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by Eric Simms and Bob Wade.

Most of us enjoy the songs of birds, and our pleasure is increased by being able to identify them. Permanent recordings are of great value here-and also in the more scientific study of bird song. The programme shows how such recordings are made by the BBC, and is illustrated by a number of examples of both common and rarer species.

Contributors

Presenter:
Eric Simms
Presenter:
Bob Wade
Producer:
F. R. Elwell

[Starring] James Hayter and Richard Wordsworth in John Buchan's exciting mystery
Adapted for television by Judith Kerr

(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on July 14, 1957)

Contributors

Author:
John Buchan
Adapted for television by:
Judith Kerr
Producer:
Shaun Sutton
Film Cameraman:
Peter Sargent
Film Editor:
Ron de Mattos
Designer:
Eileen Diss
Wee Jaikie:
Graham Harper
Princess Saskia:
Dudy Nimmo
Dickson McCunn:
James Hayter
Eugenie:
Helen Misener
John Heritage:
Richard Wordsworth
Dougal:
Leo Maguire
Thomas Yownie:
Roy Hines
Peter Patterson:
Bernard Livesey
Old Foghorn:
Terry Cooke
Napoleon:
Frazer Hines
Mrs. Morran:
Jean Taylor-Smith
Sir Archie:
Anthony Sharp
Piper:
Pipe Major Robertson
Chief Constable:
Willoughby Gray
Loudon:
John Laurie
Maid:
Barbara Leslie
Big Willie:
Michael Brennan
Epple:
Edna Petrie
Dobson:
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Leon:
Colin Douglas
Spidel:
Roger Delgado
Others taking part:
Grace Webb
Others taking part:
Frank Strickland
Others taking part:
Clare Goddard
Others taking part:
Penelope Williams
Others taking part:
Elizabeth Jeppe
Others taking part:
David Courtney
Others taking part:
Hedger Wallace
Others taking part:
Terry Baker
Others taking part:
David Fleming
Others taking part:
Nina Kaye
Others taking part:
Louis Gibb

Jack Watson invites you to share his ticket for tonight at the Hippodrome, Blackpool, to see an excerpt from:
Tom Arnold and Jack Taylor's 1958 Summer Show 'Light Up the Town'
starring Winifred Atwell, Michael Holliday, The Kaye Sisters, The Nit-Wits, Jack Storey, Baker and Douglas, The Town Toppers

Contributors

Presenter:
Jack Watson
Stage Producer:
Tom Arnold
Stage Producer:
Jack Taylor
Pianist:
Winifred Atwell
Singer:
Michael Holliday
Singers:
The Kaye Sisters
Comedy act:
The Nit-Wits
Comedian:
Jack Storey
Comedians:
Baker and Douglas
Performers:
The Town Toppers
Orchestra conducted by:
Sydney Williams
Presented for television by:
Barney Colehan

(See top of the page and page 3)

The adventures and misadventures of a Naval Helicopter crew
Based on an idea by John Warrington
Written by Trevor Peacock and Gavin Blakeney

(The BBC acknowledges with gratitude the efficient and light-hearted co-operation of the Captains, Officers, and Crews of H.M.S. Ark Royal, Albion, Cavendish, and Lee-on-Solent, Culdrose, and Hal-Far, Malta, Royal Naval Air Stations)

Contributors

Writer:
Trevor Peacock
Writer:
Gavin Blakeney
Film Cameraman:
Ken Westbury
Film Editor:
Harry Hastings
Designer:
Frederick Knapman
Based on an idea by/Producer:
John Warrington
Lieut. Gilmore, R.N.:
Anton Rodgers
Lieut. Stannard, R.N.:
Robert Chetwyn
L/A S.E.1 A. Copper:
Roland Curram
Tel. Air N. Reynolds:
John Southworth
Capt. Crocker-Dobson, D.S.O., R.N.:
William Mervyn
Capt. Hunter, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N.:
Ivan Samson
Cmdr. Weeks, D.S.C., R.N.:
Manning Wilson
Cmdr. Morris, D.S.C., R.N.:
Frank Shelley
L/Wren Hilda Jones:
Pamela Harrington
Wren Phyllis Burnette:
Patricia Webster
The Rev. Simon Longden:
Robert Young
Mrs. Gilmore:
Marjorie Forsythe
Ernest Brattenbury:
Nicholas Chagrin
Dora:
Gwenda Margaret Evans
Surgeon Cmdr. Thomas, R.N.:
Peter Bathurst

A new serial in six parts about the famous hotel by Donald Wilson and Michael Voysey
[Starring] Margaret Lockwood, A.E. Matthews
with Hugh Sinclair, William Lucas, Lana Morris, Richard Pearson, Patrick Troughton and Julia Lockwood

The action takes place at 'The Royalty', a hotel in St. James's, London.
Time: The present day
See facing page

Contributors

Writer:
Donald Wilson
Writer:
Michael Voysey
Producer:
Campbell Logan
Designer:
Richard Wilmot
Larry Champion:
Patrick Troughton
Richard Manning:
Hugh Sinclair
Maisie:
Lana Morris
Lord Charters:
A.E. Matthews
Fred Potter:
Richard Pearson
Mollie Miller:
Margaret Lockwood
Carol:
Julia Lockwood
Miss Plimm:
Joan Hickson
Chris Champion:
David Cole
John Andrews:
John Arnatt
Valerie Harding:
Catherine Boyle
Shirley Masters:
Brenda Hogan
Jim Pereira:
William Lucas
Jack:
Alexander Field
Mr. Sanders:
Lockwood West
Mr. Britling:
Edward Jewesbury
Mrs. Britling:
Iris Russell
Sylvia Andrews:
Jane Hardie

On Fridays the House of Commons rises early for the weekend to give Members of Parliament a chance to visit their constituencies and to meet the people they represent, to hear their problems, and to answer their questions.
Tonight
Martin Lindsay, C.B.E., D.S.O., M.P., Conservative Member for Solihull
and
Denis Howell, M.P., Labour Member for Birmingham, All Saints answer questions put to them without notice by some of their constituents.
In the chair, John Bevan

Contributors

Panellist:
Martin Lindsay
Panellist:
Denis Howell
Chairman:
John Bevan

BBC Television

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