Rediffusion (cont'd)
6.43 DITTY BOX-A programme in which we take a dip into the Ditty Box
7.00 TIME
SIGNAL
NEWS.
AND
7.00 WEATHER FORECAST
THE.
An-
Louncements and interlude. 2.15 CONCERT MINIATURE-
"Eight Minuets With Trias" by Mozart.
7.30
PLAYTIME
PLANU Dennis Wilson.
With
7.15 CALDBECK'S QUARTER HOUR - Presenting another chapter in Prodical Fathertory of The
6.00 PERSONALITY ..
PARADE
Featuring Jo Stafford.
3.15 ANOTHER SEVEN-UP SHOW
TELEVISION
-The tops In popular music presented by Ron Ress
1.30 DIAMOND MUSIC SHOW- Featuring the Latest Mercury. Coral, Echo, Dot. Imperial and BBC paramount best sellers. Host Ray Cordeiro. 9.00 MANTOVANI
MEMORIES Popular concert favourites. 9.30 CAFE' CONTINENTAL Pre- sented by Jeannette Piy 10.00 REDIFFUSION'S SPOTLIGHT
-Interview with
celebrity.
10.13 TAKE
10.45
3 visiting
FROM HERE Starring Jimmy Edwards. Dick Bentley and June Whitseid DANCE TIME-US A.-featur. ing the music of Oscar Dumont and his Orchestra.
11.00 STOP PRESS-A special late
night news report.
SPECIAL CHINESE NEW YEAR PROGRAMMES
children by the traffic branch of the Hongkong Police 330 JE T JACKSON-FLYING COMMANDO” – Starring Richard Web, Sid Melton and Olan Soule. 6.00 CLOSE DOWN.
730 MAXWELL
REED AS "Cap- Lain David Grief" in episode +) "The White Church On Goboto" the final programme in the CTIES. 733 BRITISH TELEVISION NEWS. B.03FATHER KNOWS BEST"
Robert Young and Wratt 12 "Spirit
Starring Jane
Youth."
8.30 PRESCUE "-Starring Jim
¡Davis and Lang Jeffries. 9.00 TELEVISION NEWSREEL
World and Colony events. 9.15 ADVERTISER'S ALBUM. 9.203“DRAGNET" - Starring JackTM
Webb and Ben Alexander. 9.45 REDIFFUSION PROUDLY Presents the world premiere of . Dr S. L. Hung's new Version
of the traditional opera "The Fighting Bride" (in Cantonese). under the personal direction of Dr S. 1. Hshing who will also provide an inter-act narra- tive in English. Produced in the studios of Rediffusion by The Hongkong Amateur Boxing Association is staging a
John Bow. aid
NIGHT of the big charity show tonight in
World 11.20. LATE
FINAL-News headlines. weather report and announcements. The best civilian and services · Refugee Fund. boxers have rallied round in grand style and are giving their services in support of this very worthy
cause.
Television viewers will be able and excite. to share the thrills ment of the occasion. The T.V." cameras will be at the Southorn Playground at 8 o'clock to cover contests on what some of the should be
excellent
pro. gramme.
an
Thursday, January 28 is Chinese New Year Day and the Rediffusion television service has prepared many special pro- grammes to mark the occasion.
There will be great interest in the world premiere of Dr S. I. Hsiung's new version of "The Fighting Bride" which is being
(In presented
Cantonese) on New Year's Eve for this famous writer is as well known. In the western world as he is in the Far East.
He believes that this new opera "Lady Precious may yet rival Stream" in international reputa- tion.
Dr Hsiung will be providing a.
In English narrative
between
each act.
Today
2.00 p.m "LEAVE IT TO BEAVER," -With Jerry Mathers as Beaver and Tony Dow as Wally. 2.25 HOLLYWOOD STAR PLAY- HOUSE Proudly presents Larty Dobkin and Joanne Davis in "Never Five-Thirty.” 250 CANTONESE FEATURE. 4.30 THE GUY LOMBARDO SHOW -Featuring Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians with Guest Artistes.
5.00 CHILDREN HOUR "CAB-
TOONS."
5.10 "CASEY JONES"
5.35
Ahn Hale Jr.
Starring
FUPPET TIME"-Staged And devised By Calvin Wong.
3.30 CHILDREN'S FEATURE.
6.00 CLOSE DOWN.
7.30 "WHITE HUNTER" Starring
Rhodes Reason.
3.00 BOXING - By Arrangement
HKABA With The
Viewers Will Be Taken To The Southom Playground To See Some
Of The Bouts In The Charity Boxing Show In Aid Of The World Refugee Fund.
NEWSREEL 9.00 TELEVISION
World and Colony events. 9.13 ADVERTISER'S ÁLBUM. 9.30 "KINGDOM OF THE SEA”- A Thrilling Series Of Marine Tales With Col. John B. Craig And Bob Stevenson Ag Your Host And Fellow Adventurer. Episode 3: Speed. Spray And Spills."
9.45 LATE NIGHT MATINEE PRE-
SENTS "ARSON SQUAD" Starring Frank Albertson And Robert Armstrong. 11.00 LATE NIGHT FINAL-News Headlines, Weahter Report And Announcements.
Sunday
2.00 p.m. THE
BOB CUMMINGS
Bob Cumm mings, Rosemary Decamp And Am B. Davis in "Bob Avoids Another Niece."
SHUW-Starring
223 STAGE
Starring Anthony Dexter in The Adventures Of Captain Kidd."
2.50 CANTONESE FEATURE. 4.30 THE RAY MILLAND SHOW- With Ray Milland And Phyllis Avery, 5.00 CHILDREN'S HOUR-SUNDAY
FUN
WITH "ABBOTT COSTELLO."
5.30 "CARTOONS."
7.00 WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW. 3.00 ADVERTISER'S ALBUM. 3.03 "THE FLORLAN
SHOW." 830 GEORGE
BURNS
Thursday
ZABACH
2.00 p.m.
AND THE
GRACIE ALLEN I BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW." 8.35 CROSSROADS" - The Good Will Show. Episode 29: "Boom- town Padre." starring Dick Foran.
9.20 SUNDAY SHOWTIME - Pre- sents J. Arthur Rank's "Dance Little Lady," starring Terence Guy Morgan. Mai Zetterling.
10.83
Rolfe and Mandy.
LATE NIGHT
FINAL-News
headlines, weather report and sanouncements.
Monday
and
pre-
5.00 p.m.
JUNIOR SPORT TIME- Specially prepared sented for the younger viewers by Jock Sloan.
AD. EXCITING 5.15 ANOTHER
VENTURE WITH "FURY”—
and Starring Bobby Diamord Fury The Wonder Horse. 3.45 CHILDREN'S FEATURE. 6.00 CLOSE DOWN.
INTRO- 7.30 GERRY D'ALMADA
DUCES MORE INTERNA- TIONAL STARS
"MON- DAY VARIETY."
IN
7.30 MONDAY DOCUMENTARY — "Thres of Our Children," nar- rated by James Mason
8.20 MACDONALD CAREY
"DR CHRISTIAN."
The
GREETINGS-For New Year by G. H. Oldridge Executive Director Rediffusion (HK) Ltd.
2.10 THE
LION DANCE-By Chen Dow and his troupe. 2.30 SELECTIONS From famous
Peking Operas. 2.33 TTRADITIONAL
CHINESE DANCES By Tsun Tsan Hwa and his troupe. -3.00 CANTONESE
FEATURE "PROSPERITY” — Starring Fong Yim Ferg and Yum Klen Fei.
1.30 PRESENTING Chung Loo and Mona Fong with the Joseph
Koo Quartet in a special pro- grarune of Chinese songs. 5.00 CHILDREN'S HUUR — “Car-
toons."
5.30 A STORY FOR THE CHINESE CHILDREN-By. Cynthia Leung in Cacionest). 535 ANOTHER
EXCITING AD- VENTURE WITH “LASSIE”—
Starring Tommy Rettig, Jan Clayton, George Cleveland and Lassie.
6.00 CLOSE DOWN.
A
730 HAPPY
-
NEW YEAR”—A Cantonese opera presented by the Evelyn Cantonese opera troupe. Produced in the Redif- fusion studios by John Bow. 9.00 TELEVISION NEWSREEL
World and Colony events. 9.13 ADVERTISER'S ALBUM. 9.20 CANTONESE FEATURE “THE SON-IN-LAW” Starring 109 Kien Long and Mnu Lan. 10.43 LATE NIGHT FINAL-News headlines, weather report and Knouncements
Friday
5.00 p.m. CHILDREN'S HUUR-Joan Mlanning sings for the children. 5.15 THE ADVENTURES OF NODDY" By Enid Blyton 5.30 "RAMAR OF THE JUNGLE”— Starring Jon Hall as Dr Tom Reynolds. 3.55 CARTOONS.
6.00 CLOSE-DOWN.
130 "MR AND MRS NORTH"
Starring Barbara Britton and Denning. Episode 6 Richard
-
"The Nobles." 7.33 UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS.
~SEA BRIDGES IN 8.05 LLOYD
HUNT."
BENDIX IN "THE 8.30 WILLIAM
LIFE OF RILEY."
NEWSREEL 9.00 TELEVISION
World and Colony events. 9.15 ADVERTISER'S ALBUM. 9.29 RUTAL PLAYHOUSE"-Pro-
duction No. 19 "Eired Girl" 9.43 CANTONESE FEATURE.
NIGHT FINAL-News 11.30 LATE
weather report and
headlines, announcements.
Page. 3
4.00 WEATHER ZEPORT: 4.41 RELAXEZ VOUS. 4.30 VICKI BENET SINGS. 4.45 STANLEY BLACK PLAYS.
ΤΗΣ 3.00 AROUND
CRACKI BARREL With Slim Picking i And Shorty Zilch.
SERENADE — Music from the great city. 6.00 FROM THE GREAT OLT- DUURS-Presented by Joba
5.30 MANHATTAN
Gunstoce.
6.30 JAZZ WORKSHOP-Compiled and presented by Lynne Mors. 7.00 NEWS RELAY FROM RADIO
HONGKONG
WEATHER REPORT.
7.13 LET'S GO CALYPSO. 730 THE HI FI CLUB-Sponsored
by the Hongkong Bottlers Fed Iac.. and presented by Nick Kendall
8.00 SPORTS REPURT-A round- up of the day's sporting events presented by John Wallace. 8.38 RADIO CAÑADA 1953 DRAMA, SERIES The Cry Of A Lood Over The Water," a play by Len Peterson.
9.00 NEWS RELAY FROM RADIO HONGKONG + WEATHER REPORT.
9.15 CLASSICAL CONCERT. 9.30 SCOTT BEHIND THE
CUR.
TAIN—A programme of music recorded by Gerri Scott ja Prague.
19.00 THE BING CROSBY STORY-
PART Compiled and duced by Nick Demuth. 1939 3 WAY HOOK-LP—A Special Saturday: Night Band & Variety Stow presented by Bob William. Nick Demuth de John Grastone.
11.00 BBC RADIO NEWSREEL RE- LAYED FROM RADIO HONG- KONG & WEATHER REPORT.
Sunday
7.00 . START THE DAY RIGHT
With David White.
9.00 NEWS RELAY FROM RADIO
RONGKONG
WEATHER & REPORT.
9.15 VICTOR YOUNG AND HIS
ORCHESTRA.
131 SUNDAY
VARIETY -- Music
and song for your after break- fast listening.
COMMERCIAL RADIO 1530 kcs 196 mtrs 100 s FOR THE SABBATH
CONCERTS HONOURING
TWO COMPOSERS
music
-A programme of serious featuring Stravinsky's Suite, Histoire Du Soldat, 1100 PIANO INTERLUDE. 11.13 POETRY READING — Great
poems by great reader. 11.30 SUNDAY STRINGS — Various arrangements and stylings of solo and orchestral groups 12,90 Noun THE SUNDAY SUNKIST SERENADE Sponsored by the Hongkong Bottlers Fed.. loc. and presented by John Wallace. 1.15 pm NEWS RELAY FROM
RADIO HONGKONG WEATHER REPORT.
This week sees the anniversary of the birth of two
Mozart was born in Salzburg on January 300 PROMENADE-A composers.
AS is
27, 1756, and this week the "Composer of the
2 p.m.
Monday to Friday) Day" programme
becomes "Composer of the Week” and is devoted to Mozart's music.
A special anniversary concert also being held from 10.15 to
8.45 "CALLING CARD”—(A studio 11 p.m. Wednesday 27th.
presentation).
9.00 TELEVISION NEWSREEL --
birthday. sary of Delius'
This week is also the anniver- Born in Bradford In 1862, his Ger. 9.15 ADVERTISER'S ALBUM.
were so set 9.20 "CURTAIN CALL THEATRE”, man-born parents
World and Colony events.
-Presents Thomas Mitchell, on him becoming a business man Jean Evans and Donald Woods that they bought him an orange in Too Old for The Girl" 9.45 CANTONESE FEATURE. 11.20 LATE NIGHT
grove in Florida.
His first act America was to FINAL News on arrival in headlines, weather report and buy a piano and become a piano anrouererents.
teacher. No oranges were grown on his plantation.
Tuesday
5.00 p.m.
WILLIAM "HOPPY" IN CASSIDY."
3.25 "CARTOONS."
AS
BOYD "HOPALONG
5.35 IVANHOE"-Starring
Moore. 6.00 CLOSE DOWN.
Eventually his parents relented and sent him to study at Leipzig. A concert of his music can be heard on Friday, January
from 10.15 to 11 p.m.
HIGHLIGHTS
Serious Muslo-as above.
29
Sunday 24th 10.00 to 11 a.m. "Music for the Sabbath" Includ- Roger Ing Histoire Du Soldat Suite by
Stravinsky.
10.00 to 11.00 p.m. Sunday Concert including Symphonic by Rimsky Suite Scheherezade Korsakov.
Tuesday: 26th,
8.30-9 p.m.
7.30 REPUBLIC DAY”—Today is a day of celebration throughout India. To mark the occasion Rediffusion has pleasure in pre- "Yours for the Asking," a senting a brilliant documentary listeners' Request Programme. of the pageant which is taking
DRAMA place in the capital of India.
7.55 TELEVISION CONCERT Sunday 24th: 8.00-8.30 p.m. MINIATURE-A recital of "Theatre Time with Somerset Chinese songs by Anna Chang
(soprano) accompanied by Maugham"-The Point of Honour. Evelyn Kwong at the piano. Tuesday & Wednesday, 26th &
sents Joanne Dru Dennis
8.10 ALL STAR THEATRE Pre- 27th: 8.30-9 p.m. "Carter Brown and Richard Eyer in Mystery Theatre,”-A Corpse for
Charity.
Morgan "Celebrity."
8.35 "UH
SUSANNA" Starring Daily Serials, Monday-Friday,
Gale Storm and Zasu Pitts in 6.45-7 p.m. "Victor Hugo's Les "Super-Snoop." 9.00 TELEVISION NEWSREEL — Miserables. 10-10.15 p.m. Alias
World and Colony events.
9.13 ADVERTISER'S ALBUM. 9.20 LUCKY LAGER SPORT TIME. 9.50 CHINESE CALLING CARD-
Introduced by Peter Pun
the Baron.
Presented Programme of the Week: Tuesday 26th, 10.15- 11 p.m. Bob Williams, America's
10.03 "NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL" only Hongkong broadcaster pre-
Starring Lee Tracy
Cochran
th
Lee sents a bright programme for
10.30 TOMBSTONE TERRITORY”— late listening under the title
Starring Richard Eastman and "Top Hat"
Pat Conway.
10.55 LATE NIGHT FINAL-News
beadlines, weather report and zanouncements.
Wednesday
AND
5.90 pm.
5.33 "WILD BILL HICKOK”¬A Thrilling Western - Starving
And Maddison
6.00 CLOSE DOWN.
Guy Devine.
Andy
CHILDREN'S
*Cartoons."
Today
11.00 a.m. SATURDAY SYMPHONY.
12.00 Noon. VARIATIONS - With
Mary Hourl
12.15 pm
KEYBOARD
TIME-A
well-known artist plays the Hammosd Organ.
— In HOUR- 12.39 LUNCHTIME VARIETY
which popular vocal and in- strumental artists sing and play for
your early listening.
feature Pro-
5.15 CHILDREN'S STUDIO
"road safety" another gramme specially designed for
afternoon
1.15 NEWS RELAY FROM RADIO HONGKONG & WEATHER REPORT.
1.30 INFORMATION DESK-Music. reminders and information of interest
John presented by Gunstore. 2,00 UPEN HOUSE-With Bob Wil- liams and occasional visits to the Square Room, and all the wincess at the Happy
Valley Meeting gives on completion of each race.
+
Drogeriet
of light orchestral miide sad popular classics
HIS
LOS WEATHER REPORT. 4.91 SERVICES SPECIAL — A re- quest programme for members and families of Her Majesty's Forces La Hongkong presented by David White. 5.00 KRITCHMAR AND
VIOLIN. 5.13 SONGS YUU_LOVE-Sung by Jeanette MacDonald And Nel- FOD EddyDANCE
VIL CHA,
THE PACE
5.38 LET'S
'CHA, CHA.
FROM CAVANAGH TRIO.
5.45 MUSIC
6.00 HIGHLIGHTS
-DE
FROM GYPSY BARVN" By Johara Strauss With The Soloists And Of The Viemos State
Chorus
FUSION
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