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Muffin the Mule
with Annette Mills (who writes the songs) and Ann Hogarth (who pulls the strings).

Children's Newsreel

Christmas Music

Her First Party
A new ballet by John Cranko.
Music by Casella played by the London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble.
(John Cranko, Anya Linden, Brenda Taylor, and Desmond Doyle are associated with this programme by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.; Stanley Holden, Donald Britton, and Johaar Mosaval appear by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells)

(to 18.05)

Contributors

Presenter/songwriter (Muffin the Mule):
Annette Mills
Puppeteer (Muffin the Mule):
Ann Hogarth
Writer (Her First Party):
John Cranko
Music (Her First Party):
null Casella
Musicians (Her First Party):
The London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble
Decor (Her First Party):
Michael Yates
Producer (Her First Party):
Naomi Capon
The Butler:
Stanley Holden
The Shy Girl:
Brenda Taylor
Two Guests:
Desmond Doyle
Two Guests:
Johaar Mosaval
The Smart Girl:
Anya Linden
The boy:
Donald Britton

With Ghislaine Alexander, Barbara Kelly, Jerry Desmonde, Gilbert Harding trying to find the answers and Eamonn Andrews to see fair play.

(What's My Line?' was devised by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman and is presented by arrangement with C.B.S. of America and Maurice Winnick)

Contributors

Panellist:
Ghislaine Alexander
Panellist:
Barbara Kelly
Panellist:
Jerry Desmonde
Panellist:
Gilbert Harding
Chairman:
Eamonn Andrews
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman

Excerpts from Claude Langdon's Fourth Ice Pantomime
from the Empress Hall, London.

A special performance before an invited audience

Contributors

Writer/Producer:
Eve Bradfield
Lyricist:
Patricia Nash
Decor:
Van Bunnens
Music specially composed and orchestrated by:
George Melachrino
Singers:
The Empress Choir
Presented for television by:
Alan Chivers
Village girls:
Phyllis: Joan Marlowe
Village Girls:
Phoebe: Lieneke Van Dien
Jane:
Maureen Pain
Jeremy:
William Hinchy
Hal:
Adrian Swan
Claribel, the cow:
Gordon Monk
Claribel, the cow:
Joe McGuirk
Dame Tilly Twitchet, Jack's mother:
Lucille Gaye Muddles (Rather Simple): Ronald Privett
Jack, our hero:
null Belita
The Squire (who owns the village)/Riff and Raff, the broker's men:
The Three Luparescos
Gillian, the squire's daughter:
Muriel Kay
Asmodeus, the magician:
Basil Cudlipp-Green
The Fairy Queen:
Joan Connell
Esmeralda, the giant's child:
Charles Dudley
The White Hen:
Gwenda Barter
The King:
Adrian Swan
The Princess:
Maureen Pain
The Queen of the White Beans:
Heather Belbin
Performers:
The Pausins
Performers:
The Balcombes
Performer:
Douglas Chapman
[Actress]:
Brenda Marsh
[Actress]:
Iris Tully
[Actor]:
Mark Singleton
[Actress]:
Millicent Phillips
[Actor]:
John Orchard
Dancers:
Skating Corps de Ballet
Performers:
Bob Pelham's Puppets

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