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by Frank Richards
[Starring] Gerald Campion

(Previously televised on August 10, 1957)

Contributors

Writer:
Frank Richards
Producer:
Pharic MacLaren
Bob Cherry:
Keith Faulkner
Harry Wharton:
Anthony Valentine
Frank Nugent:
Laurence Harrington
Johnny Bull:
David Coote
Hurree Singh:
James Doran
Billy Bunter:
Gerald Campion
Coker:
Peter Scott
Potter:
Anthony Toller
Greene:
Timothy Harley
Mr. Prout:
Edward Lexy

A general knowledge contest based on the popular sound programme What Do You Know?
Each week a new team of challengers compete against members of the general public who in successive years have won the annual 'Brain of Britain' contest.
This week:
The Brains: Arthur Maddocks, Antony Carr with Edward Moult
v.
The Circus: Cyril Mills, Kay Smart, Antony Hippisley Coxe
Chairman, Franklin Engelmann

Contributors

Panellist (The Brains):
Arthur Maddocks
Panellist (The Brains):
Antony Carr
Panellist (The Brains):
Edward Moult
Panellist (The Circus):
Cyril Mills
Panellist (The Circus):
Kay Smart
Panellist (The Circus):
Antony Hippisley Coxe
Chairman:
Franklin Engelmann
Programme devised and compiled by:
John P. Wynn
Arranged by:
Joan Clark
Presented by:
Kenneth Milne-Buckley

A comedy film.
[Starring] Cary Grant and Myrna Loy
with Melvyn Douglas.

After years of being cramped in a small New York apartment the Blandings family move out to lead an ideal life in their new ideal home in the quiet countryside. But things do not turn out quite as they had planned, and the dream seems something of nightmare at times.
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Contributors

Jim Blandings:
Cary Grant
Muriel Blandings:
Myrna Loy
Jim Cole:
Melvyn Douglas
Henry Sims:
Reginald Denny
Jane Blandings:
Sharyn Moffett
Betsy Blandings:
Connie Marshall

In which Henry Hall introduces
Germany's singing star, Anneliese Rothenberger
Musical favourites from John Hanson
From Paris, the magic of Freddie Fah
Also: Janet Brown and Peter Butterworth, Rita Cameron, Johnny Greenland, Sally Bradley, Jimmie Dark, The George Mitchell Singers, The Henry Hall Orchestra

Contributors

Presenter/Conductor:
Henry Hall
Soprano:
Anneliese Rothenberger
Tenor:
John Hanson
Magician:
Freddie Fah
Comedienne:
Janet Brown
Comedian:
Peter Butterworth
Dancer:
Rita Cameron
Dancer:
Johnny Greenland
Dancer:
Sally Bradley
Dancer:
Jimmie Dark
Singers:
The George Mitchell Singers
Musicians:
The Henry Hall Orchestra
Choreography:
Deidre Vivian
Musical associate:
Alan Bristow
Producer:
John Street

Venez avec (Come with) M'sieur Guillaume Cotton (our own Billy Cotton) a La Nouvelle Eve (to one of the brightest night-spots in Montmartre)
Eurovision takes you to Paris for a gay Bank Holiday show starring:
Robert Lamouret with Tonia Bern, Murio and Sheila, Lilian Kenny, Les Nouvelles Eves Sisters and the Charley Ballet with Aleta Morrison
Introduced by Le Grand Wakey-Wakey (our own Billy Cotton).
Presented in collaboration with Radiodiffusion-Television Francais
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Contributors

Presenter:
Billy Cotton
Ventriloquist:
Robert Lamouret
Singer:
Tonia Bern
Dancers:
Murio and Sheila
Trapeze:
Lilian Kenny
Performers:
Les Nouvelles Eves Sisters
Dancer:
Aleta Morrison
Director:
Robin Scott
Producer:
Bill Cotton Jnr

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