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BBC Television outside broadcast cameras visit Ascot Racecourse to see three of the principal events on the second day of the Ascot Heath September meeting.

3.30 The Gordon Carter Handicap
For three-year-olds and upwards over two miles

4.0 The Royal Lodge Stakes
For two-year-olds over the Old Mile

4.30 The Waterford Stakes
For two-year-olds over six furlongs

Clive Graham identifies the horses and riders in the Paddock before each race.

(to 16.35)

Contributors

Commentator:
Peter O'Sullevan
Paddock commentator:
Clive Graham
Presented for television by:
Harry Middleton

Edmundo Ros and his Orchestra take you to Brazil - the land of Maxixe and the Samba with dances by Pierre and Lavelle, Jimmy Arnell and Jillian La Valette.
A mystery guest artist
Also Disc Jockeys: Sam Costa, Pete Murray, David Jacobs, Wilfrid Thomas

(Edmundo Ros and his Orchestra are appearing at Edmundo Ros's Club, London)

Contributors

Musicians:
Edmundo Ros and his Orchestra
Dancers:
Pierre and Lavelle
Dancer:
Jimmy Arnell
Dancer:
Jillian La Valette
Panellist:
Sam Costa
Panellist:
Pete Murray
Panellist:
David Jacobs
Panellist:
Wilfrid Thomas
Script:
Gavin Blakeney
Designer:
Clifford Hatts
Producer:
Christopher Doll

by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Adapted in six weekly instalments by Constance Cox and Ian Dallas.
[Starring] Joyce Redman
The action takes place at Joseph Sedley's house in Gillespie Street, London; in a gambling room: in the Sedleys' hotel; and in Becky's lodgings at Pumpernickel in Germany.
Time: 1828
Film sequences for 'Vanity Fair' made by the BBC Film Unit
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on February 1)

Contributors

Author:
William Makepeace Thackeray
Adapted by:
Constance Cox
Adapted by:
Ian Dallas
Producer:
Campbell Logan
Designer:
Stephen Bundy
Costume supervision:
Elizabeth Agombar
Make-up supervision:
Tommy Manderson
Film Cameraman:
Ray Densham
Film Editor:
Alan Martin
George Osborne:
Michael Caridia
Joseph Sedley:
Jack May
Joseph's butler:
Graham Leaman
Major Dobbin:
Derek Blomfield
Amelia:
Petra Davies
Becky:
Joyce Redman
Croupier:
Ernst Ullman

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