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from St. Mary's, Totnes, Devon
Hymns (A. and M.): Nos. 4, 242, 517
First Lesson: I Chronicles 28, vv. 1-10
Second Lesson: II Timothy 2, vv. 1-15 (N.E.B.)

Contributors

Preacher:
The Vicar, Preb. Gordon Samuel
Assistant:
The Rev. Michael Malsom
Assistant:
The Rev. E. S . Smee
Organist and Choirmaster:
Gordon Brown
Captain of the Tower:
Sidney French
TV presentation:
John Dobson

A series of personal readings in literature old and new.

P.J. Kavanagh, poet and novelist, argues that a good writer is necessarily self-obsessed, and illustrates this theme with readings from Coleridge, Norman Mailer, and Malcolm Lowry.

Contributors

Presenter:
P.J. Kavanagh
Producer:
Roger Owen

A series of Management Problems for you to solve

What do you do when a component supplier goes bankrupt?
Introduced by Robert Robinson
with John Ayres, Richard O'Brien, Eric Bates, Brian Stacey
(to 13.00)

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Robinson
Speaker:
John Ayres
Speaker:
Richard O'Brien
Speaker:
Eric Bates
Speaker:
Brian Stacey
Director:
William Woollard
Producer:
Paul Ellis
Tom Holt:
Ivan Beavis

Introduced by Henry Fell

Computerised Rabbits
David Richardson looks at the biggest rabbit farm in the world. Last year it sent a quarter-million rabbits to the supermarkets.

Saving Money: 2
The TV Vet looks at the control of internal parasites

from the Midlands
and Weather Situation for farmers and growers

Contributors

Presenter:
Henry Fell
Reporter (Computerised Rabbits):
David Richardson
Item presenter (Saving Money):
The TV Vet [name uncredited]
Producer:
John Kenyon

Ten programmes for home dress-makers who want to extend their skill and keep up to date with fashion trends

Fashion comments: Joanne Brogden
Demonstration: Ann Ladbury
Fitting: Beryl Rouse

(First shown on BBC-2)

Contributors

Fashion Commentator:
Joanne Brogden
Dressmaker:
Ann Ladbury
Fitter:
Beryl Rouse
Programme arranged by:
Iris Furlong
Director:
Jeremy Johnston
Series Editor:
Beryl Radley

A History of Disillusion 1918-1933

Written by Correlli Barnett and Tony Essex.
Narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave.
And the voices of David Bauer, Peter Bridgmont, Anton Diffring, John Fortune, Walter Hertner, Carl Jaffe, Murray Kash, Cyril Luckham, Alec Mango, Paul Martin, Bill Nagy, Norman Wynne
and eye-witness accounts of events between January and March 1933
Series produced by Tony Essex in collaboration with the Australian Broadcasting Commission, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
First shown on BBC-2

Contributors

Writer:
Correlli Barnett
Writer/producer:
Tony Essex
Narrator:
Sir Michael Redgrave
Voices:
David Bauer
Voices:
Peter Bridgmont
Voices:
Anton Diffring
Voices:
John Fortune
Voices:
Walter Hertner
Voices:
Carl Jaffe
Voices:
Murray Kash
Voices:
Cyril Luckham
Voices:
Alec Mango
Voices:
Paul Martin
Voices:
Bill Nagy
Voices:
Norman Wynne

starring Marlene Dietrich
with John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser, C. Aubrey Smith
Based on a diary of Catherine the Great

A spectacular film version of the rise of an innocent German princess to become the notorious Catherine the Great-Empress of Russia.

Contributors

Musical score based on the works by:
null Tchaikovsky
Musical score based on the works by:
null Mendelssohn
Director:
Joseph Von Sternberg
Sophia Frederica:
Marlene Dietrich
Catherine II:
Marlene Dietrich
Count Alexei:
John Lodge
Grand Duke Peter:
Sam Jaffe
Empress Elizabeth:
Louise Dresser
Catherine as a Child:
Maria Sieber
Prince August:
C. Aubrey Smith
Countess Elizabeth:
Ruthelma Stevens
Princess Johanna:
Olive Tell

from the Badminton Horse Trials
Introduced by Dorian Williams
Highlights of this afternoon's final stage of the Three Day Event, when leading horses and riders compete in the Main Arena to decide the winner of the 1969 Great Badminton Championship.

(from the South and West)

Contributors

Presenter:
Dorian Williams
Television Presentation:
Peter Bale

based on The Elusive Pimpernel and Eldorado by The Baroness Orczy
Dramatised in ten parts by John Hawkesworth

The first episode in a new production for BBC Television
See page 3

Contributors

Based on The Elusive Pimpernel and Eldorado by:
The Baroness Orczy
Dramatised by:
John Hawkesworth
Script editor:
Alistair Bell
Make-up:
Penny Bell
Costumes:
Ken Morey
Designer:
Richard Hunt
Producer:
Campbell Logan
Director:
Gerald Blake
The Scarlet Pimpernel:
Anton Rodgers
Marechale de Sceaux:
Betty Hare
Juliette de Marny:
Tamara Fuerst
Samson:
Bill Straiton
Marechal de Sceaux:
William Lyon Brown
Prison official:
John Lawrence
Prisoner:
Graham Tonbridge
Heron:
John Stratton
Abbe Foucquet:
Johnson Bayly
Lord Tony Dewhurst:
Richard Morant
Lord Hastings:
Jonathan Newth
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes:
Roy Marsden
Officer:
Roy Street
Charles de Marny:
David Reynalds
Mile, de Marny:
Gaynor Hodgson
Chauvelin:
Bernard Hepton
Soldier:
Derrick Slater
Robespierre:
Jimmy Gardner

from Christ Church, Summerfield, Birmingham
with local choirs and The Singing Stewarts
Introduced by Tom Coyne
Prayer and Blessing by the Vicar, The Rev. J.V.F. Rusher

Onward, Christian soldiers! (St. Gertrude)
All people that on earth do dwell (Old 100th)
The Lord is my Shepherd
At the name of Jesus (Camberwell)
Angel voices ever singing (Angel voices)
This joyful Easter-Tide (Dutch Carol)
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun (Galilee!)
And did those feet In ancient time (Jerusalem)

Summerfield is a multi-racial district of Birmingham, and tonight members of local West Indian churches join the regular congregation of Christ Church.

Contributors

Singers:
The Singing Stewarts
Presenter:
Tom Coyne
Organist:
Roy Massey
Conductor and Master of the Music:
H. John Stratton
Prayer and Blessing:
The Rev. J.V.F. Rusher
Presented for Television By:
Barrie Edgar

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

by Donald Bull
Created by A. J. Cronin
starring Andrew Cruickshank, Barbara Mullen, Bill Simpson
with Claire Nielson, Effie Morrison

Contributors

Writer:
Donald Bull Created by: A. J. Cronin
The series produced by arrangement with:
Graham Stewart
Script editor:
John Maynard
Designer:
Archie Clark
Producer:
Royston Morley
Director:
Tina Wakerell
Johanna Ogilvy:
Carol Ann Dunigan
Neil Ogilvy:
David Gallacher
Callum Ogilvy:
Bill McCabe
Mrs. Ogilvy:
Mary Riggans
Dr. Cameron:
Andrew Cruickshank
Mrs. Rae:
Marigold Sharman
Dr. Finlay:
Bill Simpson
Sister Bing:
Claire Nielson
Mistress Niven:
Effie Morrison
Mr. Gibson:
Robert James
Mrs. Ballantyne:
Helena Gloag
Mrs. McKay:
Zulema Dene
Janet:
Barbara Mullen

The Great Stars of yesterday and today in a season of their most memorable films
[Starring] Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney

The true story of Father Flanagan's 'town' for wayward boys: its beginnings, its struggles, and its eventual success.

Contributors

Screenplay:
John Meehan
Screenplay/based on an original story by:
Dore Schary
Based on an original story by:
Eleanore Griffin
Director:
Norman Taurog
Producer:
John W. Considine Jr.
Father Flanagan:
Spencer Tracy
Whitey Marsh:
Mickey Rooney
Dave Morris:
Henry Hull
Dan Farrow:
Leslie Fenton
Tony Ponessa:
Gene Reynolds
Pee Wee:
Bobs Watson
Joe Marsh:
Edward Norn
The Judge:
Addison Richard
The Bishop:
Minor Watson

The Film World met in Hollywood this week for the presentations of the screen's most eagerly awaited awards-the Oscars.
In the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles County Music Center the winners received their trophies. Among the stars due to appear:
Warren Beatty, Ingrid Bergman, Jane Fonda, Burt Lancaster, Walter Matthau, Gregory Peck, Frank Sinatra, Natalie Wood
British nominations for Oscars this year included: Alan Bates, Daniel Massey, Peter O'Toole, Vanessa Redgrave, Jack Wild
TV presentation by Cower Champion in association with the American Broadcasting Company

Contributors

Award winner:
Warren Beatty
Award winner:
Ingrid Bergman
Award winner:
Jane Fonda
Award winner:
Burt Lancaster
Award winner:
Walter Matthau
Award winner:
Gregory Peck
Award winner:
Frank Sinatra
Award winner:
Natalie Wood
Nominee:
Alan Bates
Nominee:
Daniel Massey
Nominee:
Peter O'Toole
Nominee:
Vanessa Redgrave
TV presentation:
Cower Champion

with Derek Hart
It all happened a long time ago in a village deep in the Yorkshire moors... the story of Kitty and her lover, George... the story of the ford where so many men were drowned... the story of the body that moved in the night.

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Hart
Producer:
Tim Jeal
Producer:
John Lloyd

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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