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Five programmes with a new step-by-step method for beginners.
Derek Horwood shows a group of complete beginners how to learn to make good contact with the ball as a first step in learning the five basic strokes.
(First shown on BBC2) (Repeat)
Book (same title), 13.60, from bookshops

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Horwood
Producer:
Peter Ramsden

starring Edgar Kennedy with Vivian Oakland, Bill Franey Robert E. Keane , Max Wagner
Edgar is driven into examining his short-sighted and pig-headed father-in-law who wants a driving licence.
Directed by LESLIE GOODWIN.

Contributors

Unknown:
Edgar Kennedy
Unknown:
Bill Franey
Unknown:
Robert E. Keane
Unknown:
Max Wagner
Directed By:
Leslie Goodwin.

A film starring
Bing Crosby , W. C. Fields
Donald Novis , Gloria Swanson and Steve Allen
When Steve Allen , a disc jockey, tries to present a television programme of vintage MACK SENNETT comedies, everything goes hilariously wrong.
Film highlights include a rare chance to see a very youthful Bing Crosby crooning ' In the blue of the night', W. C. Fields' famous sketch of The Dentist and, Of course, the KEYSTONE cops and Mack Sennett 's BATHING BELLES.
A MACK SENNETT production
. Films: page 10

Contributors

Unknown:
Bing Crosby
Unknown:
Donald Novis
Unknown:
Gloria Swanson
Unknown:
Steve Allen
Unknown:
Steve Allen
Unknown:
Bing Crosby
Unknown:
MacK Sennett

A feature film starring George Formby, Googie Withers.

'I'm not as daft as I look', says George Gullip - and proceeds to prove his claim. George is a newspaper compositor - also an amateur sleuth, so when the police are baffled by a gang of counterfeiters he devises an ingenious plan to trap the crooks...
Films: page 10

Contributors

Screenplay/director:
Anthony Kimmins
Screenplay:
Angus MacPhail
Screenplay:
Michael Hogan
Producer:
Jack Kitchin
George Gullip:
George Formby
Mary Brown:
Googie Withers
Bill Pike:
Gus McNaughton
A.G. Brady:
Garry Marsh
Lord Redhill:
Toss Ambler
Bridgwater:
Ronald Shiner
Mme Berdi:
Martita Hunt
Maj Hopkins:
C Denier Warren
Guest:
Basil Radford

by JIMMY PERRY and DAVID CROFT Maplin's Holiday Camp, 1959 The Partridge Season
The Punch and Judy man gets drunk and everyone has the problem of covering up for him. featuring
Punch and Judy adviser PROF GUY HIGGINS Directed by JOHN KILBY
Produced by DAVID CROFT

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Perry
Unknown:
David Croft
Directed By:
John Kilby
Produced By:
David Croft
Jeffrey Fairbrother:
Simon Cadell
Ted Bovis:
Paul Shane
Gladys Pugh:
Ruth Madoc
Spike Dixon:
Jeffrey Holland
Mr Partridge:
Leslie Dwyer
Fred Quilly:
Felix Bowness
Yvonne:
Diane Holland
Barry:
Barry Howard
Peggy:
Su Pollard
Sylvia:
Nikki Kelly
Betty:
Rikki Howard
Mary:
Penny Irving
Yellowcoat Boy:
Terence Creasey
Yellowcoat Boy:
The Webb Twins

starring Tony Curtis , Yul Brynner The epic story of the 16th-century Cossack chieftain Taras Bulba who fights at the side of Prince Grigory, the Polish leader, in the battle to drive the Turks out of the Ukraine. In the years of uneasy alliance that follow, Taras Bulba 's two sons grow to manhood. But one falls in love with the daughter of a Polish nobleman and eventually sides with the Poles against his own father.
Screenplay by WALDO SALT . KARL TUNBERG Produced by HAROLD HECHT
Directed by j. LEE THOMPSON. Films: p 10

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Curtis
Unknown:
Yul Brynner
Unknown:
Taras Bulba
Unknown:
Taras Bulba
Play By:
Waldo Salt
Produced By:
Harold Hecht
Directed By:
J. Lee Thompson.
Andrei Bulba:
Tony Curtis
Taras Bulba:
Yul Brynner
Natalia Dubrov:
Christine Kaufmann
Filipenko:
Sam Wanamaker
Shilo:
Brad Dexter
Prince Grigory:
Guy Rolfe
Ostap Bulba:
Perry Lopez

The Next Generations
A series in 13 parts by ALEX HALEY A continuation of the extraordinary saga of one man's search for his roots.
7: Henning, Tennessee, 1882; 12 years have passed since Chicken George brought his family to the tiny hamlet of Henning. Leadership of the family and its attendant problems has passed to Chicken George's son, Tom Harvey.
Written for television by ERNEST KINOT Produced by STAN MARCULIES Directed by JOHN ERMAN
A DAVID WOLPER production

Contributors

Unknown:
Alex Haley
Unknown:
Chicken George
Unknown:
Tom Harvey.
Television By:
Ernest Kinot
Produced By:
Stan Marculies
Directed By:
John Erman
Tom Harvey:
Georg Stanford Brown
Mrs Warner:
Olivia de Havilland
Col Warner:
Henry Fonda
Earl Crowther:
Paul Koslo
Chicken George:
Avon Long
Irene Harvey:
Lynne Moody
Beeman Jones:
Greg Morris
Andy Warner:
Marc Singer
Jim Warner:
Richard Thomas
Carrie:
Fay Hauser
Elizabeth:
Debbi Morgan
Lucy:
Kathleen Doyle
Conductor:
Lou Frizzel

Bob Langley and Jenny Hanley introduce a cheerful, irreverent blend of music and conversation live from the foyer of Pebble Mill. Tonight's guests include Sir Anton Dolin
Carl Davis and Fiona Fullerton
With KENNY BALL AND HIS JAZZMEN
Director ROY NORTON
Producer ROY RONNIE. BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Langley
Unknown:
Jenny Hanley
Unknown:
Sir Anton Dolin
Unknown:
Carl Davis
Unknown:
Fiona Fullerton
Unknown:
With Kenny
Director:
Roy Norton
Producer:
Roy Ronnie.

A comedy film series starring
Paging Dr Michaels
When attractive Ann Anderson arrives to take up an administrative post, her very first day is a startling revelation of how a hospital can function - in spite of its medical staff! The chief surgeon is as absent-minded as they come; the obstetrician can't cope with women-but Charley, the playboy doctor, certainly can.
Written by MAX SHULMAN and JULIUS J. EPSTEIN Directed by ALEX MARCH

Contributors

Unknown:
Ann Anderson
Written By:
Max Shulman
Written By:
Julius J. Epstein
Directed By:
Alex March
Dr Charley Michaels:
Wayne Rogers
Ann Anderson:
Lynn Redgrave
Dr Amos Weatherby:
David Wayne
Dr Norman Solomon:
Ray Buktenica

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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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