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Tai Lu Talking
The last episode in this series about the travels of a magic Siamese cat.
Devised and told by Shelagh Fraser and Billy Thatcher.

Peter's Troubles
[Starring] Peter Butterworth

The Young Athlete: The High Jump
The second of a series of three films, with instruction and commentary by Geoffrey Dyson, Chief National Coach to the A.A.A.

(to 17.40)

Contributors

Devised and told by (Tai Lu Talking):
Shelagh Fraser
Devised and told by (Tai Lu Talking):
Billy Thatcher
Illustrator (Tai Lu Talking):
Janet Grahame-Johnstone
Illustrator (Tai Lu Talking):
Anne Grahame-Johnstone
Musical comments (Tai Lu Talking):
Donald Swann
Comedian (Peter's Troubles):
Peter Butterworth
Instruction and commentary (The Young Athlete):
Geoffrey Dyson

A discussion on the meaning of some recent news items.
A scientist: Dr. J. Bronowski, Director of the National Coal Board, Central Research Establishment
A historian: Alan Bullock, Censor of St. Catherine's Society, Oxford
An economist: Graham Hutton writer and broadcaster
In the chair, J. F. Wolfenden, C.B.E., Vice-Chancellor of Reading University
A television version of the Midland Home Service fortnightly forum.
(Sutton Coldfield only)

Contributors

Panellist:
Dr. J. Bronowski
Panellist:
Alan Bullock
Panellist:
Graham Hutton
Chairman:
J. F. Wolfenden
Presented by:
David Bryson

by Bernard Shaw.
[Starring] Kay Hammond, John Clements in excerpts
A special performance before an invited audience at the St. James's Theatre, London.

Tonight's excerpts, in which Miss Hammond and Mr. Clements make their first television appearance, are taken from the first three acts of the play. The curtain goes up on the portico of St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden, and speedily we are introduced to the Eynsford Hills, to Higgins, the authority on phonetics, to Colonel Pickering (played by Nicholas Hannen), another authority, and to Eliza, the bedraggled hoyden of a flower-girl. The new scene is Higgins's study, where soon we encounter that glorious representative of 'the undeserving poor', Alfred Doolittle (played by Charles Victor). And we have enough of the third act in which to meet Higgins's mother (played by Athene Seyler) and to see Eliza's explosive entry into polite society.

Contributors

Author:
Bernard Shaw
Director:
John Clements
Settings Designer:
Laurence Irving
Costumes Designer:
Elizabeth Haffenden
Presented for television by:
Alan Chivers
Mrs. Eynsford Hill:
Susan Richmond
Clara, her daughter:
Clare Bradley
Colonel Pickering:
Nicholas Hannen
Eliza Doolittle:
Kay Hammond
A Bystander:
John Rudling
Professor Henry Higgins:
John Clements
A Sarcastic Bystander:
Patrick Brawn
Other Bystanders:
Phyllis Relph
Other Bystanders:
Mary Neve
Other Bystanders:
Joan Forrest
Other Bystanders:
Peter Diamond
Other Bystanders:
D. Gideon Thomson
Freddy, Mrs. Eynsford Hill's son:
Robert Beaumont
A Taxi Driver:
Harry Fine
Mrs. Pearce, Professor Higgins's housekeeper:
Nuna Davey
Alfred Doolittle, Eliza's father:
Charles Victor
Mrs. Higgins, Professor Higgins's mother:
Athene Seyler
Parlourmaid:
Joan Forrest

with Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra, The Ken Bateman Formation Team
Sonny Binick and Sally Brock, International Professional Champions, 1953
Desmond Ellison and Maisie Harrison, All-England Latin-American Professional Champions, 1952-1953
Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson with Joyce Hayward and the Maurice Jay
Formation Dancers
Competition for the Television Dancing Trophy
Hostess, Patti Morgan

Contributors

Musicians:
Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
Formation dancers:
The Ken Bateman Formation Team
Dancer:
Sonny Binick
Dancer:
Sally Brock
Dancer:
Desmond Ellison
Dancer:
Maisie Harrison
Dancer (Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson):
Victor Silvester
Dancer (Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson):
Joyce Hayward
Formation dancers (Victor Silvester's Dancing Lesson):
The Maurice Jay Formation Dancers
Hostess:
Patti Morgan
Presented for television from a London ballroom by:
Richard Afton

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