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Billy Bean and His Funny Machine
(Programme devised by Chuck Luchsinger and presented by arrangement with Monty Bailey-Watson)

Music
Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson (two pianos)

Make a Picture
Ernest Greenwood describes how you can make pictures of things you see.

(to 17.40)

Contributors

Scriptwriter (Billy Bean and His Funny Machine):
Tom Twigge
Puppetry (Billy Bean and His Funny Machine):
Jane Tyson
Voices (Billy Bean and His Funny Machine):
Peter Hawkins
Voices (Billy Bean and His Funny Machine):
Ivan Owen
Illustrator (Billy Bean and His Funny Machine):
Reginald Jeffryes
Puppet maker (Billy Bean and His Funny Machine):
John Wright
Producer (Billy Bean and His Funny Machine):
David Boisseau
Programme devised by (Billy Bean and His Funny Machine):
Chuck Luchsinger
Pianist (Music):
Ethel Bartlett
Pianist (Music):
Rae Robertson
Presenter (Making a Picture):
Ernest Greenwood

A television play in six episodes by Donald Wilson.
[Starring] Anne Crawford, Andrew Osborn and Walter Fitzgerald

The Walker gang, organised by Joey Walker, pulled off a daring robbery of a £15,000 diamond necklace. Barrett, the representative of Foucquier's the jewellers, delivered the necklace to Bertie and Sally (disguised as clients from Portugal) at a West-End hotel, and a switch was made with an empty jewel case. But taking the necklace away from the hotel, Willie Walker was knocked down by a car at the entrance to Polly Arden's flat. Polly was actually awaiting delivery of some paste jewellery for a TV appearance that night and assumed that this was it. However Joey happened to be looking in, and saw Polly wearing the stolen necklace; he took a cab to the Shepherd's Bush studios and arrived just in time to see Polly leaving with an old acquaintance, Det.-Insp Roger Stanton.

Contributors

Writer:
Donald Wilson
Producer:
Leonard Brett
Music composed by:
Ray Martin
Designer:
John Clements
Polly Arden:
Anne Crawford
Det.-Insp. Roger Stanton:
Andrew Osborn
Wally, the stage doorkeeper:
Alexander Field
Joey Walker:
Walter Fitzgerald
Bertie Walker:
Peter Croft
Martha:
Lana Morris
Tindall:
Robert Webber
Sergeant Quimby:
Wilfred Babbage
Barrett:
Colin Douglas
Willie Walker:
Dan Cunningham
Steve:
Jack Hobbs
Manager of Park Avenue Hotel:
Alexis de Gallier
Waiter:
Philip Bray

A parlour game with Margaret Lockwood in the chair.
Kenneth Horne, Iain MacCormick, Leslie Phillips, Michael Trubshawe, Eric Sykes, David Tomlinson
See page 13

Contributors

Chairman:
Margaret Lockwood
Panellist:
Kenneth Horne
Panellist:
Iain MacCormick
Panellist:
Leslie Phillips
Panellist:
Michael Trubshawe
Panellist:
Eric Sykes
Panellist:
David Tomlinson
Presented by:
Dicky Leeman

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