When the first steam carriages appeared on the roads, the owners of stage coaches reacted violently. The steam road carriage was forced to pay a heavy toll and had to be preceded by a man carrying a red flag.
But the steam railway locomotive caught the public imagination in 1829 when Stephenson's Rocket won a competition with three other steam locomotives. The Railway Age had begun.
Introduced by Arthur Garratt.
(BBC recording of the programme shown on April 29)
(to 11.45)
(See top of the column and page 3)
Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh welcome their guest on his arrival at Victoria Station
Scene described by Richard Dimbleby
(to 12.40 app.)
Bwrw golwg dros bynciau'r dydd mewn sgwrs a ffilm-a chyfle i gwrdd a rhai sy'n amlwg yn y newyddion.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss and Sutton Coldfield only)
(to 13.15)
by Charles Dickens
Adapted in eight parts by John Keir Cross
[Starring] Mervyn Johns and Peter Wyngarde
(BBC recording, first shown in 1957)
For the Very Young
Maria Bird brings Andy to play with your small children and invites them to join in songs and games.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
Gladys Whitred sings the songs
(BBC film)
Dress Sense Competition: Regional Final - No. 3
from Bristol
Judged by: Michael Sherard, Alison Settle, Dorothy Crabbe
With Doreen Stephens, Editor, Women's Programmes in the chair.
Introduced by Tom Salmon.
3.20 Children's Spring
An extract from a film showing children in the mountains in Czechoslovakia.
3.30 Dress Sense Competition West Regional Result
(to 15.35)
The adventures of a Boxer puppy.
Drawn by Tim and told by Sylvia Peters.
(BBC recording)
A magazine programme for railway enthusiasts with John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse who devised and filmed the series.
Introduced by Bill Hartley.
This month's edition includes:
Can You Guess?; A Worcestershire Branch Line; Come with us on 'The Elizabethan'; Spotters' Notebook
From the BBC's Midland television studio
A Marionette Operetta by Richard Arnell
Music played by The Virtuoso Ensemble
Conducted by the composer
Piano, Tom McCall
(BBC recording)
On transmitters serving the areas:
6.10 News for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the English Regions
News from Wales: 6.15-6.20
A weekly 'Do It Yourself' programme with Barry Bucknell.
Making and repairing garden furniture
Look around with Cliff Michelmore.
Sport-Music-People
Cinema-Theatre-Argument
With Derek Hart and, this week, Noel Harrison.
Cricket: close of play scores
Written by Dave Freeman and Charlie Drake
Introduced by Charles O'Casey Drake
The Moon and Fourpence
A tale of a young man's frustrated ambitions.
(Mens sana in corpore sano)
War or Peace
Enough has been written on this subject already. This will positively be the last word.
The Little Picture-Hanger
To hang a picture or not to hang a picture, That is the question.
with BBC Outside Broadcast cameras for the final public hearing of Get Ahead
A competition organised by the News Chronicle which offers £7,500 in prize money.
The four finalists are 'On The Spot' for the last time to prove their claims to the top prize of £5,000.
The Judges: Lady Barnett, Sir Miles Thomas, Sir Harry Pilkington, Ron Smith
Chairman of Judges, John Coope
Introduced by Peter West.
From the Carlton Rooms, Maida Vale, London
BBC Outside Broadcast cameras go to Wembley Empire Pool for part of the Five-a-Side Championship.
Organised by the Central Council of Physical Recreation in conjunction with the Evening Standard
by William Shakespeare
[Starring] Eric Porter, Michael Gough, William Sylvester
with Daphne Slater, Valerie White
Scene: During a great part of the play at Rome. Afterwards at Sardis and near Philippi.
(See page 9)
followed by Weather and Close Down
