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The final pre-Olympic appearance of the athletics teams before their departure for Melbourne.
From the Withdean Stadium, Brighton.
The men's team compete against a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team and the women's team against the Southern Counties Women's Amateur Athletic Association.

Contributors

Commentator:
Michael Henderson
Presented for television by:
Humphrey Fisher

Percy Thrower demonstrates the planting of raspberries, blackcurrants, and gooseberries.
He also shows the correct method of planting a cordon fruit tree and recommends varieties of apples and pears suitable for this method of cultivation.
Seasonal work out-of-doors includes sowing broad beans and making garden compost, and indoors bringing the bulbs into the light for flowering at Christmas time.
(A BBC telerecording)

Contributors

Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Producer:
John Furness

For Older Children
Thunder Mountain
[Starring] The Cisco Kid
Construction of a new railway line is held up by the Indians, who feel it will offend the mountain gods. A crooked rancher plays on their fears for his own ends. By a clever trick Cisco and Pancho attempt to turn the tables on the bad men and restore the Indians' confidence.

Potts in Parovia: 5: The Leaflet Raid
The adventures of ex-Flight Lieutenant Potts by Desmond O'Donovan and Ingram D'Abbes.
[Starring] Humphrey Lestocq

Contributors

Writer/producer (Potts in Parovia):
Desmond O'Donovan
Writer (Potts in Parovia):
Ingram D'Abbes
Designer (Potts in Parovia):
Austen Spriggs
Film cameraman (Potts in Parovia):
Peter Sargent
Film editor (Potts in Parovia):
John Pullen
Peter Potts:
Humphrey Lestocq
Mike:
George Tovey
General Schmidt:
Walter Gotell
Tony Quiva:
Barrie Martin
Pedro:
Trefor Jones
Jose:
Edmund Warwick
Don Miguel Perrera y Quiva:
Raymond Rollett
Don Julio Alonso Mendavo:
Arthur Goullet
Claude Eaton-Smythe:
John H. Watson
Laura Mendavo:
Lynette Mills
Carlos:
Innes Hirson

A Francis Durbridge serial in six episodes.
[Starring] Tony Britton and Duncan Lamont
(Tony Britton appears by permission of British Lion Film Corporation, Ltd.)

Contributors

Writer:
Francis Durbridge
Designer:
Roy Oxley
Billie Reynolds:
Vanda Godsell
Detective-Inspector Ford:
Duncan Lamont
Roger Ford:
David Tilley
Detective-Sergeant Broderick:
Victor Brooks
Robin Craven:
Philip Guard
David Henderson:
Tony Britton
Chris Reynolds:
Ian Whittaker
Dr. Sheldon:
Jack Lambert
Ralph Merson:
Peter Copley
Mrs. Williams:
Brenda Cowling
P.C. Sanders:
Ronald Baddiley

[Starring] Norman Wisdom
with Marion Keene and Eddie Leslie, Jeremy Hawk, Gay Owen, The Show Dancers, The George Mitchell Singers

Contributors

Comedian:
Norman Wisdom
Singer:
Marion Keene
[Actor]:
Eddie Leslie
Comedian:
Jeremy Hawk
[Actor]:
Gay Owen
Dancers:
The Show Dancers
Dance direction:
Ernest Maxin
Singers:
The George Mitchell Singers
Musical Associate:
Bill Snaith
Orchestra conducted by:
Eric Robinson
Designer:
Audley Southcott
Producer:
Ernest Maxin

with Kenneth Horne in the chair and Carole Carr, Josephine Douglas, Bruce Seton, Eric Sykes finding the links between the challengers.
Special investigators: Pauline and Larry Forrester

Contributors

Chairman:
Kenneth Horne
Panellist:
Carole Carr
Panellist:
Josephine Douglas
Panellist:
Bruce Seton
Panellist:
Eric Sykes
Special investigator:
Pauline Forrester
Special investigator:
Larry Forrester
Presented by:
G. B. Lupino

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