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Robert Robinson looks back on the news of June 1952.
The Turbo-car travels at 195 m.p.h. and is hailed as 'the car of tomorrow.' General Eisenhower returns to Abilene, Kansas, at the start of his campaign for the Presidency. Jim Peters breaks the World Marathon record. Raymond Mays, creator of the B.R.M., recalls the 1952 season when Fangio and Stirling Moss drove the car without success.

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Robinson
Speaker:
Raymond Mays
Director:
Will Wyatt
Producer:
Iain Johnstone

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

The new auction game
Auctioneer, Peter Wilson Chairman of Sotheby's asks
What am I bid?
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Top men and women buyers compete against each other in a contest of saleroom skill and expert knowledge.
A game for laymen played by experts chaired by expert layman Ted Moult
Under the hammer,
Treasures of great value Goods and chattels and the odd 'surprise' lot
See page 29

Contributors

Auctioneer:
Peter Wilson
Chairman:
Ted Moult
Devised by:
Douglas Boyd
Producer:
Derek Burrell-Davies

Olivia goes to London to arrange for the removal of the Robertsons' furniture. Sydney discovers a motor mechanic. Work in progress on the Barkers' bungalow continues apace.

Contributors

Devised by:
Colin Morris
Story by:
John Cresswell
Script:
Christopher Bond
Producer:
Bill Sellars
Director:
Mike Bowen
Hugh Robertson:
Jack Watling
Robert Malcolm:
Conrad Phillips
Olivia Robertson:
Mary Kenton
Julie Robertson:
Deborah Watling
Henry Burroughs:
Campbell Singer
Sydney Huxley:
Anthony Verner
Rufus Pargeter:
Michael Redfern
Bert Harker:
Robert Brown
Vera Harker:
June Bland
Gran Hamilton:
Gladys Henson
Janet Cooper:
Sandra Payne
Steven Cooper:
Nigel Driscoll
Jimmy Harker:
David Janson
Lance Cooper:
Raymond Hunt
Arnold Tripp:
Gerald Cross
Joyce Harker:
Wendy Richard
Gordon Pargeter:
Colin Stepney

Discs - Stars - News
Introduced by Alan Freeman
Top of the Pops Orchestra
Directed by Johnny Pearson

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Freeman
Musicians:
Top of the Pops Orchestra
Orchestra directed by:
Johnny Pearson
Sound:
Richard Chamberlain
Producer:
Colin Charman

A true story of a judicial murder by Derek Ingrey

After the bloodshed of civil war, the White Rose and the Red Rose have been united and there has been peace in England for fourteen years. But however strong the King may seem, many still plot to take away his crown. And in the Tower is a prisoner who could well claim to be the rightful King of England.

Contributors

Writer:
Derek Ingrey
Designer:
Stanley Morris
Producer:
Jordan Lawrence
Director:
Jonathan Alwyn
Henry VII:
James Maxwell
Earl of Oxford:
Bernard Archard
Court Chamberlain:
Paul Bacon
Dr. Puebla:
Wolfe Morris
Prince Arthur:
Simon Turner
Archbishop Morton:
Peter Copley
Earl of Warwick:
Robert Powell
Lady Catherine:
Philippa Urquhart
Perkin Warbeck:
Corin Redgrave
Clerk of the court:
Edward Kelsey
Robert Cleymound:
Peter Welch
Thomas Astwood:
John Abineri
Gaoler:
Roy Patrick
Prince Henry:
Laurence Jeffrey

Written by Phillip Hersc.
Dr. Steve Wojeck a tough, hard-hitting big-city coroner who fights for what he believes in
A new film series from Canada starring John Vernon

Gail is young, unmarried - and pregnant. She also has a severe kidney disease and an urgent abortion is necessary to save her life, but because of their religious beliefs her parents have to make an agonising decision.
In another part of the city a sophisticated married woman, who for reasons of her own does not want a child, undergoes a terrifying experience at the hands of an illegal back-street abortionist.
Both cases become a matter for Wojeck's direct concern...

(Part 2 will be shown next Thursday)

Contributors

Writer:
Phillip Hersch
Director:
George McCowan
Dr. Steve Wojeck:
John Vernon
Marty Wojeck:
Patricia Collins
Arnie Bateman:
Ted Follows
Sgt. Byron James:
Carl Banas
Gail Fletcher:
Jennifer Leak
Toni Marlowe:
Sharon Acker
Bernie Glennie:
Robert Goodier
Mrs. Law:
Ruth Springford
Martha Glennie:
Micki Moore

Direct from Stuttgart

The world's strongest athletics nation, including many of the stars of the Mexico Olympic Games, meets the best of Europe on the final night of this two-day inter-continental match.
Tonight's events include:
110 Metres Hurdles; High Jump; 5,000 Metres; 200 Metres; 3,000 Metres Steeplechase; 4 x 100 Metres Relays
Presented by the German Television Service

Contributors

Commentator:
David Coleman
Commentator:
Ron Pickering

What matters in the news and out of it with Kenneth Allsop and Michael Barratt,
Robert McKenzie, Vincent Kane
with on-the-spot reports by Fyfe Robertson, David Lomax, Philip Tibenham, Denis Tuohy, Linda Blandford

Contributors

Presenter:
Kenneth Allsop
Reporter:
Michael Barratt
Reporter:
Robert McKenzie
Reporter:
Vincent Kane
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
David Lomax
Reporter:
Philip Tibenham
Reporter:
Denis Tuohy
Reporter:
Linda Blandford
Assistant Editor:
John Dekker
Editor:
Anthony Smith

A course in drawing and observation
Look at the object carefully. How tall is it and how wide? What can we find in the background to help us describe that curve at the top?
Ian Simpson invites you to join the studio group and make your own drawing
First shown on BBC-2
Accompanying booklet: see page 4

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Contributors

Presenter:
Ian Simpson
Producer:
Victor Poole

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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