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A weekly agricultural magazine for those who live by the land.
Introduced by John Cherrington.
K. V. Runcie, manager of the Edinburgh University Experimental Farm, describes work to compare the traditional cowshed with a modern milking parlour layout. The use of self feed silage and hay and zero grazing is discussed with Sir Alick Buchanan-Smith.
From the BBC's Midland television studio

Contributors

Presenter:
John Cherrington
Speaker:
K. V. Runcie
Guest:
Sir Alick Buchanan-Smith
Producer:
Hilary Phillips

gan Osian Ellis i Norma Procter, Trevor Anthony, Cantorion Shelley, Cerddorfa Gymreig y BBC ac i chwithau

Osian Ellis welcomes you to a programme of music from Wales, with Norma Procter, Trevor Anthony, The Shelley Singers, and the BBC Welsh Orchestra
Conducted by Arwel Hughes

Contributors

Presenter/harpist:
Osian Ellis
Contralto:
Norma Procter
Bass:
Trevor Anthony
Singers:
The Shelley Singers
Musicians:
The BBC Welsh Orchestra
[Orchestra] conducted by:
Arwel Hughes
Music associate:
Alwyn Jones
Designer:
Alan Taylor
Producer:
Gethyn Stoodley Thomas

A film thriller starring Merle Oberon with Robert Ryan and Paul Lukas.
A story of international espionage and intrigue, full of excitement and suspense, but with a moral. An attempt is made on the Paris-Berlin express to assassinate a high German official travelling to a crucial conference. The wrong man is murdered and the travellers in the same coach, an Englishman, an American, a Frenchman, a Russian, and the secretary of the intended victim all come under suspicion.

Contributors

Director:
Jacques Tourneur
Lucienne:
Merle Oberon
Robert Lindley:
Robert Ryan
Perrot:
Charles Korvin
Dr Bernhardt:
Paul Lukas
Sterling:
Robert Coote
Walther:
Reinhold Schunzel

Last of three weekly contests.
The Residents: Olive Stephens, Edward Moult, Reginald Webster
v.
A Welsh Team: Marguerite Bird, Mostyn Lewis, Cynric Mytton-Davies
Chairman, Franklin Engelmann

Contributors

Panellist (The Residents):
Olive Stephens
Panellist (The Residents):
Edward Moult
Panellist (The Residents):
Reginald Webster
Panellist (Welsh Team):
Marguerite Bird
Panellist (Welsh Team):
Mostyn Lewis
Panellist (Welsh Team):
Cynric Mytton Davies
Chairman:
Franklin Engelmann
Questions arranged and compiled by:
John P. Wynn
Presented by:
Ned Sherrin

A visit to Jersey in the Channel Isles where the well-known naturalist, Gerald Durrell, has started a new zoo. His collection of animals includes those he brought back from expeditions to Africa and South America.
Introduced by James Fisher.
A West Region Film Production

Contributors

Subject:
Gerald Durrell
Presenter:
James Fisher
Cameraman:
George Shears
Film Editor:
Jim Cryan
Producer:
Peter Bale
Series Editor:
Nicholas Crocker

by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Film sequences by permission of Viscount De L'Isle, V.C., at Penshurst Place, Kent.

Contributors

Author:
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Film cameraman:
Bryan Langley
Film editor:
Ron de Mattos
Settings:
Richard Henry
Producer:
Dorothea Brooking
Mary Lennox:
Gillian Ferguson
Ben Weatherstaff:
Fred Fairclough
Mrs Medlock:
Hilary Mason
Mrs Sowerby:
Noel Dyson
Lizabeth-Ellen:
Judy Stephens
Martha:
Prunella Scales
Thomas:
Stuart Hutchison
Pitcher:
Christopher Hodge
Mr Craven:
Frank Shelley
Nurse:
Barbara Mitchell

Introduced by Peter Scott with Philippa Scott.
The jungles of Trinidad are rich In animal life. When Peter Scott and his wife Philippa were there in the winter the hillsides were aflame with the vermilion blossoms of the Imortelle trees. He was particularly interested in the butterflies and other insects to be seen on the New York Zoological Society's Field Research Station at Simla and also in the birds, particularly the oil-bird.
(Previously shown on Sept. 25, 1959)

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Scott
Presenter:
Philippa Scott
Filmed by:
Tony Soper
Editor:
Douglas Thomas
Producer:
Eileen Molony

Myfryrdod a Mawl gan roi sylw arbennig 1 bwy-Bigrwydd y Beibl yn hanes crefyddol ein gwlad dan arweiniad y Parch M. R. Mainwaring
Recordiwyd yr emynau gan Gantorion Cymreig y BBC
(A Welsh programme of meditation and praise)
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield and Crystal Palace only)

A programme about people and God.
What is it that makes some people change the course of their lives in order to devote themselves to a job which they feel they ought to do? What is the motive? In this programme a Baptist minister who was trained as a nuclear physicist, the leader of a youth club, and an ex-police officer training for the Anglican ministry, give their answers.
Introduced by William Purcell.
From the BBC's Midland television studio

Contributors

Presenter:
William Purcell
Producer:
Barrie Edgar

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

Contributors

Panellist:
Isobel Barnett
Panellist:
Gilbert Harding
Panellist:
Polly Elwes
Panellist:
Cyril Fletcher
Chairman:
Eamonn Andrews
Producer:
Ronald Marsh

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A comedy by Jean Anouilh
Translated and adapted by Denis Cannan

Francoise Rosay as Madame Alexandra, Dorothy Tutin as Colombe, Freda Jackson as Madame Georges
Sean Connery as Julien, Richard Pasco as Paul
Newton Blick as Desfournettes, Joseph O'Conor as Lagarde, Peter Sallis as Robinet
Patrick Wymark as Surette
Renny Lister as the Manicurist, Michael Mara as the Chiropodist, Roger Ostime as the Hairdresser, Patrick Blackwell, William Thomley as the Stagehands

The play is set in a theatre in Paris before the turn of the century.

Contributors

Author:
Jean Anouilh
Translated:
and adapted by Denis Cannan
Music composed and conducted by:
John Hotchkis
Played by:
The Melos Ensemble
Costume Supervisor:
Elisabeth Agombar
Make-up Supervisor:
Jill Summers
Designer:
Fanny Taylor
Producer:
Naomi Capon
Madame Alexandra:
Francoise Rosay
Colombe:
Dorothy Tutin
Madame Georges:
Freda Jackson
Julien:
Sean Connery
Paul:
Richard Pasco
Desfournettes:
Newton Blick
Lagarde:
Joseph O'Conor
Robinet:
Peter Sallis
Surette:
Patrick Wymark
The Manicurist:
Renny Lister
The Chiropodist:
Michael Mara
The Hairdresser:
Roger Ostime
Stagehand:
Patrick Blackwell
Stagehand:
William Thomley

A fortnightly magazine of the arts.
Tonight's edition includes: Michel St. Denis discussing his production of Stravinsky's 'Oedipus Rex' which opened at Sadler's Wells on Friday, January 15.
Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon.

Contributors

Interviewee:
Michel St. Denis
Film editor:
Allan Tyrer
Producer:
Peter Newington
Associate producer:
Nancy Thomas
Introduced and edited by:
Huw Wheldon

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More