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[Starring] Jean Hersholt as Dr. Christian in the film They Meet Again
The story of a little girl who is on her way to becoming a famous singer when her father is wrongly accused and sentenced for defrauding a bank. How Dr. Christian proves the accused man's innocence provides the climax of the picture.
(to 16.05)

Contributors

Dr. Christian:
Jean Hersholt

The programme devised for those viewers who would like to know more about the art of the ballet.
The explanations are given by Peggy Van Praagh.
At the piano: Tom McCall

Contributors

Presenter/Ballet excerpts specially rehearsed by:
Peggy van Praagh
Dancer:
Mela Carter
Dancer:
Pamela Foster
Dancer:
Sonia Hana
Dancer:
Yvonne Olena
Dancer:
Elaine Fifield
Dancer:
David Paltenghi
Dancer:
John Regan
Dancer:
David Blair
Dancer:
Stanley Holden
Dancer:
John Hall
Dancer:
Michael Charmley
Scriptwriter:
Felicity Gray
Ballet excerpts specially rehearsed by:
Jashf Crandall
[The Orchestra] leader:
Raymond Cohen
[The Orchestra] conducted by:
Eric Robinson
Pianist:
Tom McCall
Presented by:
Philip Bate

A comedy of no manners by Bernard Shaw.
(by arrangement with Roy Limbert)
[Starring] Frances Day
with Dermot Walsh and Denholm Elliott

The scene takes place in a study, a jungle clearing in Panama, and a drawing-room in Belgrave Square
Time: The Present
Based on Esme Percy's recent Malvern Festival production, at the Princes Theatre
(Dermot Walsh appears by permission of the J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Ltd.)

Contributors

Author:
Bernard Shaw
Settings based on designs by:
Theodora Winsten
Presented for television by:
Kevin Sheldon
Junius:
Denholm Elliott
His father:
Donald Eccles
She:
Frances Day
The native:
Kenneth Mackintosh
The Chinese priest:
Arthur Hewlett
Sir Ferdinand Flopper:
John Longden
The widower:
Denis Cannan
Darkie:
Jasmine Dee
Mr. Secondborn:
Dermot Walsh
Mrs. Secondborn:
Sylvia Coleridge
Mrs. Thirdborn:
Peggy Burt
Fiffy:
Peter Bartlett
Old Bill Buoyant:
Maitland Moss

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