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Islands of Birds
A film showing birds in their natural surroundings.

5.15 Surprise Item

5.25 Children's Newsreel

5.35-6.5 The Bishop's Treasure
A play by Wilfred Harvey adapted from the story in Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.
Scene: A small French town in 1815.
(Previously televised last Thursday)

Contributors

Author (The Bishop's Treasure):
Victor Hugo
Adapted by (The Bishop's Treasure):
Wilfred Harvey
Producer (The Bishop's Treasure):
Naomi Capon
Settings (The Bishop's Treasure):
Stephen Taylor
The Bishop:
J. Leslie Frith
Mlle. Baptistine, his sister:
Susan Richmond
Mme. Magloire, the housekeeper:
Winifred Hill
Valjean the convict:
Patrick Crean
The Policeman:
Diarmuid Kelly

(Margaret Lockwood appears by permission of Herbert Wilcox)
(Second performance: Thursday at 7.15)

The novel by H.G. Wells
Made into a play by Ronald Gow
[Starring] Margaret Lockwood
with Robert Harris and Robert Eddison

The action of the play takes place in London and in the suburb of Morningside Park, in the year 1909
at 8.35

Contributors

Author:
H.G. Wells
Adapted by:
Ronald Gow
Producer:
Campbell Logan
Settings:
Stephen Bundy
Ann Veronica Stanley:
Margaret Lockwood
A nurse:
Enid Lindsey
Maggie:
Anne Rawsthorne
Miss Stanley:
Christine Silver
Mr. Stanley:
Henry Hewitt
Miss Klegg:
Alexis France
Lady Palsworthy:
Una Venning
Hubert Manning:
Robert Eddison
Mr. Ramage:
William Mervyn
A landlady:
Vi Stevens
Mr. Capes:
Robert Harris
Miss Clinger:
Diana Calderwood
A male student:
Graham Leaman
Kitty Brett:
Cicely Paget-Bowman
A policeman:
Edward Wheatleigh
Others taking part include:
Sonia Moray
Others taking part include:
Anthea Holloway
Others taking part include:
Ann St. Barbe West
Others taking part include:
Claude Bonser
Others taking part include:
Kenneth Hendel
Others taking part include:
Malcolm Black
Others taking part include:
Kenneth Dight

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