Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,498 playable programmes from the BBC

including:
Tommy Twinkle - The Little Man with the Smile

Children's Newsreel

Birds of a Feather
'Fish-hawk' sketches some more birds and Percy Edwards mimics their songs.

and:
Ballet for Beginners
The second of our monthly programmes on the art of ballet, devised for younger viewers.

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Sketcher (Birds of a Feather):
null 'Fish-hawk'
Bird impressionist (Birds of a Feather):
Percy Edwards

[Starring] Terry-Thomas
with Avril Angers, Leslie Mitchell, Gordon Bell, Herbert C. Walton, Peter Butterworth, and Jack and Daphne Barker.

Contributors

Comedian:
null Terry-Thomas
Rosie Lee:
Avril Angers
Moulting:
Herbert C. Walton
Lockitt:
Peter Butterworth
[Actor]:
Leslie Mitchell
[Actor]:
Gordon Bell
Singer:
Jack Barker
Singer:
Daphne Barker
Orchestra under the direction of:
Eric Robinson

Christopher Mayhew, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1946 to 1950, surveys some of the world's danger areas in this series.
Specialist Contributors:
Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen British Ambassador to Turkey 1939-1944
Osman Okyar Assistant Lecturer in Economics at the University of Istanbul
Film taken specially in Turkey.

Contributors

Presenter:
Christopher Mayhew
Specialist Contributor:
Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen
Specialist Contributor:
Osman Okyar

BBC Television

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About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More