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From Reading
Godfrey Baseley pays a visit to the Museum of English Rural Life to meet the Keeper, John Higgs, and to see some of the exhibits in this unique collection of implements, tools, and appliances used in bygone days.

4.30 From the Studio
Stanley Rawlings shows some specimen house plants and discusses and demonstrates methods of propagation and cultivation.
Percy Thrower looks at the work to be done in the garden and makes some suggestions for window boxes and tubs.

Contributors

Presenter (From Reading):
Godfrey Baseley
Keeper (From Reading):
John Higgs
Presented by (From Reading):
Bill Duncalf
Presenter (From the Studio):
Stanley Rawlings
Presenter (From the Studio):
Percy Thrower
Producer:
David Attenborough

Two Poodles in Paris and The Bear and the Mice
Olive Shapley tells two stories for young children.

Children's Newsreel

Pig-Hoo-o-o-o-ey
by P. G. Wodehouse.
Made into a play for television.
(Previously televised last Thursday)

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Storyteller (Two Poodles in Paris and The Bear and the Mice):
Olive Shapley
Author (Pig-Hoo-o-o-o-ey):
P. G. Wodehouse
Producer (Pig-Hoo-o-o-o-ey):
Rex Tucker
Settings (Pig-Hoo-o-o-o-ey):
Gordon Roland
Lord Emsworth:
John Miller
Lady Constance, his sister:
Joan Sanderson
Angela, his niece:
Daphne Grey
Beach:
Felix Felton
James Belford:
Derek Aylward
Other parts played by:
Peter Hutton
Other parts played by:
Peter Newell
Other parts played by:
Frank Pendlebury
Other parts played by:
Shaun Sutton
Other parts played by:
Joseph Wise

with Isobel Barnett, Barbara Kelly, David Nixon and 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:
Isobel Barnett
Panellist:
Barbara Kelly
Panellist:
David Nixon
Panellist:
Gilbert Harding
Chairman:
Eamonn Andrews
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman
Presented by:
Dicky Leeman

An American comedy by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott.
(Second performance: Thursday at 9.25 p.m.)

Contributors

Author:
John Cecil Holm
Author:
George Abbott
Producer:
Eric Fawcett
Settings:
Roy Oxley
Audrey Trowbridge:
Tucker McGuire
The tailor:
Errol MacKinnon
Erwin Trowbridge:
Arthur Hill
Clarence Dobbins:
Donald Morley
Delivery boy:
Malcolm Knight
Harry, the barman:
Alan Tilvern
Charlie:
Michael Balfour
Frankie:
Sydney Keith
Patsy:
Charles Farrell
Mabel:
Mavis Villiers
Mosee:
Errol John
Gloria:
Margaret McCall
AI:
Marvin Kane
Hotel maid:
Olive Kirby
Mr. Carver:
Launce Maraschal

BBC Television

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More