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A serial adapted from the novel by Elisabeth Kyle

(Michael Balfour is in "The Iceman Cometh" at the Arts Theatre; James Cairncross and Joe Greig are appearing in "Salad Days" at the Vaudeville Theatre, London)

Contributors

Author:
Elisabeth Kyle
Film Cameraman:
Leonard Newson
Film Editor:
Ron de Mattos
Designer:
Lawrence Broadhouse
Producer:
David Goddard
Aunt Alexa:
Lisa Collingwood
Lindy Gaunt:
Shandra Walden
Captain Gaunt:
Michael Balfour
Mick Fairbairn:
Frazer Hines
Archie Almond:
Andrew Irvine
Mrs. Fairbairn:
Katharine Page
Mr. Fairbairn:
James Cairncross
Mr. Almond:
Tim Hudson
Mrs. Almond:
Barbara Cavan
Lucky:
Joe Greig
Passer-by:
Claire Wyton
Passer-by:
Jeremy Dempster
Passer-by:
Bernell Tucker

Alan Villiers and Peter Scott discuss Quest for a Brig.
Quite recently Alan Villiers went to the Indian Ocean in search of one of the last remaining Indian Ocean brigs. He thought that it could be found among the Maldive Islands, and the programme deals with this journey he made to Ceylon and the Maldives.
(Previously televised on February 14)

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Scott
Guest:
Alan Villiers
Film Editor:
Constance Dunn
Producer:
Ian Curtis

Thomas Mitchell plays the part of the famous American author in the film series based on his short stories.

The old doctor, relic of the Civil War, meets a young adventurer in a South American State. The latter is caught up in an unsuccessful revolution and condemned to death. The doctor buys his freedom-unfortunately with Confederate dollars.

Contributors

O. Henry:
Thomas Mitchell

As told by his friend, partner and chief victim Denis Goodwin.
Written by Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin.
[Starring] Bob Monkhouse
featuring Terence Alexander, Jill Adams, Kenneth Connor, Pat Coombs, Horace Sequeira, Malcolm Watson, Shirley Burniston, Joy Webster, Winifred Braemar, Ronald Mayer and guest, David Farrar
(A BBC telerecording)

Contributors

Writer:
Bob Monkhouse
Writer:
Denis Goodwin
Producer:
Ronald Marsh
Narrator:
Denis Goodwin
Himself:
Bob Monkhouse
Terry:
Terence Alexander
Jill:
Jill Adams
[Actor]:
Kenneth Connor
[Actress]:
Pat Coombs
[Actor]:
Horace Sequeira
[Actor]:
Malcolm Watson
[Actress]:
Shirley Burniston
[Actress]:
Joy Webster
[Actor]:
Winifred Braemar
[Actor]:
Ronald Mayer
Guest:
David Farrar

An excerpt from the new comedy by Lesley Storm.

(see foot of page and page 4)

Televised direct from the Phoenix Theatre, London, by arrangement with Murray Macdonald and John Stevens Ltd.

For Lord and Lady Dungavel, nine years of married life spent in the comparative fastness of their castle in the Western Highlands, have produced, among other things, six children, all girls, which for the gay and beautiful Lady Emma seem just about enough. But the handsome Lord Dungavel, intent on producing an heir to his considerable estates, is still not prepared to fall in with his wife's wishes to call it a day and derive some social pleasure from the title, the money, and the tiara, which her marriage has brought her. At this gentle crisis in their erstwhile happy life together, Lady Emma puts through a long distance call to her parents in America, inviting them to come over to help...

Contributors

Author:
Lesley Storm
Director:
Murray Macdonald
Decor:
Anthony Holland
Presented for television by:
John Vernon
Edward:
David Hutcheson
Lady Dungavel:
Anne Kimbell
Muriel Chadwick:
Jean Dixon
Tom Chadwick:
Paul McGrath
Lord Dungavel:
John McCallum
Jane:
Waveney Lee
Mackintosh:
Ewan Roberts
Bernard Taggart-Stuart:
Peter Barkworth

A series of outside broadcasts from hospitals in England, Scotland, and Wales.
From The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
The series is introduced by a physician in the Department of Medicine in a London hospital.

Contributors

Presenter:
A physician [name uncredited]
Director (London):
Tom Millett
Producer:
Alan Rees
Series prepared by:
Bill Duncalf

"There is no such thing as conversation - only intersecting monologues."

Sir Gerald Kelly, John Betjeman and Lionel Hale are invited by Gilbert Harding to identify some similar quotations and then to discuss their merits.

Contributors

Panellist:
Sir Gerald Kelly
Panellist:
John Betjeman
Panellist:
Lionel Hale
Chairman:
Gilbert Harding
Presented by:
Michael Mills

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