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Children's Newsreel

The Coiners
A play by Phyllis Bentley based on a true story of villainy in Yorkshire in 1769.
Second performance: next Sunday
(Thomas Heathcote is appearing in 'Wait for Gillian' at the St. James Theatre, London)

Contributors

Writer (The Coiners):
Phyllis Bentley
Designer (The Coiners):
Richard Henry
Producer (The Coiners):
Naomi Capon
Tom Sutcliffe:
Bunny May
Mary Sutcliffe, his mother:
Joyce Marlow
Nathaniel Sutcliffe, his father, a weaver:
Lane Meddick
Mr. Deighton, Supervisor of Excise:
Thomas Heathcote
Mr. Caygill Justice of the Peace:
Arthur Rigby
Bessie Caygill, his daughter:
Rosemary Giles
David Hartley, a weaver:
Kenneth Haigh
Isaac Hartley, his brother:
Wolfe Morris
Mr. Chamberlayn Solicitor to The Mint:
Donald Pleasence

Peter Scott tells the story of his expedition to Iceland in search of the pink-footed geese, which breed at the foot of the glaciers in the central highlands in spring and early summer and spend the winter in Britain.
His account of these birds is illustrated by a film he made during his expedition.

Contributors

Presenter/filmmaker:
Peter Scott
Film Editor:
Leslie Robertson
Presented by:
Desmond Hawkins

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