Programme Index

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Look and Choose
An enquiry into fur coats conducted by Isobel Barnett in co-operation with the British Fur Trade Alliance.

and
Come to Tea
with Elsie Waters and Doris Waters who entertain people they would like you to meet.

Contributors

Presenter (Look and Choose):
Isobel Barnett
Arranged by (Look and Choose):
Monica Sims
Presented by (Look and Choose):
Patrick Harvey
Entertainer (Come to Tea):
Elsie Waters
Entertainer (Come to Tea):
Doris Waters
Arranged by (Come to Tea):
Dora Nirva
Presented by (Come to Tea):
Patrick Harvey

Prudence Kitten: Prudence Decorates her Christmas Tree
with Molly Blake.

James Green Entertains
assisted by Dennis Spicer.

Sketch Club
Adrian Hill shows you some of your work, announces the prize-winners, and gives some more hints on drawing animals.

For Deaf Children
Jasmine Bligh introduces a special programme with Stephen Skoyle, Edwin Denton, Sasha Coco and Michael Coco, some children from the Tottenham School for the Deaf, and the Residential School for Jewish Deaf Children.

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Presenter (Prudence Kitten):
Molly Blake
Ventriloquist (James Green Entertains):
Dennis Spicer
Presenter/artist (Sketch Club):
Adrian Hill
Presenter (For Deaf Children):
Jasmine Bligh
Performer (For Deaf Children):
Stephen Skoyle
Performer (For Deaf Children):
Edwin Denton
Clown (For Deaf Children):
Sasha Coco
Clown (For Deaf Children):
Michael Coco

[Introduced by] Ray Martin
Presenting your love story in words and music with the Ray Martin Orchestra.
Special investigators: Pauline Forrester and Larry Forrester

Contributors

Presenter:
Ray Martin
Musicians:
The Ray Martin Orchestra
Scriptwriter:
Leonard Fincham
Scriptwriter:
Lawrie Wyman
Special investigator:
Pauline Forrester
Special investigator:
Larry Forrester
Designer:
Barry Learoyd
Producer:
Douglas Moodie

Sadler's Wells Opera Company in scenes from "The Bartered Bride"
A lyric opera in three acts by Smetana
English translation by Joan Cross and Eric Crozier
The action takes place in a Bohemian village on the Patron Saint's Day, during the last century.

Sadler's Wells Orchestra
(Leader, Walter Price)
Conductor, Alexander Gibson
Sadler's Wells Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Marcus Dods)
Sadler's Wells Opera Ballet
(Ballet Master, Peter Wright)

Contributors

Composer:
Bedrich Smetana
English translation:
Joan Cross
English translation:
Eric Crozier
Production Supervisor:
John Donaldson
Choreographer:
Sasa Machov
Musicians:
Sadler's Wells Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Walter Price
Conductor:
Alexander Gibson
Singers:
Sadler's Wells Chorus
Chorus-Master:
Marcus Dods
Dancers:
Sadler's Wells Opera Ballet
Ballet Master:
Peter Wright
Costumes and scenery designed by:
Reece Pemberton
Presented for television by:
George R. Foa
Krusina, a peasant:
Denis Dowling
Ludmilla, his wife:
Sheila Rex
Marenka, their daughter:
Patricia Bartlett
Tobias Micha, a peasant:
David Ward
Hata, his second wife:
Patricia Johnson
Vasek, her son:
Gwent Lewis
Jenik, son of Micha's first wife:
Thomas Round
Kecal, the village marriage broker:
Owen Brannigan
Travelling circus people - The manager:
William Booth
Travelling circus people - Esmeralda:
Joyce Blackham
Travelling circus people - The Indian:
Gwilym Jones
Travelling circus people - The strong man:
Vernon Williams
Ballerinas and Clowns (Travelling Circus People):
Pauline Harrop
Ballerinas and Clowns (Travelling Circus People):
Norma Lowdon
Ballerinas and Clowns (Travelling Circus People):
John Stevens
Ballerinas and Clowns (Travelling Circus People):
Terry Gilbert
Ballerinas and Clowns (Travelling Circus People):
David Hymns
The Dancers:
Pauline Harrop
The Dancers:
Peter Wright

TV's most popular panel game
with Isobel Barnett, Zoe Gail, Kenneth Horne, and a guest, with Eamonn Andrews in the chair.

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

Contributors

Panellist:
Isobel Barnett
Panellist:
Zoe Gail
Panellist:
Kenneth Horne
Chairman:
Eamonn Andrews
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman
Presented by:
T. Leslie Jackson

A series of television plays written by Anthony Steven.
Original stories by Charles Franklin.
[Starring] Elizabeth Allan and Hugh Sinclair
The action takes place in various parts of London. Time, the present
(A BBC telerecording of Saturday's broadcast)

Followed by The Weather and Close Down

Contributors

Writer:
Anthony Steven
Original stories by:
Charles Franklin
Producer:
Chloe Gibson
Film Cameraman:
Ken Higgins
Annabel:
Elizabeth Allan
Landlord:
Charles Saynor
Mr. Horatio Quick:
John Schlesinger
Neb:
Alfred Burke
Alfie:
Maurice Bannister
Stratton:
Bernard Archard
Mrs. Wigg:
Kathleen Williams
Nyassa Gordon:
Margaret Tyzack
Messenger boy:
John Ormond
Willy:
Ronald Clarke
Conductor of orchestra:
Tom McCall
Robert Hayward:
Hugh Sinclair
Sergeant Murray:
Norman Pierce
Mr. Hailsham:
Philip Garston-Jones
Parsons:
Edward Brooks
Matthews:
James Roughead
Police Constables:
Brian Moorehead
Police Constables:
Lauderdale Beckett
Police Constables:
Bryan Kendrick
Other parts played by:
Madge Brindley
Other parts played by:
Jon Curie
Other parts played by:
Howell Davies
Other parts played by:
Jean Rennie
Other parts played by:
John Scott
Other parts played by:
Marguerite Stone
Other parts played by:
Sheila Stones

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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