Newyddion y Dydd ynghyd a Trafod
Holi ac ateb ar faterion y dydd
(Daily news, and discussion on current affairs)
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss and Sutton Coldfield only)
(to 13.20)
For the Very Young
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
Gladys Whitred sings the songs
Peter Hawkins speaks the voices
Maria Bird writes the songs and music
(BBC film)
A weekly miscellany of people and events.
Introduced by David Jacobs.
Including
Dickie Henderson talking to Duff Newton
Marguerite Vacani on the art of party-going
Life in Lilliput
Mrs. Graham Greene's unique collection of dolls' houses.
(BBC film)
and Three memories of Christmas from W. Macqueen-Pope, R. F. Delderfield and Molly Weir.
(to 15.30)
A magazine programme for younger viewers.
Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
A ventriloquist and his dummy give a show in the local theatre of Kingston. Without any warning an armed gunman bursts in and murders the Sheriff of the town. The only witness is the ventriloquist. How he and the Lone Ranger and Tonto bring the killer to book is told in this week's exciting episode of The Lone Ranger.
With Adrian Hill who sets a subject, helps you with your picture-making, and announces this week's prize winners.
Picture Gallery 'The First Christmas'
(The Sketch Club Exhibition is now at the Art Gallery, Victoria Street, Nottingham)
On transmitters serving the areas:
6.10 News for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the English Regions
News from Wales: 6.15-6.20
Peter West introduces Good Companions
Billy Smart's Circus where Pickles and his friends from Dr. Barnardo's Garden City have been invited to meet some Good Companions of the circus.
Guides: Peter West; Stanley Dangerfield (who also edits the series); Ray Smart; Sasha the Clown
(BBC recording)
David Attenborough introduces Zoo Quest in Paraguay
An adventure filmed in South America.
Presented in three parts.
(Compiled from film sequences first shown last April)
Starring Perry Como
with Jane Morgan, Maurice Evans, The Wiere Brothers, The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, The Ray Charles Singers, The Louis da Pron Dancers
Written by Herbert Baker, Billy Friedberg, and Will Glickman.
(NBC recording)
See page 6
The exciting adventures of the famous Western Stagecoach Service.
[Starring] Dale Robertson
The story in war and peace of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, V.C. and of the Ryder-Cheshire Mission for the Relief of Suffering.
Written and directed by Ian Curtis.
A West Region Film Unit production
Leonard Cheshire is the famous wartime bomber pilot, who watched the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki and later founded the Cheshire Homes.
(See page 6)
A film.
An enchanting and amusing fantasy based on the traditional Christmas song.
A look ahead at Christmas programmes with Alex Macintosh, Michael Aspel, and a few friends.
(BBC recording)
Evening Prayers conducted by Dr. Leslie Weatherhead.
Followed by Weather and Close Down
Rhaglen ar drothwy'r Nadolig
(A programme for Welsh viewers)
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace only)
(to 23.52)
