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Schedule Tuesday 24th February 1953

BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC

12:25pm
30 min

BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC

Workers' Playtime

Episode 16

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

BBC One. Copyright: BBC

5pm
30 min

Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective. Image shows from L to R: Earthy Mangold (Mabel Constanduros), Worzel Gummidge (Frank Atkinson). Copyright: BBC

Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective

Episode 3 - Gummidge, The Sweep

First television outing for the mischievous scarecrow.

BBC radio microphone. Copyright: BBC

9:35pm
30 min

The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 3, Episode 16 - The Search For The Bearded Vulture

Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe have another surreal adventure.