1. First Night of the Proms
(Prom 1) BBC Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for the first part of the opening concert of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts.
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
Jose Luis Garcia (violin), Roy Malan (violin), Kenneth Sillito (violin), Ronald Thomas (violin), Moura Lympany (piano)
Introduced by Robert Hudson.