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Percy Thrower's guest is R.P. Burrows of the Geranium Society who discusses various types of geranium and demonstrates their cultivation and propagation.
Francis Hanger, Curator of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens at Wisley, talks about melons for the cold frame.
Percy Thrower demonstrates seasonal work on outdoor and indoor chrysanthemums and the harvesting of shallots.
(A BBC telerecording)

Contributors

Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Guest:
R. P. Burrows
Speaker:
Francis Hanger
Presented by:
John Pearson

For Older Children
The Flying Arrow
A rancher is found shot dead by an arrow. Charlie Melton, known to be an expert with the bow, is accused of the murder, but disappears before he can be brought to court. A second man is killed in the same way. In despair the townsfolk call in the Range Rider and Dick West to investigate. After some exciting detective work the friends track the killers!

Butterworth Time
with Peter Butterworth, Janet Brown, Peter Claughton, The Buttercups.
At the piano, Ronald Cass

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Comedian (Butterworth Time):
Peter Butterworth
Comedienne (Butterworth Time):
Janet Brown
Performer (Butterworth Time):
Peter Claughton
Performers (Butterworth Time):
The Buttercups
Script (Butterworth Time):
Sheilah Hodgson
Pianist (Butterworth Time):
Ronald Cass
Producer (Butterworth Time):
Vere Lorrimer

Some stories of a London policeman by Ted Willis.
[Starring] Jack Warner
(Jennifer Wilson appears by permission of the Old Vic Trust, Ltd.)

Contributors

Writer:
Ted Willis
Designer:
Lawrence Broadhouse
Production:
Douglas Moodie
P.C. George Dixon:
Jack Warner
Mrs. Elmes:
Phoebe Hodgson
Sergeant Flint:
Arthur Rigby
P.C. 'Tubb' Barrell:
Neil Wilson
Sergeant Millard:
Moira Mannion
Diana Johnson:
Jennifer Wilson
Doug Beale:
Ray Jackson
Mary Dixon:
Jeannette Hutchinson
Andy Crawford:
Peter Byrne

[Starring] Cicely Courtneidge, Pat Kirkwood
Hit songs and scenes from shows past and present.

Introduced from the stage of the King's Theatre, Hammersmith by Alan Melville who has written the continuity, with Patricia Burke, Dora Bryan, Max Adrian, Lester Ferguson, Thorley Walters and from the Sadler's Wells Ballet Company, Elaine Fifield, David Blair and Maryon Lane with choreography by Kenneth Macmillan.
The George Mitchell Singers
The Show Parade Dancers with choreography by Mark Stuart

(Elaine Fifield, David Blair, and Maryon Lane appear by permission of Sadler's Wells Ballet and the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)

Contributors

Presenter/Continuity:
Alan Melville
Singer:
Cicely Courtneidge
Singer:
Pat Kirkwood
Singer:
Patricia Burke
Singer:
Dora Bryan
Singer:
Max Adrian
Singer:
Lester Ferguson
Singer:
Thorley Walters
Dancer:
Elaine Fifield
Dancer:
David Blair
Dancer:
Maryon Lane
Choreography:
Kenneth MacMillan
Singers:
The George Mitchell Singers
Dancers:
The Show Parade Dancers
Choreography:
Mark Stuart
Orchestra conducted by:
Eric Robinson
Designer:
Guy Sheppard
Production:
Bryan Sears

BBC Television

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