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The Duke of Edinburgh's Study Conference 1956 on The Human Problems of Industrial Communities within the Commonwealth and Empire
Opened by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, President of the Conference

Before His Royal Highness speaks at 3.45 the conference is welcomed to Oxford by the Earl of Halifax, Chancellor of the University, and the Mayor, Alderman W.J. Allaway.

From the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

Contributors

Speaker:
The Earl of Halifax
Speaker:
Alderman W.J. Allaway
Speaker:
H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh
Commentator:
Robert McKenzie
Television Presentation:
David Martin

Bengo
The adventures of a Boxer puppy drawn by Tim.

A Family that Grows Rice
The first of three programmes in which Nicholas Gillett talks about life in the Philippines.

Rhythm Rendezvous
Vera McKechnie invites you to join her in fifteen minutes of music and fun with the Jackie Davies Quartet.
(The Jackie Davies Quartet is appearing at the Wellington Club, London)

Let's Get Weaving
In the final programme, Robert and Mary Patterson show how to weave your own belts and scarves in any colour and pattern you choose.
From the BBC's North of England Television Studios

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Artist (Bengo):
Tim (William Timym)
Presenter (A Family that Grows Rice):
Nicholas Gillett
Presenter (Rhythm Rendezvous):
Vera McKechnie
Musicians (Rhythm Rendezvous):
The Jackie Davies Quartet
Presented by (Rhythm Rendezvous):
Vere Lorrimer
Weaver/Presenter (Let's Get Weaving):
Robert Patterson
Weaver/Presenter (Let's Get Weaving):
Mary Patterson

TV's most popular panel game
with Isobel Barnett, Barbara Kelly, Bob Monkhouse, Alan Melville and Gilbert Harding 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:
Barbara Kelly
Panellist:
Bob Monkhouse
Panellist:
Alan Melville
Chairman:
Gilbert Harding
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman
Presented by:
T. Leslie Jackson

Billy Cotton introduces The Tin Pan Alley Show.
Songs, news, and personalities from Britain's centre of popular music are brought to you by 'Hutch' - Leslie Hutchinson, Gisela Griffel, Maria Pavlou, Bert Weedon, Harold Smart, Gillian Lynne and Terence Theobald.
The Concert Orchestra and George Mitchell Singers
Conducted by Eric Robinson

(Billy Cotton is appearing at the Arcadia Theatre, Skegness; Leslie Hutchinson at Quaglino's Restaurant, London)

Contributors

Presenter:
Billy Cotton
Singer/Pianist:
'Hutch' (Leslie Hutchinson)
Singer:
Gisela Griffel
Singer:
Maria Pavlou
Guitarist:
Bert Weedon
Organist:
Harold Smart
Dancer:
Gillian Lynne
Dancer:
Terence Theobald
Production numbers staged by:
Alfred Rodrigues
Musicians:
The Concert Orchestra
Singers:
George Mitchell Singers
Conductor:
Eric Robinson
Designer:
Stewart Marshall
Producer:
Francis Essex

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