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by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A serial in five parts adapted by Josephine Smith Wright

(Telerecording of the programme first shown on October 15, 1957)

Contributors

Author:
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Adapted by:
Josephine Smith Wright
Producer:
Dorothea Brooking
Film sequences:
The Children's Film Unit
Designer:
Lawrence Broadhouse
Mr. Haversham:
John N. Gordon
The Earl of Dorincourt:
Laidman Browne
Mr. Hobbs a grocer:
Gerald James
Dick, a bootblack:
Michael Maguire
Cedric Errol:
Richard O'Sullivan
Benny:
Jimmy Ray
Minna, 'Lady Fauntleroy':
Margaret Gordon
Ben Tipton:
Errol MacKinnon
Mr. Thomas, a footman:
Ivor Salter
Mr. Wilkins, a groom:
Peter Collingwood
Mrs. Mellon housekeeper:
Janet Barrow
Mary:
Mollie Maureen
Jane, a nursemaid:
Gwenda Margaret Evans
Mrs. Errol:
Mary Holland
Higgins:
Frederick Victor
Others taking part:
Edwin Brown
Others taking part:
Alanna Boyce
Others taking part:
Stella Kemball
Others taking part:
Arthur Hosking
Others taking part:
Pat Harley
Others taking part:
Leslie Kyle
Others taking part:
Nelly Griffiths
Others taking part:
Owen Berry
Others taking part:
Madge Brindley
Others taking part:
James Page
Others taking part:
Meriel Hunn
Others taking part:
Donald McCollum

An excerpt from Tom Arnold's 'Top of the Town'
[Starring] Nat Jackley, Stan Stennett, Joan Turner
with Desmond Lane and Greta Unger, Lou Campara, Sammy Curtis, Seth Jee, Sonny Willis, The Darmora Dancers
From the Britannia Theatre, Great Yarmouth

Contributors

Comedian:
Nat Jackley
Comedian:
Stan Stennett
Comedienne:
Joan Turner
Penny-whistler:
Desmond Lane
Dancer:
Greta Unger
Accordionist:
Lou Campara
Entertainer:
Sammy Curtis
Performer:
Seth Jee
Performer:
Sonny Willis
Dancers:
The Darmora Dancers
The Orchestra directed by:
Harry Hudson
Producer:
E. Kelland-Espinosa
Television presentation:
Barrie Edgar

Written by Trevor Peacock and Gavin Blakeney
The adventures and mis-adventures of a Naval Helicopter Crew

(The BBC acknowledges with gratitude the co-operation of the Captains, Officers, and Crews of H.M.S. Ark Royal, Cavendish, Albion, 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
Designer:
Frederick Knapman
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
P.O. Bastin:
Howard Lang
L/A Pawson:
Brian Rawlinson
N/A (2) Willis:
David Webb

Two plays by August Strindberg.
Starring Yvonne Mitchell, Stephen Murray.

Pariah
with Stephen Murray as The Archaeologist, John Dearth as The Traveller.

and
The Stronger
with Yvonne Mitchell as The Mistress, Sheila Brennan as The Wife.

See page 4

Contributors

Author:
August Strindberg
Designer:
Richard Wilmot
Producer:
Louis MacNeice
The Archaeologist (Pariah):
Stephen Murray
The Traveller (Pariah):
John Dearth
The Mistress (The Stronger):
Yvonne Mitchell
The Wife (The Stronger):
Sheila Brennan

'Four be the things I'd be better without - Love, Curiosity, Freckles, and Doubt'
Who Said That?
John Betjeman, David Daiches and guests are invited by Gilbert Harding to identify some similar quotations and then to discuss their merits.

Contributors

Panellist:
John Betjeman
Panellist:
David Daiches
Chairman:
Gilbert Harding
Presented by:
Michael Mills

From the Hall of Science

Professor Hideki Yukawa, a Nobel prize-winner for Physics, looks at some of the fascinating exhibits assembled at the International Hall of Science at the Brussels Exhibition, and discusses with Gordon Taylor his research into the ultimate particles of matter.
In collaboration with an Outside Broadcast Unit of the Flemish Service of Belgian Television

Contributors

Interviewee:
Professor Hideki Yukawa
Presenter:
Gordon Taylor
Producer:
Aubrey E. Singer

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