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2.35 Cathcart Challenge Cup
A Plate of 1.000 sovereigns over two miles

3.15 Cheltenham Gold Cup of 6,000 sovereigns
(added to a sweepstakes over three miles and two furlongs)

3.50 Foxhunters Challenge Cup
A Plate of 1,500 sovereigns over four miles

Clive Graham identifies the horses and jockeys in the paddock before each race.

Contributors

Commentator:
Peter O'Sullevan
Paddock commentator:
Clive Graham
Presented for television by:
Barrie Edgar

Family Affairs

Ten Years a J.P.
Anne Allen, one of the youngest women to be appointed a J.P., talks about the effect of this work on herself and her family.

Summers' Clinic
A progress report with doctor's comments after four months of slimming.

Introduced by Isobel Barnett.

4.45 Season's Best
Frances Perry shows this month's best value in flowers, fruit, and vegetables.

Contributors

Item presenter (Ten Years a J.P.):
Anne Allen
Presenter (Family Affairs):
Isobel Barnett
Producer (Family Affairs):
Beryl Radley
Presenter (Season's Best):
Frances Perry
Producer (Season's Best):
Ann Shead

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

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Reporter:
Macdonald Hastings
Singer/guitarist:
Cy Grant
Performer:
Kenneth Toye
Producer:
Donald Baverstock

A friendly battle of entertainment for the 'Top Town' Television Trophy of 1959.
Introduced by David Jacobs.
Presented before twenty-five judges in BBC studios throughout the British Isles.
Panel chairmen:
Aberdeen - Provost Robert Forman of Peterhead
Belfast - Alderman T.J. Patterson, j.r., Mayor of Carrickfergus
Birmingham - Alderman A.T. Lees, Mayor of Warwick
Southampton - Councillor H. G. Mackrell, Mayor of Romsey
London - Councillor Mrs. D. McNamara. J.P., Mayor of Bexley

Alyn Ainsworth and the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
Jimmy Leach at the electronic organ
Produced by Barney Colehan from the BBC's North of England television studio

Contributors

Presenter:
David Jacobs
Panellist (Aberdeen):
Provost Robert Forman
Panellist (Belfast):
Alderman T. J. Patterson
Panellist (Birmingham):
Alderman A. T. Lees
Panellist (Southampton):
Councillor H. G. Mackrell
Panellist (London):
Councillor Mrs. D. McNamara
Musicians:
Alyn Ainsworth and the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
Organist:
Jimmy Leach
Research:
Ronnie Lane
Producer:
Barney Colehan

A new comedy by Jack Popplewell.
[Starring] Alfred Marks, Naunton Wayne
Televised direct from the Savoy Theatre, London
(by arrangement with Peter Saunders before an invited audience)

Contributors

Writer:
Jack Popplewell
Decor:
Peter Rice
Director:
Charles Hickman
Presented for television by:
Dennis Monger
Harry:
Naunton Wayne
John Mallorie:
Alfred Marks
Stella:
Therese Burton
Jerry:
Kenneth Warren
Miss Johnson:
Gabrielle Hamilton
Sid:
Robert Desmond
Luigi:
David Lander
Waiter:
Roy Hawksworth
Laura Mallorie:
Pamela Lane

In the summer of 1947 an Arab shepherd boy stumbled upon the greatest archaeological discovery ever made in Palestine. He found some secret writings which promise to throw new light on one of the most crucial periods in the history of Western man-that immediately preceding the time of Jesus Christ. This programme includes film made in Jordan in co-operation with the Department of Antiquities of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
A North Region Film Unit Production
Followed by a studio discussion between Kenneth Harris of the Observer and R. D. Barnett, F. F. Bruce, John Allegro, Dr. Hugh Schonfield, and the Rev. M. Black on some of the historical and theological issues which these discoveries have raised.
(BBC recording)
See page 5

Contributors

Presenter:
John Allegro
Editor:
Donald James
Producer:
Kenneth Brown
Panellist:
Kenneth Harris
Panellist:
R. D. Barnett
Panellist:
F. F. Bruce
Panellist:
Dr. Hugh Schonfield
Panellist:
The Rev. M. Black

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