A programme for children at home.
(to 11.30)
2.30 Thatcham Stakes
over 2 miles
3.0 Beckhampton Stakes
over 5 furlongs
3.30 Fred Darling Stakes
over 7 furlongs and sixty yards Round Course
4.0 Berkshire Handicap Plate
over one mile Round Course
(to 16.10)
Outside Broadcast cameras cover key positions on today's four-mile crosscountry section and yesterday's opening phases of the Three Day Event.
Introduced by Dorian Williams.
from the West
See page 52
A serial in six episodes.
(First transmission on Monday)
by Hugh Leonard.
Adapted from the story "Childybawn" by Sean O'Faolain.
Starring Milo O'Shea, Eileen Crowe
with Maureen Toal
(First transmission on BBC-1, March 14, 1964)
This light-hearted story is about Benjy Spillane, a Dublin bank clerk who at forty-one is still firmly attached to his mammy's apron-strings. Angela, a colleague at the bank with whom Benjy has already enjoyed a surreptitious romp on the Costa Brava, is not happy with this situation. But Mrs. Spillane will not be ousted without a struggle, and she lays elaborate plans to keep her Childybawn out of the scheming hands of this jezebel.
A series in which the performance of music is seen in preparation.
Hermann Prey, Baritone and Gerald Moore, Piano
Tonight two celebrated musicians rehearse songs together.
followed by The Weather
Ian Trethowan looks back over the past week in Parliament and introduces reports on big debates in both Houses, questions to Ministers, significant moves behind the scenes, and the effects of M.P.s' work inside and outside Westminster.
with the BBC's Parliamentary and Political News Staff
Round off the day with Denis Tuohy, Michael Dean, Nicholas Tresilian and tonight's guests.