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

Thorun Tryggvason plays the piano.

Our Village
Leslie Hardern shows the model village you have made.

(to 17.45)

Contributors

Script (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
Drawings (Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
Reginald Jeffryes
Puppets made by (Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
John Wright
Producer (Billy Bean and his Funny Machine):
David Boisseau
Pianist:
Thorun Tryggvason
Presenter (Our Village):
Leslie Hardern

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

Contributors

Writer:
Donald Wilson
Producer:
Leonard Brett
Director:
Brandon Acton-Bond
Music composed by:
Ray Martin
Electric organist:
Tommy Pears
Musicians:
The Seven Stars Trio
Singer:
Marjorie Daw
Designer:
John Clements
Det.-Insp. Roger Stanton:
Andrew Osborn
Martha:
Lana Morris
Polly Arden:
Anne Crawford
Steve:
Jack Hobbs
Willie Walker:
Dan Cunningham
A girl:
Michele Clement
A woman:
Pauline Winters
Mr. Tindall:
Robert Webber
Sergeant Quimby:
Wilfred Babbage
Joey Walker:
Walter Fitzgerald
Sally Walker:
Lisa Daniely
Freddie Walker:
Michael Browning
The waiter at 'The Seven Stars':
Arthur Mullard
Snub:
Robert Desmond
Oscar Lilywhite:
Philip Dale
Blackie:
Wolfe Morris

Maxwell Knight invites two experts to the studio to help you to use your eyes when you are on holiday in the country or by the sea.
Walter J. C. Murray shows some common and rare caterpillars, moths, and butterflies.
Dr. H. G. Vevers of the Marine Biological Laboratory, Plymouth, talks about some of the things to look for on the sands and in rock pools on the seashore.

Contributors

Presenter:
Maxwell Knight
Speaker:
Walter J. C. Murray
Speaker:
Dr. H. G. Vevers
Devised by:
Patrick Beech
Presented by:
Nicholas Crocker

Introduced by Margot Lovell.

Were Those the Days?
James Norbury recalls the knitting fashions of the 1920s and contrasts them with those of today.

In the Kitchen
Marguerite Patten shows how to make 'Floating Islands'.

Sit and Exercise
Tuning up exercises demonstrated by Eileen Fowler.

Contributors

Presenter:
Margot Lovell
Item presenter (Were Those the Days?):
James Norbury
Cook (In the Kitchen):
Marguerite Patten
Exerciser (Sit and Exercise):
Eileen Fowler
Producer:
S. E. Reynolds

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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