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Visit to Bristol of the BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard)
Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Louis Kentner (piano)
The National Anthem
From the Colston Hall.
(Simultaneous broadcast with all Home Services except Welsh)

Contributors

Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Paul Beard
Conductor:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Pianist:
Louis Kentner
Presented by:
Nicholas Crocker

meets every Sunday afternoon to answer questions sent by viewers.
The members this week are: John Betjeman, Marghanita Laski, Professor M. Polanyi, F.R.S., Lady Violet Bonham Carter, D.B.E.
Question-Master, Hugh Ross Williamson
Questions should be addressed to: "The Brains Trust", [address removed]

Contributors

Panellist:
John Betjeman
Panellist:
Marghanita Laski
Panellist:
Professor M. Polanyi
Panellist:
Lady Violet Bonham Carter
Question-Master:
Hugh Ross Williamson
Arranged by:
Howard Thomas
Presented by:
John Furness

Sooty: 1: Sooty at School
with Harry Corbett.

Children's Newsreel

The Blakes: Part 3
Adapted for television by Muriel Levy from the book by Alison Wright.
The action takes place on the de Cartney estate and on the road to the south of England.
(Blanche Fothergill is appearing in 'The Count of Clerambard' at the Garrick Theatre, London)

Sunday at Six
Introduced by the Rev. S. Austen Williams.

(to 18.05)

Contributors

Puppeteer (Sooty):
Harry Corbett
Author (The Blakes):
Alison Wright
Adapted by (The Blakes):
Muriel Levy
Designer (The Blakes):
Claude Whatham
Producer (The Blakes):
Pamela Brown
Ellen Blake:
Betty Woolfe
Jim Blake:
Robert Raglan
Bill Blake:
Martyn Anderson
Micky Blake:
Douglas Hankin
Jean Blake:
Anneke Willys
Mrs. Parsons:
Blanche Fothergill
Mary de Cartney:
Geraldine Thorogood
George, a groom:
Maxwell Denne
Mr. Johnson:
Peter Bathurst
Mr. Masterman:
Kenneth Edwards
Ted Masterman:
John Scott
Old gentleman:
Frank Foster
Presenter (Sunday at Six):
The Rev. S. Austen Williams

BBC Show Band Directed by Cyril Stapleton who also introduces tonight's guests, including Ronnie Hilton, The Stargazers, Halama and Konarski, Janie Marden, The Show Band Singers.
First of a series of fortnightly programmes.

Contributors

Musicians:
BBC Show Band
[Band] directed by/presenter:
Cyril Stapleton
Singer:
Ronnie Hilton
Singers:
The Stargazers
Dancers:
Halama and Konarski
Singer:
Janie Marden
Singers:
The Show Band Singers
Designer:
Stewart Marshall
Producer:
Bryan Sears

The first in a cycle of four plays entitled "The Makepeace Story" by Frank and Vincent Tilsley.
The action takes place in and around the village of Shawcross, Lancashire
Time, 1774-1783
See facing page and page 6

Contributors

Writer:
Frank Tilsley
Writer:
Vincent Tilsley
Producer:
Chloe Gibson
Designer:
Stephen Bundy
Mrs. Makepeace:
Marjorie Rhodes
The Hon. Willoughby Speake:
Paul Eddington
William Radcliffe:
Norman Pierce
The Rev. Joseph Radcliffe:
Edward Mulhare
Mary:
Clare Austin
Johnson:
Ronald Wood
Colonel Merridew:
Alastair Hunter
Seth Makepeace:
Patrick McGoohan
Ned Duckworth:
Graham Ashley
Joe Parker:
Laurence James
Harry Whiteside:
Meadows White
William Lowe:
Stanley Rose
John Lucas:
Patrick Cargill
Ted Wheatcroft:
Michael Collins
Tom Wildin:
Howell Davies
Jane:
Beryl Nesbitt
Mr. Daubeny:
Noel Davis
Samuel Crompton:
Cyril Shaps
Mr. Sidebottom:
Peter Stephens
Soldiers:
Edward Brooks
James Roughead:
John Drake
Villagers and troops:
Bart Allison
Villagers and troops:
Lauderdale Beckett
Villagers and troops:
Madge Brindley
Villagers and troops:
Tony Castleton
Villagers and troops:
Ronald Clarke
Villagers and troops:
Patrick Colbert
Villagers and troops:
Jon Curle
Villagers and troops:
Mark Goullet
Villagers and troops:
Dennis Handby
Villagers and troops:
Frank Lloyd
Villagers and troops:
John Maxwell
Villagers and troops:
Cyril Renison
Villagers and troops:
Charles Saynor
Villagers and troops:
Michael Segal
Villagers and troops:
Malcolm Watson
Villagers and troops:
Fraser White

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