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Children's Television: Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School: Beastly for Bunter

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A new series for television by Frank Richards
[Starring] Gerald Campion

Pharic Maclaren writes:
In the timeless air of Greyfriars School, life goes on just as it always has done. The gimlet eyes of Mr. Quelch are quite as steely as they ever were and Billy Bunter still likes cake-no matter whose it is. Happily for us, the occupants of Greyfriars, like all our fictional friends and heroes, neither change nor grow any older, though not all the actors who brought Frank Richards's characters to life in previous episodes on television are available to take part when a new series comes along. But though the casts may change, the characters that we and our parents have come to know so well, will always remain just as they have always been. Wharton, Cherry, Nugent, Johnny Bull , and Hurree Singh will still be the 'Famous Five'. Mr. Quelch will still be the Beak, and jam tarts will always be jam tarts, and fair game to Billy Bunter, whom you can see again this afternoon.

Contributors

Writer:
Frank Richards
Producer:
Pharic MacLaren
Designer:
Gordon Roland
Billy Bunter:
Gerald Campion
Bob Cherry:
Keith Faulkner
Harry Wharton:
Anthony Valentine
Frank Nugent:
Lawrence Harrington
Johnny Bull:
David Coote
Hurree Singh:
James Doran
Lord Mauleverer:
Glyn Dearman
Mr. Quelch:
Kynaston Reeves
Tramp:
Ivan Owen

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