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)
Spotlight on People - Places - Problems in the news.
There will be no programme next week. The subject for May 28 will be announced earlier that week.
For the Very Young
(BBC film)
Family Affairs
Camera on Holiday
John Chillingworth shows how to make the most of your camera and bring back family snapshots that really catch the holiday mood.
Children on Bicycles
Untrained cyclists on the roads today endanger their own and other people's lives. National and local Road Safety Officers show how they can help parents to teach children to cycle safely.
Introduced by Elisabeth Beresford.
3.15 Orson Welles's Sketchbook
In which he looks back at his early days as an actor.
(BBC film)
(First shown April 24, 1955)
(to 15.30)
A weekly programme for younger viewers.
Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
including:
The Story of San Marco
A scale model serial.
Jean and Frank: 4: Flying a Kite
Stories of some American children.
(See top of page)
There is laughter in the valley when Dodsworth, a boy scholar from the city, comes to stay with Ricky (left) [photo]. Dodsworth is mighty smart about geology and gold mines but not so smart about horses. Champion, a hold-up, and a race to the rescue combine to teach him a lesson.
A monthly look at the countryside.
Introduced by Bruce Campbell.
The Woodland Scene
Flower of the Month
Foxes, tame and wild with Walter Flesher
and
Club Room
With Leslie Jackman answering young viewers' questions and setting a picture quiz.
From the BBC's West of England studio
News from Wales: 6.15-6.20
(On transmitters serving the areas)
Starring Phil Silvers as Sergeant Bilko.
(Previously shown last Monday)
Look around with Cliff Michelmore.
Sport - Music - People - Cinema - Theatre - Argument
with Macdonald Hastings and this week, Cy Grant.
and Cricket: close of play scores
A new film series starring an old favourite, Jack Benny.
Jack plays his violin in the middle of the night and is arrested for disturbing the peace. The outlook is black indeed when he comes before a very bad-tempered judge whose sleep was ruined by the nocturnal recital.
A friendly battle of entertainment for the Top Town Television Trophy of 1959.
Introduced by David Jacobs.
Presented before 25 Judges in BBC studios throughout the British Isles.
Panel Chairmen:
Belfast - Alderman W.F. Bryson, M.B.E., D.L., J.P., Mayor of Enniskillen
Birmingham - Councillor J.C. Homer, J.P., Mayor of Wolverhampton
Bristol - Councillor H.D. Roberts, Mayor of Bath
Cardiff - Councillor Evan Edwards, J.P., Mayor of the Rhondda
London - Councillor R.H. Bryant, J.P., Mayor of Hastings
Alyn Ainsworth and the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
Jimmy Leach at the electronic organ
From the BBC's North of England television studio
(See page 4)
Television reports on discoveries in science, medicine, and industry which are changing our world.
Introduced by David Attenborough.
A regular fortnightly series
by Gore Vidal
[Starring] Pamela Brown
(See top of page)
The author of tonight's play is one of the foremost television playwrights in America today, and in "Dark Pilgrimage" he has written a gripping and unusual thriller. Set in the New Hampshire home of General Bell in the year 1911, it is built around the General's three daughters, Emily, Charlotte and Ann. Charlotte's husband has been murdered some time before the play opens, and although the case was then though to have been solved, Charlotte has been receiving a number of anonymous letters accusing her of being a murderess...
One child in every 700 born in Britain today is a mongol. Mongolism is a common form of mental deficiency presenting a picture of delayed physical and mental development. Recent research suggests that this condition is caused by a defect in the chromosome balance within the human cell. The significance of this and the well-being and upbringing of these children is discussed by a consultant psychiatrist, L. S. Penrose, M.D., F.B.S., Professor of Eugenics, University College, London and a Medical Superintendent of a Mental Deficiency Hospital.
The Dill Jones Trio
Dill Jones (piano), Malcolm Cecil (bass), Denny Craig (drums)
Guest artists: Jo Searle and Tommy Whittle
(BBC recording previously broadcast July 9, 1957)
followed by Weather; Road Works Report and Close Down
