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Television's most experienced team of commentators and reporters combine to bring you the fastest and most comprehensive coverage of the Election Results, together with comment, analysis, interviews, and Election scenes.

Richard Dimbleby, David Butler, Cliff Michelmore, Robert McKenzie, Alan Whicker, Derek Hart, Kenneth Harris, Robert Kee

with reports from Birmingham, Ayr, Southampton, Press Association, Bristol, Wellington, Party H.Q.'s, Newcastle, Bromley, Wrexham, Manchester, Leeds, Cardiff, Downing Street, Hyde, Cross Hands, Hammersmith, Lanark

The Day's Timetable

6.30-8.0 am Latest Party Totals
with a situation report every half-hour

8.0-11.20 am Election Results - as they come in
with special reports for particular areas
Scotland: 8.10-8.25 am, 9.10-9.25 am
North: 8.10-8.15 am, 9.10-9.15 am
West & Wales: 8.10-8.25 am, 9.10-9.25 am
N. Ireland: 8.10-8.25 am, 9.10-9.25 am

11.45 am - 5.0 pm Election Results - as they come in

6.10-6.30 pm Final Results and a general review of the situation

8.0-8.45 pm Election Round-up
The Result in Perspective
Views of Party Leaders
Comment and reactions from at home and abroad

Introduced by Richard Dimbleby

The bulletins of General Election news broadcast by the BBC are the Copyright Joint Service of the Press Association, Ltd. and the Exchange Telegraph Co. Ltd., and are intended for private reception only.

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Dimbleby
Reporter:
David Butler
Reporter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Robert McKenzie
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Kenneth Harris
Reporter:
Robert Kee
Television operation directed by:
Grace Wyndham Goldie
Television operation directed by:
Michael Peacock

presents Riding with Pat Smythe and Shark Fishing with Bernard Venables.
A special film programme giving tips from the very top in sport.

Contributors

Item presenter (Riding):
Pat Smythe
Item presenter (Shark Fishing):
Bernard Venables
Film cameraman:
Alan Prentice
Film cameraman:
Tony Leggo
Film editor:
Alan Tetzner
Presented by:
A. P. Wilkinson
Editor:
Ronnie Noble

The All-Time Hit Parade
featuring Shirley Eaton
[with] Jo Shelton, Sylvia Sands, Johnny Hartman, Steve Arlen, The Three Barry Sisters
and The music of Ken Mackintosh, his Saxophone and Orchestra.

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Contributors

Singer:
Shirley Eaton
Singer:
Jo Shelton
Singer:
Sylvia Sands
Singer:
Johnny Hartman
Singer:
Steve Arlen
Singers:
The Three Barry Sisters
Musicians:
Ken Mackintosh, his Saxophone and Orchestra
Musical Associate:
Bert Waller
Staging:
Eleanor Fazan
Designer:
Cephas Howard
Production:
Stewart Morris

A new film series starring Michael Rennie as Harry Lime.

Harry Lime and his assistant Brad have discovered a body in their hotel room, but the discovery is no sooner made than the body disappears. This embarrassing situation leads directly to a hot-bed of political intrigue in South America.
(BBC film release)

Contributors

Story and teleplay:
A. J. Carothers
Director:
Paul Stanley
Harry Lime:
Michael Rennie
Bradford Webster:
Jonathan Harris
Marta:
Ilka Windish
Corrales:
Rudolfo Hoyos
Grey:
Arthur Batanides
Price:
John Holland
Parker:
Howard Culver
Maid:
Nora O'Mahony
Lee:
Kam Tong

Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton.
[Starring] Tony Hancock
Featuring Sidney James
with John Le Mesurier, Hugh Lloyd, William Mervyn, Robert Dorning, Penelope Parry.
(BBC recording)

Contributors

Writer:
Alan Simpson
Writer:
Ray Galton
Designer:
Lawrence Broadhouse
Producer:
Duncan Wood
Tony:
Tony Hancock
Sid:
Sidney James
[Actor]:
John Le Mesurier
[Actor]:
Hugh Lloyd
[Actor]:
William Mervyn
[Actor]:
Robert Dorning
[Actress]:
Penelope Parry

Adolphe Menjou and Gloria Swanson in the film comedy "Father Takes a Wife"
with John Howard and Desi Arnaz

When father takes a wife, and she is a celebrated but temperamental actress, it is the son who has to provide the sound and sensible advice that finally leads to domestic bliss - but not before everyone else has had plenty of riotous fun.

Contributors

Director:
Jack Hively
Senior:
Adolphe Menjou
Leslie Collier:
Gloria Swanson
Junior:
John Howard
Carlos:
Desi Arnaz
Aunt Julie:
Helen Broderick
Enid:
Florence Rice

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 and Norman George with his violin.
Introduced by Roger Moffat.
From the BBC's North of England television studio
(BBC recording)

Contributors

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

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