Programme Index

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On the Farm
H. E. Wells talks about clean milk production.

In the Garden
P. J. Thrower and Roland Smith demonstrate August work on chrysanthemums, the vegetable garden, and planting the first bulbs in bowls.

In the Dairy
Brenda Underwood makes butter and soft cheese.

Sport
Frank Bell gives some timely advice to the man with the gun.

Edited and introduced by Godfrey Baseley.

From the Staffordshire Farm Institute, Penkridge.

Contributors

Item presenter (On the Farm):
H. E. Wells
Item presenter (In the Garden):
P. J. Thrower
Item presenter (In the Garden):
Roland Smith
Cook (In the Dairy):
Brenda Underwood
Item presenter (Sport):
Frank Bell
Edited and introduced by:
Godfrey Baseley
Producer:
Barrie Edgar

Summer Flowers
Josephine Cook shows her first-prize box-garden to P. J. Thrower, and together they show how to arrange flowers from your garden and wild flowers from the fields.

The Problem
A playlet by Roland Peake.

Side Show
John Hewer invites you to 'roll up' and see Stanley Lemin, Steve Race.

Contributors

Presenter (Summer Flowers):
Josephine Cook
Gardener/presenter (Summer Flowers):
P. J. Thrower
Writer (The Problem):
Roland Peake
Producer (The Problem):
Kevin Sheldon
Presenter (Side Show):
John Hewer
Performer (Side Show):
Stanley Lemin
Pianist (Side Show):
Steve Race
Devised and produced by (Side Show):
Douglas Hurn

Vic Oliver invites you to This is Show Business
See columns 3 and 4

The 1952 Radio Show
Vic Oliver invites you to "This is Show Business"
featuring leading personalities of the entertainment world

Drama - Fay Compton
Films - Valerie Hobson
Music-Hall - Max Bygraves
Radio - Naunton Wayne
Circus - Tom Arnold
Opera - James Johnston
Television - George Cansdale
Ballet - Enid Martin, Jacqueline St. Clere, Judy Gold, Olgalita Mayne, Harry Cordwell, Michael Bayston, Robert Harrold, George Gerhardt
Music - British Concert Orchestra
(Leader, Andrew Brown)
The Chorus - Sylvia Campbell, Peter Wyshall, Brenda Gay, Marjorie Holt, Marie Campbell, Llewelyn John, Mostin Evans, Philip Lewtas, G.R. Farrell, Charles Roly
Others taking part: Victor Platt, Anthony Newley, Ballard Berkley, John Fraser
From Earls' Court, London

Contributors

Presenter:
Vic Oliver
Guest:
Fay Compton
Guest:
Valerie Hobson
Guest:
Max Bygraves
Guest:
Naunton Wayne
Guest:
Tom Arnold
Guest:
James Johnston
Guest:
George Cansdale
Dancer:
Enid Martin
Dancer:
Jacqueline St. Clere
Dancer:
Judy Gold
Dancer:
Olgalita Mayne
Dancer:
Harry Cordwell
Dancer:
Michael Bayston
Dancer:
Robert Harrold
Dancer:
George Gerhardt
Musicians:
British Concert Orchestra
Leader:
Andrew Brown
Chorus:
Sylvia Campbell
Chorus:
Peter Wyshall
Chorus:
Brenda Gay
Chorus:
Marjorie Holt
Chorus:
Marie Campbell
Chorus:
Llewelyn John
Chorus:
Mostin Evans
Chorus:
Philip Lewtas
Chorus:
G.R. Farrell
Chorus:
Charles Roly
[Actor]:
Victor Platt
[Actor]:
Anthony Newley
[Actor]:
Ballard Berkley
[Actor]:
John Fraser
Script:
Gale Pedrick
Decor:
Richard Greenough
Assistant Conductor:
Jack Walker
Producer:
Bill Ward

A BBC Television film.
Written and directed by John Read.
Sir Lawrence Bragg of the Cavendish Laboratories, Cambridge, and Sir Edward Appleton, Principal of Edinburgh University, describe the problem of organising and applying scientific research. In this film they deal with radio physics, and in particular with Sir Edward Appleton's ionosphere discoveries which opened the way to round-the-world broadcasting.
See 'Talk of the Week'

Contributors

Writer/Director:
John Read
Presenter:
Sir Lawrence Bragg
Presenter:
Sir Edward Appleton

BBC Television

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