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A Naval and Air Exercise of the NATO Channel Command.

Reporters and cameramen record the progress of a convoy under attack as it moves up the English Channel to the Port of Flushing.
(Previously televised on December 10)
(to 16.00)

Contributors

Reporter (Ashore):
Patrick O'Donovan
Reporter (At Sea):
Brian Connell
Reporter (At Sea):
David Dunhill
Reporter (At Sea):
Geoffrey Galwey
Reporter (In the Air):
Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Chief Cameraman:
Michael Brandt
Naval Adviser:
Commander A. T. Courtney, O.B.E., R.N. (Retd.)
Director:
Geoffrey Woodward
Editor:
Alan Martin
Producer:
Michael Peacock

The Snail's Adventures
by Margaret Curry.
Plummy
by Geoffrey Lewis.
John Rule tells two short stories.

This Was News
A programme that helps you to understand some of the events of recent weeks.

For Deaf Children
A visit to the National Institute for the Deaf for a children's Christmas party with Sandy Sandford and Buck Hurst.
Introduced by Jasmine Bligh.

(to 17.55)

Contributors

Storyteller:
John Rule
Writer (The Snail's Adventures):
Margaret Curry
Writer (Plummy):
Geoffrey Lewis
Comedian (For Deaf Children):
Sandy Sandford
Magician (For Deaf Children):
Buck Hurst
Presenter (For Deaf Children):
Jasmine Bligh

A comedy by Alan Melville.

The scene is the living-room of the Fosters' home in London.
A special performance before an invited audience from the Strand Theatre, London (by arrangement with H. M. Tennent. Ltd.)

Contributors

Author:
Alan Melville
Director:
Murray MacDonald
Setting:
Alan Tagg
Television Presentation:
Alan Chivers
Simon Foster:
Roland Culver
Laura Foster:
Coral Browne
Wilson:
Ernest Thesiger
Jessie:
Esma Cannon
Mr. Wolfstein:
Ronald Radd
David Prentice:
Ian Carmichael
Janet Honeyman:
Dora Bryan
Timothy:
Michael Caridia
Barney:
David Morrell
Joe:
Kenneth MacLeod
Bert:
Thomas Elliott
Archie:
Roger Page
Mabel:
Pauline Stroud
Miss Mills:
Vivienne Drummond

featuring Ruby Murray, Pamela Russell, Anita Ellis, Eliza Lotti, Irene Mayo, Freddie Stuart, Pedro and Pinkie, The Littlewood Songsters, The New Toppers, Ray Martin and his Orchestra.
Introduced by Catherine Boyle.

Contributors

Singer:
Ruby Murray
Poet reader:
Pamela Russell
Singer:
Anita Ellis
Performer:
Eliza Lotti
Performer:
Irene Mayo
Performer:
Freddie Stuart
Performers:
Pedro and Pinkie
Singers:
The Littlewood Songsters
Dancers:
The New Toppers
Musicians:
Ray Martin and his Orchestra
Presenter:
Catherine Boyle
Dance direction:
Leslie Roberts
Producer:
Richard Afton

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