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Vera McKechnie in Studio 'E' introduces:

Shirley Abicair who tells you a tale of Tumbarumba, the Australian Boy

Ion Trant who brings a film about his holiday on a canal boat

The World Today
a monthly review in which children look behind the headlines.

Semprini and his piano

Geoffrey Dyson who offers some hints on the winning of field events in your school sports.

Three Little Butterflies in the meadow
a cartoon feature by Gwen White.

Contributors

Presenter:
Vera McKechnie
Storyteller (Tumbarumba):
Shirley Abicair
Item presenter/Filmmaker:
Ion Trant
Pianist:
null Semprini
Item presenter:
Geoffrey Dyson
Writer/artist (Three Little Butterflies):
Gwen White
Edited and produced by:
John Hunter Blair

Surprises and excitements of the past series told by people you met with Eamonn Andrews.
The title music was written by James Turner and played under the direction of George Clouston
(A BBC telerecording)

Contributors

Presenter:
Eamonn Andrews
Programme devised by:
Ralph Edwards
Composer [title music]:
James Turner
Conductor [title music]:
George Clouston
Researcher:
Peter Moore
Researcher:
Nigel Ward
Scriptwriter:
Gale Pedrick
Film editor:
Ron Spillane
Producer:
T. Leslie Jackson

An excerpt from the James Brennan Summer Revue at the South Pier, Blackpool with Denny Willis and Company, Wilson Keppel, and Betty, The Eight Lancashire Lads, Curric's Water Spectacle, Billie Wyner, The Twelve Zio Angels.
A special performance before an invited audience.
From the South Pier, Blackpool.

Contributors

Entertainers:
Denny Willis and Company
Comedians:
Wilson, Keppel, and Betty
Dancers:
The Eight Lancashire Lads
Pianist:
Billie Wyner
Singers/dancers:
The Twelve Zio Angels
Musical Director:
Larry Macklin
Producer:
James Brennan
Television presentation:
Barney Colehan

(Part 1 was not accepted)
Written by Spike Milligan.
Milligan's unorthodox views on almost everything are well known. Is it his intention in this unusual programme to assess the influence of music on man's development - or man's influence on the development of music?
The following are obliged to appear: Spike Milligan, Eric Robinson, Dick Emery, Valentine Dyall, Graham Stark, Kenneth Connor, Mario Fabrizi, Yoko Kono, The Alberts, Max Geldray, Graham Leaman, Wallace Greenslade, George Murcell and Jennifer Lautrec, Bob Galileo, Sheree Winton, John Vyvyan and a Mr. Fred Smith.
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Contributors

Writer:
Spike Milligan
Designer:
Richard Henry
Producer:
Christian Simpson
Comedian:
Spike Milligan
Conductor:
Eric Robinson
Comedian:
Dick Emery
Comedian:
Valentine Dyall
Comedian:
Graham Stark
Comedian:
Kenneth Connor
Comedian:
Mario Fabrizi
Pianist:
Yoko Kono
Comic musicians:
The Alberts
Harmonicist:
Max Geldray
[Actor]:
Graham Leaman
[Actor]:
Wallace Greenslade
[Actor]:
George Murcell
[Actress]:
Jennifer Lautrec
[Actress]:
Sheree Winton
[Actor]:
John Vyvyan

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