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Skipper Peter Butterworth and Porterhouse welcome you aboard.
Others at sea are:
Christopher Hodge, the sea lawyer
Mr. Merlin, ship's engineer
Humpty Dumpty, ship's look-out
Sooty, the ship's mascot with Harry Corbett
and Martin Lukins, ship's cook
'The Skipper's Yarn'

Contributors

Skipper:
Peter Butterworth
Sea lawyer:
Christopher Hodge
Puppeteer (Sooty):
Harry Corbett
Ship's cook:
Martin Lukins
Voices:
Peter Hawkins
Puppetry:
Sam Williams
Drawings:
Tony Hart
Scripts:
Shaun Sutton
Scripts:
Roland Peake
Scripts:
Peter Ling
Producer:
Douglas Hurn
Tony Lord, alias Captain Moonlight:
Terence Alexander
Ginger:
Anthony Wager
Colonel Hunter:
Elwyn Brook-Jones
Mr. Pike:
Campbell Copelin

A serial in six parts by Michael Pertwee.
[Starring] Anne Crawford and John Bentley

In answer to an advertisement, Richard Williams, an unemployed ex-R.A.F. officer, is hired to smuggle a suitcase to Dublin. Before the plane takes off Richard has a change of heart and decides not to go through with the job. The plane crashes, and the Police tell reporters that Richard is dead. Very much alive, and wanting to remain that way, Richard learns that his gangster employers now want to kill him. During a gun struggle, Richard kills one of the crooks by accident. With the police and the smuggling gang searching for him, Richard enlists the aid of Diana Wilson, a newspaper reporter, to try to discover what was in the suitcase.

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Pertwee
Director:
Alvin Rakoff
Producer:
Bryan Sears
Settings:
Richard Wilmot
Incidental music composer:
Eric Spear
Incidental music played by:
Tommy Reilly
Diana Wilson:
Anne Crawford
Richard Williams:
John Bentley
Wilfred (Wacko) Wainwright:
Geoffrey Sumner
Edward Jackson:
Grey Blake
Rimmer:
Carl Jaffe
Mrs. Rimmer:
Elizabeth Kentish
Mark Leyroyd:
Harry Town
The Rev. P. Pinsent:
Peter Bull

[Starring] Jimmy Jewel and Ben Warriss
Sixty minutes of express entertainment specially staged at the Princes Theatre, London with The Beverley Sisters, Fay Lenore, The George Carden Dancers
(The Beverley Sisters appear by permission of Laurence Wright)

Contributors

Comedian:
Jimmy Jewel
Comedian:
Ben Warriss
Singers:
The Beverley Sisters
Singer:
Fay Lenore
Dancers:
The George Carden Dancers
Devised by:
Jimmy Jewel
Script:
Ronnie Haubury
Original lyrics and music:
David Croft
Original lyrics and music:
Cyril Ornadel
Orchestra conducted by:
Eric Robinson
Special orchestrations:
Arthur Wilkinson
Settings:
John Cooper
Producer:
Michael Mills

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