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The Navy League's annual ceremony at the foot of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square
Address by the First Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fraser of North Cape, G.C.B., K.B.E.
Nelson's prayer before Trafalgar
.read by a Sea Cadet
Music by the Band of H.M. Royal Marines
(Chatham)
Conducted by Captain Thomas Francis
Director of Music
Commentator, Henry Riddell

Contributors

Conducted By:
Captain Thomas Francis
Commentator:
Henry Riddell

Introduced by Olive Shapley
' What's Going On': spotlight on current affairs
' Mother-tongue': a talk against baby-talk by Florence Ledger
' Beauty in Portraits,' by Frank Slater
It is sometimes rather difficult to see why faces painted by the old masters were considered beautiful. Standards in beauty change and Frank Slater, who is himself a portrait painter, talks about some of the dinerences between the beauties of past centuries and physical loveliness as we judge it today.
Today's contribution from the BBC Mobile Units
Serial: ' Icedrome ' by Frank Tilsley , abridged by the author. Read by Freda Falconer

Contributors

Introduced By:
Olive Shapley
Talk By:
Florence Ledger
Unknown:
Frank Slater
Unknown:
Frank Tilsley
Read By:
Freda Falconer

A serial in eight episodes by Francis Durbridge
2 —' The Manilla '
Other parts played by Hugh Manning and Joan Hart
Production by Martyn C. Webster

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Durbridge
Played By:
Hugh Manning
Played By:
Joan Hart
Production By:
Martyn C. Webster
Paul Temple:
Kim Peacock
Steve:
Marjorie Westbury
Stella Portland:
Catherine Campbell
Sir Graham Forbes:
Lester Mudditt
Mark Kendell:
Andrew Faulds
Hubert Greene:
Ivor Samson
Moira Portland:
Wendy Gibb
Chris Boyer:
Donald Gray
George Kelly:
John McLaren
George Deason:
Raf de la Tore
Maitland:
David Enders
Archie Brooks:
John Dodsworth

From the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
A Trafalgar Day entertainment by ex-Navy artists including
Jack Watson , Barbara Sumner
Jon Pertwee , Frederick Harvey and their guest
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Rae Jenkins
Produced by Charles Maxwell

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Watson
Unknown:
Barbara Sumner
Unknown:
Jon Pertwee
Unknown:
Frederick Harvey
Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins
Produced By:
Charles Maxwell

Stewart MacPherson puts all the questions, and Harold Berens , Gladys Hay , and Michael Moore know none of the answers
The Soup Stains
The Foulharmonic Orchestra directed by Jack Coles
Script by Ronnie Hanbury and George Wadmore
Produced by Neil Tuson

Contributors

Unknown:
Stewart MacPherson
Unknown:
Harold Berens
Unknown:
Gladys Hay
Unknown:
Michael Moore
Directed By:
Jack Coles
Script By:
Ronnie Hanbury
Script By:
George Wadmore
Produced By:
Neil Tuson

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More