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A weekly agricultural magazine for those who live by the land.
Introduced by R. C. Gray.

Modern Beef Production
A survey by W. E. Bowden Head of Livestock Division of the Fatstock Marketing Corporation and Dr. G. E. Lamming of the School of Agriculture, Nottingham University.
Illustrated with film made on the farm of Will Hogg, Clackmae, Earlston, Berwickshire, on farms in Breconshire, and at Sutton Bonnington School of Agriculture.

Farm Visit
Humphrey Barron visits Dr. Samuel Shaw of Craighy House, Saintfield, Co. Down.

From the BBC's Midland television studio

Contributors

Presenter:
R.C. Gray
Item presenter (Modern Beef Production):
W.E. Bowden
Item presenter (Modern Beef Production):
Dr. G.E. Lamming
Item presenter (Farm Visit):
Humphrey Barron
Interviewee (Farm Visit):
Dr. Samuel Shaw
Film sequences:
The BBC's Agricultural Film Unit
Director:
David Martin
Producer:
Hilary Phillips

I've an Idea for Christmas
Christine Veasey shows how to make a fashion frivolity for a teenager.

The Season's Best
Frances Perry shows this month's best value in flowers, fruit, and vegetables.

Housework with Ease
Demonstrated by Doris Robertson of the Scottish Council of Physical Recreation.

From the BBC's Scottish television studio
Introduced by Joan Gilbert.

(to 15.15)

Contributors

Item presenter (I've an Idea for Christmas):
Christine Veasey
Item presenter (The Season's Best):
Frances Perry
Item presenter (Housework with Ease):
Doris Robertson
Presenter:
Joan Gilbert
Producer:
Ann Shead

A serial in eight parts adapted for television from the book by E. Nesbit and produced by Dorothea Brooking

The action of the serial takes place in the year 1906.
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on April 14)

Contributors

Author:
E. Nesbit
Adapted by/Producer:
Dorothea Brooking
Film Cameraman:
Peter Sargent
Film Editor:
Ron de Mattos
Designer:
Eileen Diss
Peter:
Cavan Kendall
Phyllis:
Sandita Michaels
Roberta:
Anneke Willys
Jim:
Richard Peters
Signalman:
Edward Palmer
First farmhand:
Alan Curtis
Second farmhand:
Owen Berry
Mother:
Jean Anderson
Dr. Forrest:
John Stuart

Look around with Cliff Michelmore.
Sport - Music - People
Cinema - Theatre - Travel
with Derek Hart, Geoffrey Johnson Smith, Macdonald Hastings
and this week: Jackie Lee and Cy Grant

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Reporter:
Macdonald Hastings
Singer:
Jackie Lee
Singer/Guitarist:
Cy Grant
Producer:
Donald Baverstock

Billy Cotton calls 'Wakey, Wakey!' in The Billy Cotton Band Show
with Alan Breeze and Kathie Kay.
Also involved
The High-Lights, The Leslie Roberts Silhouettes and a guest star from the world of entertainment.

Contributors

Presenter/Bandleader:
Billy Cotton
Musicians:
The Billy Cotton Band
Singer:
Alan Breeze
Singer:
Kathie Kay
Singers:
The High-Lights
Dancers:
The Leslie Roberts Silhouettes
Scriptwriter:
Jimmy Grafton
Choreographer/Associate Producer:
Leslie Roberts
Production:
Bill Cotton Jnr.

by J.M. Barrie
[Starring] Perlita Neilson, Joseph O'Connor and Sebastian Shaw

From the BBC's television studio in Scotland

(Perlita Nelson appears by permission of John Clements; Norman Fisher by permission of the Edinburgh Gateway Company; Charles Baptiste by permission of Rutherglen Repertory Theatre)
See pages 4 and 9

Contributors

Author:
J.M. Barrie
Producer:
Finlay J. MacDonald
Music composed by:
Thomas B. Wilson
Music played by:
A section of the BBC Scottish Orchestra
Orchestra conducted by:
Colin Davis
Designer:
Frederick Knapman
Film Sequences:
The BBC Film Unit
Sons of Jesse - Eliab:
Derek New
Sons of Jesse - Aminadab:
Malcolm Heggie
Sons of Jesse - Amnon:
Norman Fraser
Sons of Jesse - Shammah:
Peter Stuart Smith
Wife of Jesse:
Jean Faulds
David, son of Jesse:
Perlita Neilson
The Prophet Samuel:
Sebastian Shaw
Jesse:
Paul Curran
Jonathan, son of Saul:
Michael Caridia
Ophir, a Captain in the Army of Saul:
Bryden Murdoch
Saul, King of Israel:
Joseph O'Conor
Nathan, priestly messenger of Samuel:
Dennis Ramsden
Abner, Captain of the Slingers:
Douglas Murchie
Armour-bearer of Goliath:
Arthur Boland
Goliath of Gath:
Iain Cuthbertson
Daughters of Saul - Merab:
Pekoe Ainley
Daughters of Saul - Michal:
Tanya Gerald
The Woman of Endor:
Helena Gloag
Other parts played by:
Robert Baird
Other parts played by:
Charles Baptiste
Other parts played by:
Kalman Glass
Other parts played by:
Campbell Godley
Other parts played by:
Gerald Jordan
Other parts played by:
David Kinnaird
Other parts played by:
Donald MacCormick
Other parts played by:
Alan Mackill
Other parts played by:
Samuel Nutt
Other parts played by:
James Redmond
Other parts played by:
Gerard Slevin
Other parts played by:
James Stuart
Other parts played by:
John Swan
Other parts played by:
Alistair Wilson

from the British Museum.
Experts, sitting in front of the Elgin Marbles, face a challenge from the Department of the British and Medieval Antiquities.
The Experts:
Sir Mortimer Wheeler
Professor Stuart Piggott, Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Edinburgh
J. F. Hayward of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Chairman, Glyn Daniel
Televised from the British Museum by permission of the Trustees and Director

Contributors

Expert:
Sir Mortimer Wheeler
Expert:
Professor Stuart Piggott
Expert:
J. F. Hayward
Chairman:
Glyn Daniel
Presented by:
Nancy Thomas

Ken Sykora introduces The Jazz Today Unit
Featuring Dave Shepherd (clarinet), Kathy Stobart (tenor sax), Bruce Turner (alto sax), Keith Christie (trombone), Ken Moule (piano), Coleridge Goode (bass), Allan Ganley (drums).
Guest artist, Jo Searle

Contributors

Presenter:
Ken Sykora
Clarinetist:
Dave Shepherd
Tenor sax:
Kathy Stobart
Alto sax:
Bruce Turner
Trombonist:
Keith Christie
Pianist:
Ken Moule
Bass:
Coleridge Goode
Drummer:
Allan Ganley
Singer/guest artist:
Jo Searle
Presented by:
Arthur Langford

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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