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A Mile of History
The "Roving Eye" Camera goes for a trip down the Thames to the Pool of London and the Tower.

Diary of a Dog
A film that shows you how to give your dog a full and happy life.

The Friday Western: The Needle Rock Mystery

For Older Children
Outlaws are threatening a rich gold mine, guarded by the Cisco Kid and Pancho. An explosion gives Cisco the idea for an ingenious ruse to turn the tables on the bad men and save the mine.

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Commentator (A Mile of History):
Cliff Michelmore
Presented by (A Mile of History):
Robin Scott

Some of the artists who are appearing in James Brennan's Summer Revue at the South Pier, Blackpool.
Hylda Baker, Albert Ward and Les Ward, The Dandy Brothers, Renita Kramer, The Dancing Maids.

Contributors

Comedienne:
Hylda Baker
Musical novelty act:
Albert Ward and Les Ward
Comedians:
The Dandy Brothers
Dancer:
Renita Kramer
Dancers:
The Dancing Maids
Producer:
Dick Hurran
Production:
James Brennan
Television presentation:
Barney Colehan

Laurens van der Post, in a series of six programmes, tells of an expedition into the Kalahari Desert he has recently made with the collaboration of the BBC.
He undertook the journey to fulfil a vow, made in his childhood, to seek out the remnants of the first men of Africa -the Bushmen-who were reputed still to be living a Stone Age existence.
Stephen Spender writes on page 9

Contributors

Presenter:
Laurens van Der Post
Film Cameraman:
Duncan Abraham
Film Cameraman:
Maurice Harvey
Presented by:
Andrew Miller Jones

by Vincent Tilsley.
A series of half-hour plays about famous men and women who were known to the world by names other than their own.
The name by which the principal character is commonly known will be revealed only towards the end of the story.

Contributors

Writer:
Vincent Tilsley
Director:
Vivian A. Daniels
Designer:
Norman James
Joseph T. Goodman:
Sidney Vivian
Samuel Clemens:
Guy Kingsley Poynter
Pete Daggett:
Michael Balfour
Steve Gillis:
Gaylord Cavallaro
Mr. Laird:
George Margo
Bob Fuller:
John McLaren
Marshal Williams:
Dermot Palmer
Major Graves:
Stuart Nichol
A second:
Richard Carpenter
A leadsman:
Harry Lane
Harmonica player:
Tommy Reilly

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