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World in Ferment

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

N.F. Simpson's weekly accident-prone look under the news, round the news, and just to one side of the news.

Introduced by Nancy Chuff as Angela Thorne
with World in Ferment reporters Doug Searchbaker as Jack Shepherd, Chris Champers as Dinsdale Landen
Resident expert Gerald Pikestaff as John Bird
Resident Celebrity, Madame Astoria as Irene Handl
Resident folk singers, Hildegarde Schindelstein, Odette Marcellina as Eleanor Bron
Guest magistrate, William Rushton
Guest guest, Ken Wynne
Guest poetry revivalist, Patsy Rowlands

(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
N.F. Simpson
Composer:
Stanley Myers
Make-up:
Sandra Exelby
Costumes:
Roger Reece
Sound:
Jack Sudic
Lighting:
Ritchie Richardson
Designer:
Alan Hunter-Craig
Director:
Roger Ordish
Producer:
Ned Sherrin
Nancy Chuff:
Angela Thorne
Doug Searchbaker:
Jack Shepherd
Chris Champers:
Dinsdale Landen
Gerald Pikestaff:
John Bird
Madame Astoria:
Irene Handl
Hildegarde Schindelstein/Odette Marcellina:
Eleanor Bron
Guest magistrate:
William Rushton
Guest guest:
Ken Wynne
Guest Poetry Revivalist:
Patsy Rowlands
[Actor]:
Doug Fisher
[Actress]:
Queenie Watts
[Actor]:
Christopher Timothy
[Actor]:
Arthur Blake
[Actor]:
Robert Bridges
Source: Radio Times

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