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Introduced by John Cherrington.

Combine Harvester Adjustment: Peter Hebblethwaite, of the National Institute of Agricultural Engineering, explains how to keep combine harvester losses from shed grain to a minimum.

Pig Feeding Experiments: Humphrey Barron visits Hillsborough Research Institute, N. Ireland, and interviews William Coey. Ph.D. and K. L. Robinson about the feeding of pigs.

Farm Visit: Harry Hoggan visits Balig and Corseclays, the farms of Messrs. J. and R. Stevenson, Ltd., at Ballantrae in Ayrshire.

From the BBC's Midland television studio

Contributors

Presenter:
John Cherrington
Item presenter (Combine Harvester Adjustment):
Peter Hebblethwaite
Item presenter (Pig Feeding Experiments):
Humphrey Barron
Item presenter (Farm Visit):
Harry Hoggan
Film sequences:
The BBC's Agricultural Film Unit
Film sequences:
The Scottish Film Unit
Director:
John McGonagle
Producer:
Hilary Phillips

Another play by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Puppets by Gordon Murray and settings by Andrew Brownfoot from illustrations by S.G. Hulme Beaman
(A BBC telerecording)

Contributors

Writer/Illustrations:
S.G. Hulme Beaman
Voices:
Margaret Ward
Voices:
Peter Hawkins
Voices:
Noel Coleman
Voices:
Ivan Owen
Puppeteer:
Audrey Atterbury
Puppeteer:
Molly Gibson
Puppeteer:
Elizabeth Thorndike
Puppeteer:
Bob Bura
Puppeteer:
John Hardwick
Puppets/Producer:
Gordon Murray
Settings:
Andrew Brownfoot

(Next episode on Monday)

Contributors

Producer:
Gerard Glaister
Director:
Morris Barry
Script:
Donald Bull
Julia Starr:
Pat Ann Key
Joseph Starr:
William Sherwood
Robin Starr:
Michael Murray
Mrs. Starr:
Barbara Cavan
Marvin Lavery:
Robert Cawdron
Hazel:
Anne Pichon
Doris:
Jose Read
Vera:
Shane Cordell
Jim Turner:
Philip Ray
Tom Turner:
Brian McDermott
Forbes:
Glenn Williams
Mrs. Childs:
Betty Cooper
Bromly:
Martin Sterndale
Harry Crane:
Arnold Ridley
Charley:
Barry Steele
Mary Tennison:
Patricia Mort
Mackie:
George Cormack

where Billy Cotton and his Band appear with Alan Breeze, Kathie Kay, The High-Lights, The Leslie Roberts Silhouettes and Guest Star: Fred Emney

Contributors

Musicians:
Billy Cotton and his Band
Singer:
Alan Breeze
Singer:
Kathie Kay
Singers:
The High-Lights
Dancers:
The Leslie Roberts Silhouettes
Comedian/guest star:
Fred Emney
Scriptwriter:
Jimmy Grafton
Choreographer/associate producer:
Leslie Roberts
Production:
Bill Cotton, Jnr.

A Welsh comedy by D. T. Davies.
[Starring] Mervyn Johns
The action of the play takes place in the kitchen of a coal miner's house in one of the South Wales valleys.

Contributors

Writer:
D. T. Davies
Producer:
Dafydd Gruffydd
Designer:
Charles Lawrence
Martha:
Rachel Thomas
Ellen, her sister:
Dilys Davies
William, a miner:
Mervyn Johns
Miriam, his daughter:
Christine John
John his son:
John Rees

Britain's prisons are more overcrowded today than at any time since the beginning of the twentieth century. There has been an alarming increase of offences by youths of seventeen to twenty-one years, boys from the homes of Britain at war.
Lord Birkett and Lord Pakenham discuss this disturbing situation with A Consultant Psychiatrist.

Contributors

Panellist:
Lord Birkett
Panellist:
Lord Pakenham
Panellist:
A Consultant Psychiatrist [name uncredited]
Producer:
Hugh Burnett

BBC Television

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More