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and Weather for Farmers
Introduced by John Cherrington.

A. S. Cray shows, with film, the different ways of handling farmyard manure, and discusses the economics of each.
E. Crompton, a pedologist, then evaluates muck as a fertilizer.
Filmed by the BBC's Agricultural Film Unit
From the Midlands

Contributors

Presenter:
John Cherrington
Item presenter:
A. S. Cray
Item presenter:
E. Crompton
Film editor:
Henry Fowler
Producer:
George Sigsworth

i Golegau Cymru
Y ddadl gyn-derfynol
Testun:
Rhy rwydd yw'n llwybyr ml Colegau:
Cole? Hyflorddi Caerdydd (Geraint Lloyd Owen a Gwynfor Griffiths)
ColegCoffa'r Annibynwyr, Abertawe (Eirian Rees a John Gwilym Jones )
Cadeirydd, Aled Rhys Wiliam
Beirniaid:
Huldah Bassett Gwynedd Pierce R. L. Griffith
Y telediad dan ofal IFAN 0. Williams
Y cynhyrchu gan Sam Jones
Recordiad y BBC
Debating contest for Welsh Colleges.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)

Contributors

Unknown:
Golegau Cymru
Unknown:
Hyflorddi Caerdydd
Unknown:
Geraint Lloyd Owen
Unknown:
Eirian Rees
Unknown:
John Gwilym Jones
Unknown:
Aled Rhys Wiliam
Unknown:
Huldah Bassett
Unknown:
Gwynedd Pierce
Unknown:
R. L. Griffith
Unknown:
Sam Jones

[Starring] Frances Langford, Phillip Terry
with Gene Krupa and his Band

The throbbing drum-beau of Gene Krupa and melody and song from lovely Frances Langford are two of the highlights in this light-hearted story of fun and music.

Contributors

Musicians:
Gene Krupa and his Band
Director:
John H. Auer
Ann Rogers:
Frances Langford
Damon Dillingham:
Phillip Terry
Gene Krupa:
null Himself
Eddie Martin:
Ralph Edwards
Professor Blanchetti:
Andrew Tombes
Carleton P. Duff:
Donald McBride
Mrs. Elvira Rogers:
Myra McKinney

A film about Dartmoor.
A BBC West Region Film Unit production
(Last shown in April 1960)

Contributors

Commentary written by:
John Moore
Commentary spoken by:
Anthony Jacobs
Film Cameraman:
George Shears
Film Cameraman:
Bill Morris
Film Cameraman:
Jim Saunders
Sound Recordist:
Howard Smith
Film Editor:
Constance Dunn
Director:
Ian Curtis

A kaleidoscope from the world of books with Dick Taverne.

Contributors

Presenter:
Dick Taverne
Script associate:
Dennis Potter
Dramatic sequences directed by:
David Willmott
Studio direction:
Ian Martin
Production assistant:
Christopher Burstall
Producer:
Stephen Hearst

Being the adventures of the Bastable children in search of a fortune by E. Nesbit.
Adapted and produced in six episodes by Dorothea Brooking.

Philp Latham is in Harold Fielding's "The Gazebo" at the Savoy Theatre; Peter Stephens, in "Settled out of Court" at the Strand Theatre, London.
See page 15

Contributors

Author:
E. Nesbit
Adapter/producer:
Dorothea Brooking
Film cameraman:
Bill Munn
Film editor:
Keith Latham
Designer:
Susan Spence
Oswald Bastable:
Anthony Klouda
Dora Bastable:
Hilary Wyce
Dicky Bastable:
Jonathan Collins
The Twins:
Noel Bastable: Richard Williams
The Twins:
Alice Bastable: Sarah O'Connor
H. O. Bastable:
Mark Mileham
Mr Jenkins:
Peter Stephens
Eliza:
Patricia Fryer
Albert-next-door:
Christopher Williams
Albert's Uncle:
Peter Gray
Mr Bastable:
Philip Latham

A documentary study, on film, of human behaviour in a self-service store, and other crowded situations.
With comments, from the Christian point of view, by The Rev. John Tinsley, Head of the Department of Theology in the University of Hull.
Introduced by Vernon Greeves.

Contributors

Speaker:
The Rev. John Tinsley
Presenter:
Vernon Greeves
Camera:
Cyril Moorhead
Sound:
Dennis Panchen
Editor:
Agnes Evan
Film script and production:
Victor Menzies

Introduced by David Nixon.
Written by David Climie, David Whitaker and David Nixon. Starring this week Tessie O'Shea, Brock Peters, Tony Hughes, The Rovitas, Dorothy Wayne, Irving Davies, The Showtime Dancers, The George Mitchell Singers.

Contributors

Presenter/writer:
David Nixon
Writer:
David Climie
Writer:
David Whitaker
Producer:
Graeme Muir
Orchestra leader:
David McCallum
Orchestra directed by:
Eric Robinson
Settings:
Lionel Radford
Entertainer:
Tessie O'Shea
Performer:
Brock Peters
Performer:
Tony Hughes
Performers:
The Rovitas
Singer:
Dorothy Wayne
Dancer/Dance direction:
Irving Davies
Dancers:
The Showtime Dancers
Singers:
The George Mitchell Singers

Chairman, Eamonn Andrews
Panel: Isobel Barnett, Barbara Kelly, Cyril Fletcher, a guest panellist and a mystery guest celebrity.
Televised by arrangement with CBS and Maurice Winnick

Contributors

Chairman:
Eamonn Andrews
Panellist:
Isobel Barnett
Panellist:
Barbara Kelly
Panellist:
Cyril Fletcher
Research:
Julia Cave
Director:
Bill Parry Jones
Producer:
John Warrington
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman

by J. B. Priestley.
[Starring] John Gregson, Heather Sears
with Nora Swinburne, William Russell and Edward Chapman

with Alan Dobie

Spring, 1912 - for the wealthy a time of good living, gaiety, and a belief in the unshakability of the status quo. Mr. and Mrs. Birling are celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila to Gerald Croft, heir to a title; it is the pinnacle of Mr. Birling's successful rise in society.....

Contributors

Author:
J. B. Priestley
Producer:
Naomi Capon
Designer:
Fanny Taylor
Edna the parlourmaid:
Hilda Campbell Russell
Arthur Birling:
Edward Chapman
Gerald Croft:
William Russell
Sheila Birling:
Heather Sears
Sybil Birling:
Nora Swinburn
Eric Birling:
Alan Dobie
Inspector Goole:
John Gregson

on behalf of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution by Wynford Vaughan Thomas.
Contributions (preferably by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to: [address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Wynford Vaughan Thomas

play Bach with the English Chamber Orchestra
Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz
Conducted by Colin Davis
Concerto in A minor, for violin and strings (David Oistrakh)
Concerto in D minor, for two violins and strings (David Oistrakh and Igor Oistrakh)
A recording of part of last night's concert in the Royal Festival Hall, London.

Contributors

Violinist:
David Oistrakh
Violinist:
Igor Oistrakh
Musicians:
The English Chamber Orchestra
[Orchestra] leader:
Emanuel Hurwitz
[Orchestra] conducted by:
Colin Davis

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