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From the grounds of Pendley Manor, Tring.

Hounds
Dorian Williams describes a parade of the Whadden Chase Pack and introduces some contrasting types of hounds from the Midlands, Wales, and the North.

Pottery
Murray Fieldhouse demonstrates his craft.

Open-Air Theatre
A drama group rehearses 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' for a summer Shakespeare Festival.

Contributors

Item presenter (Hounds):
Dorian Williams
Item presenter (Pottery):
Murray Fieldhouse
Presented by:
John Vernon

Quick on the Draw: The Appleyards v. The Rest
A children's parlour game devised by Dorothea Brooking.
Chairman, Humphrey Lestocq

Children's Newsreel

My Uncle Rollo
A play for television by George Wingate.
(Previously televised last Thursday)
(Arthur Lowe is appearing in "Pal Joey" at the Princes Theatre, London)

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Devised by (Quick on the Draw):
Dorothea Brooking
Chairman (Quick on the Draw):
Humphrey Lestocq
Drawings (Quick on the Draw):
David Ghilchik
Presented by (Quick on the Draw):
Patricia Foy
Writer (My Uncle Rollo):
George Wingate
Producer (My Uncle Rollo):
Rex Tucker
Designer (My Uncle Rollo):
Eileen Diss
Uncle Rollo:
Oliver Burt
John:
Anthony Valentine
Heppon:
Arthur Lowe
Eyebrows:
Charles Farrell
Alexander:
Ewen Solon
Constable Eccles:
Reginald Hartnell Stone

A romantic drama by George R. Preedy.
Adapted for television by Duncan Ross.
[Starring] David Farrar

The action takes place in the prison-fortress of Wisberg on the coast of Denmark at the beginning of the last century
(Second performance: Thursday at 9.40 p.m.)

Contributors

Author:
George R. Preedy
Adapted by:
Duncan Ross
Designer:
Stephen Taylor
Producer:
Rudolph Cartier
Captain Banner, Governor of the Fortress:
David Farrar
Pastor Andreas Garrison Chaplain:
George Coulouris
Katrine, a peasant girl:
Jeanette Sterke
Baron Molde, Secretary of State:
Andrew Cruickshank
Sentry:
Harry Lane
Sergeant Ericsson:
Michael Brennan
Caroline Sophia, Queen of Denmark and Norway:
Faith Brook
Baroness von Bernstorf, Lady-in-Waiting:
Mary Clare
First prisoner:
Sydney Bromley
Second prisoner:
John Miller
Third prisoner:
George Herbert
Guard:
Charles Price

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