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2.0 The Blacknest Stakes over one mile
2.30 The Rosslyn Stakes over six furlongs
3.20 The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes with 20.000 sovereigns added including a piece of plate presented by Her Majesty for three-year-olds and upwards entire horses and mares. over the Swinley Course of one mile and a half
Clive Graham identifies the runners and riders in the Paddock before each race.
Contributors
Commentator:
Peter
O'Sullevan
Paddock commentator:
Clive
Graham
Presented for television by:
Dennis
Monger
This week Gardening Club goes to Scotland to visit Mellerstain, the home of the Earl and Countess of Haddington.
Lady Haddington, who is an Honorary President of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society, shows Percy Thrower the gardens, where he also meets James Bruce, who discusses heaths and heathers, and Robert Scarlett shows some of his giant Scottish thistles.
Contributors
Presenter/gardener:
Percy
Thrower
Guest:
Lady
Haddington
Guest:
James
Bruce
Guest:
Robert
Scarlett
Producer:
John
Furness
The first of two visits to Coventry Civic Aerodrome.
Demonstrations by Mystere Jet Fighters of the French Air Force 'Le Patrouille de France' and the start of the King's Cup Air Race.
Contributors
Commentator:
Charles
Gardner
Television presentation:
David
Martin
4.30 The Sandringham Stakes over one mile and a half
A return visit for the finish of the King's Cup Air Race and more items from the display.
Saturday Picnic
A musical outing with Shirley Abicair and her zither, Michael Segal as Willie Smith, Jimmy Elliott as the gamekeeper, Diana Waring with the Fluffy Lions and Catherine George, Suzannah Vernon, Margaret Dew, Jacqueline Sutherland, David Langford, Michael Walker, The Sydney Bright Trio.
The Gordon Honour: 4: The Sea-Captain's Candlestick
(First series)
Written and produced by Shaun Sutton.
The adventures of a candlestick in seven episodes.
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on July 26, 1955)
(to 18.00)
Contributors
Zitherist (Saturday Picnic):
Shirley
Abicair
Willie Smith (Saturday Picnic):
Michael
Segal
The gamekeeper:
Jimmy
Elliott
Performer (Saturday Picnic):
Diana
Waring
Performer (Saturday Picnic):
Catherine
George
Performer (Saturday Picnic):
Suzannah
Vernon
Dancer (Saturday Picnic):
Margaret
Dew
Performer (Saturday Picnic):
Jacqueline
Sutherland
Performer (Saturday Picnic):
David
Langford
Performer (Saturday Picnic):
Michael
Walker
Musicians (Saturday Picnic):
The Sydney Bright
Trio
Musical Arrangements (Saturday Picnic):
Bill
Lovelock
Designer (Saturday Picnic):
Charles
Lawrence
Producer (Saturday Picnic):
Vere
Lorrimer
Writer/Producer (The Gordon Honour):
Shaun
Sutton
Fights arranged by (The Gordon Honour):
Peter
Diamond
Lord Freddie Gordon/Walter Gordon:
Bruce
Gordon
Admiral the Duke of Tyburne/Captain Sir Francis Gordon:
Paul
Whitsun-Jones
Sir James Fitzwilliam:
Colin
Douglas
Ronald Fitzwilliam/Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam:
Barry
Letts
Poppy:
Sheila Shand
Gibbs
Rumpunch:
Charles Lloyd
Pack
Don Jose:
Ewen
Solon
Esteban:
Dennis
Ramsden
The Princess Zerina:
June
Rodney
Captain Rodriguez:
Peter
Diamond
Other parts played by:
Brian
Sheehy
Other parts played by:
Peter
Marden
Other parts played by:
Peter
Macarte
Other parts played by:
Redvers
Kyle
Presenting stop-press news and some of today's big sporting moments on film.
Introduced by Cliff Michelmore.
Contributors
Presenter:
Cliff
Michelmore
Some stories of a London policeman by Ted Willis.
[Starring] Jack Warner as Dixon of Dock Green
Contributors
Writer:
Ted
Willis
Designer:
Lawrence
Broadhouse
Production:
Douglas
Moodie
P.C. George Dixon:
Jack
Warner
P.C. 'Tubb' Barrell:
Neil
Wilson
Sergeant Flint:
Arthur
Rigby
P.C. Andy Crawford:
Peter
Byrne
Sgt. Grace Millard:
Moira
Mannion
Mary Dixon:
Jeannette
Hutchinson
Sgt. Brownrigg, C.I.D.:
Anthony
Sagar
Roley:
John
Hall
Duffy Clayton:
Harold
Scott
Mrs. Jones:
Hilda
Barry
Ethel:
Madge
Brindley
Inspector Cherry, C.I.D.:
Robert
Cawdron
Williams:
Ivor
Salter
D. W. Griffith crams counterfeiters, tramps, trains, a child actor, and the first appearance of Lionel Barrymore into a stirring one-reel film.
Contributors
Director:
D. W.
Griffith
First Counterfeiter:
Lionel
Barrymore
See above
"The Man with the Mike" together with outside broadcast cameras invites you to
See things happen!
When they happen!
Where they happen!
[Photo caption] The harbour at St. Peter Port with Herm and Jethou in the background
Contributors
Presented by:
Nicholas
Crocker
Editor:
Peter
Webber
Editor:
Derek
Burrell-Davis
Starring Ted Ray
with Jean Kent, Lester Ferguson, Elsa and Waldo, Max Geldray, Kenneth Connor.
Contributors
Comedian:
Ted
Ray
[Actress]:
Jean
Kent
Singer:
Lester
Ferguson
Comic dancers:
Elsa and
Waldo
Harmonicist:
Max
Geldray
[Actor]:
Kenneth
Connor
Script:
Sid
Colin
Script:
Talbot
Rothwell
Script:
George
Wadmore
Choreography:
Tommy
Linden
Designer:
Tony
Abbott
Orchestra directed by:
Eric
Robinson
Producer:
George
Inns
BBC Television's Saturday-Night sports page.
Introduced by Cliff Michelmore.
Contributors
Presenter:
Cliff
Michelmore
Editor:
Paul
Fox
Director:
Alan
Rees