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A serial by Noel Streatfeild.

Contributors

Writer:
Noel Streatfeild
Producer:
Dorothea Brooking
Film sequences under the direction of:
Leonard Newson
Film Editor:
Ron de Mattos
John Thompson:
John Paul
Elizabeth Thompson:
Marion Jennings
Susan:
Diana Beevers
Andrew:
Nigel Lambert
Caroline:
Sandra Michaels
Mr. Thompson, Snr:
Charles Carson
Sarah:
Elsie Arnold
Leonard:
Roger Kemp
Mrs. Fellows:
Mary Hignett
Guy James:
Cavan Kendall
Rag and Bone man:
Wilfred Brambell

Josephine Douglas and Pete Murray introduce among others: Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra, Rosemary Squires, The Five Dallas Boys, The Worried Men, Johnny Worth, The Downbeaters, Freddie Mills, Don Lang and his Frantic Five.

Contributors

Presenter:
Josephine Douglas
Presenter:
Pete Murray
Musicians:
Johnny Dankworth and his Orchestra
Singer:
Rosemary Squires
Singers:
The Five Dallas Boys
Musicians:
The Worried Men
Singer:
Johnny Worth
Musicians:
The Downbeaters
Presenter (sport):
Freddie Mills
Musicians:
Don Lang and his Frantic Five
Script:
Trevor Peacock
Producer:
Dennis Main Wilson

Stories of a London policeman by Ted Willis.
[Starring] Jack Warner as Dixon of Dock Green

Contributors

Writer:
Ted Willis
Script Associate:
Rex Edwards
Designer:
Richard Henry
Producer:
Douglas Moodie
P.C. George Dixon:
Jack Warner
Sergeant Flint:
Arthur Rigby
Gerald Drake:
Graham Crowden
P.C. Bob Penney:
Anthony Parker
Mrs. Eaves:
Winifred Hindle
Detective Inspector Cherry:
Robert Cawdron
Andy Crawford, C.I.D.:
Peter Byrne
Sgt. Grace Millard:
Moira Mannion
Dolly Delany:
Daphne Maddox
Maisie Drew:
Pearl Winkworth
Mary:
Jeannette Hutchinson
Mr. James:
Howell Davies

Written by Alan Melville and Arthur Wilkinson

Pantomime
featuring Richard Hearne as Widow Twankey, Gwen Cherrell as Aladdin, Dave O'Gorman as Ebenezer, Ronnie Collis as Wishey-Washey
From Prince Littter's "Aladdin" at the Hippodrome, Bristol

Night Club
Carole Carr sings an introduction to "La Canne A Sucre"
featuring Robert Mavounzy, Ceyro, Clemandore, The 'Doudou' Girls
A direct transmission from "La Canne a Sucre" in Paris

Star Theatre: The Decoration
by Guy De Maupassant
Adapted by Michael Bond
[Starring] Tony Britton

Slapstick
[Starring] Cyril Fletcher as the Queen, Ian Francis as the King
From "The Sleeping Beauty" at the New Theatre, Northampton
(by permission of F.J. Butterworth)

The Music Maker
Marcel Cornelis from Belgium

Toast of Europe
Henri Salvador sings from France

A Finale That is English
sung by Vanessa Lee with Eric Robinson conducting the Concert Orchestra

The excerpt from "Aladdin" produced by Herbert Darsey and presented for television by John Fearon; "La Canne a Sucre" arranged by Alan Adair; the excerpt from "The Sleeping Beauty" produced by Cyril Fletcher and presented for television by John McGonagle.

(Tony Britton appears by arrangement with British Lion Film Corporation Ltd.)

Contributors

Writer:
Alan Melville
Writer:
Arthur Wilkinson
Widow Twankey (Pantomime):
Richard Hearne
Aladdin (Pantomime):
Gwen Cherrell
Ebenezer (Pantomime):
Dave O'Gorman
Wishey-Washey (Pantomime):
Ronnie Collis
Singer (La Canne A Sucre):
Carole Carr
Saxophonist (La Canne A Sucre):
Robert Mavounzy
Performer (La Canne A Sucre):
null Ceyro
Performer (La Canne A Sucre):
null Clemandore
Performers (La Canne A Sucre):
The 'Doudou' Girls
Author (Star Theatre:
The Decoration): Guy De Maupassant
Adapter (Star Theatre:
The Decoration) : Michael Bond
[Actor]:
Tony Britton
The Queen (Slapstick):
Cyril Fletcher
The King (Slapstick):
Ian Francis
Performer (The Music Maker):
Marcel Cornelis
Singer (Toast of Europe):
Henri Salvador
Singer (A Finale That is English):
Vanessa Lee
Orchestra conductor (A Finale That is English):
Eric Robinson
Musicians (A Finale That is English):
The Concert Orchestra
Designer:
Stephen Taylor
Producer:
Francis Essex

A play of suspense by Patrick Hamilton
[Starring] Emrys Jones, Rupert Davies, Olga Lindo

The action takes place on a December night in George Longford's flat in the house of Sir Charles Waterbury in London.

Contributors

Author:
Patrick Hamilton
Producer:
Stephen Harrison
Designer:
Eileen Diss
George Longford:
Emrys Jones
Mrs. Perrin:
Vi Stevens
Cyrus Armstrong:
Rupert Davies
Mrs Armstrong:
Olga Lindo
Sir Charles Waterbury:
Bryan Coleman
Detective:
Keith Grieve
Policeman:
Burnell Tucker

A series of thirteen films telling the story of air power during the years 1935-1946 and how it brought about the defeat of the Axis Powers in the greatest conflict history has known.

This film covers events in Europe between 1935 and 1940.

Written and produced by John Elliot

This series of films, made by the BBC Film Unit and originally shown in 1954, is being repeated every Saturday evening.

Contributors

Service Adviser:
Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
Narrator:
Robert Harris
Writer/producer:
John Elliot
Series directed by:
Philip Dorte

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