09 May 1938

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BBC Television

Source: Radio Times May 6, 1938.

11.00-12.00 Demonstration Film

15.00 'Half An Hour' 

(Third Edition) with Charles Heslop and William Stephens (That Uncertain Duo), Irene North (by permission of Greatrex Newman) and Richard Hearne (by permission of Firth Shephard) with Lily Palmer and George Nelson in 'Take Two Eggs'. Production by Reginald Smith

15.30 News Film 

Gaumont-British News

15.40-16.10 'Red Peppers'

an interlude with music by Noel Coward, with Richard Haydn as George Pepper (by permission of 'Nine Sharp', Ltd.), Patricia Leonard as Lily Pepper, William Stephens as Mr. Edwards, Charles Wade as Alf, Jean Moncrieff as Mabel Grace, James Hayter as Bert Bentley, the BBC Television Orchestra, leader Boris Pecker, conducted by Hyam Greenbaum. Produced by Reginald Smith

21.00 Starlight

Lyana Grani,coloratura soprano

21.10 'Oak Before Ash'

A programme devised by E. H. Boulton to celebrate the virtues of these two prophetic trees. Presentation by Mary Adams

21.25 News Film 

British Movietonews

21.35 'Deirdre'

a play in verse by W. B. Yeats. Characters in order of appearance: First Musician- Andrea Troubridge. Second Musician- Elsie Otley. Third Musician- Betty Hutchings. Fergus- Bromley Davenport. Naisi- Alexander Knox. Deirdre- Iris Baker. Dark-Faced Messenger- Robert Adams. Conchubar- Baliol Holloway. Dark-Faced Executioner- T. Riley. Harp accompaniment played by Gretel King, Winifred Cockrell. Production by Fred O'Donovan

22.20-22.40 News Bulletin

A recording of the Third News from the National programme