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Simon the Simple Sardine
Another series of adventures of the little sardine by James Gilroy.

Ten Minutes Music

This was News
A programme that helps you to understand some of the interesting events of recent weeks.
(A BBC telerecording)

(to 17.40)

Contributors

Writer (Simon the Simple Sardine):
James Gilroy
Drawings (Simon the Simple Sardine):
Bill Hooper
Voices (Simon the Simple Sardine):
Kenneth Connor
Voices (Simon the Simple Sardine):
Gillian Andrews

A serial in six parts by John Wiles and Richard Wade.
[Starring] Norman Wooland

Contributors

Writer:
John Wiles
Writer:
Richard Wade
Producer:
Dennis Vance
Director:
David MacDonald
Settings:
John Clements
Guitarist:
Freddie Phillips
Accordion:
Gerald Crossman
Musical score:
Eric Spear
E. Roberston Caldwell:
Willoughby Goddard
Mansfield Potter:
Geoffrey Sumner
Captain Peter Trueman:
Norman Wooland
Hotel Receptionist:
Gisela Birke
Helga Froehlich:
Ingeborg Wells
Julius:
Abraham Sofaer
Josef:
Frederick Schiller
Kurt Braun:
Donald Morley

with Hugh Morton as Mr. Interlocutor, John Hewer as Mr. Tambo, Clive Dunn as Mr. Bones, Elton Hayes
[and] Peter Greenwell, Denis Martin, Robin Hunter, Michael Darbyshire, Al Jeffry, Master Snowflake and full-supporting company

Based on Hattie Jacques's production at the Players' Theatre, London.

Contributors

Mr. Interlocutor:
Hugh Morton
Mr. Tambo:
John Hewer
Mr. Bones:
Clive Dunn
Guitarist:
Elton Hayes
Pianist:
Peter Greenwell
Singer:
Denis Martin
Performer:
Robin Hunter
Performer:
Michael Darbyshire
Performer:
Al Jeffry
Stage Production/Producer:
Hattie Jacques
Settings:
Richard Wilmot
Orchestra directed by:
Eric Robinson
Producer:
Kenneth Carter

[Starring] Margot Fonteyn with Michael Somes
with Arnott Mader
London Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Joseph Shadwick)
Conducted by Robert Irving
(The artists appear by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)
See 'Television Diary' on page 15

Contributors

Choreography:
Ivanov and Petipa
Music:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Musicians:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Joseph Shadwick
Orchestra conducted by:
Robert Irving
Settings:
Michael Yates
Effects:
Lotte Reiniger
Producer:
Christian Simpson
Odile/Odette:
Margot Fonteyn
Prince Siegfried:
Michael Somes
Von Rothbart:
Arnott Mader

The latest inventions submitted are assessed by the Club's technical adviser, Geoffrey Boumphrey, assisted by John Gilbert.
The inventors are introduced by the Organiser, Leslie Hardern, to whom all specifications and drawings should be sent c/o Inventors' Club, [address removed]

Contributors

Technical adviser:
Geoffrey Boumphrey
Assisted by:
John Gilbert
Producer:
George Noordhof
Organiser/presenter:
Leslie Hardern

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