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A weekly series of exercises to music.
From the BBC's Midland television studio

A pamphlet giving notes on these exercises (price 9d.) and a folder for Women's Television Notes (price 2s.) may be obtained, post free, from [address removed]. (Crossed postal order, please-not stamps.)

Contributors

Presenter:
Eileen Fowler
Arranged by:
Ann Shead
Presented by:
Desmond O'Leary

by Anthony Buckeridge.
(A BBC telerecording)

Contributors

Writer:
Anthony Buckeridge
Producer:
Pharic MacLaren
Film Cameraman:
David Prosser
Film Editor:
John Pullen
Rex Milligan:
Paul Streather
Jigger Johnson:
Anthony Bryant
J.O. Stagg:
Anthony Valentine
Aide Cutforth:
William Simonds
Spikey Andrews:
Wilfrid Downing
Bubblegum Tucker:
Melvyn Hayes
Mr. Milligan:
Anthony Marlowe
Mrs. Milligan:
Margaret Ward
Mr. Hunter, Headmaster of Sheldrake Grammar:
Anthony Sharp
Also taking part:
Ivan Davis
Also taking part:
Roger Page
Also taking part:
James Warren
Also taking part:
Graham Pyle
Also taking part:
David Higson
Also taking part:
Christopher Sandford

A weekly date for enthusiasts to meet Percy Thrower and his gardening friends.

It is now time to plant the outdoor chrysanthemums and Percy Thrower shows how to do this. He also demonstrates how the Young shoots of the herbaceous Plants can be thinned and used as cuttings.

F. P. Knight, the Director of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens at Wisley, discusses the classification of narcissi and shows how to recognise the Various groups.
(A BBC telerecording)

Contributors

Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Co-presenter:
F. P. Knight
Producer:
John Furness

Contributors

Script:
John Wiles
Script:
David Campton
Based on the series devised by:
Michael Pertwee
Based on the series devised by:
Roland Pertwee
Director:
Richard West
Producer:
John Warrington
Mr. Grove:
Edward Evans
Mrs. Grove:
Ruth Dunning
Gran:
Nancy Roberts
Bert Fielding:
Stanley Rose
Mrs. Fielding:
Brenda Dunrich
Detective-Inspector Parsons:
Manning Wilson
Chairman of the Bench:
Oliver Johnston
Clerk of the Court:
Edward Wade
Charles Clayton:
John Richmond

McDonald Hobley invites you Up for the Cup
A fortnightly test of knowledge, skill, and cunning between football supporters' clubs.
With Leslie Welch the 'Memory Man' and Robin Richmond at the electric organ.

Contributors

Presenter:
McDonald Hobley
The Memory Man:
Leslie Welch
Organist:
Robin Richmond
Devised and written by:
Dennis Yates
Presented by:
Kenneth Milne-Buckley

Six candidates from the three regional heats go before the judges in the Grand Final of this national competition to find the person considered most suitable to receive a prize of £3,500.
Judges: Michael Curtis, Sir Miles Thomas, Cyril Lord, Sir Frederic Hooper and Jeanne Heal
Organised by the News Chronicle
Introduced by Peter West.
From the Savoy Hotel, London

Contributors

Judge:
Michael Curtis
Judge:
Sir Miles Thomas
Judge:
Cyril Lord
Judge:
Sir Frederic Hooper
Judge:
Jeanne Heal
Presenter:
Peter West
Presented for television by:
Bill Duncalf

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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