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This is the BBC

on BBC Television

Written and Produced by Richard Cawston.
This film, which won a British Film Academy Award, is being repeated as a result of numerous requests. It tells the story of an imaginary day in the life of the BBC.
The film takes viewers behind the scenes of both sound radio and television to show the BBC's huge organisation at work-engineers, planners, producers, artists, musicians, personalities - a cast of 1,200 in all.
Among those who appear are: Flora Robson, John Gregson, Beryl Grey, Richard Dimbleby, Francis Williams, Richard Murdoch, Kenneth Horne, Jean Metcalfe, Cliff Michelmore, Cy Grant, Eamonn Andrews, Wynford Vaughan Thomas, Raymond Glendenning, Peter O'Sullevan, Arthur Garratt, Roy Plomley, Frank Muir, Denis Norden, Edward J. Mason, Geoffrey Webb, The George Mitchell Singers, The Television Toppers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Rudolf Schwarz
BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
conducted by Alyn Ainsworth
The Eric Robinson Orchestra
The Allegri String Quartet.
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Contributors

Writer/producer:
Richard Cawston
Photographed by:
Kenneth Westbury
Sound:
Robert Saunders
Sound:
Michael Colomb
Film Editor:
Harry Hastings
Herself:
Flora Robson
Himself:
John Gregson
Herself:
Beryl Grey
Himself:
Richard Dimbleby
Himself:
Francis Williams
Himself:
Richard Murdoch
Himself:
Kenneth Horne
Herself:
Jean Metcalfe
Himself:
Cliff Michelmore
Himself:
Cy Grant
Himself:
Eamonn Andrews
Himself:
Wynford Vaughan Thomas
Himself:
Raymond Glendenning
Himself:
Peter O'Sullevan
Himself:
Arthur Garratt
Himself:
Roy Plomley
Himself:
Frank Muir
Himself:
Denis Norden
Himself:
Edward J. Mason
Himself:
Geoffrey Webb
Singers:
The George Mitchell Singers
Dancers:
The Television Toppers
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
[Orchestra] conducted by:
Rudolf Schwarz
Musicians:
BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
[Orchestra] conducted by:
Alyn Ainsworth
Musicians:
The Eric Robinson Orchestra
Musical arrangements:
Alan Bristow
Musicians:
The Allegri String Quartet

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