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Service for Whit Sunday from the Beckminster Methodist Church, Wolverhampton. Conducted by the minister, The Rev Arthur R Ankers.
Preacher: The Rev Brian S O'Gorman, chairman of the Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury District of the Methodist Church.
The service includes Hymns no 274, 273, 286, 279 and 299 (from the Methodist Hymn Book).
First Lesson: Joel 2, vv 28-32
Second Lesson: Acts 2, vv 1-13
And the Children's Story
(to 12.00)

Contributors

Service conductor:
The Rev. Arthur R. Ankers
Preacher:
The Rev. Brian S. O'Gorman
Organist:
Eric Burgess

Y newyddion mewn cylchgrawn o'r stiwdio ynghyd a ffilmiau yn rhoi cefndir digwyddiadau'r mis yng Nghymru; storiau a ffilmiwyd yn arbennig, a sylwadau ac ymddiddan ar bob math ar bynciau
Cyflwynir yr eitemau gan
Aled Rhys Wiliam
Y rhaglen dan ofal T. GLYNNE DAVIES a WYNFORD JONES
('Background': a monthly magazine)
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield and Crystal Palace)

(to 13.45)

Contributors

Unknown:
Aled Rhys Wiliam
Unknown:
Y Rhaglen Dan Ofal
Unknown:
T. Glynne Davies

Introduced by Fyfe Robertson.

In the Country
On the banks of the River Avon in the heart of Wiltshire, Frank Sawyer spends the afternoon fly-fishing for trout.

At the Zoo
Brian Johnston joins the Whit holiday crowds at Chessington Zoo and Funfair.

By the Sea
At the old fishing port of Whitby on the North Yorkshire coast holidaymakers watch the local keel boats and coble fishermen from the quayside.

Contributors

Presenter:
Fyfe Robertson
Presenter (In the Country):
Frank Sawyer
Producer (In the Country):
Peter Bale
Presenter (At the Zoo):
Brian Johnston
Programme arranged by (At the Zoo):
Bill Scott
Producer (At the Zoo):
Charles Ricono
Commentator (By the Sea):
Geoffrey Wheeler
Programme arranged by:
Gwen Pain
Producer:
Ray Lakeland

Music by Leo Delibes
Recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Hugh Maguire)
Conducted by John Lanchberry
Adapted and produced by Margaret Dale
[Starring] Robert Helpmann, Nadia Nerina, Donald Britton
(A BBC telerecording of the production televised on October 27, 1957)

(Nadia Nerina, Gerd Larsen, Julia Farron, Donald Britton, who are members of the Royal Ballet, and Peter Wright and John Lanchbery, appear by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Limited)
(See page 8)

Contributors

Music:
Leo Delibes
Musicians:
The London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conductor:
John Lanchbery
Designer:
Guy Sheppard
Adapted by/Producer:
Margaret Dale
Dr. Coppelius:
Robert Helpmann
Swanilda, a village girl:
Nadia Nerina
Franz:
Donald Britton
Innkeeper:
Rudolf Offenbach
Burgomaster:
Alexis Chesnakov
Mazurka and Czardas dancer:
Julia Farron
Mazurka and Czardas dancer:
Peter Wright
Mazurka and Czardas dancer:
Gerd Larsen
Mazurka and Czardas dancer:
Anatole Smirnoff
Mazurka and Czardas dancer:
Gillian Lynne
Mazurka and Czardas dancer:
Harry Haythorne
Mazurka and Czardas dancer:
Greta Hamby
Mazurka and Czardas dancer:
Bob Stevenson
Mazurka and Czardas dancer:
Sara Luzita
Mazurka and Czardas dancer:
Robert Harvey
Mazurka and Czardas dancer:
Anna Paskevska
Mazurka and Czardas dancer:
Garry Smith

A play with music by John Hunter Blair and C.E. Webber
Music composed and conducted by John Hunter Blair
With a section of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(See page 8)

Contributors

Writer/Composer/Conductor:
John Hunter Blair
Writer:
C.E. Webber
Producer:
Shaun Sutton
Musicians:
A section of The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Film Cameraman:
Leonard Newson
Film Editor:
Valerie Best
Designer:
Joseph Carl
Jennie:
Jane Asher
Margaret:
Enid Lindsey
Old Meg:
Barbara Howitt
Lord Percy:
Owen Brannigan
Lady Ann:
Diane Todd
Lord Douglas:
Duncan Robertson
Robert:
Nigel Arkwright
First soldier:
Garth Adams
Second soldier:
Alan Browning
Other parts played by:
Edward Morgan
Other parts played by:
Llewelyn Johns
Other parts played by:
Philip Talvrin
Other parts played by:
Vernon Williams
Other parts played by:
Peter Sugden
Other parts played by:
Gerwyn Morgan

with Isobel Barnett, Barbara Kelly, Frank Muir, Denis Norden.
In the chair: Gilbert Harding

("What's My Line?" was devised by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman and is televised by arrangement with CBS and Maurice Winnick)

Contributors

Panellist:
Isobel Barnett
Panellist:
Barbara Kelly
Panellist:
Frank Muir
Panellist:
Denis Norden
Chairman:
Gilbert Harding
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman
Producer:
Harry Carlisle

by Arnold Bennett
Adapted for television by Eric Crozier
[Starring] Margaret Lockwood and Alec Clunes

The action takes place in London early in this century.
(Next week: "The Canine Mutiny Court Martial")

Contributors

Author:
Arnold Bennett
Adapted for television by:
Eric Crozier
Designer:
Guy Sheppard
Producer:
Harold Clayton
Ham Carve, an illustrious painter:
Alec Clunes
Albert Shawn, Ham's valet:
Neil Wilson
Dr. Pascoe:
Ian Fleming
Edward Horning, Doctor's assistant:
Nicholas Amer
Janet Cannot, a widow:
Margaret Lockwood
Cyrus Carve, cousin:
Bruno Barnabe
A hotel reception clerk:
Walter Horsbrugh
A page:
Robin Ranson
Father Looe:
Laurie Main
Honoria Looe:
Rosamund Greenwood
Peter Horning, a journalist:
John King
Ebag, a picture dealer:
Leonard Sachs
James Shawn:
Alan Penn
John Shawn:
Brian Parker
Mrs. Albert Shawn:
Beatrice Varlet
Lord Leonard Alcar:
Laidman Browne
Texel, an American millionaire:
Robert Perceval
A servant:
Norris Stayton

Max Jaffa introduces Beryl Grey, Owen Brannigan with The Trio: Max Jaffa (violin),
Reginald Kilbey (cello), Jack Byfield (piano) and The Linden Singers.
Conductor, William Llewellyn

Contributors

Presenter/violinist:
Max Jaffa
Dancer:
Beryl Grey
Bass:
Owen Brannigan
Cellist:
Reginald Kilbey
Pianist:
Jack Byfield
Singers:
The Linden Singers
[Singers] conductor:
William Llewellyn
Producer:
Christian Simpson

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