Schedule for 1st January 1953 (new programmes only)

12:25pm
30 min

Episode 1

Long-running lunchtime variety series broadcast live from workplaces across Britain.

7pm
30 min

Series 4, Episode 12

BBC variety series recorded on Royal Navy vessels and bases.

7:30pm
30 min

Series 3, Episode 15

Sitcom about scampish schoolboy Archie Andrews, actually a ventriloquist's dummy.

8:30pm
30 min

Series 4, Episode 2

Classic long-running comedy series starring Ted Ray and Kitty Bluett.

Schedule Thursday 1st January 1953