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Introduced by John Cherrington.
Facilities for testing boars are being increased. Two big breeders question Jim White, P.I.D.A.'s Chief Livestock Officer, on the significance of the expansion.
and
A report on this year's cereal harvest
From the Midlands
followed by the Weather Situation for farmers and growers

(to 14.15)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Cherrington
Panellist:
Jim White
Producer:
John Kenyon

An award-winning film from Poland.
With the approach of manhood, a boy who has spent all his youth by the river among the wild life along its banks finds a new excitement when he starts to earn his livelihood as a lumberjack in surroundings that were once his playground. (Repeat)

Contributors

Screenplay and direction:
Wiadyslaw Slesicki

A film series featuring a young politician who makes people and their problems his business.
Starring Richard Crenna as Slattery
with Paul Geary, Edward Asner, Maxine Stuart, Tol Avery
Guest stars, Dianne Foster, Ford Rainey, Murray Hamilton

Question: What time is the next bandwagon?
...it can be a long, cold wait and Slattery discovers that a ruthless man will go to any lengths to avoid being left behind in the race for political power.

Contributors

Slattery:
Richard Crenna
Johnny Ramos:
Paul Geary
Frank Radcliff:
Edward Asner
B.J. Clawson:
Maxine Stuart
Speaker Bert Metcalf:
Tol Avery
Claudia Strickland:
Dianne Foster
Daniel Ralston:
Ford Rainey
Edward Tillman:
Murray Hamilton

A Western film series.
Starring John Smith, Robert Fuller
with Spring Byington, Dennis Holmes
Guest stars, Frank Overton, John Hoyt

In a last effort to prove that his own father was not a traitor, Slim agrees to help an arrogant army officer to search for a hidden fortune in gold. (Repeat)

Contributors

Slim Sherman:
John Smith
Jess Harper:
Robert Fuller
Daisy Cooper:
Spring Byington
Mike:
Dennis Holmes
James Courtland:
Frank Overton
Maj. John Ellis:
John Hoyt

Written by N.J. Crisp
A series created by Ted Willis
Starring Jack Warner

W.P.C. Harris and P.C. Swain name the day. But for Jack Stone it is a day of reckoning.
(Repeat)

Contributors

Writer:
N.J. Crisp
Series created by:
Ted Willis
Director:
Vere Lorrimer
Production:
Ronald Marsh
George Dixon:
Jack Warner
Jack Stone:
John Barrie
Mrs. Daniels:
Dorothy Frere
P.C. Swain:
Robert Arnold
W.P.C. Liz Harris:
Zeph Gladstone
W.P.C. Shirley Palmer:
Anne Carroll
Det.-Sgt. Andy Crawford:
Peter Byrne
Det.-Con. Lauderdale:
Geoffrey Adams
Miss Lucas:
Jeanne Mockford
Station Sgt. Flint:
Arthur Rigby
P.C. Burton:
Peter Thornton
Bank Manager:
Arnold Diamond
P.C. Wills:
Nicholas Donnelly
P.C. Roberts:
Geoffrey Kenion
Mac:
Douglas Ives
Landlady:
Yootha Joyce
Mary Crawford:
Anna Dawson
Lenny:
Norman Jones
Gwen:
Sheila Raynor
Man in pub:
Leslie Bates

by Charles Kingsley.
Dramatised in sixteen episodes by Anthony Steven.

Hereward fights the great white bear.

William Hobbs is a member of the National Theatre Company

Contributors

Author:
Charles Kingsley
Dramatised by:
Anthony Steven
Music composed by:
Richard Rodney Bennett
[Music] conducted by:
Marcus Dods
Producer:
Campbell Logan
Director:
Peter Hammond
Hereward the Wake:
Alfred Lynch
Martin Lightfoot:
Bryan Pringle
Gilbert of Ghent:
Francis de Wolff
Alftruda:
Trudy Moors
Sir Ragnar:
Jonathan Hansen
Sir Frotho:
William Hobbs
Sir Edgar:
Nicholas Edmett
Astrid:
Jean Aubrey
Lise:
Lavender Sansom
Leonie:
Clemence Bettany

Written by Oliver Postgate.
Another adventure of Noggin, Prince of the Nogs.
Story told by Oliver Postgate and Ronnie Stevens.

Noggin's son, Knut, falls into the power of Nogbad the Bad when the stone giants take him to Roundhead Valley.

Contributors

Writer/Narrator:
Oliver Postgate
Narrator:
Ronnie Stevens
Pictures:
Peter Firmin
Music:
Vernon Elliott
Music played by:
The Vernon Elliott Ensemble

We all live in community; there are certain groups or social structures in which we are at home. But what happens when these groups are modifier or broken?

Crises in Community
Studies one example of this process-the effect of educational change, on Liverpool Roman Catholic parish life, how it works, and what are its results.
The film includes Dr. Joan Brothers, whose recently published book Church and School is the study of the impact of education on religion.
Introduced by David Mahlowe.
Repeated tonight at 11.30

Contributors

Interviewee:
Dr. Joan Brothers
Presenter:
David Mahlowe
Producer:
Raymond Short

appeals on behalf of The National Association of Youth Clubs.
Contributions, preferably by crossed postal order or cheque, will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to: [address removed]
N.A.Y.C. provides opportunities for recreation, training, and service for 234,000 young people in its clubs. Similar chances could be offered to many more of the 700,000 boys and girls who leave school and start work every year, if funds were available.

Contributors

Presenter:
Christopher Chataway

for Battle of Britain Sunday
from the Church of the Royal Air Force Station Halton, Buckinghamshire.
with The Halton R.A.F. Apprentices Brass Band and combined choirs of the area.
Bandmaster, W/O C. Jamieson, R.A.F.
Introduced by Kenneth Kendall.
Prayer and blessing by the Senior Chaplain, The Rev. T. A. Goss
Now thank we all our God (Tune, Nun Danket)
Teach me, my God and King (Tune, Sandys)
Lord of the worlds unseen or seen (Tune, Melita)
Dear Lord and Father of mankind (Tune, Repton)
Fill thou my life, O Lord my God (Tune, Richmond)
Immortal, invisible, God only wise (Tune, St. Denio)
Angel-voices ever singing (Tune, Angel-voices)
And did those feet in ancient time (Tune, Jerusalem)

Contributors

Musicians:
The Halton R.A.F. Apprentices Brass Band
Bandmaster:
W/O C. Jamieson
Organist:
Roger Meynell
Conductor:
Richard Butt
Presenter:
Kenneth Kendall
Prayer and blessing:
The Rev. T. A. Goss
Television presentation:
Barrie Edgar

This Battle of Britain Sunday Film
Stars Kenneth More as Douglas Bader
with Muriel Pavlow, Lyndon Brook, Lee Patterson, Alexander Knox
✰
The story of Douglas Bader, the R.A.F. pilot for whom the difficulties of life are a challenge to be met and overcome.
See page 11

Contributors

Screenplay and direction:
Lewis Gilbert
Based on the book by:
Paul Brickhill
Producer:
Daniel M. Angel
Douglas Bader:
Kenneth More
Thelma Bader:
Muriel Pavlow
Johnny Sanderson:
Lyndon Brook
Turner:
Lee Patterson
Mr. Joyce:
Alexander Knox
Nurse Brace:
Dorothy Alison
Harry Day:
Michael Warre
Robert Desoutter:
Sydney Tafler
'Woody' Woodhall:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Peel:
Jack Watling
Streatfeild:
Nigel Green
Sister Thornhill:
Anne Leon
Air Vice-Marshal Leigh Mallory:
Ronald Adam
Air Vice-Marshal Halahan:
Walter Hudd
Crowley-Milling:
Basil Appleby
Police Constable:
Philip Stainton
Flight Sergeant Mills:
Eddie Byrne
Sally:
Beverly Brooks
Warrant Officer West:
Michael Ripper
Civilian Pilot:
Derek Blomfield
Douglas Bader's mother:
Avice Landone
Adjutant of prison camp:
Eric Pohlmann
Flying Instructor Pearson:
Michael Gough
Bates:
Harry Locke
Warrant Officer Blake:
Sam Kydd

A comedy series by Richard Waring.
Starring Richard Briers as George Starling and Prunella Scales as Kate Starling

(Richard Briers is appearing in "Present Laughter" at the Queen's Theatre; Geoffrey Lumsden in "Hostile Witness" at the Haymarket Theatre, London)

Contributors

Writer:
Richard Waring
Music composed and conducted by:
Dennis Wilson
Producer:
Robin Nash
George Starling:
Richard Briers
Kate Starling:
Prunella Scales
Arthur:
Peter Tuddenham
Mr. Peters:
Dennis Chinnery
Receptionist:
Kathleen Williams
George's father:
Geoffrey Summer
George's mother:
Diana King
Patty:
Penny Morrell
Dr. Harrison:
Richard Coleman
Mr. Manderson:
Geoffrey Lumsden
Miles:
Edward de Souza

Dramatised by Anthony Coburn from the novel Le Charretier de la Providence.
A crime series from the novels of Georges Simenon.
Starring Rupert Davies as Chief Inspector Maigret
with Ewen Solon as Lucas
and Neville Jason as Lapointe, Victor Lucas as Torrance
Guest stars: Hugh Burden, Isa Miranda, Andrew Faulds, Paul Whitsun-Jones
(Repeat)
See page 13

Contributors

Author:
Georges Simenon
Dramatised by:
Anthony Coburn
Designer:
Eileen Diss
Produced and directed by:
Andrew Osborn
Chief Inspector Maigret:
Rupert Davies
Lucas:
Ewen Solon
Lapointe:
Neville Jason
Torrance:
Victor Lucas
Willy Marco:
David Lawton
Marie Lampson:
Julie Paulle
Sammy:
Thor Pierres
Madame Negrettl:
Isa Miranda
Suzy:
Alicia Gatrall
Hortense:
Linda Polan
Jean:
Andrew Faulds
Police doctor:
Norman Pitt
Pellegrini:
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Porfeau:
Will Stampe
Madame Ganelle:
Ruth Kettlewell
Henri Ganelle:
Philip Ray
Marcel Lampson:
Hugh Burden
Mademoiselle Demanche:
Marjorie Sommerville

Six literary immortals brought to life by six actors of today.
Augustus Hare The Years with Mother 1834-1903 played by Alan Bennett who gossips about...
Miss Jenny Lind, the Swedish nightingale... Mr. Walter Savage Landor throwing away his dinners... recollections of Dr. Johnson... Lord Nelson, 'a wonderful little man'... twelve Dukes of Hamilton at the Resurrection... oddities of Oscar Wilde..
Introduced by Hugo Dyson.
Adapted from Augustus Hare's The story of My Life

Contributors

Presenter:
Hugo Dyson
Author (The Story of My Life):
Augustus Hare
Designer:
Julia Trevelyan Oman
Producer:
Patrick Garland
Augustus Hare:
Alan Bennett

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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