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Jeanne Heal, with the co-operation of the National Institute for the Blind, tells the story of the inventor of the Braille system of communication, and shows how it enables the blind to take part in normal life
Lord Kenswood, who is blind himself, gives advice on how to help the blind.
(to 16.15)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeanne Heal
Speaker:
Lord Kenswood
Research:
Julia Bull
Producer:
S. E. Reynolds

Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel adapted for television in six episodes by Penelope Knox.
Scene: London, about 1890
(to 18.15)

Contributors

Author:
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Adapted for television by:
Penelope Knox
Settings:
Stephen Taylor
Producer:
Naomi Capon
Mr. Carrisford, the Indian gentleman:
John Southworth
Sara Crewe:
Patricia Fryer
Ram Dass, the Indian servant:
Nani Gopal Nandi
Miss Minchin, the headmistress:
Helen Stirling
Miss Amelia, her sister:
Mary Lincoln
Lavinia, a pupil:
Hilary Rennie
Ermengarde, a pupil:
Sally Tunks
Winnie, the housemaid:
Joan Plowright
Cook, and Miss Stout, the baker-woman:
Dorothy Darke
The Beggar Child:
Maureen Hudson

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(Barbara Murray appears by permission of the J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Ltd.)
Lionel Hale writes on page 47

A comedy by Ian Stuart Black.
The action takes place in the ancestral mansion of the Oberon family.
at 8.0

Contributors

Writer:
Ian Stuart Black
Setting:
James Bould
Producer:
Stephen Harrison
Douglas Oberon:
David Markham
Francis Oberon:
Andrew Osborn
Harris:
J.H. Roberts
Miss Richards:
Anne Brooke
Toni Oberon:
Barbara Murray

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