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The 84 nations competing in the 1960 Olympic Games at Rome parade in the Stadio Olimpico.

The President of the Republic of Italy declares the Games open with these words: 'I proclaim the Olympic Games of Rome, celebrating the XVII Olympiad of the modern era, open.'
The Olympic flag is raised in the Stadium; the pigeons, carrying their message of goodwill, are released; the Olympic torch arrives and the sacred Olympic flame is lit. One Italian athlete, representing all the competitors, pronounces the Olympic Oath. The 1960 Olympic Games are under way
Commentator at the Stadia Olimpicti Raymond Baxter

Presented by Radiotelevisione Italiana at 4.15

Contributors

Commentator:
Raymond Baxter

Introduced by Peter Scott.

with Heinz Sielmann and Gerald Durrell.

Heinz Sielmann, one of the best-known animal photographers in the world, was sent by a Belgian scientific foundation to film the strange and fascinating animals that still live in the Congo forest. Part of this programme came from the Twentieth Century-Fox film 'Lords of the Forest'. Also appearing in the programme is N'Pongo, the baby gorilla from Gerald Durrell's zoo in Jersey.

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Scott
Filmmaker:
Heinz Sielmann
Guest:
Gerald Durrell
Presented for television by:
Christopher Parsons
Executive producer:
Eileen Molony

The Panel: Simon Kester, George Martin, Alan Simpson find out the logical explanation for odd situations in which viewers have found themselves.
Chairman, Kenneth Horne

Contributors

Devised and compiled by:
John P. Wynn
Panellist:
Simon Kester
Panellist:
George Martin
Panellist:
Alan Simpson
Chairman:
Kenneth Horne
Cartoonist:
Roy Laughton
Presented by:
Kenneth Milne-Buckley

[Starring] Eric Sykes
with Richard Wattis and Hattie Jacques
Also appearing: Jacques Cey, Keith Smith, Andre Charise, Romany Campbell, Roxane Dante, Louis Haslar, Stephanie Ross, Leonard Graham, Dorothy Watson, Brian Faubert, John Davies, Alfred Hirst, Stan Ayres, Max Miradin, Edward Wade, Alec Wallace, Cicely Weir

Contributors

Script:
Spike Milligan
Incidental Music:
Gordon Franks
Designer:
Lawrence Broadhouse
Director:
Philip Barker
Producer:
Dennis Main Wilson
Eric:
Eric Sykes
Mr. Brown:
Richard Wattis
Hattie:
Hattie Jacques
[Actor]:
Jacques Cey
[Actor]:
Keith Smith
[Actor]:
Andre Charise
[Actress]:
Romany Campbell
[Actress]:
Roxane Dante
[Actor]:
Louis Haslar
[Actress]:
Stephanie Ross
[Actor]:
Leonard Graham
[Actress]:
Dorothy Watson
[Actor]:
John Davies
[Actor]:
Alfred Hirst
[Actor]:
Stan Ayres
[Actor]:
Max Miradin
[Actor]:
Edward Wade
[Actor]:
Alec Wallace
[Actor]:
Cicely Weir

The pageant of English history.
Written by William Shakespeare.

(See foot of page)
(BBC recording)
(See Round and About)

The English victory at Agincourt confirmed Henry V as an outstanding military leader and a greatly loved King. The ensuing treaty with France and Henry's marriage to Princess Katherine, promised both kingdoms a long period of peace and prosperity. But Henry V died young, leaving an infant son behind him in the protectorship of his brothers Bedford and Gloucester. War now flares up again in France: and at home, leaderless nobles revive their disastrous quarrel about the rightful succession.

Contributors

Writer:
William Shakespeare
Director:
Michael Hayes
Producer:
Peter Dews
Music:
Christopher Whelen
Title Music:
Sir Arthur Bliss
Designer:
Stanley Morris
Uncle to the King and Protector:
John, Duke of Bedford: Patrick Garland
Uncle to the King and Protector:
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester: John Ringham
Great-Uncle to the King:
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter: Noel Johnson
Great-Uncle to the King:
Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, afterwards Cardinal: Robert Lang
Messenger:
John Greenwood
Messenger:
Terry Wale
Messenger:
John Murray Scott
Charles the Dauphin:
Jerome Willis
Duke of Alanson:
Anthony Valentine
Regnier, Duke of Anjou, titular King of Naples:
John Warner
Bastard of Orleans:
David Andrews
Joan la Pucelle, sometimes called Joan of Arc:
Eileen Atkins
Warder:
Julian Glover
Warder:
Jeremy Bisley
Serving-man:
Timothy Harley
Serving-man:
Derek Ware
Serving-man:
Kenneth Farrington
Woodvile, Lieutenant of the Tower:
Leon Shepperdson Lord Mayor of London: Michael Graham Cox
Richard Plantagenet, afterwards Duke of York:
Jack May Earl of Suffolk: Edgar Wreford
John Beaufort, Earl, afterwards Duke of Somerset:
Alan Rowe
Earl of Warwick:
Frank Windsor
Vernon:
Tony Garnett Lawyer: John Greenwood
King Henry the Sixth:
Terry Scully
Margaret, daughter to Regnier:
Mary Morris
Shepherd, father to Joan la Pucelle:
Michael Graham Cox

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