05 April 1956
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BBC Television
Source: Radio Times April 1-7, 1956
- 15.00 Greenwich Time Signal
- Mainly For Women - About The Home
- Eleanor Summerfield Makes It
- 6 - A Dressing Stool. To the design and instruction of Frank Preston. Produced by S.E. Reynolds
- Shopping Suggestions
- New ideas for the housewife, by Margaret Douglas
- Making the Money Go Round
- No. 3. From Manchester. Marguerite Patten discusses housekeeping problems with a North of England viewer and makes some suggestions for economical meals. Introduced by Joan Gilbert. Produced by Ann Shead
- 15.45-16.00 Watch With Mother
- For the Very Young - Rag, Tag, and Bobtail
- Charles E. Stidwill tells the story. Sam and Elizabeth Williams make the pictures. Script by Louise Cochrane
- 17.00-18.00 Children's Television
- Meet The Penguins
- The Family Group. Story by J.M. Smith Wright. Pictures by Sam and Elizabeth Williams. Assisted by Caroline Guthrie. Music by John Hooper. Played by Tom McCall. Voices by Madi Hedd and Kenneth Connor. Presented by Peter Newington.
- Children's Newsreel
- Peter Butterworth
- Children of the Commonwealth
- The Begum Ikramullah and two children from Pakistan tell you about life in their own country
- 19.00 Greenwich Time Signal ; News Summary
- 19.05 Sports News
- The weather
- 19.10 Newsreel
- 19.20 Highlight
- Introduced by Cliff Michelmore
- 19.30 'Double Cross'
- Episode 1. Jimmy Jewel and Ben Warriss in a six-part comedy thriller with Jill Day.
- 20.00 'Wild Decembers'
- A play about the Brontes, by Clemence Dane. Produced by Chlose Gibson. Time, 1842-1855. Recounts the story of the astonishing children of the Rev. Patrick Bronte. It centres on Haworth Parsonage, in it's dramatic setting on the bleak and lonely Yorkshire moors
- 22.00 News
- 22.15 Animal, Vegetable, Mineral!
- Problems from Paintings. The experts are challenged to identify details from famous masterpieces. The experts: Stephen Bone, London Art Critic, Manchester Guardian. High Scrutton, Director, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Basil Taylor, Librarian, Royal College of Art. v. The Challengers: Bristol, Southampton, and Manchester Art Galleries Chairman, Glyn Daniel, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. Presented by Nancy Thomas
- 22.45 Men In Battle
- The second of a monthly series of programmes in which Lieut. General Sir Brian Horrocks draws upon his memories of friend and foe, officers and men, in some of the great battlefields of World War II. Presented by Huw Wheldon
- The Weather ; Road Works Report ; Close Down
ITV
London (Channel 9) presented by Associated-Rediffusion, Ltd.
Source: TV Times April 5, 1956
- Teatime Magazine
- A special feature for women, edited by Mary Hill, and introduced by Kenneth MacLeod
- 16.00 Time Signal
- Housewives' Holiday
- A special funshow for housewives presented by Jimmy Coghill
- 16.30 Unbirthday Treats
- Mary Reynolds shows how attractive ice cream dishes can be made quickly for those various in-between occasions
- 16.45 One Family
- A day-to-day serial in the lives of the Armstrongs, written for television by R.F. Delderfield. "Toots" Armstrong, Sherry's niece comes all the way from Australia full of ambitions to succeed on the British stage. She moves in on the family but the unexpected appearance of an enquiry agent threatens to dash her hopes...
- Tea-V Time - Fliekwiz
- A programme of film and competition introduced by Jack Allen and Derek
- 17.00 The Adventures Of Felix The Cat
- a cartoon film in which Felix Hits The Deck
- 17.10 Write It Yourself
- New serial. Peter In The Air by Robert Ryerson. Episode 1 - Storm Over Bolivia. When you've seen today's episode it's up to you to write the next one yourselves. The writer of the prizewinning script each week is made a member of the Fliekwiz Playwrights' Guild, and runners-up receive certificates.
- 17.30 Hopalong Cassidy
- William Boyd in the film The Valley Raiders. A group of phoney ranchers are trying to sell it to the Government for a cavalry post. Hoppy has a desperate fight with the head of the gang before he succeeds in saving the valley for it's rightful owners.
- 17.55 News
- Headlines of the news and newsfilm from the studios of Independant Television News. Newscaster - Ludovic Kennedy
- 18.00 Time signal ; close-down till 19.00
- 19.00 Time, News and Weather
- The latest from the studios of Independant Television News. Newscaster- Christopher Chataway. The weather forecast is presented for Associated-Rediffusion by Laurie West
- 19.06 Sixpenny Corner
- The story of the young Nortons and their bungalow and garage continued. Yesterday, Owen Meredith found himself in a very embarassing position.
- 19.15 Girl With A Date
- Pounds, Shillings and Sense Series. An Associated-Rediffusion Advertising Magazine. A date with Anne Valery and her friends means another quarter hour of glamour and fun. It's been a few weeks since the last meeting and there's quite a lot to talk about. So don't be late.
- 19.30 As Others See Us
- Godfrey Winn. One of a series of programmes compiled from everyday human problems. Godfrey Winn answers viewers' letters in person and presents their problems and possible solutions in short dramatic scenes using well-known artists
- 20.00 Time Signal
- Val Parnell's Variety Startime
- Starring Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin, Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr, The Buddy Bradley Dancers.
- 21.00 London Playhouse
- Dark Of The Moon. A play by Howard Richardson and William Berney. Adapted for television by the authord with Vivian Matalon, George Margo, and Paddy Webster. In the Deep South, there lives a witch-boy who passionately desires to be human, because he has fallen in love with the gay, beautiful Barbara Allen, "the wildest gal in the Smokey Mountains." He marries her, but can only remain human, if she stays faithful for a year to her strange husband.
- 22.00 Meet The Professor
- A science magazine for the family in which Maurice Goldsmith brings science from the laboratory to the living-room and shows that it is not only important but exciting and entertaining for every member of the family circle
- 22.30 Mail Call
- with Genine Graham and John Witty. What piece of music introduces the programme Big City? Who wrote the tune of God Save The Queen? What coins are called by these names "Brown", and a "Suzanna"? How many people died from "The Curse of the Pharaohs"? These are some of the questions answered by Genine Graham and John Witty each week. There are prizes for the best letter on any subject
- 22.45 Time Signal
- News And Weather
- The latest from the studios of Independant Television News. Newscaster- Christopher Chataway. A weather summary is presented by Associated-Rediffusion
- 23.00 Epilogue and close-down
Midlands (Channel 8) presented by Associated TeleVision, Ltd.
Source: TV Times April 5, 1956
- 16.00 The Long White Line
- by Guy Morgan. Executive producer: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Grace Stevens has been a nurse for 25 years, and now, quite suddenly, she finds herself being pushed off the "long white line of duty". Could this really make a woman so desperate that she feels that poison is the only way out?
- 16.30 People's Pastimes
- A new slant on other people's hobbies that you might like to try for yourself
- 16.45 One Family
- A day-to-day serial in the lives of the Armstrongs, written for television by R.F. Delderfield. "Toots" Armstrong, Sherry's niece comes all the way from Australia full of ambitions to succeed on the British stage. She moves in on the family but the unexpected appearance of an enquiry agent threatens to dash her hopes...
- Tea-V Time - Fliekwiz
- A programme of film and competition introduced by Jack Allen and Derek
- 17.00 The Adventures Of Felix The Cat
- a cartoon film in which Felix Hits The Deck
- 17.10 Write It Yourself
- New serial. Peter In The Air by Robert Ryerson. Episode 1 - Storm Over Bolivia. When you've seen today's episode it's up to you to write the next one yourselves. The writer of the prizewinning script each week is made a member of the Fliekwiz Playwrights' Guild, and runners-up receive certificates.
- 17.30 Hopalong Cassidy
- William Boyd in the film The Valley Raiders. A group of phoney ranchers are trying to sell it to the Government for a cavalry post. Hoppy has a desperate fight with the head of the gang before he succeeds in saving the valley for it's rightful owners.
- 17.55 News
- Headlines of the news and newsfilm from the studios of Independant Television News. Newscaster - Ludovic Kennedy
- 18.00 Time signal ; close-down till 19.00
- 19.00 Time, News and Weather
- The latest from the studios of Independant Television News. Newscaster- Christopher Chataway.
- 19.05 Superman
- The familiar figure of Clarke Kent, reporter on the Daily Planet, becomes at times a very different character. Shot In The Dark - An action-packed half hour with the world's mightiest man (alias Clarke Kent)
- 19.30 Liberace
- America's most fabulous pianist brings thirty minutes of sparkling musical entertainment
- 20.00 Val Parnell's Variety Startime
- Starring Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin, Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr, The Buddy Bradley Dancers.
- 21.00 London Playhouse
- Dark Of The Moon. A play by Howard Richardson and William Berney. Adapted for television by the authord with Vivian Matalon, George Margo, and Paddy Webster. In the Deep South, there lives a witch-boy who passionately desires to be human, because he has fallen in love with the gay, beautiful Barbara Allen, "the wildest gal in the Smokey Mountains." He marries her, but can only remain human, if she stays faithful for a year to her strange husband.
- 22.00 Meet The Professor
- A science magazine for the family in which Maurice Goldsmith brings science from the laboratory to the living-room and shows that it is not only important but exciting and entertaining for every member of the family circle
- 22.30 Michaela And Armand Denis
- Michaela and Armand introduce you to a giant tortoise and some gannets they met recently while filming in Africa
- 22.45 News
- The latest from the studios of Independant Television News. Newscaster- Christopher Chataway
- 23.00 Close-down
