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For children of seven to nine
Introduced by Alison Edmonds.

with Max Howard and Hilary Green
Children watching these programmes should, if possible, have space to move around in, as they will be asked to join in with mime and improvisation.
For Schools
Previously shown on October 29
(to 9.58)

Contributors

Presenter:
Alison Edmonds
Producer:
Claire Chovil
[Actor]:
Max Howard
[Actress]:
Hilary Green

In today's programme Gordon Severn explains how sound is stored on magnetic tape. With him we follow the story of his recorded music from the tape recorder in the studio to the disc on the record counter.
For Schools
Previously shown on October 29
(to 10.20)

Contributors

Presenter/theme music composed by:
Gordon Severn
Animations:
Alfred Wurmser
Film edited by:
James Langfield
Film edited by:
David Painter
Producer:
Geoffrey Hall

by Euripides.
Translation by Neil Curry.
Starring Jeremy Brett, John Carson, Cyril Luckham, Margot van Der Burgh
For Schools
Previously shown on October 26
(to 11.30)

Contributors

Author:
null Euripides
Translation by:
Neil Curry
Movement:
Litz Pisk
Drumming by:
Don Lawson
Special effects:
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Designer:
Gordon Roland
Producer:
Ronald Eyre
Dionysus:
Jeremy Brett
Messenger:
Alan Howard
Agave:
Margot van Der Burgh
Cadmus:
Cyril Luckham
Chorus:
June Bailey
Chorus:
Yolande Bavan
Chorus:
Margo Cunningham
Chorus:
Freda Dowie
Chorus:
Sonia Fraser
Chorus:
Bandana Gupta
Chorus:
Patricia Regan
Chorus:
Mary Wylie
Chorus:
Maria Andipa
Chorus:
Patience Gcwabe
Chorus:
Sophia Lokko
Chorus:
Mamsie Mtombeni
Chorus:
Angela Scott-Patrick
Chorus:
John Murray Scott
Chorus:
Henley Thomas
Guards:
David Ap-Richards
Guards:
Adrian Drotsky
Guards:
Steve Kirby
Guards:
Derrick Slater

Christopher Trace looks at some early books. He sees how parchment and vellum were made and how the folded book form took the place of the scroll, while various styles of writing developed from the Roman script.
In the studio, Christopher Trace and Ewart Oakeshott
For Schools
Previously shown on October 29
(to 11.58)

Contributors

Presenter:
Christopher Trace
Guest:
Ewart Oakeshott
Designer:
Gordon Roland
Scriptwriter:
Carol Goodman
Presented by:
Peggie Broadhead

Introduced by Cliff Michelmore.
with Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Christopher Brasher, Julian Pettifer, Brian Redhead, Cathal O'Shannon,
Magnus Magnusson.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
Trevor Philpott
Reporter:
Kenneth Allsop
Reporter:
Macdonald Hastings
Reporter:
Christopher Brasher
Reporter:
Julian Pettifer
Reporter:
Brian Redhead
Reporter:
Cathal O'Shannon
Reporter:
Magnus Magnusson
Associate producer:
John Lloyd
Associate producer:
Kenneth Corden
Associate producer:
Anthony Smith
Editor:
Derrick Amoore

by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H. Corbett as Harold
This week a second showing of "The Lodger"

Albert's idea of introducing a third person into the Steptoe household is one that does not appeal to Harold.
(First transmission on February 18)

Contributors

Writer:
Alan Simpson
Writer:
Ray Galton
Incidental Music:
Norman Percival
From an original theme by:
Ron Grainer
Designer:
Roger Andrews
Producer:
Duncan Wood
Albert:
Wilfrid Brambell
Harold:
Harry H. Corbett

A film series.
Starring David Niven, Charles Boyer, Gig Young, Gladys Cooper, Robert Coote as The Rogues
See page 53

Contributors

Marcel St. Clair:
Charles Boyer
Tony Fleming:
Gig Young
Timmy St. Clair:
Robert Coote
Margaret St. Clair:
Gladys Cooper
Donough Cunningham:
Quinn O'Hara
Sheik Swazik:
Peter Whitney
Alec Fleming:
David Niven

by Benjamin Britten.
with Heather Harper, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conducted by Meredith Davies

The Melos Ensemble

Conducted by Benjamin Britten

BBC Chorus and Choral Society
London Philharmonic Choir
Conductor, Frederic Jackson

Boys from Emanuel School
Conductor, Christian Strover
Simon Preston organ and chamber organ
from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Introduced by Richard Baker.

(First transmission on BBC-2 on August 4)

(Copies of the words of the War Requiem, the Latin of the Mass for the Dead interspersed with poems by Wilfred Owen, may be obtained (price one shilling, post free) from BBC Publications, [address removed])
(See page 54)

Contributors

Composer/Ensemble Conductor:
Benjamin Britten
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Tenor:
Peter Pears
Baritone:
Thomas Hemsley
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conductor:
Meredith Davies
Musicians:
The Melos Ensemble
Singers:
BBC Chorus and Choral Society
Singers:
London Philharmonic Choir
Conductor:
Frederic Jackson
Singers:
Boys from Emanuel School
Conductor:
Christian Strover
Organ and Chamber organ:
Simon Preston
Presenter:
Richard Baker
Television Presentation:
Antony Craxton

BBC One London

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BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

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