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John Anderson shows how plant breeders have developed different strains of wheat for differing purposes. In a filmed visit to the Cereals Research Station viewers see how the scientist tests the properties of flour milled from the various types of grain.
(Repeated on Tuesday at 11.20 a.m.)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Anderson
Producer:
F. R. Elwell

Eamonn Andrews opens Playbox
helped by Tony Hart.
including:
The Six-Clue Challenge: 9: The Big Top Mystery
by Vere Lorrimer.
Where you can try your hand at being a detective.
With Ivan Owen as Inspector Bruce, Rose Alba as Rosita.
and The Inter-Regional Quiz Championship
in which children from all over the country take part.

Contributors

Presenter:
Eamonn Andrews
Co-presenter:
Tony Hart
Producer:
Gerald Wiltshire
Writer (The Six-Clue Challenge):
Vere Lorrimer
Inspector Bruce:
Ivan Owen
Rosita:
Rose Alba

Look around with Cliff Michelmore.
Sport - Music - People
Cinema - Theatre - Argument
with Derek Hart, Geoffrey Johnson Smith and this week, Cy Grant and Noel Harrison

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Singer/guitarist:
Cy Grant
Singer/guitarist:
Noel Harrison
Producer:
Donald Baverstock

Based on tales by W. W. Jacobs.
Adapted for television by Lionel Brown.
With Wally Patch as Bill, the Nightwatchman

Contributors

Author:
W. W. Jacobs
Adapted by:
Lionel Brown
Producer:
Peter Dews
Music for the concertina composed and played by:
Alfred Edwards
Designer:
Barry Learoyd
Director:
Norman Wright
Bill:
Wally Patch
Mrs. Berry:
Nancy Nevinson
Joseph Piper:
Jack Newmark
Mrs. Cox:
Kathleen Helms
Henry Cox:
John Sharp
Landlord:
Harry Towb

by Fred Edge.
[Starring] Cec Linder
(A recording presented by arrangement with the CBC)

Marko, who is a janitor in a medical research establishment, takes home a lead pellet for his landlady's son to play with. At least he thinks it's lead...

Contributors

Writer:
Fred Edge
Producer:
Mel Breen
Marko:
Uriel Luft
Mary:
Jill Foster
Graham:
Ivor Barry
Shore:
Cec Linder
Todor:
Frank Perry
Milan:
Alex Denaszody
Janez:
Henry Comor
Zvone:
Ed Simay
Peter:
Tony Brown
Reynolds:
Jim Barron
Campbell:
John Maddison
Constable:
Alan Chrysler

Presenting Alyn Ainsworth and the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra in thirty minutes of music in an informal manner with songs by Sheila Buxton and Roberto Cardinali.
Introduced by Roger Moffat.
(See page 5)

Contributors

Musicians:
Alyn Ainsworth and the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
Singer:
Sheila Buxton
Singer:
Roberto Cardinali
Presenter:
Roger Moffat
Producer:
Barney Colehan

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