design affected by what goes on inside it?
John Betjeman looks for some of the answers to these questions with The Rev. John Cox, Vicar of Stogumber, Somerset, a practising architect and the help of traditional and modern examples of church building.
From the BBC's West of England television studio

Contributors

Presenter:
John Betjeman
Guest:
The Rev. John Cox
Guest:
A practising architect [name uncredited]
Producer:
Kenneth Savidge

Television's most popular panel game with Isobel Barnett, Josephine Douglas, Frank Muir, Denis Norden.
In the chair, Gilbert Harding

("What's My Line?" was devised by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman and is televised by arrangement with CBS and Maurice Winnick)

Contributors

Panellist:
Isobel Barnett
Panellist:
Josephine Douglas
Panellist:
Frank Muir
Panellist:
Denis Norden
Chairman:
Gilbert Harding
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman
Producer:
Harry Carlisle

A new comedy by David Carr and David Stringer.
[Starring] Alec McCowen, John Phillips
with Nora Nicholson, Priscilla Morgan, Andre Van Gyseghem.
The action of the play moves rapidly from one crisis to another.

Contributors

Writer:
David Carr
Writer:
David Stringer
Designer:
Clifford Hatts
Producer:
Stuart Burge
Alexander Wood:
Alec McCowen
Prime Minister:
Andre van Gyseghem
General Sir William Bellemy:
Peter Bathurst
Colonel Davies:
John Phillips
Captain Wilkinson:
Richard Gale
R.S.M.:
George A. Cooper
Major Canning (D.A.D.M.S.):
Graham Crowden
D.A.Q.M.G.:
Tom Chatto
Miss Chamberlain:
Nora Nicholson
First M.P.:
Joby Blanshard
Second M.P.:
Raymond Witch
Welsh lady:
Nuna Davey
Station-master:
Roddy Hughes
Gurney, Minister of Defence:
John Kidd
Jean Briggs:
Priscilla Morgan
Lorry Driver:
Charles Hill
District Commander:
Ewen McDuff
Welsh politician:
Haydn Jones
Mrs. Wood:
Katherine Parr

BBC Television

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More