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Christmas Night with the Stars

on BBC One London

A specially recorded programme featuring your favourite light entertainment artists.
Introduced by Jack Warner.
See page 45

The Black and White Minstrels
Starring The Mitchell Minstrels
with John Boulter, Dai Francis, Tony Mercer, Benny Garcia, Margaret Savage, The Television Toppers

Roy Castle

The Billy Cotton Band Show
[Starring] Billy Cotton and his Band
with Kathie Kay, Alan Breeze The Cotton Singers and Dancers
and Ralph Reader and the London Boy Scout Gang Show

Dick Emery
with Glen Mason

Benny Hill
with Alex Macintosh

Hugh and I
[Starring] Terry Scott and Hugh Lloyd
with Patricia Hayes, Charles Dyer, Jack Haig, Vi Stevens, Molly Sugden, Jill Curzon, Maurice Podbrey.

Kathy Kirby

The Likely Lads
Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.
Starring James Bolam as Terry, Rodney Bewes as Bob
with Sheila Fearn as Audrey

Marriage Lines
[Starring] Richard Briers and Prunella Scales
with Denzil Ellis

Meet the Wife
[Starring] Thora Hird and Freddie Frinton
with Darryl Read

Andy Stewart
Ian Powrie and his Band

Top of the Pops
Greet the Groups with The Barron Knights.

The Black and White Minstrels are appearing at the Victoria Palace, London, and the Theatre Royal, Newcastle; Freddie Frinton is appearing at the Wimbledon Theatre, London; The Barron Knights are appearing in Bertram Mills Circus Super Show at Olympia, London

Contributors

Presenter/Continuity written by:
Jack Warner
Continuity written by:
Robert Gray
Orchestra directed by:
Harry Rabinowitz
Film Editor:
Richard Barclay
Producer (Christmas Night with the Stars)/Director (Meet the Wife):
Graeme Muir
Singers (The Black and White Minstrels):
The Mitchell Minstrels
Singer (The Black and White Minstrels):
John Boulter
Singer (The Black and White Minstrels):
Dai Francis
Singer (The Black and White Minstrels):
Tony Mercer
Singer (The Black and White Minstrels):
Benny Garcia
Singer (The Black and White Minstrels):
Margaret Savage
Dancers (The Black and White Minstrels):
The Television Toppers
Dance Direction (The Black and White Minstrels):
Larry Gordon
Vocal arrangements (The Black and White Minstrels):
George Mitchell
Orchestrations (The Black and White Minstrels):
Alan Bristow
Orchestrations (The Black and White Minstrels):
Ray Terry
Director (The Black and White Minstrels):
George Inns
Entertainer:
Roy Castle
Orchestra conducted by:
Harry Rabinowitz
Director:
Dennis Main Wilson
Presenter/Bandleader (The Billy Cotton Band Show):
Billy Cotton
Musicians (The Billy Cotton Band Show):
The Billy Cotton Band
Singer (The Billy Cotton Band Show):
Kathie Kay
Singer (The Billy Cotton Band Show):
Alan Breeze
Singers/dancers (The Billy Cotton Band Show):
The Cotton Singers and Dancers
Staged by (The Billy Cotton Band Show):
Malcolm Goddard
Performer (The London Boy Scout Gang Show):
Ralph Reader
Arranged by (The Billy Cotton Band Show):
Michael Hurll
Script (Dick Emery):
David Cumming
Film cameraman (Dick Emery):
Tom Friswell
Film editor (Dick Emery):
Pat Holland
Director (Dick Emery/Hugh and I):
David Croft
Comedian:
Dick Emery
Interviewer:
Glen Mason
Script (Benny Hill):
Benny Hill
Film Cameraman (Benny Hill):
John Turner
Film Editor (Benny Hill):
Jim Latham
Director (Benny Hill):
Kenneth Carter
Willie Tredder:
Benny Hill
Geography Teacher:
Benny Hill
Youth Leader:
Benny Hill
Willie's Mother:
Benny Hill
Probation Officer:
Benny Hill
Work Foreman:
Benny Hill
Narrator:
Alex Macintosh
Script (Hugh and I):
John Chapman
Terry:
Terry Scott
Hugh:
Hugh Lloyd
Mrs. Wormold:
Patricia Hayes
[Actor]:
Charles Dyer
Arthur Wormold:
Jack Haig
Mrs. Scott:
Vi Stevens
Mrs. Crispin:
Molly Sugden
Norma Crispin:
Jill Curzon
Vicar:
Maurice Podbrey
Singer:
Kathy Kirby
Orchestra conducted by (Kathy Kirby segment):
Eric Robinson
Director (Kathy Kirby segment):
Ernest Maxin
Writer/Director (The Likely Lads):
Dick Clement
Writer (The Likely Lads):
Ian La Frenais
Terry:
James Bolam
Bob:
Rodney Bewes
Audrey:
Sheila Fearn
Script (Marriage Lines):
Richard Waring
Director (Marriage Lines):
Robin Nash
George Starling:
Richard Briers
Kate Starling:
Prunella Scales
[Actor]:
Denzil Ellis
Script (Meet the Wife):
Ronald Wolfe
Script (Meet the Wife):
Ronald Chesney
Thora:
Thora Hird
Freddie:
Freddie Frinton
[Actor]:
Darryl Read
Singer:
Andy Stewart
Musicians:
Ian Powrie and his Band
Director (Andy Stewart):
Iain MacFadyen
Musicians (Top of the Pops):
The Barron Knights
Director (Top of the Pops):
Johnnie Stewart

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