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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 scientific study of the organisms has enabled us to devise processes to cope with our waste.
(BBC recording first shown on May 25)
(to 11.45)

Contributors

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

Brian Hope-Taylor introduces a series for younger children showing some of the ways in which Man has lived from the Old Stone Age to the time of the Romans.

The second of two programmes about Ancient Egypt.

Script by Leonard Cottrell who appears with Alex MacFarland.

Contributors

Introduces:
Brian Hope-Taylor
Script/guest:
Leonard Cottrell
Guest:
Alex MacFarland
Film editor:
Teddy Ireland
Producer:
Ivan Gilman

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

Contributors

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

With Marty Batten, Beryl Gray, Jennifer Hocking, Barbara Miura, Suzy Scott, Jose Waring.

What to pack for a fortnight's tour by coach, car, or scooter.

Holiday beauty hints

Beachwear and summer evening dresses

Introduced by Robert Gladwell.

Contributors

Model:
Marty Batten
Model:
Beryl Gray
Model:
Jennifer Hocking
Model:
Barbara Miura
Model:
Suzy Scott
Model:
Jose Waring
Presenter:
Robert Gladwell
Fashion adviser:
Shelagh Wilson
Arranged by:
Iris Furlong
Producer:
Joyce Bullen

Head Office decides that the new railway needs publicity and arranges to send a journalist and photographer to report on building operations. To Bart's dismay the journalist is a determined young woman whose search for photographs leads her into dangerous Indian territory.

Contributors

Major Bart McClelland:
Jeff Morrow
Billy Kincald:
Judd Pratt

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

Contributors

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

Plays of village life by Bill Naughton and Allan Prior.
[Starring] Wilfred Pickles as 'Yorky'
with Edna Morris, Barbara Everest, Wensley Pithey, Austin Trevor
From the BBC's North of England television studio

Contributors

Writer:
Bill Naughton
Writer:
Allan Prior
Designer:
Paul Bernard
Producer:
John Warrington
Reg Piggott:
John Pike
Yorky:
Wilfred Pickles
Harry Blake:
Richard Dean
Mrs Blake:
Barbara Everest
Jack:
Arnold Ridley
Alice:
Edna Morris
Clara Piggott:
Katherine Page
Miss Horseman:
Margaret Diamond
Fred Piggott:
Wensley Pithey
Ruth:
Jill Tracey
Mr Cottram:
Austin Trevor
Mr Selby:
Jack Howarth
Lady Chairman:
Althea Parker
Other parts played by:
Michael Bilton
Other parts played by:
Nan Hargreaves Jones
Other parts played by:
Randolph Stubbington
Other parts played by:
John Broadbent
Other parts played by:
Leslie Clark

Written by Robert Barr.
A series of dramatised documentaries about the Metropolitan Police.
Through the Interpol organisation, a national Police force can rely on the co-operation of foreign forces. When the Danish parents of a girl working in England report to the police in Copenhagen that they have lost contact with their daughter, a message is transmitted to the Interpol office at Scotland Yard. And any division of the Metropolitan Police can be called upon to assist.

Contributors

Writer:
Robert Barr
Producer:
David E. Rose
Designer:
Richard Henry
Film sequences - Cameraman:
Ronnie Shears
Film sequences - Editor:
Barbara Parker
Director:
Don Taylor

says Joan Regan and invites Russ Conway, Michael Holliday, Vivienne Martin, Malcolm Goddard, Eithne Milne, The George Mitchell Singers.

Contributors

Singer/presenter:
Joan Regan
Pianist:
Russ Conway
Singer:
Michael Holliday
Performer:
Vivienne Martin
Dancer/choreography:
Malcolm Goddard
Dancer:
Eithne Milne
Singers:
The George Mitchell Singers
Orchestra conducted by:
Wally Stott
Original music and script by:
Peter Myers
Original music and script by:
Ronald Cass
Settings:
Cephas Howard
Producer:
John Street

A series on the current work of Fellows of the Royal Society
With C. H. Mortimer, F.R.S. and Professor Sir Alister Hardy, F.R.S.

The sea teems with countless millions of microscopic animals which drift along with the moving waters. As these creatures form the food of many of the fish we eat an understanding of their habits and movements will help the fishermen of the world to increase their catch of this valuable source of food.
Outside broadcast cameras visit the Scottish Marine Biological Station at Millport in the Isle of Cumbrae to meet scientists engaged in this fascinating study.

Contributors

Interviewee:
C. H. Mortimer
Interviewee:
Professor Sir Alister Hardy
Interviewer:
Raymond Baxter
Script:
Gordon Rattray Taylor
Producer:
Alan Rees
Producer/series edited by:
Philip Daly

with Kenneth McKellar and his guest: Marion Studholme
BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Jack Leon
From the BBC's television studio in Scotland

Contributors

Tenor:
Kenneth McKellar
Guest/soprano:
Marion Studholme
Musicians:
BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra
[Orchestra] conductor:
Jack Leon
Designer:
Robert Macgowan
Producer:
Eddie Fraser

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