1957

1957
Peter Dews's adaptation of A Man For All Seasons broadcast. The first episode of My Word broadcast on The Home Service. John Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos published. Montgomery Tully's The Counterfeit Man - starring Zachary Scott, Peggie Castle, Mervyn Johns and Sydney Tafler and Don Sharp's The Adventures Of Hal Five - starring John Glyn-Jones, John Charlesworth, David Morrell, Janina Faye and William Russell - premiered. Manchester United started with New Year as they ended the last, top of the First Division and beating Chelsea three-nil. Tommy Casey scored twice as Newcastle United beat Birmingham City three-two. Wolves won at Suinderland by the same score.
A Thousandth Of A Millimetre broadcast. The first episode of The Arthur Haynes Show broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion. The first UK TV broadcast of The Adventures Of Long John Silver - starring Robert Newton - on Granada. It debuted on Associated-Rediffusion on 19 Feburary. Ernest Morris's The Betrayal - starring Philip Friend and Diana Decker - premiered.
The first episode of Our Miss Pemberton broadcast in the Mainly For Women strand. The Goon Show episode Emperor Of The Universe broadcast. The first episode of Over The Hills broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion. Never Look Back broadcast in the Television Playhouse strand.
Bill Hitchcock Returns broadcast. Ivory Joe Hunter's 'Since I Met You Baby'/'You Can't Stop This Rocking & Rolling' and Bill Doggett's 'Slow Walk'/'Peacock Alley' released. The first episode of Sailor Of Fortune - The Diamond Chips - broadcast on ATV Midlands. It made it's debut on ATV London on 20 January.

The first UK broadcast of The Lone Ranger and the first episode of The Benny Hill Show. England won the second test at Cape Town by three hundred and twelve runs. In a match in which no South African batsman made fifty, Colin Cowdrey hit a century in England's first innings whilst Johnny Wardle took twelve for eighty nine. In the South African second innings, Russell Endean was out handled the ball when he touched a ball which had flown upwards from his bat and threatened to fall on his stumps. It was the first time any batsman had been out in this manner in test cricket. In the Third Round of the FA Cup, there were big wins for Burnley (seven-nil against Chesterfield), Nottingham Forest (six-nil over Goole Town), Sunderland (four-nil against Queens Park Rangers), Wolves (five-three over Swansea Town) and West Ham United (five-three against Grimsby Town). Manchester United avoided a potential shock, coming from behind to beat Hartlepools United four-three at the Victoria Ground. The biggest underdog victories of the day were New Brighton of the Lancashire Combination defeating Third Division Torquay United two-one (Willie Windle scoring both goals) and Cheshire Counties League Rhyl winning three-one at Second Division strugglers Notts County. Midlands League Peterborough United also drew, two-two with Lincoln City. Southend United beat Liverpool two-one at Roots Hall. In the Third Division (North) Workington thrashed Darlington six-two (Billy Robson hitting three).
The Hancock's Half Hour episode The Thirteenth Of The Series broadcast on The Light Programme. Montgomery Tully's The Lonely House - starring Russell Napier, Gordon Boyd, Frank Forsyth, Bettina Dickson and Totti Truman Taylor - premiered.
The first UK TV broadcast of Alfred Hitchcock Presents on Granada. It debuted on Associated-Rediffusion on 22 March.
Anthony Eden resigned as Prime Minister due to ill-health. He was replaced by Harold Macmillan. In a memorable FA Cup Third Round replay, holders Manchester City were knocked out by Newcastle, five-four at Maine Road. City had led three-nil at half-time, but a Tommy Casey penalty, goals from Alex Tait, Bill Curry and two from Len White in extra-time won the game for The Magpies. Peterborough United won by the same score at Second Division Lincoln City (former Newcastle and Middlesbrough centre forward Andy Donaldson scoring three). J Lee Thompson's adaptation of The Good Companions - starring Eric Portman, Celia Johnson, Hugh Griffith, Janette Scott and Joyce Grenfell - premiered.
RF Delderfield's No Shepherds Watched broadcast. The Goon Show episode Wings Over Dagenham broadcast. Second Division Middlesbrough won three-two at First Division Charlton in an FA Cup replay. Brian Clough scored one of Middlesbrough's goals.
The first episode of Up For The Cup broadcast. Little Richard's 'Long Tall Sally'/'Tutti Frutti', Fats Domino's 'Honey Chile'/'Don't You Know?', Frankie Vaughan's 'The Garden Of Eden'/'Peiscilla', Joe Turner's 'Lipstick, Powder & Paint'/'Rock A While' and Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group's 'Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O'/'I'm Alabammy Bound' released. Vladimír Vlcek's Advent - starring Gustav Hilmar, Nina Jiránková and Marie Vásová - premiered.
Manchester United incerased their lead in the First Division to six points with a six-one defeat of Newcastle United. Elsewhere Bolton Wanderers beat Leeds United five-three and Aston Villa Thumped Everton five-one. Second Divisioin leaders leicester City won five-nil against Sheffield United whilst Fulham enjoyed a five-four victory at Swansea Town. Notts County remained botom despite a morale-bossting five-nil defeat of promotion-chasing Stoke City. The performance of the day came in the third Division (South) where Millwall hammered Torquay United seven-two (Stan Anslow and John Shepherd both scoring hat-tricks).
The first episode of The Adventures Of Peter Simple broadcast. All That Fall, the first play written specifically for radio by Samuel Beckett - starring Mary O'Farrell and Jack MacGowram and produced by Donald McWhinnie - broadcast on The Third Programme. The Hancock's Half Hour episode Almost A Gentleman broadcast on The Light Programme. The Cavern opened in Liverpool, initially as a jazz club. The first episode of Slater's Bazaar broadcast on ATV London.
Bill Haley & His Comets' 'Don't Knock The Rock'/'Calling All Comets' and Johnny Cash's 'I Walk The Line'/'Get Rhythm' released. Suzanne Morris born in London.
Don Chaffey's The Girl In The Picture - starring Donald Houston, Patrick Holt, Junia Crawford and Maurice Kaufmann - premiered.
The first episode of Bob Monkhouse's My Pal Bob broadcast. The Goon Show episode The Rent Collectors broadcast. Keith Chegwin born in Liverpool.
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps' 'Jumps, Giggles And Shouts'/'Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine)' released. Sidney Franklin's The Barretts Of Wimpole Street - starring John Gielgud, Jennifer Jones, Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna - premiered.
Football League highlights included Manchester City's five-one defeat of Charlton Athletic in the First Division (Jack Dyson scoring three), Leicester City's seven-two thumping of Bristol Rovers in the Second Division and Darlington hammering Gateshead seven-nil in the Third Division (North), Bill Tulip scoring four and Charlie Wayman three. Walsall also beat Brentford by the same score in the Third Division (South) with hat-tricks for both Sammy Moore and Tony Richards.
The first episodes of The Trollenberg Terror and The Dickie Henderson Show broadcast on ATV Lodon (the latter in the Val Parnell's Saturday Spectacular strand).
The Hancock's Half Hour episode The Old School Reunion broadcast on The Light Programme.
The first episode of Studio E broadcast. The TV debut of George Melly on an episode of Off The Record.
John Guillermin's Town On Trial - starring John Mills, Charles Coburn, Barbara Bates, Derek Farr, Alec McCowen, Fay Compton, Raymond Huntley, Harry Fowler and Maureen Connell - premiered.
The Goon Show episode Shifting Sands broadcast. Charles Crichton's The Man In The Sky - starring Jack Hawkins and Elizabeth Sellars - premiered. Adrian Charles Edmondson born in Bradford.
The FA Cup Fourth Round saw wins for Blackpool (six-two over Fulham, Jack Mudie scoring four), Burnley (nine-nil against New Brighton; Ian Lawson and Jimmy McIlroy both hitting hat-tricks), West Bromwich Albion (four-two over Sunderland), Manchester United (five-nil at Wrexham), Birmingham Cty (six-one at Southend United, Alex Govan scoring three) and Bristol City (three-nil against Rhyl). Millwall knocked out Newcastle, two-one at The Den. Huddersfield Town defeated Petereborough three-one, Spurs thrashed Chelsea four-nil and Aston Villa won three-two at Middlesbrough. Leicester City went six points clear at the top of the Second Division, berating Grimsby Town four-three. Elsewhere, Chester and Chesterfield both hit six in the Third Division (North) against Mansfield Twon and Southport respectively, as did Wallsall in the third Division (South) against Norwich City. The first episode of The Man Who Was Two - From Out Of The Sea - broadcast on ATV London.
The Hancock's Half Hour episode The Wild Man Of The Woods broadcast on The Light Programme. Kenneth Hume's Bullet From The Past - starring Ballard Berkeley and Donovan Winter - premiered.
Christopher Graham Collins born in West Bromwich. Bill Haley & His Comets' 'Rock The Joint'/'Yes Indeed!' released.
Rex Tucker's Six Red Hairs broadcast.
The third test at Durban was drawn. Doug Insole scored an undefeated one hundred and ten for England whilst Hugh Tayfield's eight wickets for sixty nine runs in England's second innings was the best return by a South African bowler at that time.
Robin Maugham's Rise Above It - featuring Jon Pertwee - broadcast. Ernest Morris's Operation Murder - starring Tom Conway, Sandra Dorne, Patrick Holt and John Stone - premiered. The Goon Show episode The Moon Show broadcast.
The Johnny Burnette Trio's 'Lonesome Train'/'Honey Hush', Shirley Bassey's 'The Banana Boat Song'/'Tra La La' and Tommy Steele & The Steelmen's 'Knee Deep In The Blues'/'Teenage Party' released.
The first episode of Potts & The Phantom Piper broadcast. Fifty four goals were socred in the First Division, Preston North End leading the way with a seven-one vvictory over Portsmouth and Arsenal thrashing Sheffield Wednesday six-three. Manchester United won the deryb at City four-two in front of sixty three thousand eight hundred. In the Second Division Nottingham Forest enjoyed a seven-one victory at Port Vale (Jack Barrett scoring three and Stuart Imlach two). York City thumped Southport nine-one in the Third Division (North), Arthur Bottom hitting four. Colchester United went to the top of the Third Division (South) with a one-nil victory over Newport County.
The Hancock's Half Hour episode Agricultural 'Ancock broadcast on The Light Programme.
Peter Sellers featured on Desert Island Discs. Montgomery Tully's No Road Back - starring Skip Homeier, Paul Carpenter, Patricia Dainton, Norman Wooland, Margaret Rawlings, Eleanor Summerfield, Alfie Bass and Sean Connery - premiered.
Willis Hall's The Royal Astrologers broadcast.
A late Johnny Berry goal gave Manchester United a three-nil victory over Athletic Bilbao in the second leg of the European Cup Quarter-Final, to complete a remarkable six-five aggregate victory. The game was played at Maine Road (in front of a crowd of seventy thousand) as Old Trafford had yet to have floodlights installed.
The Goon Show episode The Mysterious Punch-Up-The-Conker broadcast. Josef von Báky's Robinson Soll Nicht Sterben - starring Romy Schneider, Horst Buchholz, Günther Lüders and Gert Fröbe - premiered.
Elvis Presley's 'Mystery Train'/'Love Me', Peter Lowe's 'The Banana Boat Song'/'The Wisdom Of A Fool', Smiley Lewis' 'Shame, Shame, Shame'/'No, No', Patience & Prudence's 'Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now'/'The Money Tree', The Ivor & Basil Kirchin Band With Shani Wallis' 'Rock Around The World Medley Parts 1 & 2' and Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers' 'I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent'/'Baby, Baby' released.
Manchester United had a six-two victory over Arsenal to remain at the top of the First Division. Second-placed Tottenham beat Sunderland five-two whilst, eleswhere, Everton thrashed Charlton five-nil. Roy Bentley and Roy Dwight both scored three as Fulham thumped Port Vale six-three in the Second Division. Nottingham Forest scored seven for the second time in a week, defeating Banrlsey seven-one (Tommy Elson scoring four). Stoke City beat Huddersfield Town five-one. Hartlepools United went top of the third Division (North) after a two-one victory over Accrington Stanley. Workington were second, winning three-nil against Wrexham. In the Third Division (South) Torquay beat Swindon Town seven-nil. Queens Park Rangers defeated Exter City five-three (Arthur Longbottom netting a hat-trick). Colchester united remained top after winning three-one against Shewsbury Town at Gay Meadow.
The Hancock's Half Hour episode Hancock In The Police broadcast on The Light Programme.
The first episode of Yes, It's the Cathode-Ray Tube Show! - starring Peter Sellers and Michael Bentine - broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion.
Stanley Donen's Funny Face - starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire - premiered.
The Goon Show episode The Sleeping Prince broadcast. Wendy Toye's True As A Turtle - starring John Gregson, Cecil Parker, June Thorburn and Keith Michell - premiered.
Chuck Berry's 'You Can't Catch Me'/'Havana Moon', Harry Belafonte's 'Banana Boat (Day-O)'/'Jamaica Farewell' and Peter Lowe's 'The Banana Boat Song'/'The Wisdom Of A Fool' released.
The so-called 'Toddlers' Truce' - an arrangement whereby there were no television broadcasts between 6pm and 7pm to allow parents to put their children to bed - was abolished. In this newly opened slot, the first episode of The Six-Five Special was broadcast. Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic knocked Tottenham Hotspur out of the FA Cup, winning their Fifth Round tie three-one at Dean Court. Nelson Stiffle grabbed a late goal to settle the game. Birmingham City won four-one at Millwall. Duncan Edwards scored as Manchester United had a narrow win over Everton. In the First Division, Wolves thrashed relegation-haunted Charlton Athletic seven-three and Sunderland beat Sheffield Wednesday five-two. Frank Lord scored three for Rochdale in their six-one defeat of Southport in the Third Division (North). There were also hat-tricks for Barrow's Billy Gordon in a five-nil defeat of Tranmere Rovers, Scunthorpe & Lindsey United's Ronnie Waldock as they beat Chesterfield five-one and Stockport County's Ray Drake in a five-one win at Gateshead.
Pauline and John Phillips's Mayor's Nest broadcast in The Sunday Night Theatre strand. The Hancock's Half Hour episode The Emigrant broadcast on The Light Programme.
The first episode of Tonight broadcast. Bobby Charlton scored three and Tommy Taylor two and Manchester United won a top-versus-bottom clashed five-one at Charlton Athletic in the First Division.
Paul Vincent Carroll's Green Cars Go East broadcast. Raymond Andrew Winstone born in London. David Herd socred the winner as Arsneal came from behind to beat Preston North End in an FA Cup replay. The first episodes of Emergency - Ward Ten and Make Way For Tomorrow ('a new and provocative programme introduced by Frank Owen. He sets out to examine the controversial questions of today's younger generation - the so-called "Teddy-boys," the "Rock 'n' rollers," the age group who will make tomorrow's citizens') broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion.
South Africa won the fourth test at Johannesburg by seventeen runs. Hugh Tayfield's record, set in the third test, lasted only three weeks. In England's second innings, he took nine for one hundred and thirteen with the final wicket a catch by his brother, Arthur, who was fielding as a substitute. South Africa had started well, with a second wicket stand of one hundred and twelve between Trevor Goddard and John Waite before Roy McLean made ninety three. Peter May hit his best score of the series - sixty one. Chelsea won four-three at Tottenham to seriously dent Spurs' First Division title aspirations.

The Goon Show episode Round The World In Eighty Days broadcast. Billy Wilder's The Spirit Of St Louis - starring James Stewart - premiered. The first episode of David Flaem, Secret Agent (Scarface) broadcast in Associated-Rediffusion's Jolly Good Time strand.
The first episode of Armand and Michaela Denis's On Safari broadcast. John Ford's The Wings Of Eagles premiered.
Alfred Shaughnessy's Suspended Alibi - starring Patrick Holt, Honor Blackman and Valentine Dyall - premiered. Neville Coleman scored seven in Stoke City's eight-nil hammering of Lincoln City in the Second Division. Ken Taylor scored four in Huddersfield Town's six-two defeat of West Ham United. Stockport County's Ray Draek also scored four in his side's four-nil Third Division (North) victory over Werxham. In the Third Division (South), Torqauy United thrashed Norwich City seven-one.
The Hancock's Half Hour episode The Last Of The McHancock's broadcast on The Light Programme. Denis Kavanagh's Rock You Sinners - starring Philip Gilbert, Adrienne Scott, Colin Croft and Jackie Collins - premiered. The Flamingos' 'Would I Be Crying'/'Just For A Kick', Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra's 'All Clare'/'Melbourne Marathon', Tab Hunter's 'Young Love'/'Red Sails In The Sunset', Fats Domino's 'Blue Monday'/'What's The Reason I'm Not Pleasing You?' and The Moonglows' 'I Knew From The Start'/'Over & Over Again' released.
The first episode of What's New? and Close Up On Powell & Pressburger broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion.
Muriel Box's The Passionate Stranger - starring Margaret Leighton and Ralph Richardson - premiered.
Timothy Leonard Spall born in Battersea.
The Goon Show episode INsurance, The White Man's Burden broadcast. Maclean Rogers' You Pay Your Money - starring Hugh McDermott, Jane Hylton, Honor Blackman, Hugh Moxey, Ivan Samson, Ferdy Mayne and Shirley Deane - premiered.
Charles Saunders' There's Always A Thursday - starring Charles Victor, Jill Ireland and Majorie Rhodes - premiered. The Vipers Skiffle Group's 'Hey Liley, Liley Lo'/'Jim Dandy', Ruth Brown's 'Mom Oh Mom'/'I Want To Be Loved', Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band's 'Baby Doll'/'Red Beans & Rice' and Nervous Norvus' 'Dig'/'Bullfrog Hop' released.
The FA Cup Sixth Round produced three draws (in subsequent replays, West Bromwich Albion beat Arsenal, Aston Villa defeated Burnley and Birmingham City won at Nottingham Forest). The fourth game saw Manchester United win two-one at Bournemouth. In the First Division, Len White scored a late winner as Newcastle won two-one at Manchester City. Tom Finney scored twice as Preston North End went second in the league with a three-two win at Bolton Wanderers. Workingtoin went to the top of the Third Division (North) after a two-nil victory against Carlisle United. Ken Plant scored twice as Third Division (South) leaders Colchester United beat Torquay two-one.
The second Eurovision Song Contest - featuring Britain's first entry, 'All' by Patricia Bredin - and the second BBC adaptation of The Railway Children, starring Anneke Wills, broadcast. Arthur Crabtree's West Of Suez - starring Keefe Brasselle and Kay Callard - premiered.
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's Ill Met By Moonlight - starring Dirk Bogarde and Marius Goring - premiered.
South African won the fifth test at Port Elizabeth by fifty eight runs. Once again it was Hugh Tayfield's spin which proved to be the difference between the sides. The series ended drawn two-two. This was Denis Compton's seventy eighth and final test.
Colin Webster scored twice as Manchester United won two-one at Everton to go six point clear at the top of the First Division.
The Goon Show episode The Africa Ship Canal broadcast. Roy Boulting's Brothers In Law - starring Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams and Miles Malleson - premiered.
Michael McCarthy's The Traitor - starring Donald Wolfit, Robert Bray, Jane Griffiths, Carl Jaffe, Anton Diffring, Christopher Lee, Karel Štěpánek and Rupert Davies - premiered. The Ivor & Basil Kirchin Band With Wendy Windows' 'Calypso!!'/'Jungle Fire Dance' released.
Tommy Steele & His Steelmen, The Vipers' Skiffle Group, Mike & Bernie Winters and Big Bill Broonzy featured on Six-Five Special. Joseph Losey's Time Without Pity - starring Michael Redgrave, Ann Tood, Leo McKern and Peter Cushing - premiered. Forty six goals were scored in the First Division, with highlights including Leeds United's five-two victory at Portsmouth, Newcastle United's four-nil defeat of Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea beating Manchester City four-two, Preston North End inflicting another defeat, four-three, on hapless Charlton Athletic and Blackpool winning at Cardiff City by the same score (Dave Durie scoring four). Leicester City went eight points lcear at the top of the Second Division following a four-three win against Lincoln City. Middlesbrough thumped Swansea Town six-two (Brian Clough scored twice). Norwich City haulked themselves off the bottom of the third Division (South) with a five-four win at Shrewsbury Town (Sammy Chung hitting two). The first episode of The Gentle Killers broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion.
The first episode of Bonehead broadcast.
John Huston's Heaven Knows, Mister Allison - starring Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr - premiered. The largest First Division attendance of the season, sixty five thousand four hundred and fifty five, saw Arsenal win the north London derby three-one at White Hart Lane.
The Goon Show episode Ill Met By Goonlight broadcast. The first episode of Jim's Inn broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion.
Southampton's three-three draw with Brentford in the Third Division (South) saw the club debut of seventeen year old Terry Paine, the first of nine hundred and forty two first class matches - with Southampton, Hereford United and England - in a career which lasted until 1977. Trevor Harrison born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire.
The first episode of Box Office broadcast on ABC Weekend. It would debut on ATV London on 5 May.
An adaptation of Peace & Quiet and the first episode of Thrash It Out broadcast. The first episode of Roving Report - Robin Day Talks To Americans - broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion. The first UK TV showing of Whispering Smith Hits London.
Darcy Conyers's The Devil's Pass - starring John Slater, Archie Duncan and Joan Newell - premiered.
The Goon Show episode The Missing Boa Constrictor broadcast.
Lore Cowan's Just A Little Cuckoo - starring Joan Hickson, Michael Medwin and Nicholas Parsons - broadcast. Elvis Presley's 'Rip It Up'/'Baby, Let's Play House' released. The first UK broadcast of Alfred Hitchcock Presents broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion. Little Richard's 'The Girl Can't Help It'/'She's Got It' released.
In the FA Cup Semi Finals, Manchester United beat Birmingham City two-nil at Hillsborough whilst Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion drew two-two at Molineux, Peter McParland scoring twice for Villa, a Brian Whithouse brace replying for Albion. (Villa won the replay five days later.)
Christine Mary Kavanagh born in Prescot, Lancashire.
The largest home attendance of the season, sixty thousand eight hundred and sixty two, were at Old Trafford where Manchester United surprisingly lost two-nil to Bolton Wanderers. In the Second Division, Sheffield United won six-nil at Port Vale (Derek Hawksworth scoring three). Accrington Stanley went level on points with Third Division (North) leaders Derby County after a five-nil victory over Bradford Park Avenue (Jimmy Mulkerrin and Harry Anders both scoring two). The first episodes of Destination Downing Street and Cooper Or Life With Tommy roadcast on Associated-Rediffusion.
Ralph Thomas's Doctor At Large - starring Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice and Shirley Eaton - premiered. John Charles scored a hat-trick in Leeds United's three-two victory at Sheffield Wednesday in the First Division.
Colin Morris's The Wharf Road Mob broadcast, starring Anthony Newley. The Goon Show episode The Histories Of Pliny The Elder broadcast.
Both Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group's 'Cumberland Gap'/'Love Is Strange', The Vipers Skiffle Group's 'Cumberland Gap'/'Maggie May', The King Brothers' 'Marianne'/'Little By Little' and Charlie Gracie's 'Butterfly'/'Ninety-Nine Ways' released. Yolande Anne Elissa Palfrey born in London.
Alvin Rakoff's adaptation of Requiem For A Heavyweight - starring Sean Connery, Jacqueline Hill, Michael Caine and Warren Mitchell - broadcast as part ofThe Sunday Night Theatre strand.
Panorama broadcast its infamous 'Spaghetti trees' April Fools hoax. The Hancock's Half Hour episode The Alpine Holiday broadcast. David Ivon Gower born in Tunbridge Wells. Michael Adnerson's Yangtse Incident: The Story Of HMS Amethyst - starring Richard Todd, William Hartnell, Akim Tamiroff, Donald Houston, Barry Foster and the film debut of Bernard Cribbins - premiered.
John Gilling's Interpol - starring Victor Mature, Anita Ekberg and Trevor Howard - premiered.

Blackpool's three-one victory at West Bromwich Albion took them second in the First Division, five points behind leaders Manchester United. Ken Smith scored a hat-trick. Two goals for Ray Straw took Derby County clear at the top of the Third Division (North) as they defeated Bradford City two-nil. Spike Milligan appeared on Granada's Youth Wants To Know broadcast across the ITV network, talking about 'the relationship between surreal humour and surreal art.' Amongst those asking questions was Liverpool art student Stuart Sutcliffe. George Marshall's The Guns Of Fort Petticoat - starring Audie Murphy, Kathryn Grant and Hope Emerson - premiered.
Bob McNaught's Sea Wife - starring Joan Collins, Richard Burton, Basil Sydney and Cy Grant - premiered.
Carl Perkins' 'Your True Love'/'Matchbox', Luther & Little Eva's 'Love Is Strange'/'Ain't Got No Home', Ian Wallace & Donald Swann's 'The Hippopotamus Song'/'Welcome Home', Elvis Presley's Rock & Roll Number Two and Ron Goodwin & His Concert Orchestra's 'Skiffling Strings'/'I'll Find You' released. The first episode of Jack Hylton Presents Flanagan & Allen: Together Again broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion.
All You Own included a feature on the skiffle craze presented by Hugh Weldon which included a contribution from an earnest teenage James Page. The first episode of Joyous Errand broadcast. England beat Scotland two-one in the Home International championship at Wembley. Debutant Derek Kevan of West Bromwich Albion and Duncan Edwards scored for the hosts and Tommy Ring for the visitors. Sheffield United goalkeeper Alan Hodgkinson made his international debut whilst Preston's Tommy Thompson was recalled to the England team for the first time in six years. Leciester City were promoted from the Second Division following a five-three victory over West Ham United. Arthur Rowley scored three and Billy Wright two. Henry Cass's The Crooked Sky - starring Wayne Morris, Karin Booth and Anton Diffring and Cecil Williamson's Action Stations - starring Mary Martin and Paul Carpenter - premiered.
John Frankenheimer's movie debut, The Young Stranger - starring Kim Hunter and James MacArthur - premiered. Phoebe Sarah Nicholls born in London.
Ian Fleming's From Russia With Love published.
The first episode of Portraits Of Power broadcast. Basil Dearden's The Smallest Show On Earth - starring Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Peter Sellers, Margaret Rutherford and Bernard Miles - and Dilbert Mann's The Bachelor Party premiered.
The first performance of John Osborne's The Entertainer - starring Laurence Olivier - at the Royal Court Theatre. Sidney Lumet's Twelve Angry Men - starring Henry Fonda, J Lee Cobb, Ed Begley and Jack Klugman - premiered.
The first episode of Kelly's Eye broadcast. Chantal Sophia Dahl born in Oxford.
England first representatives in the European Cup, Manchester United, reached the Semi-Finals before coming up against Real Madrid. Busby's Babes lost five-three on aggregate. Bruce Humberstone's Tarzan & The Lost Safari - starring Gordon Scott, Robert Beatty, Yolande Donlan and Betta St John - premiered. The first episode of Living It Up broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion.
The Northern League's Bishop Auckland won the FA Amateur Cup for the third year in succession (and the tenth time in their history), beating Wycombe Wanderers three-one at Wembley. Charlton Athletic's two-one defeat at home to Burnley comdemned The Addicks to relegation from the First Division. Tommy Taylor scored twice as Manchester United won two-nil at Luton. Preston kept the gap between them and United at four points with a two-nil victory at Manchester City. Spurs beat Birmingham City five-one and Aston Villa defeated Sheffield Wednesday five-nil. In the Third Division (North) the game of the day took place at the Racecourse Ground where Wrexham defeated Carlisle United six-four. Crewe Alexandra's wretched season climaxed despite them winning only their third game of the campaign, one-nil at home to Bradford City. Resulted elsewhere meant they would have to apply for re-election to the league.
The first episode of The Winifred Atwell Show broadcast, featuring Bruce Forsyth.
The Hancock's Half Hour episode Lady Chatterly's Revenge broadcast. Suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams was controversially found not guilty at the Old Bailey after Britain's longest murder trial. Political interference was suspected. Sidney Gilliat's Fortune Is A Woman - starring Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl, Dennis Price and Christopher Lee - premiered.
Birmingham City beat Internazionale two-one at St Andrews in the European Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
The first episode of The Lenny The Lion Show broadcast. Leeds United sold their talisman, Big John Charles, to Juventus of Turin for a record sixty five thousand notes (he remained at Leeds for the final three games of the season - scoring in all of them).
Boy On A Dolphin - starring Alan Ladd and Sophia Loren - premiered. Eddie Cochran's 'Twenty Flight Rock'/'Dark Lonely Street' released. Manchester uNited moved closer to the First Division title, Billy Whelan scoring a hat-trick in a three-one win at Burnley. Portsmouth defeated Cardiff one-nil in a vital relegation four-pointer. Leicester City secured the Second Division title with a five-one win at Leyton Orient.
The first UK broadcast of The Phil Silvers Show. Manchester United were confirmed as First Division champions with a four-nil win over Sunderland. Elsewhere, Birmingham City defeated Leeds United six-two, Chelsea beat Everton five-one, Manchester City win three-nil at Burnley and Tottenham Hotspur had a victory by the same score at Cardiff City. Following their sixth successfive defeat, four-nil at Doncaster Rovers, Port Vale were relegated from the Second Division. The first episodes of Electrode 93 - The Testament Of Doctor Quorum - and The Rosemary Clooney Show broadcast on ATV London.
The first episode of the historical documentary series Men, Women & Clothes broadcast. It was the first BBC programme to be filmed in colour, although it could only be transmitted in black and white.
Jackie Milburn played his three hundred and ninety ninth and final game for Newcastle United (not including a further ninety five non first-class wartime fixtures) and scored in a six-two defeat at Chelsea in the First Division. He left the club a month later to become player-coach at Linfield in Northern Ireland. Disgracefully, the club refused to grant him a testimonial game until 1967 and demanded a ten thousand pound transfer fee for a player who had given fourteen years loyal service, scored two hundred and one goals (a record which remained unbroken until 2006) and won three FA Cup winners medals. Magpies fans would also mourn the tragic loss of another Toon great - Hughie Gallagher - who tragically committed suicide in Gateshead just weeks later. Spurs beat already-relegated Charlton Athletic six-two to move second in the table. Leeds UNited's three-one win over Sunderland included a two-goal farewell from John Charles before his move to Italy. Brian Clough scored four in Middlesbrough's seven-two victory over Huddersfield Town in the Second Division. Derby County went two points clear of Accrington Stanley at the top of the Third Division (North) with a seven-one win against Chesterfield. Ipswich Town beat Norwich City three-one to go to the top of the Third Division (South), level on points with Colchester United (who lost, two-one, at Walsall).
Notts County's two-nil victory over Blackburn Rovers in the Second Division meant that Bury, who had already completed their league programme the day before losing at Stoke, were relegated.
The first episode of The Sky At Night broadcast, presented by Patrick Moore. The Vipers Skiffle Group featured on Show Band Parade. After twenty defeats and two draws, Crewe Alexandra finally won a Third Division (North) match away from Gresty Road with a one-nil victory at Southport. They remained bottom of the division, however, eight points behind the next club, Tranmere.
The first episode of The Alma Cogan Show broadcast. Manchester United's European Cup adventure ended at the Semi-Final stage with a thrilling two-two draw at a packed Old Trafford against Real Madrid (they had lost the first leg three-one at the Bernabéu a fortnight earlier). Real, with Alfredo Di Stéfano in outstanding form, led two-nil with goals from Raymond Kopa and Héctor Rial but united hit back with late goals from Tommy Taylor and Bobby Charlton.
Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires's 'Too Much'/'Playin' For Keeps' and The Del Vikings 'Come Go With Me'/'How Can I Find True Love?' released.

Manchester United's Busby Babes retained the First Division title - this time, by a mere eight points. Tottenham Hotspur were runners-up. Tom Finney's continuing influence at Preston North End helped the Deepdale side to finish third. Another veteran winger, Stanley Matthews, guided Blackpool to fourth place. Leeds United enjoyed their best season in years, finishing eighth, though their hopes of further advancement received a major blow by John Charles's sale to Juventus for sixty five thousand quid. Charlton Athletic and Cardiff City were relegated to the Second Division (the latter after a final-day three-two defeat at home to Manchester United) and were replaced by Leicester City (for whom Arthur Rowley scored forty four goals) and Nottingham Forest who clinched promotion with a four-nil win at Sheffield United (Doug Lishman scoring three). Hartlepools United finished as runners-up to Derby County in Third Division (North) with Accrington Stanley third. Crewe continued their surprising late-season upturn in form with a six-four defeat of Mansfield Town. Score of the day came in the Third Division (South) where Brighton & Hove Albion thrashed Reading eight-three.
The Hancock's Half Hour episode The Russian Prince broadcast.
The first episode of Sara Crewe broadcast. Philip Leacock's High Tide At Noon - starring Betta St John, William Sylvester, Michael Craig, Flora Robson, Patrick McGoohan and Patrick Allen and Youssef Chahine's Inta Habibi - starring Farid El Atrash, Shadya and Hind Rostom premiered.
The first episode of The Lenny The Lion Show broadcast. Charles Saunders' The Man Without A Body - starring Robert Hutton, George Coulouris and Julia Arnall - premiered. The final issue of the Football League season was decided in the Third (Division (South). Ipswich's two-nil victory at Southampton meant they pipped Torquay United (who could only draw at Crystal Palace) to promotion.
Terence Fisher's The Curse Of Frankenstein - starring Peter Cushing, Robert Urquhart, Hazel Court and Christopher Lee - premiered.
Makr Robson's The Little Hut - starring Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger and David Niven - premiered.
Aston Villa beat Manchester United two-one in the FA Cup Final in a game marred by an horrific collision between Peter McParland and Ray Wood which left the United goalkeeper with a broken cheekbone. Wood left the pitch and Jackie Blanchflower took over in goal for United. Wood eventually rejoined the game in an outfield position as a virtual passenger before returning to goal for the last seven minutes. McParland scored twice for Villa, Tommy Taylor replying for United.
The first UK broadcast of Circus Boy. Richard Grant Esterhuysen born in Mbabane, Swaziland.
The first episode of Charlie Drake's Drake's Progress broadcast.
George Pollock's Stranger In Town - starring Alex Nicol, Anne Paige, Mary Laura Wood and Mona Washbourne - premiered.
Otto Preminger's Saint Joan - starring Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark and Richard Todd premiered. England beat the Republic of Ireland five-one in a World Cup Qualification tie at Wembley. Tommy Taylor scored a hat-trick with Johnny Atyeo adding the other two goals.
Tessa Peake-Jones born in Hammersmith. Henry Levin's Let's Be Happy - starring Vera-Ellen, Tony Martin and Robert Flemyng - premiered.
Val Guest's Quatermass II - starring Brian Donlevy, John Longden, Sid James, Bryan Forbes, William Franklyn and Vera Day - premiered. Federico Fellini's Le Notti Di Cabiria (Nights Of Cabiria) - starring Giulietta Masina and Francois Perier - premiered at Cannes. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps' 'Five Days, Five Days'/'B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go', The Vipers Skiffle Group's 'Streamline Train'/'Railroad Steamboat', Victor Labati's 'The Golden Touch'/'One Kiss Away From Heaven', The King Brothers' 'A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)'/'Minne-Minnehaha!' and Terry Dene's 'A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)/'The Man In The Phone Booth' released. Alex Michael Jennings born in Romford.
Quartet broadcast in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand.
The Hancock's Half Hour episode The New Neighbour broadcast. The first episode of The Gay Cavalier broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion.
Val Guest's Carry On Admiral - starring David Tomlinson, Ronald Shiner and Joan Sims - premiered.
Britain tested its first hydrogen bomb, at Malden Island in the Pacific. England beat Denmark four-one in a World Cup Qualification match in Copenhagen. Tommy Taylor scored twice whilst Johnny Haynes and John Atyeo were also on target. Stanley Matthews retired from international football at the age of forty-two, playing his final game twenty-two years after the first of his fifty-four caps.
Peter Viertel and Irwin Shaw's The Survivors broadcast.
Chuck Berry's 'Roll Over Beethoven'/'Drifting Heart' released.
The first episode of The Machine Breakers broadcast. Jonathan North - starring Eric Porter - broadcast in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand. England drew one-one with the Republic of Ireland in their final World Cup Qualifier in Dublin. John Atyeo's eighty ninth minute equaliser ensured that England finished top of their group and progressed to the 1958 World Cup. David Pegg made his international debut, joining his Manchester United teammates Roger Byrne, Duncan Edwards and Tommy Taylor in the England side (another of The Busby Babes, Billy Whelan, was playing for Ireland).
Terence Fisher's Kill Me Tomorrow - starring Pat O'Brien, Lois Maxwell, George Coulouris, Tommy Steele and Freddie Mills - premiered.
The Professor Is Arrested and From The Scottish Radio & Television Exhibition: Scotland The Brave broadcast.
Charlie Gracie's 'Fabulous'/'Just Lookin', Bert Weedon's 'Jolly Gigolo'/'Soho Fair', The Bob Cort Skiffle's 'Six-Five Special'/'Roll Jen Jenkins', Mickey & Sylvia's 'Love Is Strange'/'I'm Going Home', Cynthia Lanigan's 'Jamie Boy'/'Silent Lips' and Tommy Steele & The Steelmen's 'Shiralee'/'Grandad's Rock' released.
The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group With Nancy Whiskey, Art Baxter & His Sinners, The Burt Twins, The Clyde Valley Stompers and The Glasgow Rock 'N' Roll Sinners featured on Six-Five Special.
Elaine Morgan's Do It Yourself broadcast in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand.
Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll broadcast in the Theatre Night strand. The Hancock's Half Hour episode The Pianist broadcast. Victor Borge featured on Desert Island Discs. Billy Wilder's Love In The Afternoon - starring Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn and Maurice Chevalier, CM Pennington-Richards' Hour Of Decision - starring Jeff Morrow, Hazel Court and Anthony Dawson and Clive Donner's The Secret Place premiered. Susan Janet Ballion born in London.
Edgar Wallace's The Case Of The Frightened Lady broadcast. Compton Bennett's That Woman Opposite - starring Phyllis Kirk, Dan O'Herlihy and William Franklyn - premiered.
The first episode of Precious Bane broadcast. John Sturges's Gunfight At The OK Corral - starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas - premiered.
Michael Voysey's The Amorous Goldfish broadcast. Alfredo Di Stefano and Paco Gento scored as Real Madrid retained the European Cup against Fiorentina at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Robert Parish's Fire Down Below - starring Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum and Jack Lemmon - premiered.
Pleasure Boat broadcast.

The first episode of The Kilt Is My Delight broadcast. The first episode of Saturday Club - initially Saturday Skiffle Club - broadcast on The Light Programme, featuring The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group With Nancy Whiskey and The Danny Levan Trio. Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group's 'Puttin' On The Style'/'Gamblin' Man' and Eamonn Andrews & The Voices Of Vernons' 'The Ship That Never Sailed'/'The Magic Tree' released.
An adaptation of Arsenic & Old Lace broadcast in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand. The first episode of From Me To You - starring Pat Kirkwood - broadcast. Ernest Morris's Son Of A Stranger - starring James Kenney, Ann Stephens, and Victor Maddern - premiered.
The first episode of Blackpool Show Time - featuring an appearance by Morecambe & Wise - broadcast. Orphan Island and The Fiction Of Science broadcast on The Home Service. Michael Carreras's The Steel Bayonet - starring Leo Genn, Kieron Moore, Michael Medwin, Robert Brown, Michael Ripper, John Paul, Shay Gorman, Bernard Horsfall and Michael Caine - premiered.
Peter May and Colin Cowdrey batted in a partnership of four hundred and eleven for the best part of two days as England drew the opening test against the West Indies at Edgbaston. May scored an undefeated two hundred and eighty five and Cowdrey one hundred and fifty four. Sonny Ramadin's ninety eight overs remains a test record for a single inings. Tony Lock and Jim Laker almost bowled England to an unlikely victory on the final afternoon, the tourists being seven wickets down at the close.
Blackpool Show Parade: Nap Hand broadcast. Gerard Bryant's The Tommy Steele Story - starring Tommy Steele, The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group, Nancy Whiskey and Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band - premiered.
Stanley Houghton's Hindle Wakes - starring Billie Whitelaw and Robert Shaw - and the first episode of Carole's Country Club broadcast. Lance Comfort's Face In The Night - starring Griffith Jones, Lisa Gastoni, Vincent Ball and Eddie Byrne and Reginald Le Borg's War Drums - starring Lex Barker and Joan Taylor - premiered.
The Royal Tournament 1957 broadcast. The Coasters' 'Searchin'/'Young Blood', Lorrae Desmond & The Rebels' 'Kansas City Special'/'Preacher, Preacher', Ben Bowers & His Royal Jamaicans' 'Rum & Coconut Water (Rum & Coca-Cola)'/'Country Boy' and The Everly Brothers' 'Bye Bye, Love'/'I Wonder If I Care As Much' released.
J Lee Thompson's Woman In A Dressing Gown - starring Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms and Carole Lesley - premiered.
The Lass Of Richmond Hill broadcast as part of The Sunday Night Theatre strand. Nigel Patrick's How To Murder A Rich Uncle - starring Charles Coburn, Wendy Hiller, Katie Johnson, Anthony Newley, Athene Seyler, Kenneth Fortescue, Michael Caine, Trevor Reid and Cyril Luckham - premiered.
The Hancock's Half Hour episode The Auction broadcast. Lance Comfort's At The Stroke Of Nine - starring Patricia Dainton, Stephen Murray, Patrick Barr and Dermot Walsh - premiered.
Lewis Gilbert's The Admirable Crichton - starring Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker, Jack Watling, Gerald Harper and Sally Ann Howes - premiered.
Maurice Elvey's Second Fiddle - starring Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters and Lisa Gastoni - premiered.
The first episode of Sheep's Clothing broadcast. Laurence Olivier's The Prince & The Showgirl - starring Marilyn Monroe - premiered. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps released.
Tammy & The Bachelor - starring Debbie Reynolds, Walter Brennan and Leslie Nielsen - premiered. Little Richard's 'Lucille'/'Send Me Some Lovin', Lloyd Price's 'Just Because'/'Why?' and Harry Belafonte's 'Island In The Sun'/'Cocoanut Woman' released.
The first episode of Wideawake broadcast. Evans Abode - starring Norman Wisdom and Jon Pertwee - broadcast in the Saturday Comedy Hour Presents strand. Arthur Crabtree's Morning Class - starring Greta Gynt and Ron Randell - premiered. The first episodes of Hour Of Mystery - an adaptation of Mary Hayley Bell's Duet For Two Hands, Overseas Press Club Exclusive! and Motive For Murder broadcast on ATV London.
The first episode of Huntingtower - featuring Frazer Hines's TV début - broadcast. The first UK TV broadcast of Hawkeye & The Last Of The Mohicans broadcast on ATV London.
The first episodes of Criss Cross Quiz and Shadow Squad - First Blood - broadcast on Granada and Associated-Rediffusion. Montgomery Tully's Inside Information - starring Ronald Adam and Bernard Fox - premiered.
The first episode of The Army Game broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion and other ITV regions. Diana Malin born in London. Michael Maloney born in Bury St Edmunds.
Jacques Cousteau, Wynford Vaughan Thomas and Bob Danvers-Walker presented Secrets Of The Sea. The Cruelty Man broadcast. The first episode of Mark Saber - File It Under Murder - broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion.

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires' 'All Shook Up'/'That's When Your Heartaches Begin' released.
The Jimmy Wheeler Show broadcast in the Saturday Comedy Hour Presents strand. Danny Baker born in Deptford, South London. England won the second test at Lord's by an innings and thirty six runs inside three days. Trevor Bailey took eleven wickets in the match whilst Colin Cowdrey scored his second successive test century. Don Smith made his test debut. The Quarrymen, a recently-formed teenage Liverpool skiffle group which featured Colin Hanton (drums), Eric Griffiths (guitar), Len Garry (tea-chest bass), Pete Shotton (washboard), Rod Davis (banjo) and John Lennon (guitar and vocals) made one of their first public performances, two sets as part of the Empire Day Celebrations. In the afternoon they performed on the back of a stationary lorry and in the evening took part in a street party, both in Liverpool's Rosebery Street. The Man In Half Moon Street broadcast in ATV London's House Of Mystery Presents strand.
Edward, My Son broadcast in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand.
Rockin' The Pier broadcast in the Blackpool Show Parade Presents strand. Mantovani featured on Desert Island Discs.
George Hall's Sing For Your Supper broadcast.
The Vipers Skiffle Group appeared on Holiday Crazy.
Frightfulness At The Theatre Royal broadcast in the Toytown strand. Donald Wilson's Dead Easy broadcast. A report by the Medical Research Council revealed that there was evidence to support a link between tobacco smoking and lung cancer after all. Alexander Mackendrick's Sweet Smell Of Success - starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis and Lance Comfort's Man From Tangiers - starring Robert Hutton and Lisa Gastoni - premiered.
The first episode of Meet Us In London broadcast. Chuck Berry's 'School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell)'/'Deep Feeling' and Chuck Willis's 'CC Rider'/'Ease The Pain' released. Anthony Kimmins' Smiley - starring Ralph Richardson, Chips Rafferty and Colin Petersen - premiered.
The first episode of The Frankie Vaughan Show broadcast. The Vipers Skiffle Group made their radio debut on Saturday Skiffle Club.
The Restless Sphere - presented by The Duke Of Edinburgh - broadcast.
Jack Popplewell's Dear Delinquent broadcast in the Theatre Night strand. Rory Blackwell & His Blackjacks' 'Bye Bye Love'/'Such A Shame' and Jerry Allen & His Trio's 'The Hat'/'Golly!' released.
The first episode of This Is The Henry Hall Show broadcast.
The first episode of Zodiac broadcast. Herbert Wilcox's These Dangerous Years - starring George Baker, Frankie Vaughan, Carole Lesley, Thora Hird, Kenneth Cope, David Lodge and John Le Mesurier - premiered.
The Home Service's Workers' Playtime - featuring Bob Monkhouse, The Tony Brent Bud Bennett and The Kordites - was broadcast live from a stocking factory in Liverpool. The London Philharmonic Orchestra production of Madam Butterfly broadcast. Jennifer Ann Seagrove born in Kuala Lumpa, Malaya.
Tom Graveney hit his highest test score - two hundred and fifty eight - at Nottingham in England's third test against the West Indies. Jerry Lee Lewis's 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On'/'It'll Be Me' and Jim Dale's 'Piccadilly Line'/'I Didn't Mean It' released.

The first episode of Rich & Rich broadcast. John Lennon met Paul McCartney for the first time at the Woolton Village Fête in Liverpool where the former's skiffle gorup, The Quarrymen were performing.
The Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse broadcast in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand.
Gilbert Harding's I Know What I Like broadcast. Tamara Karsavina featured on Desert Island Discs. Lev Golub's Mikolka-Parovoz - starring Nikolai Barmin, Vasili Bokarev and Olesya Ivanova - premiered.
The first TV episode of the popular Light Programme format Club Night broadcast. Paul James Martin born in Parsons Green. Hal Kanter's Loving You - starring Elvis Presley - premiered. The third test at Trent Bridge ended in a draw. Tom Graveney scored two hundred and fifty eight in England's first innings of six hundred and nineteen for six (Peter Richardson and Peter May also hit centuries). Frank Worrell and Collie Smith scored hundreds for West Indies whilst Fred Trueman and Brian Statham each took five wickets. Derek Richardson made his test debut.
Heir Apparent and the first episode of Those Wonderful Shows broadcast. Stanley Kramer's The Pride & The Passion - starring Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren - premiered.
The first episodes of Early To Braden and John Betjeman's The Englishman's Home broadcast. Leslie Norman's The Shiralee - starring Peter Finch, Dana Wilson and Elizabeth Sellars and Julian Amyes's Miracle In Soho - starring John Gregson, Belinda Lee and Cyril Cusack - premiered.
The first UK broadcast of A Trip for Mrs Taylor in the Canadian Television Theatre Presents strand. Montgomery Tully's The Key Man - starring Lee Patterson, Hy Hazell and Colin Gordon - premiered.
Spike Milligan appeared on Six-Five Special. The Ken Colyer Skiffle Group With Bob Kelly and The Dickie Bishop Quartet featured on Saturday Skiffle Club.
Hugh Ross Willimson's The Magnificent Egotist broadcast in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand.
Two Renegades broadcast in The O Henry Playhouse strand. The American Way Of School Life broadcast on The Home Service.
First Hand: Endurance focused on Sir Ernest Shackleton. Esme Divided broadcast.
The first episode of Villette and John Reid's LS Lowry broadcast. Fred Zinnermann's A Hatful Of Rain - starring Don Murray, Eva Marie Saint and Anthony Franciosa - premiered. Fern Britton born in Ealing.
Prima Donna broadcast. Charles Saunders' Date With Disaster - starring Tom Drake, William Hartnell and Shirley Eaton - and Guy Hamilton's Manuela - aka Stowaway Girl starring Trevor Howard, Elsa Martinelli, Pedro Armendáriz, Donald Pleasence, Warren Mitchell and Jack MacGowran - premiered. Julian Keith Levene born in Muswell Hill.
The first episode of George Mitchell's Glee Club broadcast. An Affair To Remember - starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr - premiered. Jim Dale's 'Piccadilly Line'/'I Didn't Mean It' released. The first episode of The Army Game broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion.
Terry Dene and Stephane Grappelly featured on Six-Five Special. Harold Macmillan made an optimistic - and, subseqently, much misquoted - speech to Conservative party members at Bedford Town Football Club, telling them that 'most of our people have never had it so good.' David Eady's The Heart Within - starring James Hayter, Clifford Evans, David Hemmings and Earl Cameron - premiered.
Another Man's Life broadcast in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand.
The first episode of Terry Scott's Scott Free broadcast. A Row Of Giants In The Stalls broadcast on The Home Service.
The first episode of Say It With Music broadcast. Henry Cass's Booby Trap - starring Harry Fowle, Tony Quinn, Sydney Tafler and Patti Morgan - and Cy Endfield's Hell Drivers - starring Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins, Patrick McGoohan, William Hartnell, Sid James, Gordon Jackson, David McCallum and Sean Connery - premiered.
The Secretary of State for War, John Hare's Army Reorganisation broadcast, detailing the role of missile, reduction in manned aircraft projects and, of most interest to the majority of those watching, the restructuring of the British Army (including the ending of National Service).
Rose Franken's Another Language broadcast. John Betjeman visited Castle Ashby in Northamptonshire in The Englishman's Home: An Elizabethan Mansion.
Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires' '(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear'/'Loving You' and the Peace In The Valley EP, Molly Weir's 'I'm Aggie From Glasgow Toon'/'Glasgow' and Peter Sellers & The Mate's Spoffle Group With Fred Spoons's 'Any Old Iron'/'Boiled Bananas & Carrots' released.
The first episode of Escape broadcast. England won the fourth test at Headingley by an innings and five runs. Peter Loader took nine wickets in the match including a hat-trick in West Indies first innings.
The first episode of A Tale Of Two Cities broadcast.
The first episode of Faraway Look broadcast. Facts & Figures: The Smoking Habit broadcast. Montgomery Tully's The Hypnotist - starring Roland Culver, Patricia Roc, Paul Carpenter and William Hartnell - premiered.
The Kentish Robin and Jacques Cousteau's Under The Deep Blue Sea broadcast.
Going Where People Are broadcast.
Graham Greene's The Power & The Glory broadcast. Peter Graham Scott's Account Rendered - starring Griffith Jones, Ursula Howells, Honor Blackman and Ewen Solon - premiered.
Is This Your Boat? broadcast. Larry Williams' 'Short Fat Fannie'/'High School Dance' released.
The first UK broadcast of The Adventures Of The Little Cat & Dog. Burt Balaban's Lady Of Vengeance - starring Dennis O'Keefe, Ann Sears and Anton Diffring - premiered. The first episode of The Schirmer Inheritance broadcast in ATV London's Saturday Serial Presents strand.
Holiday Fanfare, 'a concert of gay music' broadcast. Juan Manuel Fangio won the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring ahead of Mike Hawthorne and Peter Collins to collect his fifth World Driver's Championship.
The first TV showing of Love Happy. Tony Hancock featured on Desert Island Discs. The cartoon character Andy Capp first appeared in Northern editions of the Daily Mirra. The first episode of Highland Fling broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion.
CE Webber's adaptation of The Stolen Miniatures and Colin Morris's Italian Love Story broadcast. Don Chaffey's The Flesh Is Weak - starring John Derek, Milly Vitale and William Franklyn - premiered.
Zoo Quest For A Dragon broadcast. The Quarrymen appeared for - probably - the first time at Liverpool's The Cavern Club in Matthew Street. The first episode of Dead Giveaway broadcast in Associated-Rediffusion's Jolly Good Time strand. Profile On James Mason and Ida Lupino Presents: Not Wanted broadcast.
Eden Phillpotts' The Orange Orchard broadcast. Vernon Sewell's Rogue's Yarn - starring Nicole Maurey, Derek Bond and Elwyn Brook-Jones, Wlfred Eades' You Can't Escape and Cyril Frankel's No Time For Tears - starring Anna Neagle, George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle and Flora Robson - premiered.
The first UK broadcast of Arthur Hailey's Course For Collision broadcast in the Canadian Television Theatre Presents strand. Leslie Arliss' Danger List - starring Philip Friend, Honor Blackman and Mervyn Johns - premiered.
Fountain Of Vaucluse broadcast.
The first episode of the variety show Double Six - featuring Morecambe & Wise - broadcast.
The first episode of Six Days To Sydney broadcast. Amanda Jacqueline Redman born in Brighton.
In Tell Me, Doctor Winifred De Kok discussed viewers' letters of their medical problems. The Lon Chaney biopic Man Of A Thousand Faces - starring James Cagney and Compton Bennett's After The Ball - starring Pat Kirkwood, Laurence Harvey and Jerry Stovin - premiered.
Now: Highway Number One broadcast.
Leonard Cottrell's The Invaders: The Story Of A New Town broadcast.
Elba Boomerang broadcast in the Eye To Eye strand. Montgomery Tully's The Case Of The Smiling Widow - starring Russell Napier, Vernon Greeves, Carl Jaffe, Sylvia Marriott and Roger Delgado - premiered.
Nicholas Courtney's TV début in an episode of Escape which also featured Michael Caine in a small role. Bill Naughton's My Flesh, My Blood broadcast in The Home Service's Saturday-Night Theatre strand.
Philip Mackie's The Girl At The Next Table broadcast.
Countrywise: Butterflies & Moths In August - presented Maxwell Knight - broadcast. Theodore Hoste's The Disappearing Case broadcast on The Home Service.
David Edwards and Vere Lorrimer's Any Old Iron? and The Piper Of Orde broadcast.
Your Army - Now broadcast.
Patrick Hamilton's The Governess broadcast. The Goon Show episode The Reason Why broadcast. Terence Young's Action Of The Tiger starring Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom and Gustavo Rojo - premiered.
Semprini invited viuewers to Relax In Rhythm. which was nice. Muriel Spark's first radio play, The Party Through The Wall broadcast on The Home Service. Elvis Presley's 'Paralyzed'/'When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again' and Tommy Steele & The Steelmen's 'Water, Water'/'A Handful Of Songs' released.
Wynford Vaughan Thomas's Direct From La Camargue broadcast. Stephen John Fry born in Hampstead. Seventeen year old Jimmy Greaves scored on his debut for Chelsea in the opening First Division fixture of the season, a one-all draw with Tottenham Hotspur. Elsewhere, champions Manchester United won three-nil at promoted Leicester City (Billy Whelan scoring a hat-trick) and Blackpool beat Leeds United by the same score. Grimsby Town got off to a terrific start in the Second Division, thrashing Leyton Orient seven-two. England won the fifth test at The Oval by an innings and two hundred and thirty seven. Tom Graveney's one hundred and sixty four was a highlight whilst Tony Lock took eleven wickets.
Hal Burton's adaptation of JB Priestley's Time & The Conways broadcast in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand. Vernon Sewell's battle of The V-1 - starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Medina, Milly Vitale, David Knight, Esmond Knight and Christopher Lee - premiered.
Barbara Woodhouse's A School For Dogs and Rhondda Round-Up broadcast. David Farrar featured on Desert Island Discs. Val Guest's The Abominable Snowman - starring Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing and Maureen Connell - premiered.
Willis Hall's The Claverdon Road Job broadcast. Gerald Thomas's Time Lock - starring Robert Beatty, Lee Patterson, Betty McDowall and Vincent Winter and Ken Hughes's The Long Haul - starring Victor Mature, Diana Dors, Patrick Allen and Gene Anderson - premiered.
In National Radio Show: The Birthday Show, famous personalities celebrated the twenty first anniversary of BBC Television's opening programme. Barry Thomas's El Bandido broadcast. Nicholas Ray's Bitter Victory - starring Richard Burton, Curt Jürgens and Ruth Roman - premiered. Peter Harris scored three in Portsmouth's five-one defeat of Tottenham Hotspur in the First Division. Ian McNeill also hit three as Leicester City beat Sunderkland four-one. Wolverhampton Wanderers thrashed Bolton Wanderers six-one (Norman Deeley and Jimmy Murray both scoring twice).
An adaptation of John Patrick's The Hasty Heart broadcast. In the Second Division Fulham won five-one at Notts County whilst Swansea defeated Lincoln City by the same score.
Eddie Calvert featured half-an-hour of The Man With The Golden Trumpet, accompanied by Norrie Paramor& His Orchestra. The Big Gamble broadcast in the Eye To Eye strand. Little Richard's 'Jenny, Jenny'/'Miss Ann' released.
National Radio Show: Rooftop broadcast. Manchester United continued their unbeaten start to the First Division with a four-one victory over Manchester City. Johnny Berry, Duncan Edwards, Tommy Taylor and Denis Viollet scored. Newcastle United beat Spurs three-one, Chelsea defeated Birmingham City five-one and Wolverhampton Wanderers thrashed Sunderland five-nil. Stoke City led the Second Division, maintaining their one hundred per cent start to the season with a two-nil win at Leyton Orient. Swansea town and Fulham shared eight goals at the Vetch Field. Billy Dare scored a hat-trick in West Ham United's three-two victory at Bristol Rovers. In the Third Division (South), Southend hammered Queens Park Rangers six-nil. Central Scotland's ITV franchise STV went on-air, the first seven-day-a-week franchise to do so.
Cuckoo broadcast in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand.
Gentlemen, Be Seated!: The 1957 Television Minstrels broadcast. Meet Me By Moonlight broadcast in the Theatre Night strand. Alma Cogan featured on Desert Island Discs. Gordon Grayson's Black Ice - starring Paul Carpenter, Gordon Jackson, Ewen Solon and Maureen Davis - premiered.
The first episode of Little Lord Fauntleroy broadcast. Shirley Comes Home - featuring Shirley Bassey - broadcast. Susan Pearson's Close My Door broadcast. Ralph Thomas's Campbell's Kingdom - starring Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Michael Craig and Barbara Murray - premiered.
The first episode of Mister Charlesworth broadcast. Hugo Fregonese's Seven Thunders - starring Stephen Boyd, James Robertson Justice, Kathleen Harrison, Tony Wright, Anna Gaylor, Rosalie Crutchley and Anton Diffring - premiered. The largest First Division attendance of the season, seventy one thousand eight hundred and sixty eight, were at Goodison Park to watch a thrilling three-all draw between Everton and Manchester United. Portsmouth won five-three at Tottenham Hotspur, Leeds united beat Aston Villa four-nil and Manchester City defeated Chelsea five-two. Arthur Kaye scored three in Barnsley's five-one thumping of Ipswich Town in the Second Division. Colin Withers also scored three as Lincoln City defeated Swansea Town four-nil. Hartlepools United won three-one at Darlington to maintain their unbeaten start in the Third Division (North). Brentford defeated Exeter City five-three in the Third Division (South).
The First Mrs Fraser and Grow Your Own Mushrooms broadcast. Peter Graham Scott's The Big Chance- starring Adrienne Corri, William Russell, Ian Colin and Ferdy Mayne - premiered.
Edmundo Ros 'takes you by film to Monte Carlo and on a musical trip to the land of the Calypso where [he] meets Frank Holder showing how the bongos should be played, Boscoe Holder with his dancers and Michael Flanders and Donald Swann doing some musical research.' Elvis Presley's Good Rockin' Tonight EP, The Johnny Otis Show's 'Ma (He's Makin' Eyes At Me)'/'In The Dark' and Jim Dale's 'Be My Girl'/'You Shouldn't Do That' released. Ken Annakin's Across The Bridge - starring Rod Steiger, David Knight, Marla Landi, Noel Willman and Bernard Lee - premiered.
In the First Division, Manchester United remained unbeaten, winning five-nil against Leeds United. There were also big victories for West Bromwich Albion (four-one over Present North End), Newcastle United (four-one at Birmingham City) and Everton (three-nil against Chelsea). The top two in the Second Division, Charlton Athletic and Fulham, both took part in two-two draws (against Liverpool and Stoke City respectively). Bury remained top of the Third Division (North), thumping Southport four-one. Doug Clarke scored four in Hull City's five-two victory over Halifax Town. Eric Sykes introduced National Radio Show: Closing Night.
Nigel Kneale's Mrs Wickens In The Fall broadcast. Montgomery Tully's Man In The Shadows - starring Zachary Scott and Faith Domergue - premiered.
Jon Manchip White's The Chariot Of Fire broadcast. Gerald Thomas's The Vicious Circle - starring John Mills, Lionel Jeffries, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Noelle Middleton - premiered. Manchester United won again, four-one at Blackpool. In the Second Division, Alfie Biggs scored three in Bristol Rovers' five-three win at Stoke City. Tommy Hoyland also hit a hat-trick in Sheffield United's three-nil victory at West Ham United.
Vera Lynn Sings and Give & Take broadcast. The Crickets' 'That'll Be The Day'/'I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love' released. In the Third Division (South) Brentford hammered Northampton Town seven-one.
Charles Chaplin: A Film Profile broadcast. Brian Clough scored four in Middlesbrough's five-nil defeat of Doncaster Rovers in the Second Division. Rochdale beat Darlington five-four in the Third Division (North).
MB Kingsland's Point Of Return and Europe - Friend Or Foe? broadcast. An adaptation of The Admirable Crichton broadcast on The Home Service. Charlie Chaplin's A King In New York and John Gilling's High Flight - starring Ray Milland, Kenneth Haigh, Anthony Newley and Bernard Lee - premiered. Rachel Claire Ward born in Cornwell, Oxfordshire.
So Long To Learn broadcast in the Eye To Eye strand. Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires' 'Party'/'Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do' released.
Battle Of Britain Day broadcast. Bolton Wanderers ended Manchester United's unbeaten run in the First Division with a four-nil win at Burnden Park. Everton (who beat Sunderland three-one) and Nottingham Forest (two-one winners at Leeds United) both went level on points with the Red Devils. Leicester City, who lost three-one at Arsenal remained rooted to the foot of the table. Derek Reeves scored three from Southampton in their five-nil victory over Queens Park Rangers in the Third Division (South). The first episode of Five Names For Johnny broadcast on ATV London. The first episode of Martin Kane Private Investigator broadcast on ABC Weekend.
Who Cares? broadcast in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand.
A Parcel For Miss Kneebone-Smith and John Mortimer's The Dock Brief broadcast. In the European Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Semi-Final first leg, London XI lost two-one in Switzerland to Lausanne-Sports. Joe Haverty of Arsenal scored for the London side which included Ted Ditchburn, Jim Fotheringham, Phil McKnight, Geoff Truett and Les Stubbs. Bury thrashed Tranmere Rovers eight-two in the Third Division (North) with John Parker scoring four. Carlisle United won five-nil at York City. Stan Steele hit three for Port Vale in their four-nil victory over Southampton in the third Division (South). The first episode of Murder Bag - Case One - broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion.
Divine Creature broadcast. John Boulting's Lucky Jim - starring Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith and Sharon Acker - premiered. The first episode of Granada Presents Chelsea At Nine broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion.
Hydro Valley & Power Mountain broadcast in the Now strand. The Three Faces Of Eve - starring Joanna Woodward - premiered. Forty one goals were socred in the First Division with Tottenham Hotspur thrashing Birmingham City seven-one(Alfie Stokes scoring five), Preston North End defeating Manchester City six-one and Nottingham Forest going top of the table with a seven-nil victory over Burnley. Darlington beat Rochdale four-two in the Third Division (North), Ronnie Harbertson sacoring twice. Reading thumped Colchester United seven-nil in the third Division (South), Doggie Webb netting a hat-trick. The first episode of Scotsport broadcast on STV. The first episode of Out Of Step and Spotlight On Audrey Hepburn broadcast on ATV London.
Warren Tute's Jessica broadcast. Robert Siodmak's The Devil Strikes At Night premiered. The first UK broadcast of San Francisco Beat broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion.
Stephen Hearst and Richard Cawston's documentary Onion Johnnie broadcast in the Eye To Eye strand.
The first appearance of Elvis Presley on UK television - albeit only in a clip from Loving You - featured on The Six-Five Special. Fifty two goals were scored in eleven First Division games. West Bromwich Albion beat Manchester City nine-two at The Hawthrons. Frank Griffin scored a hat-trick whilst Bobby Robson, Don Howe and Derek Kevan were also among Albion's scorers. Chelsea defeated Burnley six-one whilst Manchester United got back to winning ways with a four-two victory over Arsenal. Nottingham Forest remained top, winning four-one at Portsmouth. Charlton Athletic, three-nil victors at Cardiff City, were top of the Second Division. Stoke City beat Rotherham United four-one, George Kelly scoring three.
The Grand Order of Water Rats Presents: Ray's a Rat broadcast. Sounding Brass broadcast in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand.
The first episode of True Tales Of Mystery & Adventure, narrated by John Laurie, broadcast. Morecamber & Wise and Ken Dodd appeared on Stars At Blackpool.
The For The Schools strand began. Kind Cousin broadcast.
Jon Pertwee appeared on Mainly For Women. Ian Reddington born in Sheffield.
Highlights of Manchester United's six-nil victory against Shamrock Rovers in Dublin in the European Cup First Round were broadcast on Sportsview Special. A production of Salome broadcast. Charles Vidor's The Joker Is Wild - starring Frank Sinatra and Josef von Sternberg's Jet Pilot - starring John Wayne and Janet Leigh - premiered.
The first UK broadcast of Ninety-Nine Times Round The Block in the Canadian Television Theatre Presents strand.
These Are The Shows broadcast. It was another high-scoring day in the First Division. Aston Villa defeated Leicester City five-one, Manchester City beat Tottenham Hotspur by the same score, Preston North End won five-two against Chelsea (Sammy Taylor scoring three) and Sheffield Wednesday defeated Birmingham City five-three. Wolves beat Manchester United three-one whilst Newcastle won two-nil at Burnley. In all forty two goals were scored in ten fixtures. Charlton Athletic remained top of the Second Division with a five-one thumped of Liverpool (Bobby Ayre hitting three). Roy Dwight scored four in Fulham's six-three defeat of Sheffield United whilst Len Julians also netted four as Leyton Orient beat Middlesbrough four-nil. Rochdale's Dave Pearson scored four in his side's five-one win over Halifax Town. Wrexham beat Hull City six-nil. Third Division (North) leaders Bury won three-one at Oldham Athletic (Phil Darbyshire, Jim Lovie and John Parker on target for The Shakers). In all, one hundred and seventy goials were scored across the four divisions. Michael Relph's Rockets Galore! - starring Jeannie Carson, Donald Sinden, Roland Culver and Mary Campbell - premiered. The first episode of OSS broadcast on ATV London.
The first episode of Treasure Island broadcast. The first episode of Does The Team Think? broadcast on The Light Programme. The Pick Of The Pops episode to feature the format of a run-down of the weekly single's chart compiled from the top tens from various music papers, presented by Alan Dell.
The first episode of My Uncle Silas broadcast. The Hancock's Half Hour episode The Continental Holiday broadcast. Marius Goring featured on Desert Island Discs. The Goon Show episode Spon broadcast. Regional News bulletins for the North of England begin from Piccadilly's studio N in Manchester.
A Nest Of Singing Birds broadcast. Gordon Parry's The Surgeon's Knife - starring Donald Houston, Adrienne Corri, Lyndon Brook and Jean Cadell - premiered.
The first episode of Giles Copper's radio adaptation of The Day Of The Triffids broadcast on The Light Programme. The first episode of Educatted Evans - featuring Charlie Chester - broadcast. David Lean's The Bridge On The River Kwai - starring William Holden, Jack Hawkins and Alec Guinness and Natham H Juran's The Brain From Planet Arous - starring John Agar, Joyce Meadows and Robert Fuller - premiered. Manchester United completed a nine-two aggregate win over Shamcock Rovers in the European Cup. In the First Division, Arsenal and Wolves both enjoyed four-nil victories (over Aston Villa and Spurs respectively).
Muriel St Clare's adaptation of Dorothy L Sayers' Busman's Honeymoon broadcast. George Cukor's Les Girls - starring Gene Kelly, Kay Kendall, Mitzi Gaynor, Leslie Phillips and Patrick Macnee and Jack Lee's Robbery Under Arms - starring Peter Finch and Ronald Lewis - premiered.
The first UK broadcast of Black Cats Are Good Cats in the Canadian Television Theatre Presents strand. The first episode of Those Beverley Sisters broadcast. Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Designed by Mikhail Khomyakov, it orbited for three weeks before its batteries died and then remained in silent orbit for a further two months before it fell back into the atmosphere. Elvis Presley's 'Tryin' To Get To You'/'Lawdy, Miss Clawdy', Michael Flanders & Donald Swann's 'Music Of A Gnu'/'Misalliance', Laurie Johnson & His Orchestra's 'The Moonraker'/'Call Of The Casbah' and Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group's 'My Dixie Darling'/'I'm Just A Rollin' Stone' released.
Sunderland's seven-nil defeat at Blackpool saw the club debut of Irish international Charlie Hurley - the first of four hundred and two games for The Black Cats in a career that lasted until 1969. Elsewhere, First Division leaders Nottingham Forest won four-three at Tottenham, Manchester united won four-one against Aston Villa and Birmingham City defeated Manchester City four-nil (Peter Murphy scoring three). Brighton & Hove Albion topped the Third Division (South), defeating Newport County five -three whilst Southampton thrashed Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic seven-nil. Variety Cocktail and Fougasse broadcast. Great Britain defeated the USA in the Ryder Cup at Lindrick Golf Club near Worksop.
Rats In The Belfry broadcast. David MacDonald's Small Hotel - starring Gordon Harker, Marie Lohr, John Loder, Irene Handl, Janet Munro, Billie Whitelaw, Ruth Trouncer and Francis Matthews and Paul Czinner's The Bolshoi Ballet premiered.
The first UK broadcast of The Road To Edinburgh - starring Joan Crawford - in the Star Choice strand. The Hancock's Half Hour episode The Great Detective broadcast. Dame Moura Lympany featured on Desert Island Discs. The Goon Show episode The Junk Affair broadcast. Wolf Rilla's The Scamp - starring Richard Attenborough, Terence Morgan, Colin Petersen, Dorothy Alison and Jill Adams - premiered.
The first episode of The Thrilling Adventures Of Captain Pugwash & Stowaway Tom broadcast. John Knight's The Mail Van Murder - starring Hy Hazell and Dennis Castle - premiered.
Buried Treasure: Home Life In The Stone Age broadcast. Ernest Morris's Three Sundays To Live - starring Kieron Moore and Jane Griffiths - premiered.
Spotlight: The National Film Theatre, introduced by Lindsay Anderson, Martin Vale's The Two Mrs Carrolls - starring Michael Gough and the first episode of Bransby Williams broadcast. The graphite core of the nuclear reactor at Windscale in Cumbria, caught fire, releasing substantial amounts of radioactive contamination into the surrounding area.
Jodrell Bank Observatory became operational, ironically, on the same day that the Frontiers In Space episode Space Travel was broadcast. The Everly Brothers' 'Wake Up Little Susie'/'Maybe Tomorrow', The Goons' 'Whistle Your Cares Away'/'A Russian Love Song' and Tommy Steele & The Steelmen's 'Hey You!'/'Plant A Kiss' released. Dawn Roma French born in Holyhead. Henry Koster's My Man Godfrey - starring June Allyson, David Niven and Jessie Royce Landis - premiered.
The first episode of Thunder In The West broadcast. Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group featured on The Light Programme's Saturday Skiffle Club. First Division highlights included Wolverhampton Wanderers five-one win at Birmingham City ((Eddie Clamp scoring twice), Burnley hammering Sunderland six-nil and Manchester City's four-three defeat of Leicester City. The table's top two met at The City Ground, with Manchester United beating Nottingham forest two-one. Liverpool led the Second Division after a four=nil win against Swansea Town. Game of the day came in the Third Division (North) at Saltergate, Chesterfield beating Gateshead five-three. The division's largest gate of the season, almost twenty three thousand, watched a goalless draw in the Bradford derby. The first episode of White Hunter broadcast on Granada. It did not debut on ATV London until 6 July 1958.
Farewell To Greatness! broadcast in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand. Muriel Box's The Truth About Women - starring Laurence Harvey, Julie Harris, Diane Cilento, Mai Zetterling and Eva Gabor - premiered.
Johnny Dankworth featured on Desert Island Discs. The Goon Show episode The Burning Embassy broadcast. Vera Lynn was the recipient of The Big Red Book in This Is Your Life. The Hancock's Half Hour episode The Amusement Arcade broadcast. Roger Corman's Sorority Girl - starring Susan Cabot, Dick Miller, Barboura O'Neill, June Kenney, Fay Baker and Barbara Crane - premiered.
The first episode of Lifeline - introduced by Hartley Shawcross - broadcast. Robert Day's Strangers' Meeting - starring Peter Arne, Delphi Lawrence, Conrad Phillips, Barbara Archer and Victor Maddern - premiered.
The first episode of The Royalty broadcast.
Michael Egan's To Love & To Cherish broadcast. Montgomery Tully's Night Crossing - starring Russell Napier - premiered.
Fifteen year old Paul McCartney made his first stage appearance with The Quarrymen - whom he has recently joined - at The New Clubmoor Hall in Norris Green, Liverpool. They Built Their Own Abbey and the first episode of Nicholas Nickleby broadcast. Herman Hoffman's The Invisible Boy - starring Richard Eyer, Philip Abbott and Diane Brewster - premiered.
England beat Wales four-nil at Ninian Park in the Home International championship. Johnny Haynes scored twice with Tom Finney and a Mel Hopkins own goal completing the scoring. Bolton Wanderers' Eddie Hopkinson, West Bromwich Albion's Don Howe and Blackburn Rovers' Bryan Douglas all made their international debuts. Wolves topped the First Division, defeating Chelsea two-one. Portsmouth won three-nil at Manchester United, Aston Villa had a four-three victory against Newcastle United and Manchester City won five-two at Blackpool. Scunthorpe & Lindsey United beat Bradford Park Avenue six-two in the Third Division (North). Frankie Vaughan, Freddie Mills, Don Lang & His Frantic Five, The Vipers Skiffle Group and Murray Campbell & His Trumpet featured on Six-Five Special. Tommy Steele was profiled in The Saturday Show: The Golden Year.
The first episode of Pinky & Perky broadcast.
The London Film Festival broadcast. The Hancock's Half Hour episode A Holiday In Scotland broadcast. Julian David Cope born in Monmouthshire. The Goon Show episode The Great Regent's Park Swim broadcast.
Willis Hall's comedy Final At Furnell broadcast. League champions Manchester United beat FA Cup winners Aston Villa four-nil in the FA Charity Shield at Old Trafford. Tommy Taylor scored three for The Red Devils.
Distress Call broadcast. Anthony Mann's The Tin Star - starring Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins - premiered. London's representative XI reached the first final of the European Inter-Cities Fairs Cups with a two-nil win over Lausanne-Sports in the second leg of their Semi-Final at Highbury. Chelsea's Jimmy Greaves and Arsneal's Cliff Holton scored in a teram dominated by players of those two clubs and Fulham (Johnnny Haynes and Roy Dwight). The chances of an all-English final were boosted in the first leg of the other Semi-Final with Birmingham City defeating Barcelona four-three.
Pat's Private Angels broadcast. Elizabeth Sarah Greene born in London.
The first episode of Be Soon broadcast. Pal Joey - starring Rita Hayworth, Kim Novak and Frank Sinatra - premiered. John Barry & The Seven's 'Zip Zip'/'Three Little Fishes', Jackie Wilson's 'Reet Petite'/'By The Light Of The Silvery Moon' and Harry Belafonte's 'Mary's Boy Child'/'Eden Was Just Like This' released.
Alma Cogan's Make Mine Music broadcast in The Saturday Show strand. Game of the day in the First Division was West Bromwich Albion's four-three win against Manchester United. Wolves drew one-all at Newcastle to stay top of the table. Blackburn Rovers remained top of the Second Division after a four-three victory at Grimsby Town.
The first episode of English Family Robinson broadcast in the Sunday Night Theatre strand. Television: Twenty-One Years & Onwards broadcast. David Paltenghi's The Tyburn Case - starring John Warwick, Gordon Boyd and Patricia Marmont - premiered.
John Whiting's Eye Witness broadcast. The Hancock's Half Hour episode Air Steward Hancock - Last Of The Many broadcast. Belinda Lee featured on Desert Island Discs. The Goon Show episode The Treasure In The Tower broadcast. Stephen Paul David Morris born in Macclesfield.
Rex Tucker's Cave Man broadcast. The second half of West Bromwich Albion's thrilling six-five friendly victory over CSKA Moscow (described in Radio Times as the 'Central Soviet Army') broadcast. Skipper's Ticket broadcast.
Malcolm Muggeridge Looks At The Thirties broadcast. Sportsview celebrated two decades of televised sport. Montgomery Tully's The White Cliffs Mystery - starring Russell Napier and Julian Strange - premiered.
Herman Closson's Ordeal By Fire broadcast. Pat Jackson's The Birthday Present - starring Tony Britton, Sylvia Syms and Jack Watling - premiered.
Television Tomorrow broadcast. Paul Dickson's The Depraved - starring Anne Heywood, Robert Arden, Carroll Levis and Basil Dignam - premiered.
The World Our Stage and the first episode of Adventures In Siberia broadcast. In the First Division, Bolton Wanderers defeated Sheffield Wednesday five-four. Performance of the day came in the tHird Division (North) and Rochdale's seven-nil thrashing of Hartlepools United (Jimmy Dailey scoring five).
The Grand Order of Water Rats, The Variety profession's most famous confraternity, presented The Irish In Us. The USSR's Sputnik 2 was launched, the first satellite to carry a living animal, a dog named Laika. The dog died. Maxwell Munden's The House In The Woods - starring Ronald Howard, Patricia Roc and Michael Gough - premiered.
The first episode of Science & The Weather broadcast. The Hancock's Half Hour episode The Regimental Reunion broadcast. The Goon Show episode The Space Age broadcast.
RC Sherriff's The Telescope - starring Edward Woodward - broadcast. Compton Bennett's The Flying Scot - starring Lee Patterson, Kay Callard, Alan Gifford and Jeremy Bodkin - premiered. Frank Sinatra's 'Chicago'/'All The Way' and Joe Daniels & His Jazz Group's 'Juke Box Jazz (Parts 1 & 2)' released.
England lost three-two to Northern Ireland in the Home International championship at Wembley, the first time the Province had beaten the Mainland since 1927. Liverpool's Alan A'Court (making his international debut) and Duncan Edwards were on target for England with Burnley's Jimmy McIlroy, Southend's Sam McCrory (on debut) and Glasgow Rangers' Billy Simpson replying for the visitors. Skipper Danny Blanchflower and keeper Harry Gregg were both carried shoulder-high by celebrating Irish fans after this unexpected victory which ended England's sixteen-match unbeaten run. The Northern Ireland side also contained the Newcastle United full-back pairing of Dick Keith and Alf McMichael and the Blanchflower brothers. The first episode of The Future Of Communism, presented by Christopher Mayhew, broadcast. David miller's The Story of Esther Costello - starring Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi and Heather Sears - premiered.
Denis Ogden's The Peaceful Inn broadcast. The Quarrymen played for - probably - the first time at the notoriously violent Wilson Hall in Garston, a popular hangout for Liverpool's Teddy Boys. They managed to get out in one piece and would go on to play the venue on approximately three further occasions.
Frontiers Of Science: Research Into Cancer broadcast. Richard Thorpe's Jailhouse Rock - starring Elvis Presley - premiered. Bill Justis & His Orchestra's 'Raunchy'/'The Midnight Man', Benny Bell & The Blockbusters' 'The Sack Dress'/'Doctor Jazz' and Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps' 'Dance To The Bop'/'I Got It' released.
British Legion Festival Of Remembrance broadcast. Jacques Tourneur's Night Of The Demon - starring Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins and Niall MacGinnis - premiered. Jimmy McIlroy, fresh from his triumph with Northern Ireland, hit a hat-trick for Burnley in their seven-three victory over Leciester City in the First Division. Albert Cheeseborough also scored three for The Clarets. Nottingham Forest defeated Arsenal four-nil. Don Revie and Billy Bingham scored in Sunderland's three-two win at Birmingham City. Liverpool returned to the top of the Second Division with a four-nil victory against Notts County. Hartlepools United thumped Halifax Town five-nil in the Third Division (North) with George Luke and Tommy McGuigan both hiting a brace. The big winners in the Third Division (South) were Coventry City, who beat Exeter City six-one.
The first episode of Zoo Quest For The Paradise Birds broadcast. Budd Boetticher's Decision At Sundown - starring Randolph Scott and Karen Steele - premiered.
The first episode of The Adventures Of Charlie Quick - starring Clive Dunn - broadcast in the Studio E strand. The Hancock's Half Hour episode The Adopted Family broadcast. The Goon Show episode The Red Fort broadcast. Production began on Hammer's Dracula at Bray Studios.
Jean McConnell's The Coelacanth broadcast. Alfred Shaughnessy's Cat Girl - starring Barbara Shelley, Robert Ayres and Kay Callard - premiered.
The first episode of Francis Durbridge's A Time Of Day broadcast. A László Kubala goal eight minutes from time gave Barcelona a narrow victory at the Nou Camp and denied Birmingham City a place in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final, levelling the aggregate score and necessitating a replay. The first episode of The Adventures Of Twizzle broadcast on Associated-Rediffusion.
St John Ervine's Robert's Wife broadcast. The first episode of Me & The Night & The Music broadcast. John Paddy Carstairs' Just My Luck - starring Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Jill Dixon and Leslie Phillips - premiered.
The first episode of Thrash It Out broadcast. Buddy Holly's 'Peggy Sue'/'Everyday' and Sam Cooke's 'You Send Me'/'Summertime' released.
Patrick Moore, Reginald Edds and AH Degenhardt previewed Britain's first Planetarium on The Sky At Night. Charles McDevitt & His Skiffle Group With Shirley Douglas, The Worried Men, Wee Willy Harris and Terry Dene featured on Six-Five Special. The Quarrymen Skiffle Group - regular viewers of the show - missed it on this occasion as they were busy rocking up a storm at The Stanley Abattoir Social Club in Liverpool. In the FA Cup First Round, Southern League Bath City defeated Third Division Exeter City two-one and Midland League Wisbech Town had a memorable one-nil victory over Colchester United. Bishop Auckland, Isthmian League Clapton and Peterborough United also forced replays against league opposition. In all minor-league ties, Dorchester Town won three-two against Wycombe Wanderers, Durham City defeated Spalding Town three-one, Boston United beat Billingham Symphonia five-two, Hereford United had a three-nil victory on the Isle of Wight at Hampshire League Newport and North Eastern League South Shields beat Frickley Colliery three-two. Elsewhere, Gillignham enjoyed a ten-one victory over Eastern Counties League Gorlston (Ron Saunders scoring five), Workingtom hammered Crook Town eight-one, Carlisle United defeated Rhyl five-one, Plymouth Argyle won six-two against Watford, Hartlepools United beat Lancashire Combination side Prescot Cables five-nil (Peter Thompson hitting four), Crystal Palace won three-two at Margate (with a Mike Deakin hat-trick), Norwich City beat Redhill six-one, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic won five-one at Birmingham League Oswestry Town and Southampton had a six-one victory at Athenian League Walton & Hersham. In the First Division, Newcastle United won three-nil at Luton Town, Burnley defeated Blackpool four-two (Alan Shackelton scoring twice), Manchester City won at Leeds United by the same score and the top two, Wolves and West Bromwich shared a one-all draw at Molineux before the largest attendance of the day, fifty five thousand. Vic Keeble scored three in West Ham United's five-nil defeat of Stoke City in the Second Division. John Atyeo also scored a hat-trick as Bristol City won three-nil at Sheffield United.
Rhapsody In Blue broadcast. Deborah Thrower born in Naibrobi.
Marcel Marceau broadcast. Very quietly. The Goon Show episode The Missing Battleship broadcast.
An adaptation of Frost At Midnight broadcast. Ronnie Scott, Tubby Hayes, George Melly and Cleo Laine featured on Jazz Session. Bury defeated Bishop Auckland four-one in an FA Cup First Round replay.
Ten Royal Years broadcast. Manchester United had a comfortable three-nil win over Dukla Prague in the European Cup Second Round first leg at Old Trafford.
The first episode of Eye On Research broadcast. Yeovil Town defeated Guildford City in an FA Cup replay. Fellow Southern League side Worcester City had aqnother draw with Aldershot after extra time requiring a third game.
First Hand: The Finest Hour, presented by Peter West, broadcast. Roy Ward Baker's The One That Got Away - starring Hardy Krüger, Michael Goodliffe, Colin Gordon and Alec McCowen - premiered.
The first episode of The Thompson Family broadcast. The Quarrymen made a second appearance at The New Clubmoor Hall Conservative Club. Photographs taken by an audience member are believed to be the first time that Paul McCartney and John Lennon were pictured together. George Melly & His Bubbling Over Four With Beryl Bryden featured on Saturday Skiffle Club. Wolves stayed top of the First Division with a four-three win at Manchester City. Brian Clough scored four in Middlesbrough's five-two defeat of Ispwich Town in the Second Division. Billy Liddell scored twice as Liverpool returned to the top with a two-nil win over Blackburn Rovers. The Tommy Cooper Hour broadcast on ABC Weekend.
The first episode of The Silver Sword broadcast. Val Guest's The Red-Headed Blonde broadcast in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand.
James Fisher featured on Desert Island Discs. The Goon Show episode The Policy broadcast. The first UK broadcast of A Lesson In Psychology in the Canadian Television Theatre Presents strand. The Hancock's Half Hour episode The Elocution Lesson and Anthony Steven's Rain In August, read by Peter Wyngarde, broadcast. Aldershot beat Worcester City at the third attempt to qualify for the Second Round of the FA Cup.
The Problem Of The Homosexual broadcast in the Lifeline strand. Maclean Rogers' Not Wanted On Voyage - starring Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix, Griffith Jones amd Catherine Boyle - premiered. Barcelona defeated Birmingham City two-one in the replay of their European Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Semi-Final thanks to another late goal from László Kubala.
England beat France four-nil in a friendly international at Wembley. Tommy Taylor and debutant Bobby Robson of West Bromwich Albion both scored twice. Three months later England would lose three of their major players - Taylor, Roger Byrne and Duncan Edwards - in the Munich air disaster.
Speedbird 933 broadcast. Elvis Presley's 'Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)'/'Santa Claus Is Back In Town' and Little Richard's 'Keep A Knockin'/'Can't Believe You Wanna Leave' released.
The first episode of The Jimmy Logan Show broadcast. Wolves continued to lead the First Division with a two-one victory over Burnely. Spurs defeated Manchester United four-three at Old Trafford. Newcastle United won three-two at Arsenal.
JB Priestley's The Stone Faces broadcast in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand. Harry Gregg became the world's most expensive goalkeeper in a twenty three thousand five hundre pound transfer from Doncaster Rovers to Manchester United. Mohinder Purba born in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Lord's Taverner's Ball broadcast. The Hancock's Half Hour episode The Lawyer: The Crown Versus James, S - Hancock QC Defending broadcast. Moira Shearer featured on Desert Island Discs. The Goon Show episode King Solomon's Mines broadcast.
The first episode of Face To Face broadcast. Mario Zampi's The Naked Truth - starring Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, Dennis Price and Shirley Eaton and Richard ale's Seven Waves Away - starring Tyrone Power and Mai Zetterling - premiered.
A Royal Occasion At The University Of London and The Night Is Young broadcast.
Evelyn Frazer's The Crucial Point broadcast. Joshua Logan's Sayonara - starring Marlon Brando - premiered.
Experiments On Animals broadcast in the Frontiers Of Science strand. Jerry Lee Lewis's 'Great Balls Of Fire'/'Mean Woman Blues', Chuck Berry's 'Rock & Roll Music'/'Blue Feeling', Bert Weedon's 'Play That Big Guitar'/'Quiet Quiet Ssh!', Danny & The Juniors' 'At The Hop'/'Sometimes (When I'm All Alone)', Jim Dale's 'Just Born (To Be Your Baby)'/'Crazy Dream' and Carl Perkins' 'Glad All Over'/'Forever Yours' released. The launch of America's first spacecraft, Vanguard, failed, spectacularly. The first stage engine was improperly started, causing the vehicle to fall back to the launch pad immediately after launch and explode. A lot.
The Secombe Saga broadcast in The Saturday Show strand. A Japanese Film Festival broadcast, included the first UK showing of scenes from Kurosawa's The Throne Of Blood. The FA Cup Second Round produced only one major shock, Hereford United's six-one hammering of Queens Park Rangers. Yeovil Town beat Bath City two-nil but, elsewhere, the lower-league teams had little luck, Boston United losing five-three at Darlington (Dave Carr scoring three), Durham City losing three-nil at home to Tranmere rovers and South Shields going down three-one against York City. In the First Division, Manchester City beat Everton six-two, Portsmouth defeated Luton Town five-nil and Aston Villa won five-two at Sheffield Wednesday. Wolves remained top ofh the league with a two-one win at Preston North End. Cardiff City thrashed Barnsley seven-nil in the Second Division. Fulham won five-nil at Birstol City. Match of the day came in the Third Division (South) with Watford beating Exeter City five-four. Women Are So Unreasonable and Sarah Pender's Lovers broadcast in The Home Service's Saturday Matinee Double Bill strand. The Quarrymen appeared again at Wilson Hall in Garston, one of the venues run by promoter Charlie McBain. It has been claimed this may have been the first occasion that Paul McCartney's school friend George Harrison saw the group perform, though this is not certain.
Extracts from Flanders & Swann's At The Drop Of A Hat featured on On Stage - London. Counsellor At Law - starring Eli Wallach - broadcast in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand.
The first UK broadcast of Countess Keller in the Canadian Television Theatre Presents strand. The Hancock's Half Hour episode How To Win Money & Influence People broadcast. Eric Sykes featured on Desert Island Discs. The Goon Show episode The Stolen Postman broadcast. Charles Saunders' Kill Her Gently - starring Griffith Jones, Maureen Connell, Marc Lawrence and George Mikell - premiered. Stoke City climbed into the Second Division promotion places with a six-two victory over Swansea Town (George kelly scored three).
Margaret Bonham's Isobel broadcast. The Urals Ensemble broadcast. Stanley Donen's Kiss Them For Me - starring Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield and Suzy Parker - premiered.
Sports Review Of 1957 broadcast; golfer Dai Rees was named Sports Personality Of The Year. George Cukor's Wild Is The Wind - starring Anthony Quinn, Don Siegel's Baby Face Nelson - starring Mickey Rooney, Charles Frend's Barnacle Bill - starring Alec Guinesss and Mark Robson's Peyton Place premiered.
An adaptation of JM Barrie's The Boy David broadcast. Brian Desmond Hurst's Dangerous Exile - starring Louis Jourdan, Keith Michell, Belinda Lee and Richard O'Sullivan and Kenneth G Crane's Monster From Green Hell - starring Jim Davis, Barbara Turner and Robert E Griffin - premiered. Michael Holliday's 'The Story Of My Life'/'Keep Your Heart' released.
John Junkin and Terry Nation's Friday The Thirteenth - featuring Ted Ray - broadcast. Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group's 'Jack O'Diamonds'/'Ham 'N' Eggs' and Paul Beattie's 'I'm Comin' Home'/'Nothing So Strange' released.
Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group, Terry Dene and The King Brothers were among the guests on Six-Five Special. Charles Vidor's adaptation of A Farewell To Arms - starring Rock Hudson - premiered. Samuel Beckett's From An Abandoned Work - read by Patrick Magee - broadcast on The Third Programme. Wolverhampton Wanderers maintained their lead at the top of the First Division with a fort-three victory over bottom-placed Sheffield Wednesday. In the Second Division, Grimsby Town won seven-nil at Bristol Rovers. Southampton thrashed Norwich City sven-three in the third Division (South).
The Trial Of Marie Lafarge broadcast in the Sunday-Night Theatre strand.
Jean Stewart's translation of The Truffles broadcast. The Hancock's Half Hour episode There's An Airfield At The Bottom Of My Garden broadcast. Earl Hines featured on Desert Island Discs. The Goon Show episode The Great British Revolution broadcast. Charles Saunders' The End Of The Line - starring Alan Baxter, Barbara Shelley, Arthur Gomez and Jennifer Jayne - premiered.
The first UK broadcast of The Plastic Item broadcast in the Canadian Television Theatre Presents strand. One Man's Meat, Wishing Well and You Are The Jury broadcast. Billy Wilder's Witness For The Prosecution premiered.
Christmas Crackerjack featured Eamonn Andrews, Max Bygraves, Petula Clark, Lenny The Lion & Terry Hall, Ronnie Corbett and Vikki Hammond.
The North-West Passage broadcast in the Sea & Ships strand. Frank Lauder's Blue Murder At St Trinian's - starring Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, Lionel Jeffries, Alastair Sim, Richard Wattis, Lisa Gastoni and Sabrina, Ronald Neame's Windom's Way - starring Peter Finch, Mary Ure, Natasha Parry, Robert Flemyng, Michael Hordern and Grégoire Aslan and Ernst Marischka's Sissi - Schicksalsjahre Einer Kaiserin - starring Romy Schneider - premiered.
Colin Morris's Takeover broadcast. Edward Dmytryk's Raintree County - starring Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor and Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos' Tam Na Konečné premiered.

The Third International Festival Of Music Hall broadcast in The Saturday Show strand. A remarkable Second Division match took place at The Valley with Charlton Athletic beating Huddersfield Town seven-six. Charlton played most of the game with ten men after their captain Derek Ufton was injured and Huddersfield Town were leading five-one with just under thirty minutes remaining. At that point, Johnny Summers scored four goals (he had already scored one early in the second-half) and assisted with two others scored by Johnny Ryan. Huddersfield remain the only team to score six goals in a professional football match in England and still end on the losing side. Notable members of their team - managed by Bill Shankley - included Ray Wilson, who went on to win domestic silverware with Everton and the World Cup with England and Bill McGarry, who managed Wolverhampton Wanderers to much success and Newcastle United to ... not much. West Ham United won six-one at Lincoln City whilst division leaders Liverool defeated Bristol Cityu four-three. In the First Division, Manchester United beat Leicester City four-nil, Tottenham won four-two at Chelsea, Newcastle beat West Bromwich Albion three-nil (Len White socring two) and, in another high-scoring game, Manchester City won five-four at Sheffield Wednesday. Eddie Clamp and Jimmy Mullen were on target as top of the table Wolves beat Everton two-nil. In all, one hundred and eighty four goals were scored across the four divisions. Celery Quarter Blues - starring Jim Dale - broadcast in The Home Service's Saturday-Night Theatre strand. The first episode of Web broadcast in ATV London's ATV Presents strand.
Italy's three-nil victory over Portugal in a World Cup Qualifier left Northern Ireland needing just a win over the Italians to rogress to the finals for the first time. The first UK broadcasts of Tufty: The Adventures Of A Friendly Duckling and The Thin Man broadcast.
Hancock's Forty Three Minutes broadcast. Sir Thomas Beecham featured on Desert Island Discs. The Goon Show episode The Plasticine Men broadcast. The Crickets' 'Oh, Boy'/'Not Fade Away' released. Victor Vicas's Count Five & Die - starring Jeffrey Hunter, Nigel Patrick and Annemarie Düringer - premiered.
Behold, The King and The Night Before Christmas broadcast. The first UK TV showing of It's A Wonderful Life. Judy Garland broadcast on The Home Service.
Royal Prologue: Crown & Commonwealth - narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier - and JB Priestley's When We Are Married broadcast. Pantomania Presents: The Babes In The Wood broadcast. The Starry Stranger broadcast on The Home Service. Dick Powell's The Enemy Below - starring Robert Mitchum and Curt Jurgens - premiered. Jimmy Graves scored four in Chelsea's seven-four victory over Portsmouth in the First Division. Blackpool beat Leicester City five-one whilst Sheffield Wednesday and Preston North End shared eight goals at Hillsoborough. In the Second Division, Leyton Orient thrashed Rotherham United six-two (Tommy Johnston scoring four) and Swansea Town defeated Bristol Rovers six-four (Cliff Jones hitting three and Mel Charles two). Southport won five-three at Bradford Park Avenue in the Third Divison (North).
Boxing Day Party - featuring Vera Lynn and George Formby - broadcast. Dermot John Murnaghan born in Barnstable. West Bromwich Albion won five-three at Birmingham City in the First Division. Newcastle United had a three-two victory at Nottingham Forest. Everton defeated Bolton Wanderers five-one at Burnden Park. Liverpool stayed top of the Second Division with a three-two defeat of Grimsby Town.
The first episodes of Angel Pavement and Caxton's Tales broadcast.
Do You Believe In Ghosts? Tall Story Club - starring Kenneth Horne, Gilbert Harding and Barbara Mullen - broadcast. In the First Division, Wolves won two-nil at Sunderland to end the year six points clear at the top of the league. Luton Town beat Arsenal four-nil, the Manchester derby saw City and United shared the points in the two-two draw, Nottingham Forest defeated Sheffield Wednesday five-two, Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United drew three-all and West Bromwich Albion thrashed Burnley five-one (Bobby Robson scoring four). Second Division leaders Liverpool lost six-one at Cardiff City, allowing Fulham (who beat Swansea Town two-nil) to leapfrog them. West Ham United thumped Bristol Rovers six-one.
The first episode of Television World Theatre Presents ... - a production of The Life Of Henry V - broadcast.
The first episode of Holidays Ahead broadcast in the Mainly For Women strand. The Goon Show episode African Incident broadcast.
The first episode of Onion Boys, Donald Wilson's Flight Of The Dove and an adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream featuring Frankie Howerd's Bottom broadcast.