Programme Index

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Percy Thrower's guest today is Thomas Rochford, who discusses indoor foliage plants and gives practical advice on their care, cultivation, and propagation.
Francis Hanger, Curator of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens at Wisley, demonstrates the winter pruning of grape vines and shows how to propagate them.
In the greenhouse Percy Thrower sows onion seeds and shows how to set up potatoes for chitting.
(A BBC telerecording)

Contributors

Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Guest:
Thomas Rochford
Co-presenter:
Francis Hanger
Producer:
John Furness

A serial in six episodes by Michael Gilbert.
[Starring] Edward Chapman and William Lucas with Gene Anderson and Sidney James

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Gilbert
Designer:
John Cooper
Producer:
Andrew Osborn
Mr. Brakewell:
Edward Chapman
Mr. Clements:
Roy Hepworth
M. Bernard:
Patrick Westwood
Major Trump:
Ballard Berkeley
Monks:
Wolfe Morris
Clare Pinnock:
Gene Anderson
Charlton Bradbury:
William Lucas
Chief Inspector Evans:
Russell Waters
Sergeant Todd:
Tom Bowman
Assistant Commissioner Relf:
Ronald Adam
Editor:
Manning Wilson
Abbie:
Sidney James
Reporter:
Robin Lloyd
Policeman:
Roger Ostime

Starring Benny Hill
aided and abetted by Jeremy Hawk, Wallace Greenslade, John Vyvyan
and featuring Katherine Kath, Pia Beck, The Three Deuces with The Tommy Linden Dancers, The George Mitchell Singers.
Written by Dave Freeman and Benny Hill.
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Contributors

Comedian:
Benny Hill
[Actor]:
Jeremy Hawk
[Actor]:
Wallace Greenslade
[Actor]:
John Vyvyan
[Actress]:
Katherine Kath
Singer/Pianist:
Pia Beck
Vocalists:
The Three Deuces
Dancers:
The Tommy Linden Dancers
Singers:
The George Mitchell Singers
Dance direction:
Tommy Linden
Orchestra conducted by:
Bob Sharples
Writer:
Dave Freeman
Writer:
Benny Hill
Designer:
George Djurkovic
Producer:
Duncan Wood

The television version of the popular sound radio programme.
Drusilla Beyfus, Jack Train, Richard Dimbleby, Anona Winn ask all the questions.
Roy Rich knows some of the answers and Norman Hackforth presents all the objects.

("Twenty Questions" is televised by arrangement with Maurice Winnick)

Contributors

Panellist:
Drusilla Beyfus
Panellist:
Jack Train
Panellist:
Richard Dimbleby
Panellist:
Anona Winn
Chairman:
Roy Rich
Announcer:
Norman Hackforth
Cartoonist:
Bruce Angrave
Associate Producer:
C.F. Meehan
Producer:
Josephine Douglas

by Mac Shoub.
The action takes place on the outskirts of a small Italian village. Time, the present
(A telerecording presented by arrangement with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Contributors

Writer:
Mac Shoub
Producer:
W. T. Kotcheff
Designer:
Robert Hall
Edmundo:
Gerry Sarracini
Gabriel:
Robert Christie
Francisco:
Fred Diehl
Luigi:
Michael Conway
Priest:
John Drainie

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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