Programme Index

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where happy chance finds are made by John Earle and Serendipity Dog who open the door on a world full of strange and entertaining facts.
From the West

Contributors

Presenter:
John Earle
Script:
Stuart Wilkinson
Additional material:
Tom Tully
Designer:
Kenneth Wrench
Production team:
Hugh Duggan
Production team:
Bob Murray
Production team:
Philip Mutton
Producer:
Ronald Webster

Outside Kuala Lumpur a vast colony of bats lives deep in a mountain cavern. They only fly out at night-to hunt. Jane Burton and her husband went half a mile into the cave to study these strange creatures.
First transmission on Jan. 27, 1964

Contributors

Narrator:
Anthony Smith
Filmed by:
Jane Burton
Film editor:
Robert Walter
Sound mixer:
Bob Saunders
Presented by:
Tim Slessor
Series edited by:
Brian Branston

Introduced by Cliff Michelmore.
with Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Christopher Brasher, Julian Pettifer, 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:
Cathal O'Shannon
Reporter:
Magnus Magnusson
Associate producer:
Kenneth Corden
Associate producer:
Anthony Smith
Assistant editor:
John Lloyd
Editor:
Derrick Amoore

A film series.

Harry plans to employ the best man in the business to cut a valuable diamond for him, and discovers an old friend in trouble.
(First transmission on August 11, 1963)

7.30-7.55 Grass Roots: 7: Cider with Everything
A series about England and the English.
(Oxford, Peterborough, Manningtree, Rowridge, Brighton)

Contributors

Story and teleplay:
William Link
Story and teleplay:
Richard Levinson
Story Consultant:
Warner Law
Director:
Paul Henreid
Producer:
Irving Asher
Executive Producer:
Vernon Burns
Harry Lime:
Michael Rennie
Bradford Webster:
Jonathan Harris
Mr. Morgan:
Bob Shayne
Karl Van Root:
Cyril Delevanti
Lisel Van Root:
Yvonne Lime
Frank Wheeler:
Tol Avery
May Wheeler:
Linda Watkins

by Elwyn Jones.
There are two young constables in each car, ready to deal with trouble as it happens.

Chief-Inspector Barlow accepts a favour - and his integrity becomes suspect.
See page 35

Contributors

Writer:
Elwyn Jones
Designer:
Evan Hercules
Film sequences - Cameraman:
Geoffrey Mulligan
Film sequences - Editor:
Sheila S. Tomlinson
Script Editor:
Kenneth Ware
Producer:
David E. Rose
Director:
Bill Hays

Introduced by Frank Bough.
bringing you Action-News-Personalities in a weekly sports magazine for the family.

including
Football Preview: The F.A. Cup Fifth Round

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Bough
Presented by:
Richard Tilling
Associate editor:
Alan Hart
Associate editor:
Lawrie Higgins
Editor:
Cliff Morgan

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BBC One London

About BBC One

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

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