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11:00

Demonstration Film

Tue 10^th May 1949, 11:00 on BBC Television

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(to 12.00)

Source: Radio Times

15:00

Let's Be Famous

Tue 10^th May 1949, 15:00 on BBC Television

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[Starring] Jimmy O'Dea, Betty Driver and Sonnie Hale in the film Let's Be Famous
Sonnie and Jimmy are employed by rival commercial radio organisations as talent scouts.
(to 16.15)

Contributors

Jimmy Houlihan:: Jimmy O'Dea
Betty Pinbright:: Betty Driver
Finch:: Sonnie Hale

Source: Radio Times

20:30

Margot Fonteyn

Tue 10^th May 1949, 20:30 on BBC Television

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with Michael Somes and Harold Turner in a short ballet recital.
The programme consists of favourite excerpts from ballets that are not in the regular repertoire at the present time. The items have been chosen and specially re-created for this occasion by Frederick Ashton.
(Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes and Harold Turner appear by permission of the General Administrator of the Covent Garden Trust)

Contributors

Dancer:: Margot Fonteyn
Dancer:: Michael Somes
Dancer:: Harold Turner
Choreographer:: Frederick Ashton
The Orchestra conducted by:: Eric Robinson
Presented by:: Philip Bate

Source: Radio Times

20:50

The Case of Thomas Pyke

Tue 10^th May 1949, 20:50 on BBC Television

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A satirical comedy written for television by Duncan Ross.

Contributors

Writer:: Duncan Ross
Producer:: Ian Atkins
Designer:: James Bould
Ludovic:: Olaf Pooley
Emma:: Harriette Johns
Hans:: Milo Sperber
Jack:: Dennis de Mamey
Tom:: Roderick Lovell
Boo:: Judith Furse
Fay:: Jill Balcon
Tophet:: William Mervyn
Old Fowler:: Howard Douglas
Other parts played by:: Trevor Hill
Other parts played by:: Clement Hamelin
Other parts played by:: Phillada Sewell
Other parts played by:: Patricia Cutts
Other parts played by:: David Ward
Other parts played by:: Malachie Keegan
Other parts played by:: George Manship
Other parts played by:: Ailsa Grahame
Other parts played by:: David Lorraine
Other parts played by:: Claude Bonser
Other parts played by:: Charles Ross
Other parts played by:: Sara Payne
Other parts played by:: Elizabeth Stewart
Other parts played by:: Lisa Bodington
Other parts played by:: Peggy Forbes-Robertson
Other parts played by:: Ruth Gorb
Other parts played by:: Patricia Hitchcock

Source: Radio Times

22:00

News

Tue 10^th May 1949, 22:00 on BBC Television

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(sound only)
(to 22.15 app.)

Source: Radio Times

BBC Television

Appears in

Radio Times Issue 1334

8^th May 1949

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