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Introduced by a doctor.
Getting rid of waste presents a large community with serious problems. Certain bacteria and other micro-organisms can break down dangerous organic waste, but they must be provided with the right conditions in which to work. This programme shows how a scientific study of the organisms has enabled us to devise processes to cope with our waste.

Contributors

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

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

Margaret Leighton talking to Duff Newton

Susan Lester on her life with the Lapps
See Round and About

'O' Stands for Office
Dame Sybil Thorndike and Sir Lewis Casson visit the sites of some old London theatres.

With a story from Sam Pollock.

(to 15.30)

Contributors

Presenter:
David Jacobs
Interviewee:
Margaret Leighton
Interviewer:
Duff Newton
Guest:
Susan Lester
Item presenter ('O' Stands for Office):
Dame Sybil Thorndike
Item presenter ('O' Stands for Office):
Sir Lewis Casson
Storyteller:
Sam Pollock
Director:
Bryan Izzard
Producer:
Lorna Pegram

A film series about people and animals from all over the world.
In this edition you can see several field mice and an intriguing common shrew, as well as a mother tern on her nest and a real live Bambi.

Contributors

Commentator:
John Arlott
Commentator:
Robert Beatty

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

Estella arrives in London and Pip meets her coach. Orlick has secretly followed her, and so learns Pip's address. In a tavern, he falls in with Compeyson, the man with the scar captured on the Marshes. He employs Orlick to hunt down Abel Magwitch, the convict Pip helped - he knows Magwitch has returned to England although transported for life. Pip is wretched because Estella encourages Bentley Drummle. One evening, he has a strange visitor. It is Magwitch, who reveals himself as Pip's benefactor.

(First shown on May 31, 1959)

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Adapted for television by:
P.D. Cummins
Designer:
Richard Henry
Film Cameraman:
Leonard Newson
Film Editor:
Ron de Mattos
Producer:
Dorothea Brooking
Magwitch:
Jerold Wells
Pip:
Dinsdale Landen
Herbert:
Colin Jeavons
Mr Jaggers:
Keneth Thornett
Mr Wemmick:
Ronald Inns
Mike:
Rio Fanning
Orlick:
Richard Warner
Compeyson:
Robert Mooney
Office Boy:
Keith Crane
Miss Havisham:
Marjory Hawtrey
Estella:
Helen Lindsay
Porter:
Edward Palmer

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

The exciting adventures of the famous Western Stagecoach Service.
[Starring] Dale Robertson

The West is no place for a well-dressed City man. But the Easterner that Jim Hardie is escorting is a match for anyone with his fists or a gun, and Jim begins to wonder if appearances are deceptive.

Contributors

Jim Hardie:
Dale Robertson

Digby Wolfe invites you to measure your sense of humour against Beryl Reid, Bill Owen, Barry Took, Kenneth Williams in a new cartoon contest devised by Frank Wayne and Mace Neufeld with Harold Smart at the organ.

Contributors

Chairman:
Digby Wolfe
Panellist:
Beryl Reid
Panellist:
Bill Owen
Panellist:
Barry Took
Panellist:
Kenneth Williams
Devised by:
Frank Wayne
Devised by:
Mace Neufeld
Organist:
Harold Smart
Designer:
Roger Andrews
Producer:
Ned Sherrin

Peter Dimmock introduces Sportsview
Action... News... Personalities
A preview of the Olympic Games, which open in Rome three months from today, and a review of Britain's prospects.
The personalities previewing the Olympic competition include:
The Marquess of Exeter, K.C.M.G., Chairman of the British Olympic Association and Olympic Gold Medallist 1928 and Christopher Brasher, Olympic Gold Medallist 1956.

Contributors

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

Introduced by Eric Robinson.
Elaine Malbin, Luisillo and his Spanish Dancers, Andre Turp, William Clauson,
Desmond Bradley and Jimmy Edwards who tells the story of 'Tubby the Tuba'.
London Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Henry Datyner)
Assistant conductor, Marcus Dods

Contributors

Presenter:
Eric Robinson
Producer:
Patricia Foy
Soprano:
Elaine Malbin
Dancers:
Luisillo and his Spanish Dancers
Tenor:
Andre Turp
Singer:
William Clauson
Violinist:
Desmond Bradley
Musical-storyteller (Tubby the Tuba):
Jimmy Edwards
Musicians:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
[Orchestra] leader:
Henry Datyner
Assistant conductor:
Marcus Dods
Designer:
Lionel Radford

An inter-continental conversation.
In Geneva: Ernest Ansermet, Conductor
In San Juan, Puerto Rico: Pablo Casals, Cellist
In Vancouver, British Columbia: Isaac Stern, Violinist
The host in New York: Daniel Schorr, CBS News Correspondent
The Topic: The political place of a musical artist in the world today
The second of two programmes

10.15-10.45 View: the magazine of the South and West; 10.45 Evening Prayers, Weather, and Close Down
(Rowridge)

Contributors

Speaker (Geneva):
Ernest Ansermet
Speaker (San Juan):
Puerto Rico Speaker (Vancouver): Isaac Stern
Presenter:
Daniel Schorr
Produced for CBS Television by:
Edward R. Murrow
Produced for CBS Television by:
Fred W. Friendly

BBC Television

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