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)
The Place: St. John's Newfoundland
The date: December 12, 1901
Marconi and his assistant, Kemp, sitting in a receiving station on the top of Signal Hill, heard over crude earphones the morse letter S. This was a pre-arranged signal sent from a powerful transmitting station in Cornwall. Marconi's hunch that radio signals could be sent across the Atlantic was confirmed.
Introduced by Arthur Garratt.
(BBC recording)
(Repeated on Tuesday at 11.20 a.m.)
For the Very Young
(BBC film)
See above and page 4
(Sam Wanamaker is appearing in Othello at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon)
(to 15.30)
Presenting Lenny the Lion
with Terry Hall, Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson, Albert Sturm
(Bert Hayes is appearing at the Butlin's Hotels, Cliftonville)
Today, we in Great Britain celebrate World Children's Day. Over forty countries have instituted such a day in response to a request of the United Nations to set aside a day of friendship and understanding between children.
Michael Henderson takes you on a round trip to meet some of the children from other nations and introduces Stephen Peet, who retells part of the story of his film, Far Cry, which he made recently in South Korea for the Save the Children Fund.
On transmitters serving the areas:
6.10 News for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the English Regions
News from Wale: 6.15-6.20
Fish and Fur make this week's News from the Zoos
A visit to the Blackpool Tower Aquarium and Roof Garden Zoo.
Zoo Correspondent, James Fisher
(BBC recording)
A magazine programme introduced by Charles Richardson and Roger Moffat with today: Louie Ramsay, Dorothy Wayne, Peter Jackson.
and Cricket: close of play scores
A series of plays for television by Leo Lehman
[Starring] Gillian Lind, Henry Oscar, Ballard Berkeley
The action takes place in and around the Richard Pater School.
Organised by the Achilles Club in conjunction with the News of the World
Direct from the White City Stadium, London.
Alan Melville takes you from A-Z through the world of entertainment.
This week's programme deals with Letter 'R' and is produced by Bryan Sears.
Artists include:
Ginger Rogers, in a specially recorded interview; Beryl Reid, James Robertson Justice, Ronnie Ronalde and the British television debut of Holland's foremost jazz singer Rita Reys.
(See page 4)
Sir Arthur Bliss conducts the London Symphony Orchestra
(Leader. Hugh Maguire) with George Thalben-Ball (organ)
Movements from Suite: The Water Music
(in the original instrumentation, edited by Anthony Baines)
Organ Concerto in A, Op. 7 No. 2
Part of a concert being given in commemoration of the bicentenary of Handel's death by the Royal Philharmonic Society.
Introduced by Alvar Lidell.
From the Royal Festival Hall, London
A film version of a delightful story by Frank O'Connor of young Irish boyhood.
[Cast list]
and introducing Fergal Stanley as Larry.
See page 5
Patrick Moore talks about some of the lesser known bodies of the Solar System.
A regular monthly series
A series of films about people who risk their lives in the course of their daily work.
The story of the men who work at heights in building and engineering.
Written, produced, and edited by Maurice Harvey.
(Previously televised on August 15, 1958)
Evening Prayers conducted by Dr. Donald Soper.
Followed by Weather and Close Down
