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More about The Thompson Family
A serial specially written for television by Noel Streatfeild.

Contributors

Writer:
Noel Streatfeild
Producer:
Dorothea Brooking
Film Cameraman:
Leonard Newson
Film Editor:
Valerie Best
Designer:
Edwin Florence
John Thompson:
John Barrie
Elizabeth Thompson:
Marion Jennings
Their children - Susan:
Diana Beevers
Their children - Andrew:
Nigel Lambert
Their children - Caroline:
Sandra Michaels
Guy James:
Cavan Kendall
Mrs. Fellows:
Mary Hignett
Mrs. Thompson Snr:
Grace Allardyce
Sarah:
Elsie Arnold
Len's Mum:
Hester Paton Brown
The Rev. Charles Masters:
Anthony Woodruff
Albert Fielding:
James Raglan
George Fielding:
Douglas Storm
Detective Sergeant:
Raymond Hodge
Len:
Roger Kemp
Lady Belford:
Beatrice Rowe

Jim Dale introducing Marion Ryan, The Dallas Boys, The Mudlarks, The Cockatoos,
Eric Delaney and his Band, The John Barry Seven, The Frantic Five.
Also Stanley Dale's National Skiffle Contest
This week:
The Denson Boys of Cardiff v. The Woodlanders of Plymouth v. The Johnny Spencer Group of Bristol

Contributors

Presenter:
Jim Dale
Singer:
Marion Ryan
Singers:
The Dallas Boys
Singers:
The Mudlarks
Skiffle group:
The Cockatoos
Musicians:
Eric Delaney and his Band
Group:
The John Barry Seven
Group:
The Frantic Five
Skifflers (Stanley Dale's National Skiffle Contest):
The Denson Boys
Skifflers (Stanley Dale's National Skiffle Contest):
The Woodlanders
Skifflers (Stanley Dale's National Skiffle Contest):
The Johnny Spencer Group
Scriptwriter:
Jeremy Lloyd
Producer:
Dennis Main Wilson

Six adventures by Donal Giltinan
Adapted by Anthony Steven
[Starring] Dermot Walsh, Eunice Gayson

Contributors

Author:
Donal Giltinan
Adapted by:
Anthony Steven
Designer:
Roy Oxley
Producer:
Adrian Brown
Dexter:
Dermot Walsh
Janet, his Wife:
Elizabeth James
Johnnie, his Son:
Stuart Guidotti
Arlene van Hoyk:
Eunice Gayson
Rosamond, her daughter:
Josephine Bailey
Lance Egar:
William Lucas
Lance:
Derrick Sherwin
Foote:
Edward Cast
Yardley:
John Grant
Tramp:
James Belchamber
Dr. Sven Moller:
Brian Nissen

in which The Television Theatre joins with outside broadcast units in London,
Nottingham and Blackpool to bring sixty minutes of fast-moving Variety.
Introducing the French singing star Gilbert Becaud who stars with
Anneliese Rothenberger, Star of Vienna, Hamburg, and Munich Opera
Ronnie Robertson, Ice Skating Champion from America
Margot Hielscher, Germany's glamorous recording and film star
Irving Davies, Everybody Dance
The Preston Cygnets, Aqua Ballet
Frank Horrox, Jazz Concerto
Peter Reeves, Television's newest comedian
Eric Robinson conducts the Concert Orchestra

Contributors

Singer:
Gilbert Becaud
Soprano:
Anneliese Rothenberger
Skater:
Ronnie Robertson
Dancer:
Irving Davies
Dancers:
The Preston Cygnets
Jazz pianist:
Frank Horrox
Comedian:
Peter Reeves
Musicians:
The Concert Orchestra
Orchestra conductor:
Eric Robinson
Choreography:
Irving Davies
Musical arrangements:
Arthur Wilkinson
Designer:
Clifford Hatts
Sequences directed by/production:
Francis Essex
Sequences directed by:
John Vernon
Sequences directed by:
Barrie Edgar
Sequences directed by:
Ray Lakeland

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