Programme Index

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A magazine of interest and entertainment for younger women.
Introduced by Roma Fairley.

I'd Like to Know
A new series of light-hearted enquiries.

Beauty News
Hand care

Know Your Furniture
John Lowe

The Harp
Osian Ellis

Dream Holidays
Winter plans for summers away, prepared by Evelyn Gibbs.

Contributors

Presenter:
Roma Fairley
Item presenter (Know Your Furniture):
John Lowe
Harpist:
Osian Ellis
Item presenter (Dream Holidays):
Evelyn Gibbs
Producer:
Rosemary Hill

The Tale of the Magician
Television Puppet Theatre presents a Toytown play by S. G. Hulme Beaman.

Children's International Newsreel

Behind the Scenery
Cliff Michelmore and Stephen Wade take you on a visit to the scenery workshops at the Television Centre.
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on March 4, 1955)

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Writer (The Tale of the Magician):
S. G. Hulme Beaman
Voices (The Tale of the Magician):
Peter Hawkins
Voices (The Tale of the Magician):
Raymond Rollett
Voices (The Tale of the Magician):
Redvers Kyle
Puppeteer (The Tale of the Magician):
Molly Gibson
Puppeteer (The Tale of the Magician):
Audrey Atterbury
Puppeteer (The Tale of the Magician):
Bob Bura
Puppeteer (The Tale of the Magician):
John Hardwick
Designer (The Tale of the Magician):
Andrew Brownfoot
Puppets and production (The Tale of the Magician):
Gordon Murray
Presenter (Behind the Scenery):
Cliff Michelmore
Presenter (Behind the Scenery):
Stephen Wade

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 Cape Town and London. Time, the present
(A BBC telerecording of last Saturday's broadcast)

Followed by The Weather and Close Down

Contributors

Author:
Charles Franklin
Adapted by:
Anthony Steven
Producer:
Chloe Gibson
Annabel:
Elizabeth Allan
Nyassa Gordon:
Margaret Tyzack
Alan Teniers:
Paul Eddington
Max Barrington:
Richard Caldicot
Barman:
Dennis Handby
Dulcie Soames:
Margaret Johns
Hotel porter:
Frank Singuineau
Robert Hayward:
Hugh Sinclair
Sergeant Murray:
Norman Pierce
Stewardess:
Rosemary Frankau
Other parts played by:
John Bremen
Other parts played by:
Winifred Hill
Other parts played by:
Eleanor Jack
Other parts played by:
Gwen Jones
Other parts played by:
Edna McKenzie
Other parts played by:
Patricia Mort

BBC Television

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About this data

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