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Question in the Air
A topical Press Conference.

Quick and Easy Dressmaking
The second showing of the film of the beach outfit (summer skirt and panties) demonstrated last Wednesday.

I've Just Been Reading
Stephen Black suggests some new books for your library list and introduces a personality connected with one of the books.

Contributors

Producer (Question in the Air):
Monica Sims
Presenter (I've Just Been Reading):
Stephen Black
Producer (I've Just Been Reading):
Ann Shead

Vera McKechnie in Studio 'E' introduces:

Holiday Snaps
Neville Maude gives you the first news of the summer photographic competition.

Miss Nutts
[Starring] Ethel Revnell as Miss Nutts

with Judy Raymond and Bert Platt.

Fast and Furious
A film report by Norman Macqueen.

Faraway Children: 1 - Summer Is for Kids
A Canadian film.

Peter Cavanagh with a motor racing report.

Contributors

Presenter:
Vera McKechnie
Item presenter (Holiday Snaps):
Neville Maude
Miss Nutts:
Ethel Revnell
[Actress] (Miss Nutts):
Judy Raymond
[Actor] (Miss Nutts):
Bert Platt
Reporter (Fast and Furious):
Norman Macqueen
Reporter:
Peter Cavanagh
Edited and produced by:
John Hunter Blair

[Starring] Charlie Drake and Irene Handl
featuring Warren Mitchell and Pamela Manson, Robert Dorning, Ann Greenland.

Contributors

Scriptwriter:
George Wadmore
Scriptwriter:
Charlie Drake
Incidental music:
Jackie Brown
Designer:
Richard Wilmot
Devised and produced by:
George Inns
Comedian:
Charlie Drake
Comedienne:
Irene Handl
[Actor]:
Warren Mitchell
[Actress]:
Pamela Manson
[Actor]:
Robert Dorning
[Actress]:
Ann Greenland

An excerpt from the 1957 Summer Show at the Central Pier, Blackpool with Morecambe and Wise, Joan Turner, Kenny Baker, Denis Spicer, Maureen Rose, The Three Belles and The Orchid Room Lovelies.
A special performance before an invited audience from the Central Pier, Blackpool.
See page 5

Contributors

Comedians:
Morecambe and Wise
Comedienne:
Joan Turner
Singer:
Kenny Baker
Ventriloquist:
Denis Spicer
Singer:
Maureen Rose
Singers:
The Three Belles
Dancers:
The Orchid Room Lovelies
Producer:
Peter Webster
Television presentation:
Barney Colehan

A weekly magazine of films and film personalities introduced by Peter Haigh and Derek Bond.
This edition includes a scene from
'The Admirable Crichton'
A new film version of J. M. Barrie's play starring Kenneth More, Sally Ann Howes, Diane Cilento, and Cecil Parker.
Kenneth More is interviewed in the studio by Peter Haigh.
(Film by courtesy of Columbia Pictures)

Contributors

Presenter/interviewer:
Peter Haigh
Presenter:
Derek Bond
Director:
Tom Millett
Producer:
Alan Sleath
Interviewee:
Kenneth More

BBC Television

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