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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 14)

Contributors

Reporter (At Sea):
Brian Connell
Reporter (At Sea):
Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Reporter (At Sea):
William Kempner
Reporter (Ashore):
Patrick O'Donovan
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

From the Westover Ice Rink, Bournemouth.
The Westover Ice Corps de Ballet
Ice Rink Orchestra directed by Percy Pearce
A special performance before an invited audience.
(to 18.00)

Contributors

Book, production, and choreography:
John Moss
Jugglers:
The Bokdams
Dancers:
The Westover Ice Corps de Ballet
Musicians:
Ice Rink Orchestra
[Orchestra] directed by:
Percy Pearce
Decor and costumes:
null 'Erik'
Commentator:
Cliff Michelmore
Presented for television by:
Nicholas Crocker
Buttons:
John Moss
Cinderella:
Jane Conlon
Prince Charming:
Eve Lovett
Baron Bankrupt:
Felix Bowness
Dandini:
Toni Congdon
Ugly Sisters:
Jackie Vincent
Ugly Sisters:
Pauline Rees
Fairy Godmother:
Delicia Dudek
Brokers Men:
Harris And Green
Voices of the principal singing artists:
Ian Parsons
Voices of the principal singing artists:
Malcolm MacDonald
Voices of the principal singing artists:
Dorothy Darvill
Voices of the principal singing artists:
Nina Camlett

with Marion Studholme, Gertrude Holt, Patricia Kern, Alexander Young, Roderick Jones, Douglas Craig, Niven Miller in scenes from Mozart's 'Le Nozze di Figaro' and 'La Finta Giardinera'; Rossini's 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia' and 'L'Italiana in Algeri'; Donizetti's 'Don Pasquale'; Verdi's 'Falstaff'; Puccini's 'Gianni Schicchi'; Britten's 'Albert Herring'; Benjamin's 'Prima Donna'.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Arthur Leavins)
Conducted by Vilem Tausky
(Marion Studholme appears by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust, Ltd.)

Contributors

Singer:
Marion Studholme
Mezzo-soprano:
Gertrude Holt
Mezzo-soprano:
Patricia Kern
Singer:
Alexander Young
Singer:
Roderick Jones
Singer/Compere:
Douglas Craig
Baritone:
Niven Miller
Musicians:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
[Orchestra] leader:
Arthur Leavins
[Orchestra] conducted by:
Vilem Tausky
Designer:
Stephen Bundy
Repetiteur:
George Coop
Assistant producer:
Charles R. Rogers
Producer:
George R. Foa

International heavyweight contest, eight three-minute rounds
Peter Bates (Sheffield) v. Paddy Slavin (Irish Heavyweight Champion)

Welterweight contest, six three-minute rounds
Ken Barley (Birmingham) v. George Harrison (Shirebrook)

Welterweight contest, eight three-minute rounds
Bill Wooding (Midland Champion) v. Les Morgan (1953 A.B.A. Champion)

Televised by arrangement with Alex Griffiths from the Gosta Green Stadium, Birmingham

Contributors

Boxer (International heavyweight):
Peter Bates
Boxer (International heavyweight):
Paddy Slavin
Boxer (Welterweight):
Ken Barley
Boxer (Welterweight):
George Harrison
Boxer (Welterweight):
Bill Wooding
Boxer (Welterweight):
Les Morgan
Commentator:
Harry Carpenter
Television presentation:
David Martin

An unrehearsed discussion on topics of the week.
Chairman, Frank Byers
Speakers: S. J. McAdden, M.P., L. J. Callaghan, M.P., Charles Curran, Michael Foot, M.P.

Contributors

Chairman:
Frank Byers
Speaker:
S. J. McAdden
Speaker:
L. J. Callaghan
Speaker:
Charles Curran
Speaker:
Michael Foot
Arranged by:
Leonard Miall
Presented by:
Michael Peacock

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