25 April 1938

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BBC Television

Source: Radio Times April 22, 1938.

11.00-12.00 Demonstration Film

15.00 Friends From The Zoo

introduced by David Seth-Smith and their Keepers

15.15 News Film

Gaumont-British News

15.25-16.00 'The Shadowy Waters' 

a verse play by W. B. Yeats. Cathleen Nesbitt and Niall MacGinnis. Costumes and decor by Peter Bax. Production by Royston Morley

21.00 Friends From The Zoo

introduced by David Seth-Smith and their Keepers

21.15 News Film 

British Movietonews

21.25 The Vic-Wells Ballet in 'A Wedding Bouquet'

Music by Lord Berners. Words by Gertrude Stein. Costumes and decor designed by Lord Berners (executed under the supervision of William Chappell). Choreography by Frederick Ashton. Webster- Palma Nye, Two Peasant Girls- Joan Leaman, Linda Sheridan; Two Peasant Boys- Paul Reymond, Alan Carter ; Josephine- June Brae, Paul- Harold Turner, John- William Chappell, Violet- Pamela May, Ernest- Claude Newman, Therese- Elizabeth Miller, Julia- Margot Fonteyn, Bridegroom- Robert Helpmann, Pepe- Julia Farron, Arthur- Leslie Edwards, Guy- Michael Somes, Four Guests- Annabel Farjeon, Wenda Horsburgh, Anne Spicer, Joy Newton ; 'Two Gendarmes- Paul Reymond, Alan Carter ; Bride- Mary Honer, Bridesmaids- Jill Gregory, Molly Brown. Members of the Opera Company : Misses Teychenne, Jackson, Hellewell, Carline, Lewtas, Tollworthy ; Messrs. Tree, Williams, Cannon, Barber. The BBC Television Orchestra, leader Boris Pecker, conductor Hyam Greenbaum. Presentation by Dallas Bower

22.00 News Bulletin

A recording of the Third News from the National programme