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Commentators, Dan Maskell, Peter West and Michael Henderson report direct from the All England Club.
Television presentation with BBC outside broadcast units by Humphrey Fisher, Bryan Cowgill and Douglas Fleming

Contributors

Commentator:
Dan Maskell
Commentator:
Peter West
Commentator:
Michael Henderson
Television Presentation:
Humphrey Fisher
Television Presentation:
Bryan Cowgill
Television Presentation:
Douglas Fleming

by John Carthy.

One of the most interesting of the smaller pond creatures is the water spider, which constructs for itself a diving bell that acts as a storehouse for a supply of air. This is one of the many examples illustrated in today's programme.
(A BBC television film: last Wednesday's programme repeated)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Carthy
Producer:
F. R. Elwell

Vera McKechnie introduces Studio 'E', Your Monday Magazine

Gerald Durrell and some animals

What's Going on Here?
Ion Trant investigates a strange corner of the British Isles.

Uncle Stan Unwin

Making a Pin-Hole Camera - 2
with Fred Hayward.

Film of the Week

Dancing Round the World: Spain

Contributors

Presenter:
Vera McKechnie
Item presenter:
Gerald Durrell
Item presenter (What's Going on Here?):
Ion Trant
Comedian:
[Uncle] Stan Unwin
Item presenter (Making a Pin-Hole Camera):
Fred Hayward
Editor:
Ursula Eason
Presented by:
Leonard Chase

Look around with Cliff Michelmore.
Sport-Music-People
Cinema-Theatre-Argument
with Derek Hart, Geoffrey Johnson Smith and this week, Alex McEwen, Rosemary Squires

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Singer/guitarist:
Alex McEwen
Singer:
Rosemary Squires
Producer:
Donald Baverstock

(Next episode on Thursday)

Contributors

Producer:
Gerard Glaister
Director:
Christopher Barry
Script:
Tom Espie
Hazel:
Anne Pichon
Doris:
Jose Read
Robin Starr:
Michael Murray
Joseph Starr:
William Sherwood
Mackie:
George Cormack
Mrs. Starr:
Barbara Cavan
Jane Starr:
Deirdre Day
Simpson:
Maurice Durant
Len Forbes:
Glenn Williams
Jackson:
Stuart Saunders
Miller:
Philip Lennard
Rocky:
Edward Cast
Bromly:
Martin Sterndale

A general knowledge contest based on the popular sound programme 'What Do You Know?'
Each week a new team of challengers will compete against members of the general public who in successive years - have won the 'Brain of Britain' contest.
This week:
The Brains: Rosemary Watson, Antony Carr, Arthur Maddocks
v.
The Press: Iris Ashley, George Bishop, Noel Whitcomb
Chairman, Franklin Engelmann

Contributors

Panellist (The Brains):
Rosemary Watson
Panellist (The Brains):
Antony Carr
Panellist (The Brains):
Arthur Maddocks
Panellist (The Press):
Iris Ashley
Panellist (The Press):
George Bishop
Panellist (The Press):
Noel Whitcomb
Chairman:
Franklin Engelmann
Programme devised and compiled by:
John P. Wynn
Arranged by:
Joan Clark
Designer:
Natasha Kroll
Presented by:
Kenneth Milne-Buckley

A programme of melody, song, and dance.
Introduced by Barbara Roscoe featuring
Music by Michael Freedman and his Orchestra and Eric Robinson and the Orchestra
Singing by Jill Westlake, Billy Raymond and Claudio Venturelli
Dancing by The Television Toppers

Contributors

Presenter:
Barbara Roscoe
Musicians:
Michael Freedman and his Orchestra
Musicians:
Eric Robinson and his Orchestra
Singer:
Jill Westlake
Singer:
Billy Raymond
Singer:
Claudio Venturelli
Dancers:
The Television Toppers
Dance direction:
Larry Gordon
Devised and produced by:
Richard Afton

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