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Taith drwy Sir Gaemarfon
Y ffilmio gan Bill Greenhalgh
Golygydd y ffilm, Douglas Mair
Ysgrifennwyd a chynhyrchwyd gan Aneirin Talfan Davies
Yn y ffilm hon awn am daith i frovdd rhai o feirdd a llenorion amlwg Llyn Eifionnydd ac Arfon, ac wrth wylio'r mannau hyfryd hynny cawn hefyd glywed adrodd a chanu rhai o weithiau'r beirdd hyn.
(A Journey through Caernarvonshire)
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield and Crystal Palace)
(to 13.40)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Greenhalgh
Unknown:
Douglas Mair
Unknown:
Aneirin Talfan Davies

A weekly agricultural magazine for those who live by the land.
Introduced by John Cherrington.

Johne's Disease
The Vet gives advice on the diagnosis and prevention of Johne's disease.

Farm Visit
Leslie Williams visits Tom Roberts, Bachymbyd bach, Ruthin, Denbighshire.

(BBC recording)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Cherrington
Reporter (Johne's Disease):
The Vet [name uncredited]
Interviewer (Farm Visit):
Leslie Williams
Interviewee (Farm Visit):
Tom Roberts
Film Sequences:
The BBC's Agricultural Film Unit
Film Sequences:
Ion Trant
Film Editor:
Henry Fowler
Producer:
Hilary Phillips

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In response to many requests, BBC viewers are given an opportunity to see the controversial interview which Edward R. Murrow and Charles Collingwood had with Lord Montgomery at his home earlier this year.

In this filmed programme, Lord Montgomery speaks his mind on American leadership, the state of the Atlantic alliance, the conduct of the last war, and the possibility of another.

Contributors

Interviewer/Edited and produced for the CBS Television Network by:
Edward R. Murrow
Interviewer:
Charles Collingwood
Interviewee:
Lord Montgomery [Viscount Montgomery of Alamein]
Edited and produced for the CBS Television Network by:
Fred W. Friendly

Peter Scott introduces the second of three programmes in which he continues the personal story of his experiences as a glider pilot and talks to Ann Welch, M.B.E., Vice-Chairman of the British Gliding Association.
Series arranged in co-operation with the Bristol Gliding Club and recorded at their headquarters at Nympsfield in Gloucestershire
(BBC recording)

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Scott
Interviewee:
Ann Welch
Film sequences:
The West Region Film Unit
Film editor:
Bob Higgins
Producer:
Nicholas Crocker

Denis Johnston, Marghanita Laski, A.J. Ayer, Sir Ralph Richardson
Question-Master, Sir John Wolfenden

(A sound recording can be heard in the Home Service on Tuesday at 4.0 p.m.)

(Sir Ralph Richardson is appearing in "The Complaisant Lover" at the Globe Theatre, London)
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Contributors

Question-Master:
Sir John Wolfenden
Panellist:
Denis Johnston
Panellist:
Marghanita Laski
Panellist:
A.J. Ayer
Panellist:
Sir Ralph Richardson
Producer:
John Furness

A series of seven programmes.

Hans Hass and a team of scientists are on board the marine research vessel Xarifa in the Indian Ocean to explore underwater life. In a deep valley beneath a lonely rock they find an enchanting coral forest. Here hundreds of fish meet, make love, lay their eggs, and protect themselves against their enemies.
The series directed by Hans Hass and produced by Nicholas Crocker
(First shown on May 8)

Contributors

Diver/Filmed by/Director:
Hans Hass
Diver:
Lotte Hass
Film Editor:
Paul Khan
Producer:
Nicholas Crocker

A story of the Wars of the Roses by Constance Cox

A television serial in six parts.

Contributors

Writer:
Constance Cox
Producer:
Kevin Sheldon
Designer:
Susan Spence
Film Cameraman:
Leonard Newson
Film Editor:
Valerie Best
Fight Director:
Terry Baker
Queen Elizabeth:
Ann Sears
Alison:
Joan Duan
A Priest:
Edmund Warwick
King Edward IV:
Michael Kilgarriff
Richard of Gloucester:
Oliver Reed
The Duke of Clarence:
Donald Oliver
Tom Fenton:
Edward Vaughan-Scott
Master Caxton:
John Boddington
Gillian:
Jill Tracey
Martin, an archer:
Wilfred Grantham
The Earl of Warwick:
Alan Judd
Anne Neville:
Ann Castaldini
First soldier:
Alban Blakelock
Second Soldier:
Nigel Sharpe
A boy:
Colin Spaull

A film on the work of the Missionary Aviation Fellowship
Many parts of the world are still very difficult to reach and to some of these very isolated areas the Christian Gospel is being taken.
The Missionary Aviation Fellowship operates a series of light aircraft, flown by pilots experienced in jungle flying, in order to maintain contact with these isolated people in parts of Central and South America, Africa, and the Pacific, and to carry or drop supplies to them.
(A shortened version of the Missionary Aviation Fellowship film 'Of Wings and Missions')
(First shown on September 28, 1958)

The Rev. D. P. Thomson, Warden of St. Ninian's Conference Centre, Crieff, in the Perthshire Highlands, assisted by a miner, a housewife, and a business executive, conducts an open-air service in MacRosty Park, Crieff.
The singing is led by The Clydebank Burgh Band
Conductor, Charles Telfer
and the Crieff United Churches' Choir
Conductor, Provost D. O. Maclean

Contributors

Conductor:
The Rev. D. P. Thomson
Musicians:
The Clydebank Burgh Band
[Band] conductor:
Charles Telfer
Singers:
The Crieff United Churches' Choir
[Choir] conductor:
Provost D. O. MacLean

on behalf of The Shaftesbury Society by A Consultant Psychiatrist of the television programme 'Lifeline'
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be sent to: [address removed]

The Shaftesbury Society cares for physically handicapped people of all ages. It maintains residential schools where education is combined with remedial treatment; there are clubs for adults, and holiday homes for disabled men, women, and children who cannot afford a holiday.

Tonight's Appeal includes a film specially made at the Victoria Home, Bournemouth, one of the Shaftesbury Society's Schools for young children.

Contributors

Presenter:
A Consultant Psychiatrist [name uncredited]

Written by Dave Freeman and Charlie Drake
[Starring] Charlie Drake
with Sam Kydd, Beatrice Varley, Charlotte Mitchell, Frank Atkinson, Harry Lane, Fred Stone, Hazel Johns, Walter Patch, Michael Henry, Nigel Sharpe, Michael Ely, Val Warrender

(BBC recording, first shown on April 21)

Contributors

Writer:
Dave Freeman
Writer:
Charlie Drake
Designer:
Lawrence Broadhouse
Producer:
Ernest Maxin
Himself:
Charlie Drake
[Actor]:
Sam Kydd
[Actress]:
Beatrice Varley
[Actress]:
Charlotte Mitchell
[Actor]:
Frank Atkinson
[Actor]:
Harry Lane
[Actor]:
Fred Stone
[Actress]:
Hazel Johns
[Actor]:
Walter Patch
[Actor]:
Michael Henry
[Actor]:
Nigel Sharpe
[Actor]:
Michael Ely
[Actress]:
Val Warrender

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A comedy by Leslie Sands

Characters in order of appearance: [see below]

[Photo caption]: Left, Joan Sims and Brian Rix as Mr. and Mrs. Pepper; right, Marjorie Rhodes as Mrs. Austin and Leo Franklyn as Wilf

(Brian Rix, Leo Franklyn, Peter Mercier, Garth Adams, Sheila Mercier, Merylin Roberts and Christine Russell are in "Simple Spymen" at the Whitehall Theatre, London)

Contributors

Author:
Leslie Sands
Settings:
Rhoda Gray
The play directed by:
Wallace Douglas
Television Presentation:
Mary Evans
Mrs. Austin:
Marjorie Rhodes
Pat Marlow:
Christine Russell
Florrie:
Edna Hopcroft
Tony Brett:
Peter Mercier
Ethel Pearson:
Sheila Mercier
Wilf Pearson:
Leo Franklyn
Sally:
Merylin Roberts
Mr. Pepper:
Brian Rix
Mrs. Pepper:
Joan Sims
Policeman:
Garth Adams

An excerpt from the magical musical revue 'Sim Sala Bim' starring Kalanag de Vos and Gloria de Vos with the Kalanag Girls.
Direct from Germany
Televised from the stage of the Operettenhaus, Hamburg.
Introduced by Francis White, President of the Magic Circle
Presented for television by Dennis Monger in collaboration with Henry Mueller and an Outside Broadcast Unit of the German Television Service

Contributors

Magician:
Kalanag de Vos
Assistant:
Gloria de Vos
Performers:
The Kalanag Girls
Musical Director:
Hugo Sievert
Presenter:
Francis White
Presented for television by:
Dennis Monger

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.
John Allegro presents a BBC film made in co-operation with the Department of Antiquities of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
A North Region Film Unit Production
(First shown on March 5)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Allegro
Filmed in Jordan and edited by:
Donald James
Producer:
Kenneth Brown

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