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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'
(A BBC telerecording)
(to 18.00)

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
Dick:
Frank Coburn

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

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Pertwee
Director:
Alvin Rakoff
Producer:
Bryan Sears
Settings:
Richard Wilmot
Music composed by:
Eric Spear
Music played by:
Tommy Reilly
Diana Wilson:
Anne Crawford
Richard Williams:
John Bentley
Wilfred ('Wacko') Wainwright:
Geoffrey Sumner
Mark Leyroyd:
Harry Towb
Mrs. Rimmer:
Elizabeth Kentish
Mr. Rimmer:
Carl Jaffe

Written by George Moresby White, Peter Hunt, and Stephen Hearst.
A programme in the series "London Town".
Some past and present associations of our Kings and Queens with the world's greatest city.
Introduced by Richard Dimbleby.
Film sequences directed by John Rhodes for the Television Film Unit

Contributors

Writer:
George Moresby White
Writer:
Peter Hunt
Writer:
Stephen Hearst
Presenter:
Richard Dimbleby
Edited and produced by:
Stephen McCormack
Film sequences directed by:
John Rhodes
Studio reconstructions:
Richard R. Greenough

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Coronation Music-Hall
from the Empire Theatre Shepherd's Bush, London.
Ted Ray and Terry-Thomas introduce to you a star cast of Royal Command artists including Arthur Askey, Winifred Atwell, Michael Bentine, Billy Cotton and his Band, Josef Locke, Medlock and Marlowe, Tessie O'Shea, Jon Pertwee, Fred Russell
with The Television Toppers and Mantovani and his New Sound Orchestra, The Luton Girls' Choir, conducted by Arthur Davis, Victoria Campbell, The Band of Her Majesty's Coldstream Guards (by permission of Colonel W.A.G. Burns, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C.) conducted by Major Douglas A. Pope, A.R.C.M.

(Medrick and Marlowe are appearing at the Prince of Wales Theatre; Tessie O'Shea is at the Colony Restaurant, London)

Contributors

Comedian/Presenter:
Ted Ray
Comedian/Presenter:
null Terry-Thomas
Comedian:
Arthur Askey
Pianist:
Winifred Atwell
Comedian:
Michael Bentine
Musicians:
Billy Cotton and his Band
Singer:
Josef Locke
Comedians:
Medlock and Marlowe
Singer:
Tessie O'Shea
Comedian:
Jon Pertwee
Performer:
Fred Russell
Dancers:
The Television Toppers
Muscians:
Mantovani and his New Sound Orchestra
Singers:
The Luton Girls' Choir
Choir conductor:
Arthur Davis
Soprano:
Victoria Campbell
Musicians:
The Band of Her Majesty's Coldstream Guards
Band conductor:
Major Douglas A. Pope
Dance routines directed by:
Jack Billings
Settings:
Frederick Knapman
Devised by/Producer:
Richard Afton

BBC Television

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