Programme Index

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Shopping Suggestions
New ideas for the housewife by Margaret Douglas.

Will It Set?
F. H. Banfield, Director of Research at the British Food Manufacturing Industries Association tells Joan Gilbert how to apply science to the art of making jam.

My Friend Sheltie
A weekly programme in which Stanley Dangerfield, Chief Steward of Cruft's, reports on the care and training of Sheltie, his new Shetland Sheepdog puppy, and suggests other animals which make attractive pets.

Introduced by Joan Gilbert.

Royal Welsh Agricultural Show
A visit to Aberystwyth with Gwenyth Petty to see some of the exhibits of interest to women and to meet some of the women in agriculture.

Contributors

Item presenter (Shopping Suggestions):
Margaret Douglas
Item presenter (Will It Set?):
F. H. Banfield
Reporter (My Friend Sheltie):
Stanley Dangerfield
Presenter:
Joan Gilbert
Producer:
Ann Shead
Presenter (Royal Welsh Agricultural Show):
Gwenyth Petty

A jailbreak, a bonfire of money, a stone-shaped heart-these are some of the ingredients that go to make one of the strangest adventures ever encountered by Ricky and Uncle Sandy. At the end of this story bad men trap Uncle Sandy, and once again Champion proves that he is indeed a Wonder Horse.

Contributors

The Wonder Horse:
null Champion
Rebel, the dog:
null Blaze
Ricky North:
Barry Curtis
Uncle Sandy:
Jim Bannon

Another play by S. G. Hulme Beaman.
Puppets by Gordon Murray and settings by Andrew Brownfoot from illustrations by S. G. Hulme Beaman.
(A BBC telerecording)

Contributors

Writer/illustrations:
S. G. Hulme Beaman
Voices:
Peter Hawkins
Voices:
Roy Skelton
Voices:
Derek Nimmo
Puppeteers:
Audrey Atterbury
Puppeteers:
Molly Gibson
Puppeteers:
Elizabeth Thorndike
Puppeteers:
Bob Bura
Puppeteers:
John Hardwick
Puppets/producer:
Gordon Murray
Settings:
Andrew Brownfoot

Harriette Johns introduces a lighthearted entertainment including Val Doonican, The Blonde Toppers, Nat Temple and his Orchestra.

Contributors

Presenter:
Harriette Johns
Singer:
Val Doonican
Dancers:
The Blonde Toppers
Musicians:
Nat Temple and his Orchestra
Dance direction:
Larry Gordon
Musical arrangements:
Ken Thorne
Producer:
Richard Afton

[Starring] Digby Wolfe
Also starring: Lita Roza with Ronnie Corbett, Vie Riscoe, John Baskcomb, Larry Taylor, Geoffrey Hibbert.

Contributors

Orchestra conducted by:
George Clouston
Scriptwriter:
S C. Green
Scriptwriter:
R. M. Hills
Producer:
Russell Turner
Comedian:
Digby Wolfe
[Actress]:
Lita Roza
Valet:
Ronnie Corbett
[Actress]:
Vie Riscoe
[Actor]:
John Baskcomb
[Actor]:
Larry Taylor
[Actor]:
Geoffrey Hibbert

A play by Rose Franken.
[Starring] Dorothy Alison, Patricia Burke, Raymond Young
Introducing Christopher Guinee

The action takes place in London.
Time: The Present
From the BBC's North of England studios
See page 8

Contributors

Writer:
Rose Franken
Producer:
Vivian A. Daniels
Designer:
Kenneth Lawson
Mr. Hallam:
James Raglan
Mrs. Hallam:
Joan Heath
Paul Hallam:
David Langton
Etta, his wife:
Freda Bamford
Peter, their son:
Christopher Guinee
Harry Hallam:
Ian Colin
Helen, his wife:
Patricia Burke
Walter Hallam:
Jeffrey Segal
Grace, his wife:
Patricia Hayes
Victor Hallam:
Raymond Young
Stella, his wife:
Dorothy Alison

John Betjeman visits Castle Ashby in Northamptonshire.
Queen Elizabeth really did sleep at Castle Ashby-one of the finest examples of a period famous for essentially English country houses The home of the Marquess of Northampton, it houses treasures collected through four centuries.
The second in a series of seven programmes

Contributors

Presenter:
John Betjeman
Edited and produced by:
John Vernon

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