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Blue Peter Special Assignment

on BBC One London

Islands: series of six programmes 5: The Isle of Man
Valerie Singleton arrives with a shipload of motor-bikes for the island's big event-TT week-and tries her hand at the 37-mile motor-cycle circuit. She traces the eccentric career of the man who founded the lifeboat service, Sir William Hillary. and tells the story of the Snaefell Mine Disaster.
Film editor PETER GIBBS Producer EDWARD BARNES
Director DAVID BROWN (Manchester)
Two paperbacks (same title): Hong Kong and Malta, 40p; Isles of Skye, Man, and Wight, 40p; from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
Valerie Singleton
Unknown:
William Hillary.
Editor:
Peter Gibbs
Producer:
Edward Barnes
Director:
David Brown

BBC One London

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