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A mixed bag of entertainment, interest, and a thrilling new serial.
Introduced by John Hewer.

The Lost Planet: 1: Mystery at Inverard
by Angus MacVicar.
Adapted for television by the author.
The Space Ship in which "The Lost Planet" is approached is powered by an atomic motor firing charged droplets of water from a bank of six enormous jets. The crew is led by Doctor Lachlan McKinnon, as Scottish as his name, intrepid, fearless, and a brilliant scientist. His assistant is Professor Lars Bergman, from Sweden, and his chief engineer, Spike Stranahan, from America. Janet Campbell, young, pretty, and studying science at Glasgow University, is his secretary, and his cook is Madge Smith, a Cockney, determined to take her new hat along and look smart when she arrives. Then there is Jeremy Grant, aged sixteen and Dr. McKinnon's nephew. He comes from Australia, and the journey across the sea to Scotland seems a pretty big adventure to him until he gets to Inverard House and finds out what is happening there.
During this serial you will see what happens when a Space Ship runs across the path of a shower of meteorites-the 'vermin of the skies' - and watch Dr. McKinnon and Jeremy fighting to save the ship from destruction when the atomic motor becomes unsafe. You will journey through the silences of the void and roam across the fantastic landscapes of Hesikos, the lost planet. (Kevin Sheldon)

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Hewer
Settings:
John Cooper
Producer:
Kevin Sheldon
Author/Adapter (The Lost Planet):
Angus MacVicar
Jeremy Grant:
Peter Kerr
Janet Campbell:
Mary Law
Dr. Lachlan McKinnon:
John Stuart
Professor Bergman:
Geoffrey Lumsden
Spike Stranahan:
John Springett
Kurt Oppenheimer:
John Pincombe
Madige Smith:
Joan Allan

A serial in six parts by Francis Durbridge
[Starring] Patrick Barr

Contributors

Writer:
Francis Durbridge
Producer:
Alvin Rakoff
Settings:
Richard Henry
Philip Chance:
Patrick Barr
Helen Teckman:
Pamela Alan
Ruth Wade:
Maureen Pryor
John Rice:
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Major Harris:
Anthony Nicholls
Detective-Inspector Hilton:
Ivan Samson
Sergeant Blair:
Michael Bates
Mrs. Lacey:
Margaret Boyd
The Man:
John Witty
G.P.O. Messenger:
Eddie Sutch

See columns 3 and 4

Music-Hall from the Television Theatre.
Featuring Jerry Wayne, Albert and Les Ward, 'Windy Blow', Don Peters, Yvonne Prestige, Joan Dowling, The Television Toppers.
Dances directed by Jack Billings (by arrangement with Jack Hylton and George and Alfred Black)

Contributors

Performer:
Jerry Wayne
Musician:
Albert Ward
Musician:
Les Ward
Clown:
'Windy Blow'
Performer:
Don Peters
Performer:
Yvonne Prestige
Performer:
Joan Dowling
Dancers:
The Television Toppers
Orchestra directed by:
Eric Robinson
Dances directed by:
Jack Billings
Settings:
Frederick Knapman
Devised and produced by:
Richard Afton

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