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Vera McKechnie introduces Studio 'E', Your Monday Magazine

Special Camp Fire Edition
Your Host, Jack Cox

Over Twenty Thousand Feet
Arthur Garratt shows what happens when camping on a very high mountain.

Totem Poles
Mungo Martin shows how they are made and what they mean.

Finding Your Way
An explorer tells you about a fascinating book, Nature is Your Guide.

Johnny Hewer looks for breathing space

Make Your Own Music
Getting up a camp fire band that everyone can join in.

William the Woolly Monkey lends a hand

Contributors

Presenter:
Vera McKechnie
Host:
Jack Cox
Item presenter (Over Twenty Thousand Feet):
Arthur Garratt
Item presenter (Totem Poles):
Mungo Martin
[Actor]:
Johnny Hewer
Editor:
Ursula Eason
Presented by:
Leonard Chase

(Next episode on Thursday)

Contributors

Producer:
Gerard Glaister
Director:
Morris Barry
Script:
Allan Prior
Mrs. Childs:
Betty Cooper
Joseph Starr:
William Sherwood
Julia Starr:
Pat Ann Key
Robin Starr:
Michael Murray
Exton:
Hugh Cross
Simpson:
Maurice Durant
Hazel:
Anne Pichon
Doris:
Jose Read
Marge:
Doris Gilmore
Forbes:
Glenn Williams
Bromly:
Martin Sterndale
Lacey:
Harry Littlewood
Tom Turner:
Brian McDermott
Connors:
Frank Pettitt
Rocky:
Edward Cast
Charlie Rogers:
Warren Mitchell
Allardyce:
John Forbes-Robertson

A general knowledge contest based on the popular sound programme 'What Do You Know?'
Each week a new team of challengers competes against members of the general public who in successive years have won the annual 'Brain of Britain' contest.
This week:
The Brains: Rosemary Watson, Martin Dakin, David Keys
v.
The Playwrights:
Elaine Morgan (Television), Sidney Gilliat (Films), William Douglas Home (Theatre)
Chairman, Franklin Engelmann

Contributors

Panellist (The Brains):
Rosemary Watson
Panellist (The Brains):
Martin Dakin
Panellist (The Brains):
David Keys
Panellist (The Playwrights):
Elaine Morgan
Panellist (The Playwrights):
Sidney Gilliat
Panellist (The Playwrights):
William Douglas Home
Chairman:
Franklin Engelmann
Programme devised and compiled by:
John P. Wynn
Arranged by:
Joan Clark
Presented by:
Kenneth Milne-Buckley

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