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by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A serial in five parts adapted for television by Josephine Smith Wright
(A telerecording of the programme first shown on September 24, 1957)

Contributors

Author:
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Adapter:
Josephine Smith Wright
Producer:
Dorothea Brooking
Film sequences:
The Children's Film Unit
Designer:
Lawrence Broadhouse
Mary:
Mollie Maureen
Mrs. Errol:
Mary Holland
Mr. Wilkins:
Peter Collingwood
The Earl of Dorincourt:
Laidman Browne
Cedric Errol:
Richard O'Sullivan
Mr. Thomas:
Ivor Salter
Minna, Lady Fauntleroy:
Margaret Gordon
Also taking part:
Nelly Griffiths

Seasonal work in the garden and greenhouse shown by Percy Thrower.
Sowing seed of meconopsis and hardy primulas; Pricking out winter-flowering pansies; Sowing recommended varieties of cabbage and onions for early spring; Spraying outdoor tomatoes; Sowing seed of schizanthus

Begonias
Allan Langdon, a specialist begonia grower from Bath recommends varieties for late summer flowering outdoors, and for cool greenhouse culture and discusses propagation from seed of tuberous-rooted species.
From the BBC's Midland television studio

Contributors

Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Item presenter (Begonias):
Allan Langdon
Presented by:
Paul Morby

An excerpt from Bernard Delfont's Light Up Again
(by arrangement with Richard Stone)
[Starring] Ruby Murray and Tommy Cooper
with The Four Jones Boys, Johnny Laycock and Bee, Vikki Hammond, The Pavilion Lovelies
From the Wellington Pier Pavilion, Great Yarmouth

Contributors

Stage presentation:
Bernard Delfont
Singer:
Ruby Murray
Comedian:
Tommy Cooper
Singers:
The Four Jones Boys
Entertainers:
Johnny Laycock and Bee
Performer:
Vikki Hammond
Dancers:
The Pavilion Lovelies
Choreography:
Rita King
The Orchestra directed by:
Larry Macklin
Producer:
Bill Robertson
Television presentation:
Barrie Edgar

Written by Trevor Peacock and Gavin Blakeney
The adventures and mis-adventures of a Naval Helicopter Crew based on an idea by John Warrington.

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

Contributors

Writer:
Trevor Peacock
Writer:
Gavin Blakeney
Based on an idea by/Producer:
John Warrington
Film Cameraman:
Ken Westbury
Film Editor:
Harry Hastings
Vice-Admiral Sir Godfrey Wiggin-Fanshawe K.B.E., D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N.:
A.E. Matthews
Lieut. Gilmore, R.N.:
Anton Rodgers
L/A S.E.1. A. Copper:
Roland Curram
Radio Communications Operator (Air) N. Reynolds:
John Southworth
Capt. Crocker-Dobson D.S.O., R.N.:
William Mervyn
L/A Hancocks:
Lawrence James
L/A Brimer:
Malcolm Webster
Lady Wiggin-Fanshawe:
Fabia Drake
Felicity Wiggin-Fanshawe:
Rona Anderson
Clarissa Wiggin-Fanshawe:
Catherine George
Comedian:
George Betton
Chloe:
Paddy Glynn
Beatrice:
Barbara Bruce
Mollie:
Shane Cordell
P/O Simmons:
Christopher Hodge
Whizzo:
Eric Dodson
Bandleader:
Benn Simons

[Starring] Mercedes McCambridge as the reporter Katherine Wells
A small town bank fails and its President is held responsible for the financial ruin of the townspeople. Katherine Wells is convinced that although this man may be guilty in the eyes of the law, his motives spring from the loyalty and concern he feels for the community he serves.
(A film in the 'Wire Service' Series)

Contributors

Katherine Wells:
Mercedes McCambridge

From the Hall of Science.
Walking round the exciting exhibits and demonstrations assembled in the International Hall of Science, Robert Kee and A.F.W. Hughes, Sc.D., Lecturer at the School of Anatomy, Cambridge University, discuss research into the living cell and how this work might ultimately effect our everyday existence.
In collaboration with an Outside Broadcast Unit of the Flemish Service of Belgian Television.

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Kee
Presenter:
A.F.W. Hughes
Producer:
Aubrey E. Singer

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