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from Cardiff Arms Park
4 x 110 yards men's relay (heats)
80 metres women's hurdles final
4 x 440 yards men's relay (heats)
4 x 110 yards women's relay (heats)
4 x 110 yards men's relay final
One mile
4 x 110 yards women's relay final
4 x 440 yards men's relay final
The times of Games programmes are subject to last-minute alteration

Contributors

Commentator:
Norris McWhirter
Commentator:
Roger Bannister
Commentator:
Max Robertson
Commentator:
Geoffrey Dyson

(See below)

The Proms
Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London for the first part of the opening concert of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts

BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard)
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
Soloists Gloria Lane (mezzo-soprano), Moiseiwitsch (piano)

Overture: The Mastersingers...Wagner

Aria: Softly Awakes my Heart (Samson and Delilah)...Saint-Saens

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, for piano and orchestra...Rachmaninov

Introduced by Alvar Lidell

Contributors

Presenter:
Alvar Lidell
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Paul Beard
Conductor:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Mezzo-soprano:
Gloria Lane
Pianist:
null Moiseiwitsch

A series of six adventures by Michael Gilbert
[Starring] Derek Farr
with James Hayter

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Gilbert
Producer:
Desmond Davis
Music composed by:
Eric Spear
Ian Arbuthnot:
Jack Hedley
Susan Collet:
Jennifer West
Toby Truscott:
Derek Farr
Bob the barman:
Lane Meddick
Mr. Shaw:
James Hayter
Mrs. Shaw:
Ruth Dunning
Billington:
Andrew Lieven
Miss Parker:
Rosamund Greenwood
Colonel Collet:
Laidman Browne
Sam Shorter:
Harry Locke

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