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Introduced by a doctor.
The growth of large communities has given rise to many problems. The series will show how science can help in solving them.
In recent years there has been much public concern over air pollution. One major factor is smoke, more than half of which comes from domestic chimneys. This programme investigates its main source, and suggests a cure.
(to 11.45)

Contributors

Presenter:
A doctor [name uncredited]
Animations:
Alfred Wurmser
Producer:
Geoffrey Hall

For the Very Young
Maria Bird brings Andy to play with your small children and invites them to join in songs and games.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
Gladys Whitred sings the songs
(BBC film)

Contributors

Narrator/script, music, and settings:
Maria Bird
Puppeteer:
Audrey Atterbury
Puppeteer:
Molly Gibson
Singer:
Gladys Whitred

A serial in six episodes by Eric Allen.

Contributors

Writer:
Eric Allen
Film cameraman:
Bill Munn
Film editor:
Norman Carr
Accordionist:
Henry Krein
Designer:
Richard Wilmot
Producer:
Barbara Hammond
Dennis Harper:
Jonathan Bergman
Kapra:
David Grey
Anna Merrell:
Joan Hart
Susan Harper:
Hilary Wyce
General Upperton:
Maurice Colbourne
Mr Ash:
Eric Dodson
Hotel Manager:
Anthony Jacobs
Henri, hotel clerk:
Emrys James
Perichon hotel detective:
Michael Hitchman
Baron Hoffenstauffer:
Ronald Ibbs
Madame Blitskaya:
Nicolette Bernard
Gendarme:
Ray Grover
Buttons:
James Langley

With the aid of special under-water television apparatus carried on the marine research vessel Xarifa, Hans Hass finds a new species of fish and thereby solves a problem which might otherwise have defeated scientists.
The series directed by Hans Hass and produced by Tony Soper.

Contributors

Diver/film cameraman/series director:
Hans Hass
Film editor:
Paul Khan
Series producer:
Tony Soper

Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson and including John Morgan and Cy Grant.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
John Morgan
Singer/guitarist:
Cy Grant
Associate producer:
Alasdair Milne
Associate producer:
Antony Jay
Associate producer:
Gordon Watkins
Editor:
Donald Baverstock

Jack Payne brings you Words and Music and conducts the Concert Orchestra
(Leader, Alec Firman)
Artists appearing are: Anne Shelton, Russ Conway, Ivor Emmanuel, Lucille Graham, Douglas Squires, Mavis Traill, June Marlow, Peter Myers and Ronald Cass and The George Mitchell Singers.
Guest appearance of Bert Ambrose

Contributors

Presenter/conductor:
Jack Payne
Musicians:
The Concert Orchestra
[Orchestra] leader:
Alec Firman
Singer:
Anne Shelton
Pianist:
Russ Conway
Singer:
Ivor Emmanuel
Soprano:
Lucille Graham
Dancer:
Douglas Squires
Dancer:
Mavis Traill
Singer:
June Marlow
Performer:
Peter Myers
Performer:
Ronald Cass
Singers:
The George Mitchell Singers
Violinist/guest appearance:
Bert Ambrose
Designer:
Cephas Howard
Producer:
John Street

A series on the current work of Fellows of the Royal Society
by H. W. Lissman, F.B.S. and R. D. Keynes, F.R.S.
Some fish generate extraordinarily high electrical voltages to stun their prey; others find their way about by emitting extremely weak electrical impulses. How they do this has intrigued scientists for more than two hundred years.
Outside Broadcast cameras visit the Department of Zoology at Cambridge to investigate the research of two scientists who are near the final answer.

Contributors

Interviewee:
H. W. Lissman
Interviewee:
R. D. Keynes
Interviewer:
Raymond Baxter
Script:
Gordon Rattray Taylor
Producer/series editor:
Philip Daly
Producer:
Gerald Leach

A programme about the latest films, the stars who appear in them, the people who make them.
Introduced by Robert Robinson.
In this edition:
Scenes from: 'The Big Fisherman' with Howard Keel, Herbert Lom and Martha Hyer
Keith Fordyce interviews Martha Hyer
'The Mountain Road' starring James Stewart
'A Terrible Beauty' starring Robert Mitchum
'Suddenly Last Summer' starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn and Montgomery Clift
Robert Robinson talks to Spike Milligan and Shirley Ann Field.
(Films by courtesy of Centurion, Columbia, and United Artists)

Contributors

Presenter/Interviewer:
Robert Robinson
Interviewer:
Keith Fordyce
Interviewee:
Martha Hyer
Interviewee:
Spike Milligan
Interviewee:
Shirley Ann Field
Producer/Editor:
Christopher Doll

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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