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Quick on the Draw
Chairman, Humphrey Lestocq

Children's Newsreel

Robinson and Co.
by Peter Ling.
(Previously televised last Thursday)

(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 (Robinson and Co.):
Peter Ling
Producer (Robinson and Co.):
Shaun Sutton
Designer (Robinson and Co.):
Richard Wilmot
Mrs. Bridger:
Freda Bamford
Priscilla (Silly):
Carol Wolveridge
Mrs. Cartwright:
Peggy Mount
Philip (Pugsy):
David Godfrey
Mortimer:
Garry Nesbitt
Euclid:
John Rogers
Robinson:
Carole Lorimer
Charles Melling:
Derek Aylward
Mrs. Mole:
Joan Sanderson

with Isobel Barnett, Barbara Kelly, David Nixon and Gilbert Harding trying to find the answers and Eamonn Andrews to see fair play.

('What's My Line?' was devised by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman, and is presented by arrangement with C.B.S. of America and Maurice Winnick)

Contributors

Panellist:
Isobel Barnett
Panellist:
Barbara Kelly
Panellist:
David Nixon
Panellist:
Gilbert Harding
Chairman:
Eamonn Andrews
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman
Presented by:
T. Leslie Jackson

by Mazo de la Roche.
Adapted as a television play by Philip Mackie.
[Starring] Jean Cadell and John Justin
The action takes place in and near the Whiteoaks' house 'Jalna', Ontario, in the year 1919.
There will be an interval at 9.15 app.

The year is 1919. Renny Whiteoak, whom we saw as a twenty-year-old in Young Renny, is now in his thirties, returning from the war to become the new master of Jalna. During his service abroad, his father and his step-mother have died, and the estate has been run incompetently - by Uncles Nicholas and Ernest. Renny is confident that he can reorganise the management of the estate and rebuild the family fortune. His ally and confidante is old Adeline, now aged ninety-four, and as strong-minded as ever-though increasingly inclined to fall asleep in her chair. She wants Renny to be a success; and she wants him to marry and provide her with great-grandchildren before she dies. Renny's sister Meg is a disappointment to Adeline: since she broke off her engagement to Maurice Vaughan, Meg seems vowed to eternal spinsterhood. But Renny is ripe for marriage; and there are two good-looking young widows in the neighbourhood, Chris Cummings and Amy Stroud. One of them might make a suitable bride - but Adeline wants to go carefully, when it's a question of selecting the future mistress of Jalna. (Philip Mackie)

Tonight's play at 8.30

Contributors

Author:
Mazo de la Roche
Adapted by:
Philip Mackie
Producer:
Douglas Allen
Designer:
Stephen Bundy
Adeline Whiteoak:
Jean Cadell
Her sons - Nicholas:
Richard Caldicot
Her sons - Ernest:
Arthur Howard
Her grandchildren - Renny:
John Justin
Her grandchildren - Meg:
Elizabeth Maude
Her grandchildren - Eden:
Brian Nissen
Maurice Vaughan:
Richard Leech
Pheasant Vaughan, his daughter:
Petra Davies
Wragge, Renny's ex-batman:
Sam Kydd
Amy Stroud:
Joyce Heron
Chris Cummings:
Eunice Gayson
Jim Dayborn:
Olaf Pooley

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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