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BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe)
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
in a programme of light music with Heather Harper (soprano).

(Joan Elvin is appearing in 'The King and I' at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London; Terry Gilbert and Leonard Martin appear by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust, Ltd.)

Contributors

Musicians:
BBC Concert Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
John Sharpe
Condcutor:
Stanford Robinson
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Dancer:
Josephine Gordon
Dancer:
Terry Gilbert
Dancer:
Joan Elvin
Dancer:
Leonard Martin
Dances arranged by:
Margaret Dale
Presented for television by:
George R. Foa

meets every Sunday afternoon to answer questions sent by viewers.
The members this week are: Dr. Julian Huxley, Hugh Ross Williamson, Margaret Lane, Malcolm Muggeridge.
Question-Master, Alan Melville
Questions should be addressed to: The Brains Trust, [address removed]

Contributors

Panellist:
Dr. Julian Huxley
Panellist:
Hugh Ross Williamson
Panellist:
Margaret Lane
Panellist:
Malcolm Muggeridge
Question-Master:
Alan Melville
Producer:
John Furness

Cy Grant with a song and a tale from the West Indies.

Children's Newsreel

St. Ives: 6: Journey's End
A play in six parts from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Adapted for television and produced by Rex Tucker.

Sunday at Six: Christmas is Coming
The Rev. Austen Williams talks to you.

(to 18.05)

Contributors

Singer/Storyteller:
Cy Grant
Author (St. Ives):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted by/Producer (St. Ives):
Rex Tucker
Film sequences (St. Ives):
The BBC Television Film Unit
Designer (St. Ives):
John Cooper
St. Ives:
William Russell
Flora:
Noelle Middleton
Ronald:
Francis Matthews
Dalmahoy:
James McKechnie
Alain:
Douglas Wilmer
Mr. Romaine:
Arthur Young
Clausel:
Gerald Lawson
Madame Jupille:
Gladys Spencer
Other parts played by:
Nigel Arkwright
Other parts played by:
Hartnell Stone
Other parts played by:
Donald Cashfield
Other parts played by:
Vincent Hitchcock
Other parts played by:
Garth Adams
Presenter (Sunday at Six):
The Rev. Austen Williams

by James Bridie.
See above and facing page

Contributors

Writer:
James Bridie
Producer:
Campbell Logan
Designer:
Jack Notman
Angus Windlestraw:
Duncan McIntyre
Mrs. Windlestraw:
Ethel Glendinning
Johnnie, elder son:
Bryden Murdoch
Louie, elder daughter:
Doris McLatchie
George, younger son:
James MacTaggart
Connie, younger daughter:
Gwyneth Guthrie
Elspeth Crawford:
Eileen Wilson
McGillivray:
David Mowat
Mrs. Scoullar:
Meg Buchanan
Samuel Samuels:
David Kossoff
A waiter:
James Butler
Katie, the maid:
Deirdre Murray
Others taking part:
Fiona Cumming
Others taking part:
Oona Finlayson
Others taking part:
Mary Murray
Others taking part:
Celia Struthers
Others taking part:
Susan Tress
Others taking part:
Maisie Watson
Others taking part:
Arthur Boland
Others taking part:
Joseph Brady
Others taking part:
Francis McKevitt
Others taking part:
Ian Richardson
Others taking part:
Charles Scotter
Others taking part:
Richard Statman
Others taking part:
Harry Walker

Belgian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Theo Delvenne)
Conductor, Franz Andre
Louis Backx (piano)

Suite: Mother Goose - Ravel
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune - Debussy
Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra - Cesar Franck

Introduced by Alvar Lidell.
Before an invited audience at the Royal Festival Hall, London.

See facing page

Contributors

Presenter:
Alvar Lidell
Musicians:
Belgian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Theo Delvenne
Conductor:
Franz Andre
Pianist:
Louis Backx
Presented by:
Antony Craxton

BBC Television

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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