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Written and produced by Ronald Eyre.
Starring Frank Finlay, Barbara Clegg, Frank Pettingell
for Schools

Contributors

Writer/producer:
Ronald Eyre
Designer:
Julia Trevelyan Oman
Wilfred Taylor:
Frank Finlay
Ethel Taylor:
Barbara Clegg
Mrs Foster:
Lucy Griffiths
Harry Hepworth:
Frank Pettingell
Alfred:
Robert Gillespie
Fred Taylor:
John Colin
Betty Taylor:
Katy Wild

2.40 National Hunt Two Mile Champion Steeplechase of 2,000 sovereigns
3.20 National Hunt Steeplechase of 2,000 sovereigns, over four miles
4.0 National Hunt Handicap Steeplechase of 2,000 sovereigns over three miles and 70 yards

Clive Graham identifies the horses and jockeys in the paddock before each race.
See page 31

Contributors

Commentator:
Peter O'Sullevan
Paddock commentator:
Clive Graham
Presented for television by:
Barrie Edgar

A serial in four parts written by Talbot Baines Reed.
Adapted by Mary Cathcart Borer and C. E. Webber.

Contributors

Author:
Talbot Baines Reed
Adapter:
Mary Cathcart Borer
Adapter:
C. E. Webber
Designer:
Richard Wilmot
Film cameraman:
Leonard Newson
Film editor:
Larry Toft
Producer:
Barbara Hammond
Bullinger:
Sam Jephcott
Ricketts:
David Grippin
Simon:
Jonathan Margetts
Stephen Greenfield:
Lindsay Scott Patton
Paul:
Nigel Jenkins
Bramble:
Kenneth Gouge
Oliver Greenfield:
Peter Marden
Wraysford:
Richard Palmer
Loman:
Anthony Singleton
Bradley:
Anthony Russell
Pembury:
Simon Prebble
Tom Senior:
Julian Yardley
Spicer:
David Lott
Dr Senior:
Maurice Colbourne
Mr Rastle:
Keith Banks
Cripps:
Simon Merrick

In response to many requests, a second showing of the historic programme broadcast on the evening of February 15, the day of the total eclipse of the sun.
For the first time Television cameras looked at the sun at the actual time of eclipse and followed it through three countries, France, Italy, and Yugoslavia.
Introduced by Tom Margerison.

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Margerison
Producer:
Paul Johnstone

Look around with Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop.

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
Trevor Philpott
Reporter:
Kenneth Allsop
Associate producer:
Antony Jay
Associate producer:
Gordon Watkins
Associate producer:
Tony Essex
Assistant editor:
Alasdair Milne
Editor:
Donald Baverstock

Starring Perry Como
With Jimmy Durante, Anne Bancroft, Kay Charles, The Peter Gennaro Dancers, The Ray Charles Singers, The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra.
NBC recording

Contributors

Singer/presenter:
Perry Como
Comedian:
Jimmy Durante
Singer:
Anne Bancroft
Singer:
Kay Charles
Dancers:
The Peter Gennaro Dancers
Singers:
The Ray Charles Singers
Musicians:
The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
Orchestrations:
Jack Andrews
Orchestrations:
Joe Lipman
Orchestrations:
Peter Matz
Vocal arrangements and special material:
Ray Charles
Script:
Goodman Ace
Script:
Selma Diamond
Script:
Jay Burton
Script:
Frank Peppiatt
Script:
John Aylesworth
Director:
Dwight Hemion
Producer:
Nick Vanoff
Presented for BBC Television by:
Yvonne Littlewood
Film Editor:
Richard Barclay

Written by Francis Durbridge and Charles Hatton.
[Starring] Jack Hedley as Tim Frazer
Starring Ralph Michael, Jack Watling
with Laurence Hardy, David Langton, Patrick McAlinney
Tim Frazer is trying to find out why Miss Thackeray was murdered and what she was doing in Wales at the time of her death. During his investigations Frazer obtains information about a man called Laurence James. Shortly afterwards he receives a telephone call from James asking Frazer to meet him at the Kowloon Hotel in Tiger Bay. Frazer is instructed to bring his overcoat...

Contributors

Writer:
Francis Durbridge
Writer:
Charles Hatton
Producer:
Richmond Harding
Designer:
Lawrence Broadhouse
Film Cameraman:
Peter Hamilton
Film Editor:
Harry Hastings
Tim Frazer:
Jack Medley
Elwyn Roberts:
Laurence Hardy
Roger Thornton:
David Langton
Dr Norman Vincent:
Walter Horsbrugh
Major Lockwood:
Jack Watling
Stan White:
David Lander
Laurence Janies:
Patrick McAlinney
Kurt Lander:
John Stevenson Lang
Charles Ross:
Ralph Michael
Tug Wallis:
Colin Douglas
Rita Coleman:
Helen Lindsay
Al Cross:
Murray Evans

Chic Calderwood (Scotland), Light Heavyweight champion of Great Britain and the British Empire and No. 1 contender for the world title
v.
Von-Clay (U.S.A.)
An international Light Heavyweight contest over ten rounds, televised direct from Harry Levene's promotion at the Empire Pool and Sports Arena, Wembley.

Contributors

Boxer:
Chic Calderwood
Boxer:
null Von-Clay
Commentator:
Simon Smith
Presented for television by:
Bryan Cowgill

An exploration into our new understanding of nature by Dr. J. Bronowski.

This is true for man; how true for the animals?; What is the essential difference between human and animal languages?; What opportunities does language offer us?

Contributors

Presenter:
Dr. J. Bronowski
Designer:
Tony Abbott
Script:
Gerald Leach
Associate producer:
Bill Wright
Executive producer:
Humphrey Fisher

Introduced by Robert Robinson.
In this edition:
Scenes from:
The Grass is Greener starring: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Jean Simmons
The Rebel, starring Tony Hancock who will also be in the studio.
The Rat Race starring Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds
Donald Holms talking to Charlton Heston at the studio, in Madrid, where he and Sophia Loren were filming 'El Cid'.
Films by courtesy of Universal-International, Warner Pathe, and Paramount

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Robinson
Interviewee:
Tony Hancock
Interviewer:
Donald Holms
Interviewee:
Charlton Heston
Producer:
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