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Two outside broadcast units combine to bring you racing over the sticks from
Catterick and Warwick.

From Catterick
At 2.30: Leeming (Amateur Riders) Handicap Steeplechase over 2 miles
At 3.0: Grand National Trial Stakes over 31 miles
At 3.30: Aske Handicap Hurdle over 2 miles
At 4.0: Stayers Novice Steeplechase over 3 miles 300 yards

From Warwick
At 2.45: Preston Handicap Hurdle over 2 miles 5 furlongs
At 3.15: Warwickshire Steeplechase over 3 miles 300 yards
At 3.45: Norton Lindsey Steeplechase over 2 miles
At 4.15: Westgate Hurdle over 2 miles

Contributors

Commentator (at Catterick):
Peter Bromley
Commentator (at Catterick):
Claude Harrison
Commentator (at Warwick):
Michael Seth-Smith
Television Presentation (from Catterick):
Ray Lakeland
Television Presentation (from Warwick):
David Martin

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

Contributors

Writer:
C.E. Webber
Based on a novel by:
Henry Winterfeld
Producer:
Desmond O'Donovan
Designer:
Marilyn Roberts
Mucius:
Vernon Morris
Claudia:
Jill Carkon
Arab:
Artro Morris
Publius:
Bunny May
Caius:
Leonard Cracknell
Flavius:
Paul Cole
Antonius:
Michael Maguire
Rufus:
Kevin Kelly
Xanthos:
Oliver Burt
Tellus:
John Salew
Guard:
Nigel Sharpe

Josephine Douglas and Pete Murray and Freddie Mills cutting the cake with Mike Winters and Bernie Winters, Dennis Lotis, Rosemary Squires, The Dallas Boys, Marty Wilde, Laurie London, The Mudlarks, Jackie Dennis.
To the music of Kenny Baker and the Dozen, Don Lang and his Frantic Five
Russell Quaye and the City Ramblers, Carl Barriteau and Tommy Steele in a film excerpt from 'The Tommy Steele Story' by permission of Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors, Ltd.
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Contributors

Presenter:
Josephine Douglas
Presenter:
Pete Murray
Presenter:
Freddie Mills
Comedian:
Mike Winters
Comedian:
Bernie Winters
Singer:
Dennis Lotis
Singer:
Rosemary Squires
Singers:
The Dallas Boys
Singer:
Marty Wilde
Singer:
Laurie London
Singers:
The Mudlarks
Singer:
Jackie Dennis
Musicians:
Kenny Baker and the Dozen
Musicians:
Don Lang and his Frantic Five
Musicians:
Russell Quaye and the City Ramblers
Clarinetist:
Carl Barriteau
Producer:
Dennis Main Wilson

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
Production:
Douglas Moodie
P.C. George Dixon:
Jack Warner
Sergeant Flint:
Arthur Rigby
P.C. Bob Penney:
Anthony Parker
Mary:
Jeannette Hutchinson
Mrs. Jennings:
Amy Dalby
Andy Crawford C.I.D.:
Peter Byrne
Sgt. Grace Millard:
Moira Mannion
Mrs. Black:
Gwen Lewis
Jennings:
Charles Carson
Chandler:
Kevin Stoney
McCall:
Paul Curran
Landlord:
Douglas Stewart

with John Hanson, Daisy May and Company with Saveen, Clive Lythgoe with guest stars and The Vernons Girls, The Show Dancers.

Contributors

Singer:
John Hanson
Ventriloquist:
null Saveen
Pianist:
Clive Lythgoe
Singers:
The Vernons Girls
Dancers:
The Show Dancers
Choreography/producer:
Ernest Maxin
Musical associate:
Dennis Ringrowe
Orchestra conducted by:
George Clouston
Designer:
Robert MacGowan

Starring Irene Dunne
with Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar Homolka, Sir Cedric Hardwicke

This gentle domestic comedy tells the story of Norwegian emigrants who settled in San Francisco some fifty years ago. It is a simple but moving story of family life as remembered by a girl who grew up in the New World.

Contributors

Mama:
Irene Dunne
Katrin:
Barbara Bel Geddes
Uncle Chris:
Oscar Homolka
Papa:
Philip Dorn
Mr. Hyde:
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Mr. Thork Elson:
Edgar Bergen
Dr. Johnson:
Rudy Vallee
Jesse Brown:
Barbara O'Neil

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 covers the day-and-night bombing of Germany during 1943.
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 Adviser:
Sir Philip Joubert K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
Narrator:
Robert Harris
Writer/Producer:
John Elliot
Series director:
Philip Dorte
Other voices:
Reginald Tate
Other voices:
Gerard Heinz
Other voices:
Guy Kingsley Poynter
Other voices:
Bryan Coleman

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