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Since 1947 British Weather Ships have been standing watch on their station in the North Atlantic. This film shows the work of these ships and the men on board whose business today is our weather tomorrow.
(BBC film previously shown last year)

Contributors

Narrator:
Captain A. W. Fordes
Cameraman:
David Hanley
Film editor:
Fred Senior
Producer:
David Pat Walker

by Louisa M. Alcott
Adapted for television by Constance Cox
Starring Phyllis Calvert as Marmee
with Annabelle Lee and Jill Dixon
(BBC recording previously shown last year)

Contributors

Author:
Louisa M. Alcott
Adapted by:
Constance Cox
Producer:
Dorothea Brooking
Film Cameraman:
Leonard Newson
Film Editor:
Valerie Best
Designer:
Lawrence Broadhouse
Aunt March:
Anita Sharp Bolster
Mrs. March:
Phyllis Calvert
Meg:
Kate Cameron
Mr. Lawrence:
Noel Howlett
John Brooke:
Harvey Hall
Jo:
Annabelle Lee
Amy:
Jill Dixon
Beth:
Diana Day
Hannah:
Aithna Gover
Laurie:
David Cole
Mr. March:
Edward Jewesbury
Mary:
Peggy Forbes-Robertson

Spare Time in the West with Wheeler and Fordyce who enquire how to use, spend, enjoy, or with profit employ - spare time.
Produced by Derek Burrell-Davis who writes on page 5
(Next week: Spare Time in the North)

Contributors

Presenter:
Geoffrey Wheeler
Presenter:
Keith Fordyce
Editor:
Jack Cox
Director:
Peter Bale
Producer:
Derek Burrell-Davis

A Holiday Show with Kenneth Connor, Cliff Norton, Ken Morris and Joan Savage, Thelma Ruby, The George Mitchell Singers, Malcolm Lockyer and his Music.

Contributors

Comedian:
Kenneth Connor
Performer:
Cliff Norton
Entertainer:
Ken Morris
Entertainer:
Joan Savage
Performer:
Thelma Ruby
Singers:
The George Mitchell Singers
Musicians:
Malcolm Lockyer and his Music
Script:
George Wadmore
Script:
Terry Nation
Script:
John Junkin
Script:
Hugh Woodhouse
Choreography:
Deirdre Vivian
Vocal arrangements:
George Mitchell
Musical arrangements:
Malcolm Lockyer
Musical arrangements:
Ray Terry
Settings:
George Djurkovic
Director:
Leonard Michell
Producer:
George Inns

(See top of page and page 7)

A Great Fight Recalled at 8.0
The Light-Heavyweight Championship of the World
Archie Moore (U.S.A.) v. Yvon Durelle (Canada)

"The most thrilling world title fight for years" - that's what everyone called this bout between Moore and Durelle. Tomorrow night they meet again in Montreal. Tonight, BBC Television presents an exclusive recording of their meeting last December when Durelle, the Canadian fisherman, has Moore, the longest reigning World Champion, on the canvas three times in the first round. The return fight will be shown on Friday night.

Contributors

Boxer:
Archie Moore
Boxer:
Yvon Durelle

A film starring Lyle Bettger.

This is a gripping story of a man who made a mistake, then made good, but whose past catches up with him. If he can be eliminated, a crime ring can feel safe again.

Contributors

Director:
Don Weis
Harry Parker:
Lyle Bettger
Florence Parker:
Joy Pace
Brodsky:
Charles Bronson
Lt. Finch:
Wilfred Knapp
Sgt. Webster:
Charles Maxwell
Burt Fowler:
James Garner

(BBC recording)
(See foot of page and pages 3 and 5)
(Paul Schofield is in "The Complaisant Lover" at the Globe Theatre, London)

At 9.30 Television World Theatre presents Paul Scofield in Pirandello's "Henry IV"
Translated by Edward Storer

The action takes place at the present day in a villa in Italy.

Contributors

Writer:
Luigi Pirandello
Translator:
Edward Storer
Designer:
Guy Sheppard
Producer:
John Harrison
Bethold:
John Southworth
Old John, the manservant:
Gordon Phillott
Landolph, Secret counsellor of "Henry IV":
Denis Quilley
Ordulph, Secret counsellor of "Henry IV":
Bernard Kay
Harold, Secret counsellor of "Henry IV":
Brian Smith
Donna Matilda:
Margareta Scott
Frida, her daughter:
Joy Parker
Charles, nephew of "Henry IV", engaged to Frida:
Derek Godfrey
Baron Tito Belcredi:
Andre van Gyseghem
The Doctor:
Martin Miller
"Henry IV":
Paul Scofield

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