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and Weather for Farmers
Introduced by John Cherrington.

Brucellosis
Dr. A. McDiarmid of the Agricultural Research Council discusses tine disease as it affects farmers and public health.

Dry-Stone Walling
Henry Swindell demonstrates the art on his farm in the Peak district.

The Small Farm
Maurice Hankey describes with film some of the present and future social problems.

From the Midlands

Contributors

Presenter:
John Cherrington
Item presenter (Brucellosis):
Dr. A. McDiarmid
Item presenter (Dry-Stone Walling):
Henry Swindell
Item presenter (The Small Farm):
Maurice Hankey
Filmed by:
The BBC's Agricultural Film Unit
Filmed by:
John Lawes
Film Editor:
Henry Fowler
Producer:
Gordon Mosley

Gwahoddwn chwi i ymuno A chynulleidfa eglwysi uradebol y cylch mewn rhaglen o ganu emyniau o Moriah, Capel y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, Ynyshir
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Thomae Organydd , V. Anthony Lewis
Unawdydd, Iona Jones
Cyflwyinir yr emynau gan
Y Parch. Ddr. Gwilym ap Robert Y telediad yng ngofal
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Recordiad y BBC
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomae Organydd
Unknown:
V. Anthony Lewis
Unknown:
Gethyn Stoodley Thomas

Simpson, a new recruit to the 5th Cavalry, uses the army as a refuge from his shrewish wife. Her surprise appearance at Fort Lowell confronts Colonel Hayes with a situation which is not in the book.

2.0-2.10 Swing Song: The Johnny Green Singers, and Leon Cochran and his Quintet.
2.10-2.25 Flashback and Sports Extra
(Rowridge)

Contributors

Singers (Swing Song):
The Johnny Green Singers
Musicians (Swing Song):
Leon Cochran and his Quintet

The delight and wonder, the uncertainty and fears of childhood are all reflected in a captivating account of a small boy's expedition to the fabulous fairgrounds of Coney Island.

Contributors

Directed and produced by:
Ray Ashley
Directed and produced by:
Morris Engel
Joey:
Richie Andrusco
Lennie:
Richard Brewster
Mother:
Winifred Cushing
Pony Ride Man:
Jay Williams
Photographer:
Will Lee
Harry:
Charley Moss
Charley:
Tommy de Danio

Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Fanfare; National Anthem
Soloist, Maureen Smith
Introduced by Richard Dimbleby.
From the Royal Festival Hall, London.

Contributors

Musicians:
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Orchestra conducted by:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Violinist:
Maureen Smith
Presenter:
Richard Dimbleby
Television presentation:
Antony Craxton

A kaleidoscope from the world of books with Dick Taverne including Muriel Spark on Emily Bronte.

Contributors

Presenter:
Dick Taverne
Item presenter (Emily Bronte):
Muriel Spark
Script associate:
Dennis Potter
Dramatic sequences directed by:
John McGrath
Production assistant:
Ian Martin
Director:
Christopher Burstall
Producer:
Stephen Hearst

by Sir Walter Scott.
Adapted for television in seven parts by E. J. Bell.
Starring Tom Fleming as Rob Roy

Contributors

Author:
Sir Walter Scott
Adapter:
E. J. Bell
Producer:
Kevin Sheldon
Designer:
Fanny Taylor
Film cameraman:
John A. S. Turner
Film editor:
Ron de Mattos
Location and fight film sequences directed by:
Terry Baker
Music composed and conducted by:
Lawrence Leonard
Diana Vernon:
Samantha Eggar
Frank Osbaldistone:
Donald Douglas
Morris:
Martin Wyldeck
Squire Inglewood:
Alistair Hunter
Jobson:
Aubrey Woods
Rashleigh Osbaldistone:
Gabriel Woolf
'Mr Campbell':
Tom Fleming
Sir Hildebrand Osbaldistone:
John Brooking
Thorncliffe:
Donald James
Percie:
Brian Hewitt-Jones
Wilfred:
Derek Fuke
Dick:
Peter Jesson
Johra:
Jeremy Paul

In this last film about his expedition to the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the China Sea, Hans Hass describes his most daring adventure and shows how he and Eibl, another underwater diver, found out something of great use to shipwrecked sailors by visiting a wreck surrounded by sharks.
Directed and produced by Hans Hass in association with the BBC Natural History Unit
Last shown in October 1960

Contributors

Diver/Photography/Director/Producer:
Hans Hass
Diver:
Lotte Hass
Photography:
Kurt Hirschel
Editor:
Paul Khan
Sound:
Stanley Schofield

In 1956 five American missionaries, using modern methods of communication, tried to make contact with a tribe of Auca Indians, feared for their savagery.
Tom Fleming reconstructs the dramatic story of this operation with film and photographs taken by the men.
Acknowledgments are made to the Missionary Aviation Fellowship
Last shown in September 1960

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Fleming
Producer:
Oliver Hunkin

by Brandon Thomas.
[Starring] Bernard Cribbins as Lord Fancourt Babberley, Donald Wolfit as Mr. Spettigue
with Rosalie Crutchley, William Kendall, Barrie Ingham, John Warner and Patsy Rowlands

"I'm Charley's Aunt from Brazil - where the nuts come from."

Contributors

Author:
Brandon Thomas
Producer:
Stuart Burge
Designer:
Reece Pemberton
Jack Chesney:
Barrie Ingham
Brasseth:
Lloyd Pearson
Charley Wykeham:
John Warner
Lord Fancourt Babberley:
Bernard Cribbins
Kitty Verdun:
Patsy Rowlands
Amy Spettigue:
Bridget Armstrong
Colonel Sir Francis Chesney:
William Kendall
Stephen Spettigue:
Donald Wolfit
Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez:
Rosalie Crutchley
Ela Delahay:
Gay Cameron

Courtney Jones and Doreen Denny
Tonight's outside broadcast comes direct from the Queen's Ice Club, London, where Courtney Jones and Doreen Denny are to give their farewell performance and to receive a special presentation in honour of their outstanding achievements as World Ice Dance Champions.
Other champions in tonight's all-star programme include:
Sjoukje Dijkstra (Holland) European Ladies Champion, Ice Figure Skating
Alain Giletti (France) World Champion, Men's Ice Figure Skating
Hans-Jurgen Baumler and Marika Kilius (West Germany) European Champions, Ice Pair Skating
Peter Burrows and Valerie Hunt British Champions, Pair Skating
Diana Clifton-Peach, British Ladies Champion, Ice Figure Skating

Contributors

Ice skater:
Courtney Jones
Ice skater:
Doreen Denny
Ice skater:
Sjoukje Dijkstra
Ice skater:
Alain Giletti
Ice skater:
Hans-Jurgen Baumler
Ice skater:
Marika Kilius
Ice skater:
Peter Burrows
Ice skater:
Valerie Hunt
Ice skater:
Diana Clifton-Peach
Commentator:
Alan Weeks
Programme arranged by:
Harry Lauder
Television presentation:
Dennis Monger

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:
Richard Evans
Producer:
John Warrington
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman

on behalf of The National Association of Discharged Prisoners' Aid Societies by Lord Shawcross of Friston, Q.C.
Contributions (preferably by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to Lord Shawcross [address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Lord Shawcross of Friston

Trevor Philpott tells the story of an Expedition.
Recently a team led by John Allegro set out to explore the shores of the Dead Sea. This film is a diary of their quest for hidden scrolls.
The Allegro Expedition was jointly sponsored by the Sunday Times and the BBC

Contributors

Narrator:
Trevor Philpott
Scholar:
John Allegro
Film editor:
Robert Rymer
Photographed in Jordan by:
Nat Crosby
[Recorded in Jordan] by:
Reg Crawley

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