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

South Sea Daya
June Knox-Mawer, wife of a Colonial Government official, describes life in Fiji and Tonga.

The Postman's Round
Film of country life in a remote area of France.

Archibald Joyce at the Piano talking to Eric Robinson

William Saroyan on the opening of his play

With a story from Richard Murdoch

(to 15.35)

Contributors

Presenter:
David Jacobs
Item presenter (South Sea Daya):
June Knox-Mawer
Pianist/interviewee:
Archibald Joyce
Interviewer:
Eric Robinson
Interviewee:
William Saroyan
Storyteller:
Richard Murdoch
Director:
Richard Francis
Producer:
Margaret Smith

Introduced by Ian Mercer.

Marsh Fritillary with Cecil Bell

Club Room with Leslie Jackman

On the River with Frank Sawyer

From the BBC's West of England studio

Contributors

Presenter:
Ian Mercer
Item presenter (Marsh Fritillary):
Cecil Bell
Item presenter (Club Room):
Leslie Jackman
Item presenter (On the River):
Frank Sawyer
Producer:
Winwood Reade

by Charles Dickens.
Adapted in thirteen parts by P.D. Cummins.

"Ours was the marsh country down by the river" ...Pip is remembering that Christmas when he became the unwilling accomplice of a desperate convict, lavage with cold and hunger, who was yet more concerned with taking the life of his enemy than saving his own.
Leaving the bleak churchyard where his mother and father are buried, Pip returns fearfully across the Marshes to his sister.

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Adapted by:
P.D. Cummins
Designer:
Richard Henry
Film Cameraman:
Leonard Newson
Film Editor:
Ron de Mattos
Producer:
Dorothea Brooking
Magwitch:
Jerold Wells
Pip, as a boy:
Colin Spaull
Joe Gargery:
Michael Gwynn
Mrs. Joe Gargery:
Margot van der Burgh
Mr. Wopsle:
William Lyon Brown
Parson:
Lionel Marson
Mr. Pumblechook:
Raymond Rollett
Sergeant:
Donald Masters
Compeyson:
Robert Mooney
Soldier:
Brian Moorehead

A tribute to Cherry Kearton the pioneer wild-life photographer.
Cherry Kearton died in 1940 after making films for twenty-five years all over the world. Peter Scott introduces some of these films and talks to Ada Kearton who went with her husband on many of his expeditions.

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Scott
Guest:
Ada Kearton
Editor:
John Merritt
Producer:
Nicholas Crocker

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

Starring Perry Como
with Gisele Mackenzie, Frankie Avalon, Bob Denver, Margaret Ann and The Jada Quartet, 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
Singer:
Gisele Mackenzie
Singer:
Frankie Avalon
Comedian:
Bob Denver
Group:
Margaret Ann and The Jada Quartet
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

Tonight's big fight in Sportsview
Introduced by Peter Dimmock.
Television's weekly sports magazine brings you
Professional Boxing direct from Wolverhampton
A ten-round middleweight contest
Phil Edwards, Middleweight champion of Wales v. Attu Clottey, Middleweight champion of Ghana
From Alex Griffiths' promotion at the Civic Hall, Wolverhampton

Sportsview Looks Ahead To...: Scotland v. England
A preview of Saturday's football international at Hampden Park.
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Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Dimmock
Boxer:
Phil Edwards
Boxer:
Attu Clottey
Commentator (Boxing):
Harry Carpenter
Television presentation (Boxing):
Philip Lewis
Association editor:
Ronnie Noble
Presented by:
Bryan Cowgill
Editor:
Paul Fox

In 1958 more than one-and-a-half million people were admitted to hospital as the result of accidents in the home, at work, or on the roads, and the figures for road accidents are still rising.
Can the existing Medical Services deal adequately with this ever-growing problem?
In tonight's programme, which comes from the Birmingham Accident Hospital, doctors and surgeons investigate the need for the creation of a co-ordinated Accident Service throughout the country.

Contributors

Producer:
John Furness

BBC gardening personalities
Frances Perry - TV: 'Domestic Forum'
Percy Thrower - TV: 'Gardening Club'
Roy Hay - Network 3: 'In Your Garden'
Fred Loads - Home Service: 'Gardeners' Question Time'
meet for Agreement and Argument over questions from the public on gardening topics.
From the BBC's Midland television studio

Contributors

Panellist:
Frances Perry
Panellist:
Percy Thrower
Panellist:
Roy Hay
Panellist:
Fred Loads
Producer:
Paul Morby

BBC Television

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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