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

The Seventh World Ploughing Contest
Champion ploughmen from all over the world have been competing at Armoy, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, and the highlights of this international contest are shown.

Ploughing
John Hawkins introduces the second of his films dealing with round and round ploughing with mounted ploughs.

Farm Visit
Peter Anderson visits the farm of R. W. Hutchinson, Pallet Stone Farm, near Barnard Castle, Co. Durham.

(BBC recording)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Cherrington
Item presenter (Ploughing):
John Hawkins
Item presenter (Farm Visit):
Peter Anderson
Interviewee (Farm Visit):
R.W. Hutchinson
Film Sequences:
The BBC's Northern Ireland Film Unit
Film Sequences:
The BBC Agricultural Film Unit
Producer:
Hilary Phillips

(Welcome)
gan Osian Ellis i Heather Harper, Kenneth Bowen, Cantorion Shelley
Cerddorfa Gymreig y BBC ac i chwithau
Osian Ellis welcomes you to a programme of music from Wales, with Heather Harper, Kenneth Bowen, The Shelley Singers, and the BBC Welsh Orchestra
Conducted by Arwel Hughes
(BBC recording)

(All transmitters)

Contributors

Presenter/Harpist:
Osian Ellis
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Singer:
Kenneth Bowen
Singers:
The Shelley Singers
Musicians:
The BBC Welsh Orchestra
Conductor:
Arwel Hughes
Music Associate:
Alwyn Jones
Designer:
Alan Taylor
Producer:
Gethyn Stoodley Thomas

A general knowledge contest based on the popular sound programme 'What Do You Know?'.
Each week a team of challengers competes against the resident team.
This week:
The Residents
Olive Stephens, Edward Moult, Reginald Webster
The Challengers
Ethel Turner (Southampton), Albert Mackie (Edinburgh), Dudley Whitehouse (Chepstow)
Chairman, Franklin Engelmann

Contributors

Panellist (The Residents):
Olive Stephens
Panellist (The Residents):
Edward Moult
Panellist (The Residents):
Reginald Webster
Panellist (The Challengers):
Ethel Turner
Panellist (The Challengers):
Albert Mackie
Panellist (The Challengers):
Dudley Whitehouse
Chairman:
Franklin Engelmann
Questions arranged and compiled by:
John P. Wynn
Producer:
Ned Sherrin

Direct from The Olympic Stadium in Rome.
Athletes from all over Europe, Including a strong team from Great Britain, take part in an international meeting to try out the track on which they will be competing in next year's Olympia Games.
Programme presented by the Italian Television Service

Contributors

Commentator:
Kenneth Wolstenholme
Commentator:
Norris McWhirter

Animals Abroad make this week's News from the Zoos
A weekly series of visits to zoos in Great Britain and in Europe.
Introduced by James Fisher.
The Geo-Zoo at Munich borders on the River Isar and is set in fine wooded parkland criss-crossed with waterways. It is called a Geo-Zoo because the animals are grouped geographically, each area representing one of the five continents of the world. This programme deals with the wild-life of Africa.
(An edited recording of a programme, 'The Cape to the Sahara', transmitted this summer by the Bavarian Television Service)

Contributors

Presenter:
James Fisher
Producer:
Friedrich Sauer
Series editor:
Nicholas Crocker

by Sir Walter Scott.
Adapted in six parts by E. J. Bell.
With Tom Fleming as Redgauntlet and John Cairney as Alan Fairford
See Junior Radio Times

Contributors

Author:
Sir Walter Scott
Adapted by:
E.J. Bell
Producer:
Kevin Sheldon
Designer:
Fanny Taylor
Film Cameraman:
Leonard Newson
Film Editor:
Ron de Mattos
Mounted Sequences:
Terry Baker
Music composed and conducted by:
Lawrence Leonard
Alan Fairford:
John Cairney
Darsie Latimer:
Donald Douglas
Mr. Fairford:
Leonard Maguire
James Wilkinson:
Brown Derby
Redgauntlet:
Tom Fleming
Mabel Moffat:
Maisie MacFarquhar
Cristal Nixon:
Terry Baker
Lilias Redgauntlet:
Claire Isbister
Joshua Geddes:
James Copeland
Rachel Geddes:
Mavis Main
Mr. Crossbite:
John Dunbar

The first of a film series about animals and people in many parts of the world.
This week you can see Saanen goats, lighthouses, herons that live in the middle of London, and the work of caring for the health of animals.
Commentary by John Arlott and Robert Beatty
See Junior Radio Times

Contributors

Narrator:
John Arlott
Narrator:
Robert Beatty

David Nixon introduces Showtime
starring this week:
Richard Hearne in a misadventure of 'Mr. Pastry'
Mata and Hari - America's most sensational comedy dance team making their second appearance
with Stanley Unwin, The Television Toppers, The George Mitchell Singers, The Orchestra
(Leader, David McCallum)
Conducted by Eric Robinson

Contributors

Presenter/magician:
David Nixon
Mr Pastry:
Richard Hearne
Comic dancers:
Mata and Hari
Comedian:
Stanley Unwin
Dancers:
The Television Toppers
Singers:
The George Mitchell Singers
[Orchestra] leader:
David McCallum
[Orchestra] conductor:
Eric Robinson
Linking material:
Alec Grahame
Linking material:
David Whitaker
Settings:
Marilyn Roberts
Dance Director:
Sheila Delaney
Producer:
Graeme Muir

Television's most popular panel game.
With Isobel Barnett, Gilbert Harding, Louise Collins, Cyril Fletcher.
In the chair, Eamonn Andrews

("What's My Line?" was devised by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman and is televised by arrangement with CBS and Maurice Winnick)

Contributors

Panellist:
Isobel Barnett
Panellist:
Gilbert Harding
Panellist:
Louise Collins
Panellist:
Cyril Fletcher
Chairman:
Eamonn Andrews
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman
Producer:
Ronald Marsh

by Luigi Pirandello.
Adapted for television by Barry Thomas
[Starring] Victor Rietti
with Walter Hudd, Ellen Pollock and John Charlesworth

The year is 1929. The place, a small town in Southern Italy.

Contributors

Author:
Luigi Pirandello
Adapted by:
Barry Thomas
English version:
null Facade
Producer:
John Warrington
Designer:
Barry Learoyd
Guitar music played by:
Bert Weedon
Signor Direttore:
Walter Hudd
Cinquemani:
Erik Chitty
Professor Toti:
Victor Rietti
Marianna:
Ellen Pollock
Lillina:
Carolle Denzil
Giacomino:
John Charlesworth
Rosa:
Brenda Dunrich
Father Landolina:
Robert Rietty
Rosaria:
Pauline Letts
Filomena:
Gladys Spencer

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