;
Rediffusion (cont'd)
HOLE Presenting another chapter in the story of "The Prodigal Father."
8.00 PERSONALITY PARADE
Featuring Gracie Fields. 1.15 TOP HAT CONCERT-Sores from: Broadway and Hollywood, featuring Alfredo Antonti and his Orchestre.
8.30 MY WORD-A panel game in-
troduced by John Arlett, with Isobel Barnet, Nancy Spain, Frank Muir and Dennis Nor- den.
9.00 ONE NIGHT STAND. 920 MUSIC TIME-A programme of
Classical music prepared and presented by Charles Harvey, 10.15 DAMON BÜNYON THEATRE... Episode 21-"A Piece of Pie." 10.45 SONGS OF THE ISLANDS-
Hawaiian music.
11.00 STOP PRESS-A special late
night news report.
Friday
7.00 am. MUSICAL CLOCK-Early
morning Variety with
checks.
7.15 NEWS SUMMARY.
time
720 MUSICAL CLOCK-Continued. 7.53 WEATHER FORECAST.
3.90 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS
AND WEATHER FORECAST.
SESSION-TO- day's reminders with time checks.
8.10 BREAKFAST
8.30 HIT TUNES OF ALL TIME- A programme of popular songs. 9.00 MORNING MUŠIĆ-A pro- gramme of light music featuring the Concert Hall String Quar- tet, the Allen Roth Strings and the Concert Hall Orchestra. 18.00 POPULAR RENDEZVOUS — Featuring Walter Preston's Community Singers and 15e Roy Shields Orchestra. 10.30 ORGANAIRS-Familiar favour- ites played at the Orgash, 11:90, FRIDAY VARIETY — Popular
variety.
12.15 p.m.
11.30. MUSIC BY DAVE DENNIS
AND HIS ORCHESTRA, 12.00 Noon. HONGKONG STOCK
EXCHANGE—Financial News.
TUNE TIME—A quarter hour of popular tunes fečturng some well-known singers. 123) RHYTHM IS THEIR BUSI
NESS.
1.00 LETTER FROM AMERICA-By
Abstair Cooke.
1.13 WHEATHER REPORT, THE
TELEVISION
I
NEWS AND SPECIAL ANG NOUNCEMENTS.
139 AFTERNOON CONCERT. 2.00 VARIETY CALLS THE TUNE -Popular variety featuring Gloria De Haven, and the Or- chestras of. Sammy Kaye, Freddy Martin and Tex Beneke
3.00 MUSICAL MATINEE-"Facsi- mile (Choreographic Esay)" by Bernstein played by Golden Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bernstein. "Symphony No
by Aaron Copleid. 4.00 TEA FOR TWO-Featuring
popular songs for tea listening.
4.30 MUSICAL A.B.C.-Songs
time
with
tities beginning with the-letter
****
5.00 CHILDREN'S CORNER— Toy-
town" Final episode "The Sea Voyage."
5.30 FRIDAY REQUESTS-Present
ed by Ron Ross, f 6.00 SHOW TIME SERENADE- Show times played by the Sidney Torch Strings.
6.28 BIRTHDAY MAILBAG. 6.30 THE ARCHERS-An everyday story of country life in Eng.. jard.
6.45 BAND CALL-Featuring Brown and his Band.
Les
7.00 TIME SIGNAL AND THE
NEWS.
7.09 WEATHER FORECAST, AN- NOUNCEMENTS AND INTER-
LUDE.
7.15 CONCERT "Ricercare Menotti.
MINIATURE And Toccata" by
7.30 TRACK TALK-Tips for to
mom's races.
1.43 CALDBECK'S QUARTER
HOUR Presenting another chapter in the story of "The Prodigal Father."
8.00 PERSONALITY PARADE
Featuring Gene Kelly. 8.15 ANOTHER SEVEN-ÚP SHOW
Mercury
-The tops in popular music presented by Hon Ross. 8.30 DIAMOND MUSIC SHOW-
Featuring the latest Coral. Echo. Imperial and best sellers. Host: Ray Cordeiro. 9.00 LADY IN A FOG-By Lester Power-Final episode "Show Down."
21
9.30 CAFE CONTINENTAL-Pre-
sented by Jeannette Piry. ** 10.00 REDIFFUSION'S SPOTLIGHT Interview with a visiting cele- brity 10.15 TAKE IT FRUM HERE-Star- ring Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley and June Whitfield. 10.45 DANCË TIME-U.S.A.—Featur- ing the mulse of the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra. 11.00 STOP PRESS-A special late
night news report.
GRAND PRIX ON TV
This weekend the 1959 Macao Grand Prix will again attract a large number of spectators to the Portuguese Colony. In order to preserve the thrills of the occasion for those who are unable to make the trip Rediffusion is sending a team of Tolevision News cameramen led by T. C. Wong to "shoot"
the scenes.
Their efforts will be edited and featured in "Grand Prix Special" which will be televised at 9.15 p.m. on Monday.
W. Somerset Maugham-a re- cent visitor to Hongkong—is one of the truly great short story writers of the ago. Tomorrow night in Sunday Showtime tele- vision viewers can see how suc- cessfully his stories have been adapted for films.
The programme is presented under the collective title of "Quartet" and comprises "The Facts Of Life", "The Alien Corn". "The Kite", and "The Colonel's Lady!'
With a cast containing famous personalities like Mal Zetterling, Cecil Parker, Dirk Bogarde, Basil Radford and Francoise Rosay viewers can be assured that Maugham's stories will be well told.
་
7,53 PRESENTING THE RAINBOW DANCING TROUPE IN A PROGRAMME OF CLASSICAL CHINESE DANCES.
B.10 "MACKENZIE'S RAIDERS
Starring Richard Carison. 1.35 THE BÖB CUMMING SHOW— With Bob Cummings, Rosemary DeCamp and Ann B. Davis in "Fallen" Idol." 9.00 TELEVISION NEWSREEL-
World and Colony Events. 9.15 "TOP PLAY'S OF 1959"-
**
Production No. 38: "The Cheese Champion. Starring John Mitchum, Constance "Dowling, Sidney Melton and Alan Wells. 9.40 LATE NIGHT MATINEE
11.13
PRESENTS "GANGSTER"_ Starring Barry Sullivan, Belita and Joan Lorring. (An Allied- Artist production).
LATE NIGHT FINALS-News headlines. weather report and announcements.
Sunday
2.00 p.m. “THE HALLS OF IVY” -Starring Ronald Colman and Benita Hume.
2.23 STAGE 7-Starring Den Tayler In "Spin a Tangled Web." 2.30 CANTONESE FEATURE. 4.30 THE RAY MILLAND SHOW- With Ray Milland and Fhyllis Avery.
5.00 CHILDREN'S HOUR SUN- DAY FUN WITH "ABBOTT AND COSTELLO."
Gerry D'Almada's "Pop Shop" has proved a winner with the television audience and there is certain to be a big viewing clien⚫ tel when the shop opens for 5.30 musical business at 7.30 p.m. on
5.35 Monday,
Gerry
out further
Since his last session has been carrying
experiments with his "Liverator"
CARTOONS."
FLASH GORDON"-Starring Steve Holland and 1: ene Champlin in another thrilling adventure 11 the Relia of Space. 6.00 CLOSE DOWN
it has many interesting possibili- 8.00 THE ties. He will be exploiting these for the benefit of popular music fans on Monday night.
gadget and has discovered that 7.00 WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW
FLORIAN ZABACH SHOW."
AND BURNS 8.30 GEORGE
GRACIE ALLEN IN -THE BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW." .35 CROSSROADS" - The good will show. Episode 19: "God In The Streets" Co-Starring Jeff Morrow and Reed Hadley.
SHOWTIME
Today
2.00 p.m. “LEAVE IT TO BEAVER”
-With
Beaver Wally
Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow
1.33 BRODERICK CRAWFORD
"HIGHWAY PATROL."
AS
IN
2.50 CANTONESE FEATURE. 430 THE GUY LOMBARDO SHOW -Featuring Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians with Guest Artistes
-
5.00 CHILDREN'S HOUR "CAR-
TOONS."
5.15 THE PUPPETS"-Presented
by Calvin Wor.g.
3.30 THE LITTI,E RASCALS,
3.50 CHILDREN'S FEATURE
6.00 CLOSE DOWN
1.22 -WHITE HUNTER Starring
Rhodes Reason
9.20 SUNDAY
SENTS W.
PRE-
SOMERSET MAUGHAM'S “QUARTET."
10.30 LATE
NIGHT
FINAL-News
headlines, weather report and announcements,
Monday
5.08 p.. JUNIOR SPORT TIME- Specially prepared and present- el for the younger viewers by Jock Sloan.
3.15 ANOTHER
EXCITING
AD- VENTURE WITH "FURY"- Starring Bobby Diamond and Fury the Wonder Horse.
SCIENCE"
1:1 Simple
5.30 JUNIOR
Junner stud Source
42 CLOSE DOWN.
A
7.38 “THE POP SHOP"-Resident manager-Gerty D'Almada. A modern munde meeting place for the younger set. 758 MONDAY DOCUMENTARY
***THE BIG CHANGE WORLD MARKETS" up-to-date report mercial affairs.
Episode 23: "The Barefoot -Empress,
6.30 CLOSE DOWN.
Starring
Afan Hale.ir. 1.55 UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS. 8.05 LLOYD BRIDGES IN SEA
IN
138 "CASET JONESTM
An
от
AS
£20 MACDONALD CAREY
"DR CHRISTIAN."
8.45 "CALLING CARD(A studio
presentation).
9.00 TELEVISION NEWSREEL- World and Colony Events, 913 ADVERTISER'S ALEDI. 920 GRAND
PRIX
HUNT.” 8.30 WILLIAM BENDIX 'IN "LIFE
OF RILEY."
9.00 TELEVISION NEWSREEL-
World and Colony Events.