Ten thousand members of clubs belonging to the Methodist Association of Youth Clubs have come to London from all over the British Isles for their Congress and Annual Display. This morning, in the Royal Albert Hall, you are invited to join them in the Service of Worship that provides the climax to their weekend.
Service conducted by the Rev. Douglas Griffiths.
Preacher, the Rev. Reg. C. Bedford National Secretary. M.A.Y.C.
(to 12.00)
Newyddion am Gymru a Chymry.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield and Crystal Palace)
Gwahoddiad cynnes i chwi dreulio egwyl ym Mhabell Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yr Urdd yn Llanbedr-pont Stephan, yng nghwmni rhai o'r ymwelwyr a'r cystadleuwyr ifainc a ddaeth i'r Wyl eleni Fe'u cyflwynir gan Ifan O. Williams
Y telediad yng ngofal Selwyn Roderick
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield and Crystal Palace)
(to 13.50)
Introduced by John Cherrington.
Lime on the Farm: H. W. Gardner gives advice on how to make the best use of lime.
Farm Visit: Peter Anderson visits R. R. Wallbank, Willcross Farm, Gisburn, Clitheroe.
From the BBC's Midland television studio
Seven Days in Thirty-five Minutes
Introduced by Kenneth Kendall.
[Starring] Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy
A film in the Star Choice Series.
A Visit to Ischia in the Bay of Naples, for a programme in holiday mood including: an interview with Sir William and Lady Walton songs from a local festival, sung by some of Italy's recording stars and a panorama of the beaches, vineyards and villages on this Mediterranean island.
Your guide, Derek Bond
(A recording made in collaboration with Radiotelevisione Italiana)
The members this week are: H.R.H. Prince Peter of Greece, Sir Julian Huxley, F.B.S., Sir John Wolfenden H.R.H., Prince Chula-Chakrabongse of Thailand.
Question-Master, Norman Fisher
(A sound recording can be heard in the Home Service on Tuesday at 4.0)
A French cartoon film in eight episodes.
Harry Corbett and 'Sooty Mammoth Productions' present "Sooty's Safari"
with Sooty and Sweep.
A breath-taking serial in three weekly episodes.
Produced by Sooty assisted by Trevor Hill from the BBC's North of England studios
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(Aircraft sequences by courtesy of Silver City Airways, Ltd., Blackpool - and Sooty)
by Charles Dickens.
Adapted in thirteen parts by P.D. Cummins.
The story so far:
On his twenty-first birthday, Pip receives £500 a year, but learns no more about his benefactor. Joe brings him a message from Miss Havisham; Pip has become a snob, and with quiet dignity Joe says their ways must part. Pip finds Orlick employed at Satis House and gets him dismissed. Orlick vows revenge. Estella has returned from abroad more beautiful than ever - she warns Pip she has no heart. Miss Havisham orders Pip to be Estella's escort when she enters society in Richmond.
(Dinsdale Landen is appearing in "Auntie Mame" at the Adelphi Theatre; Nigel Davenport in "A Taste of Honey" at Wyndham's Theatre; Helen Lindsay in "Eighty in the Shade" at the Globe Theatre, London.)
Elaine Strutt interviews the Rev. Horace McClelland, C.F., who recently returned from Cyprus with the 1st Bn. the Parachute Regiment.
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by direct relays from Lucerne, Switzerland.
Throughout the week, outside broadcast cameras of the Swiss Television Service will be at the ringside to cover the 59th European Championships in which boxers from 28 countries will be taking part.
What makes young men today decide to become parsons? What do they hope to do?
Three men preparing to give their lives to the Christian Ministry are questioned by Robert Kee.
From the BBC's North of England studio
(BBC recording)
Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton.
[Starring] Tony Hancock
(Recording of the programme shown on March 6)
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A modern comedy by George Barraud.
[starring] Judy Campbell, Griffith Jones and Hugh Sinclair
One morning, in his mews flat in South Kensington, Christopher Weetbrook receives a letter from a solicitor telling him that under the will of the late Mrs. Hoffstetter of New York he has been left a substantial sum of money.
To Christopher's wife Jean, this seems to call for some explanation, especially when a book and letter arrive from Mrs. Hoffstetter's mother expressing surprise that her daughter should have remembered Christopher in her will...
(Hugh Sinclair is in 'Gils and Gingerbread' at the Duke of York's Theatre)
Theatre - Films - Books - Painting
Sculpture - Music - Architecture
Presenting people, events and controversies on film and in the studio every fortnight.
Tonight's programme includes:
The Mermaid Theatre
A film study of the birth of a theatre with Bernard Miles.
Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon.
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Introduced by Eric Robinson
with Anneliese Rothenberger, Jack Warner and Viera with more French songs
George Skibine, Marjorie Tallchief, Marcel Grandjany
The Liverpool International Piano Concerto Competition
The winner of yesterday's final appears specially for Music for You from the platform of the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.
The Winners of the 1959 Kathleen Ferrier Awards
The Royal Opera House Orchestra
(Leader, Charles Taylor)
Assistant Conductor, Marcus Dods
(Anneliese Rothenberger appears by arrangement with the Glyndebourne Opera Company Ltd.; The Royal Opera House Orchestra appears by arrangement with the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)
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for Trinity Sunday
Canon Roy McKay speaks of the holiness and glory of God.
(BBC recording)
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