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Accused of murder, and fearing the vengeance of a frenzied mob who think him guilty, a rancher has taken refuge in the hills. Police persuade him to surrender, but the lynch-mob threaten to wreck the jail. Chuck and P.T. are flying overhead when they see a secret signal asking them to land...

Contributors

P. T. Moore:
Craig Hill
Chuck Martin:
Kenneth Tobey

by C. E. Webber.
Based on the novel 'Detectives and Togas' by Henry Winterfeld.

Contributors

Adapter:
C. E. Webber
Author:
Henry Winterfeld
Producer:
Desmond O'Donovan
Designer:
Marilyn Roberts
Antonius:
Michael Maguire
Publius:
Bunny May
Flavius:
Paul Cole
Mucius:
Vernon Morris
Claudia:
Jill Carson
Lukos:
John Salew
Caius:
Leonard Cracknell
Xanthos:
Oliver Burt
Megabeles:
James Ottaway

from the Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston-super-Mare
with Josephine Douglas and Pete Murray
aided and abetted by Freddie Mills
introducing Ken Mackintosh and his Orchestra, The Ray Ellington Quartet with Val Masters, Lorrae Desmond, The Avon Cities Jazz Band, Mac McCoombe, Johnny Duncan and his Blue Grass Boys, Don Lang and his Frantic Five and Jim Dale introducing:
Stanley Dale's National Skiffle Contest
This week: The Six Thunders of Birmingham v. The Moonshiners of Sheffield

Contributors

Presenter:
Josephine Douglas
Presenter:
Pete Murray
Presenter:
Freddie Mills
Musicians:
Ken Mackintosh and his Orchestra
Musicians:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Singer:
Val Masters
Singer:
Lorrae Desmond
Musicians:
The Avon Cities Jazz Band
Violinist:
Mac McCoombe
Musicians:
Johnny Duncan and his Blue Grass Boys
Musicians:
Don Lang and his Frantic Five
Musicians:
The Six Thunders
Musicians:
The Moonshiners
Singer:
Jim Dale
Scriptwriter:
Trevor Peacock
Producer:
Duncan Wood

The exciting adventures of the famous Western Stagecoach Service.
[Starring] Dale Robertson

The convict who helps the notorious ex-surgeon and outlaw 'Doc' Bell to break gaol is a Wells Fargo agent. For Jim Hardie is determined to find out where the 100,000 dollars stolen in a train hold-up is hidden - a secret that Doc's own gang would also very much like to know.

Contributors

Jim Hardie:
Dale Robertson

Some 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 Wilmot
Production:
Douglas Moodie
P.C. George Dixon:
Jack Warner
Barney Dugan:
Kenneth Cope
Ruby Jessop:
Vera Day
Mr. Jessop:
Ralph Michael
Maisie Perkins:
Elizabeth Fraser
Chippy Maggs:
Richard Goolden
Mr. Spicer:
Ian Ainsley
Sergeant Flint:
Arthur Rigby
Sgt. Grace Millard:
Moira Mannion
P.C. Bob Penney:
Anthony Parker
Andy Crawford:
Peter Byrne
Mary:
Jeannette Hutchinson

Guest star, Bill Maynard
Star singers, Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson and Lew Carlson (The Man with the Banjo)
Also gumming up the works is that interfering brother-in-law Kenneth Connor and Diane Hart, Patricia Hayes, The Leslie Roberts Silhouettes

Contributors

Himself:
Ted Ray
Guest star:
Bill Maynard
Singer:
Pearl Carr
Singer:
Teddy Johnson
Banjoist:
Lew Carlson
Brother-in-law:
Kenneth Connor
[Actress]:
Diane Hart
[Actress]:
Patricia Hayes
Dancers:
The Leslie Roberts Silhouettes
Scriptwriter:
Sid Colin
Scriptwriter:
Talbot Rothwell
Scriptwriter:
George Wadmore
Dance sequences produced by:
Leslie Roberts
Orchestra director:
Eric Robinson
Designer:
Malcolm Goulding
Producer:
George Inns

A play by Sewell Stokes and Christine Jope-Slade
[Starring] Hermione Baddeley
with George Coulouris

Contributors

Author:
Sewell Stokes
Author:
Christine Jope-Slade
Producer:
Adrian Brown
Designer:
Roy Oxley
Mrs. Bolton:
Hermione Baddeley
Mrs. Harper:
Elsie Wagstaff
Jones:
William Fox
Brizzi:
Julian Somers
Shirley Bolton:
Maureen Beck
Ron Bolton:
John Briggs
Mr. Bolton:
Charles Lamb
Fay Russell:
Sheena Marsh
Journalist:
Roger Ostime
Cliff Elder:
George Coulouris
Gloria:
Marcia Ashton

Sportsview film cameras bring you today's sport tonight.
Among the films it is hoped to include:
F.A. Cup: 5th Round
West Ham v. Fulham
Wolverhampton Wanderers v. Darlington
Cardiff City v. Blackburn Rovers
Also, direct from Paris:
The World Ice Skating Championships

Introduced by Kenneth Wolstenholme.

Contributors

Presenter:
Kenneth Wolstenholme
Editor:
Paul Fox
Editor:
Ronnie Noble
Presented by:
Tom Millett

A series of thirteen BBC television 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 deals with air operations in the first year of the Japanese war.

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 night.

Contributors

Service Advisor:
Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert K.C.B , C.M.G., D.S.O.
Narrator:
Robert Harris
Narrator:
James Drake
Narrator:
Alan White
Narrator:
Guy Kingsley Poynter
Writer/producer:
John Elliot
Series director:
Philip Dorte

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