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A group of five programmes showing the relationship between rocks, soil, plants, and typical animals of five very different districts in Britain.
Introduced by Eric Simms with Jim Bingley, Warden of Flatford Field Study Centre.
(BBC film, first shown on June 8)

Contributors

Presenter:
Eric Simms
Guest:
Jim Bingley
Producer:
F. R. Elwell

Introduced by Percy Thrower with seasonal work in garden and greenhouse.
Sweet Peas
Gordon Smart, President of the Scottish National Sweet Pea Society shows
Training methods; Top-dressing fertilisers; Bowl arrangements
From the BBC's Midland television studio
(BBC recording)

Contributors

Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Item presenter (Sweet Peas):
Gordon Smart
Presented by:
Paul Morby

Written by Austin Melford
[Starring] Alexander Gauge
(See page 3)

Contributors

Writer:
Austin Melford
Theme music composed by:
Russ Conway
Settings:
Norman James
Producer:
Ronald Marsh
Brig. Garnet Wellington-Bull:
Alexander Gauge
Jane, his daughter:
Valerie Singleton
Capt. 'Sooty' Pilkington:
Donald Hewlett
A War Office secretary:
Margo Mayne
Hubert Barclay:
Richard Waring
Fred Coutts:
William Kendall
Lucille Laverne:
Vera Day
General Ormby-Smith:
James Raglan
Lady Emily Farthinghoe:
Anita Sharp Bolster
Other parts played by:
Nicholas Shiafkalis
Other parts played by:
John Scott-Martin
Other parts played by:
John H. Moore

In tonight's recording Perry Como welcomes Guest stars and The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, The Ray Charles Singers, The Louis Da Pron Dancers.
Written by Goodman Ace, Morton Green and George Foster and Jay Burton.

Contributors

Presenter/singer:
Perry Como
Musicians:
The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
Singers:
The Ray Charles Singers
Dancers:
The Louis Da Pron Dancers
Producer for NBC:
Clark Jones
Writer:
Goodman Ace
Writer:
Morton Green
Writer:
George Foster
Writer:
Jay Burton
Film editor:
Sheila S. Tomlinson
Edited for BBC television by:
Philip Barker

A series of seven programmes.

Hans and Lotte Hass invite you to guess the identity of three extraordinary creatures which they photograph beneath their ship while it lies at anchor during the rainy season off the Nicobar Islands.
The series directed by Hans Hass and produced by Nicholas Crocker

Contributors

Presenter/Film cameraman/director:
Hans Hass
Presenter:
Lotte Hass Film editor: Paul Khan
Producer:
Nicholas Crocker

A serial in six parts.
Based on 'Clayhanger' and 'Hilda Lessways' by Arnold Bennett.
Dramatised by Michael Voysey.
Starring Judi Dench
with Brian Smith, Violet Carson
From the BBC's Midland television studio

Contributors

Author:
Arnold Bennett
Dramatised by:
Michael Voysey
Producer:
Peter Dews
Designer:
Margaret Peacock
Maggie Clayhanger:
Eileen Atkins
Edwin Clayhanger:
Brian Smith
Auntie Hamps:
Violet Carson
Janet Orgreave:
Miranda Connell
Janet's nephew:
Michael Hammond
Nancy:
Rhoda Green
Stifford:
Frank Windsor
Hall porter:
Esmond Webb
Hilda Lessways:
Judi Dench
Broker's man:
John Rudman
Charlie Orgreave:
David Wehr
First dandy:
Ralph Hallett
Second dandy:
Clifford Rose
Waiter:
Robin Parkinson
Page boy:
Terry Raven

The week's business in Parliament is over. Tonight two M.P.s face a group of their constituents in a hotel in Blackpool.
Julian Amery, M.P. Member (Conservative) for Preston, North and Barbara Castle, M.P., Member (Labour) for Blackburn.
In the chair, Robert Carvel who calls for questions from the floor.

Contributors

Panellist:
Julian Amery
Panellist:
Barbara Castle
Chairman:
Robert Carvel
Presented by:
Stanley Hyland

BBC Television

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