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A weekly miscellany of people and events.
Introduced by David Jacobs.
including

A. V . Swaebe, Recollections of an unconventional photographer

Colin Wilson on his new book 'Ritual in the Dark'

Within Glass Walls
A fantasy on film.

And a story from A. P. Herbert.

(to 15.30)

Contributors

Presenter:
David Jacobs
Guest:
A. V . Swaebe
Guest:
Colin Wilson
Storyteller:
A. P. Herbert
Director:
Richard Francis
Producer:
Lorna Pegram

A Rubovian legend by Gordon Murray.
Presented by the BBC Puppet Company

Contributors

Writer/Director/Puppets:
Gordon Murray
Puppeteer:
Audrey Atterbury
Puppeteer:
Bob Bura
Puppeteer:
John Hardwick
Voices:
Roy Skelton
Voices:
James Beattie
Voices:
Violet Lamb
Voices:
Michael Logan
Music:
Patrick Harvey
Settings and costumes:
Andrew Brownfoot

Introduced by Tony Soper with Jane Burton and Leslie Jackman.

Badgers
How does a badger carry its own bedding?

Frog Watching
What happens to the frog spawn you take home?

Club Room
How to make a nature museum at home.

Looking After Sick Birds
Film of the RSPCA hospital at Mousehole.

From the BBC's West of England studio

Contributors

Presenter:
Tony Soper
Item presenter:
Jane Burton
Item presenter:
Leslie Jackman
Producer:
Winwood Reade

BBC TV Outside Broadcasts Lookout
with Geoffrey Wheeler who with the Roving Eye of Television sends his story of the day direct from location somewhere in Norfolk.

Contributors

Presenter:
Geoffrey Wheeler
Production:
Barrie Edgar
Editor:
Peter Webber
Editor:
Derek Burrell-Davis

Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson and including John Morgan, Polly Elwes and Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
John Morgan
Reporter:
Polly Elwes
Singer:
Robin Hall
Singer/Guitarist:
Jimmie Macgregor
Associate Producer:
Alasdair Milne
Associate Producer:
Antony Jay
Associate Producer:
Gordon Watkins
Editor:
Donald Baverstock

Adventures of the famous Western Stagecoach Service.
[Starring] Dale Robertson

There are not many outlaws capable of outwitting Jim Hardie and when a shipment of a million dollars is snatched from under his very nose, the recovery of the money becomes a matter of prestige.

Contributors

Jim Hardie:
Dale Robertson

Peter Dimmock introduces Sportsview
Action - News - Personalities in a weekly sports magazine.
Tonight's sports include:
Football... Athletics... Racing
and The Winter Olympic Games
A final summing-up from Squaw Valley.

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Dimmock
Associate editor:
Ronnie Noble
Presented by:
Bryan Cowgill
Editor:
Paul Fox

Starring Perry Como
with Raymond Massey, Dorothy Collins, The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, The Ray Charles Singers, The Louis da Pron Dancers.
Written by Herbert Baker, Billy Friedberg, and Will Glickman.

Contributors

Singer/Presenter:
Perry Como
Performer:
Raymond Massey
Singer:
Dorothy Collins
Musicians:
The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
Singers:
The Ray Charles Singers
Dancers:
The Louis da Pron Dancers
Produced for NBC by:
Clark Jones
Writer:
Herbert Baker
Writer:
Billy Friedberg
Writer:
Will Glickman
Edited for BBC Television by:
Richard Barclay

Introduced by Eric Robinson
with Joan Carlyle, Eugene Malinin, David Kelly, John Mitchinson, The Group Valdemosa
Bernado, Rafael, and Tomeo
Astaras
The Polovtsian Dances from 'Prince Igor' (Borodin)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Raymond Cohen)
Assistant conductor, Marcus Dods

Contributors

Presenter/Conductor:
Eric Robinson
Singer:
Joan Carlyle
Pianist:
Eugene Malinin
Singer:
David Kelly
Singer:
John Mitchinson
Choreographer:
Alfred Rodrigues
Dancer:
Patricia Ashworth
Dancer:
Lilian de Arias
Dancer:
Anna Marie Ellerbeck
Dancer:
Leonie Leahy
Dancer:
Yemaiel Oved
Dancer:
Valerie Reece
Dancer:
Vernie Ruthven
Dancer:
Jane Shore
Dancer:
Jenny Trevelyan
Dancer:
Keith Rossom
Dancer:
Ronald Plaisted
Dancer:
John Sale
Dancer:
Douglas Steuart
Dancer:
Christopher Newton
Dancer:
Maurice Metliss
Musicians:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Raymond Cohen
Assistant Conductor:
Marcus Dods
Designer:
Clifford Hatts
Producer:
Patricia Foy

What makes the worst noise-a big jet, a pneumatic drill, or just the radio next door? Did you know that last year's hot summer doubled the fire brigades' work? How much in fact do Noise and Fire affect our lives?
Introduced by Dick Taverne.

Contributors

Presenter:
Dick Taverne
Compiled by:
Frank Blackaby
Charts designed and animated by:
Alfred Wurmser
Presented by:
Peter Bennet Stone

Does E.S.P. exist? There have been many reports of telepathy between people in circumstances which seem to exclude all other explanation. Scientists have spent many years investigating these problems, and the investigations continue. The evidence for Extra-Sensory Perception is discussed this evening with A Consultant Psychologist.

Contributors

Presenter:
A Consultant Psychologist [name uncredited]
Producer:
Hugh Burnett

BBC Television

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