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Ymunwn yng nghroeso'r Eisteddfod l'r Cymry o wledydd tramor eydd yn ymweld a'u henwlad a'i phrifwyl
Disgriflr y seremonl gan Alun Williams
Y telediad yng ngofal Selwyn Roderick
(Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales: Welsh people home from overseas are greeted during a special ceremony held in the Eisteddfod Pavilion at Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire)
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield and Crystal Palace)

Ernst Lubitsch, the celebrated director of comedies, chose Warsaw in 1939 as the setting for this witty and exciting film. Against the grim background of Poland under the Nazis, Lubitsch tells the light-hearted story of a troupe of actors for whom 'To be or not to be' was often very much the question.
(Previously televised on April 2, 1956)

Contributors

Director:
Ernst Lubitsch
Maria Tura:
Carole Lombard
Joseph Tura:
Jack Benny
Stanislaw Sobinski:
Robert Stack
Greenberg:
Felix Bressart
Colonel Erhardt:
Sio Rumann
Rawitch:
Lionel Atwill
Professor Siletsky:
Stanley Ridges

Jeremy Geidt, The Caravan Showman rings up the curtain at Old Trafford and introduces you to Clive Dunn, Harry Corbett and Sooty, Johnny (Trumpet) Lister, 'Professor' Alex Matison, Harry Riley.
Accompanied by the Caravan Quartet
You also meet some of the children of Old Trafford.

Contributors

Showman/script:
Jeremy Geidt
Mr. Crumpet:
Clive Dunn
Puppeteer:
Harry Corbett
Trumpeter:
Johnny (Trumpet) Lister
Performer:
'Professor' Alex Matison
Performer:
Harry Riley
Script/producer:
Barbara Hammond
Additional material:
Clive Dunn
Director:
Charles Farmer

Written and produced by Anthony de Lotbiniere.
This film examines crime in Birmingham. You meet real crooks from the underworld, men who have been operating outside the law. They tell you how they work and how they are caught, and you see how the police act in the endless war against crime.

Contributors

Writer/Producer:
Anthony de Lotbiniere
Film cameraman:
Peter Hamilton
Film editor:
Ian Callaway

In this week's telerecording Perry Como plays host to
Star Guests: Eydie Gorme, Paul Anka, Richard Rodgers and Tony Curtis with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra, The Ray Charles Singers, The Louis Da Pron Dancers

Contributors

Presenter/singer:
Perry Como
Singer/star guest:
Eydie Gorme
Singer/star guest:
Paul Anka
Star guest:
Richard Rodgers
Star guest:
Tony Curtis
Musicians:
Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
Singers:
The Ray Charles Singers
Dancers:
The Louis Da Pron Dancers

Explore the Undersea World of Adventure with Hans Hass
The marine research vessel Xarifa sails to the Indian Ocean with a team of scientists whose object is to explore the underwater life of the coastal regions and the coral reefs.
This first programme of a new series of six films shows the underwater world of the Red Sea, and viewers learn of the way in which large fish depend on the smaller species in connection with their problems of personal hygiene.

(A BBC television film)
See page 3

Contributors

Diver/film cameraman/the series directed by:
Hans Hass
Film editor:
Paul Khan
Producer:
Tony Soper

Written by Arthur Swinson.
In which television brings you great moments of history with the news coverage of today.

It is 1875. Disraeli, Prime Minister of Great Britain, gambles with four million pounds of borrowed money to buy up the Khedive of Egypt's shares in the Suez Canal.

('You Are There' is televised by arrangement with CBS Television)
Next week: The Death of Socrates

Contributors

Writer:
Arthur Swinson
News Editor:
Frank Owen
News reporter:
Wynford Vaughan Thomas
News reporter:
Raymond Baxter
News reporter:
Francis Williams
Designer:
Donald Brewer
Producer:
Michael Milis

and for audiences and artists it is time for a late supper or a glass of wine
Tonight television takes you to Salzburg to look down over the floodlit domes and towers of the city and to call in at one or two of the attractive restaurants and cellars where people are dining, dancing, or just talking.
Your guides: Sylvia Peters and Bill Taylor
Direct from Salzburg Festival
In association with Erich Neuberg and outside broadcast teams of the Austrian Television Service

Contributors

Guide:
Sylvia Peters
Guide:
Bill Taylor
Producer:
Noble Wilson

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