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A magazine programme for younger viewers.
Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
Including:
Spot the Tune
A musical competition with Ian Stewart at the piano.
Send your postcards to: Blue Peter, [address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Christopher Trace
Presenter:
Leila Williams
Pianist (Spot the Tune):
Ian Stewart
Producer:
John Hunter Blair

Seasonal work in garden and greenhouse shown by Percy Thrower.
The Ring Culture Story for Tomatoes, Chrysanthemum or Carnations grown indoors and outside with Arthur Billitt, Head of Lenton Experimental Station.
A small unheated greenhouse is prepared with ashes, rings, and compost: on film, a look ahead to summer to the tomato plant bearing five trusses of fruit.
Tomato troubles to be prepared for; Materials for the ash bed; Pricking out
From the BBC's Midland television studio

Contributors

Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Item presenter (The Ring Culture Story):
Arthur Billitt
Producer:
Paul Morby

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

by Jane Austen
Adapted for television in six weekly instalments by Vincent Tilsley

Contributors

Author:
Jane Austen
Adapted by:
Vincent Tilsley
Producer:
Campbell Logan
Settings:
Stephen Bundy
Harriet Smith:
Perlita Neilson
Emma Woodhouse:
Diana Fairfax
Mr Woodhouse:
Leslie French
Mr Knightley:
Paul Daneman
Miss Bates:
Gillian Lind
Mrs Bates:
May Hallatt
Jane Fairfax:
Petra Davies
Footman:
Philip Howard
Mr Weston:
Philip Ray
Mrs Weston:
Thea Holme
Frank Churchill:
David McCallum
Mrs Ford:
Joyce Chancellor

A film series, starring Michael Rennie as Harry Lime.
Guest star: Liam Redmond

Harry Lime wonders why some forged printing plates should have become so important to a man on the point of leaving prison, especially when he discovers that the convict is not the only person interested in them.

Contributors

Harry Lime:
Michael Rennie
McKevin:
Liam Redmond
Nick Boles:
Michael Pate
Jane:
Valerie French
Stoner:
Noel Drayton
Hotel Clerk:
Geoffrey Steele
Boy:
Christopher Cook
Girl:
Louise Kent
Jameson:
Jefferson Searles
Blurt:
Glenn Dixon
Bradford Webster:
Jonathan Harris

[Starring] Kenneth McKellar with his guests Laura Brand and Bobby Watson and the BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra.
(Leader, Jack Nugent)
Conductor, Jack Leon
From the BBC's television studio in Scotland

Contributors

Tenor:
Kenneth McKellar
Singer:
Laura Brand
Dancer:
Bobby Watson
Musicians:
The BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Jack Nugent
Conductor:
Jack Leon
Designer:
Robert MacGowan
Producer:
Eddie Fraser

The week's business in Parliament is over, and two M.P.s face questions from a group of their constituents at the Lido Ballroom, Norwich.
Denys Bullard M.P., Member (Conservative) for Norfolk. King's Lynn and Albert Hilton M.P., Member (Labour) for Norfolk, South-West.
In the chair, Robert Carvel

Contributors

Panellist:
Denys Bullard
Panellist:
Albert Hilton
Chairman:
Robert Carvel
Director:
Geoffrey Meredith
Producer:
John Grist

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