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and Weather for Farmers
The magazine for those who live by the land.
Introduced by John Cherrington.

John North and Paul Harvey review the equipment available, the problem of water conservation on the farm, and the latest informal ion on the timing and the amount of irrigation to give to different, crops. K. E. Cotton discusses the water-supply problem created by the increased use of irrigation.
Filmed by the BBC's Agricultural Film Unit
From the Midlands

Contributors

Presenter:
John Cherrington
Item presenter:
John North
Item presenter:
Paul Harvey
Item presenter:
K. E. Cotton
Film editor:
Henry Fowler
Producer:
Gordon Mosley

Gwahoddwn chwi i ymuno a chynulleidfa eglwysi undebol y cylch mewn rhaglen o ganu emynau o'r Capel Mawr, Dinbych
Arweinydd. Mansel Thomas
Organydd. Arwel Hughes Unawdydd, Jean Evans
Cyflwynir yr emynau gan
Y Parch. Ddr. Gwilym ap Robert Y telediad ynff ngofal
Gethyn Stoodley Thomas
Recordiad y BBC
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)

A comedy.
[Starring] Kirk Douglas
with Laraine Day, Keenan Wynn
Stephanie Gaylord is thrilled when she is offered the job of private secretary to a famous author; but she soon discovers how necessary it is to read between the lines.

Contributors

Director:
Charles Martin
Stephanie Gaylord:
Laraine Day
Owen Waterbury:
Kirk Douglas
Ronnie Hastings:
Keenan Wynn
Charles Harris:
Rudy Vallee
Elsie:
Helen Walker
Mrs Reeves:
Florence Bates

Percy Thrower with Cliff Lewis (Worcestershire).
The Whit weekend in the garden and a look forward to High Summer including
The effects of Brushwood Killer on invasive tree roots; Clearing dead tree stumps and major weed problems-nettles, bracken, docks, and brambles; Making a polythene pond from a children's sand pit and introducing the first plants - water lilies, marsh marigolds, irises, and arrowheads.
From the Midlands

Contributors

Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Guest:
Cliff Lewis
Producer:
Paul Morby

A ballet by David Lichine.
[Starring] London's Festival Ballet
with Belinda Wright, Vassilie Trunoff, Diane Westerman, Ronald Emblen, Pamela Hart, Jelko Yuresha, Janet Kedge, Peter White, Jennifer Alderton, Louis Godfrey, Jill Bathurst
Full Corps de ballet
Music recorded by London Philharmonic Orchestra
Leader, Henry Datyner
Conducted by Geoffrey Corbett
Last shown in December 1960

Contributors

Choreographer:
David Lichine
Music:
Johann Strauss
[Music] arranged by:
Antal Dorati
Dancer:
Belinda Wright
Dancer:
Vassilie Trunoff
Dancer:
Diane Westerman
Dancer:
Ronald Emblen
Dancer:
Pamela Hart
Dancer:
Jelko Yuresha
Dancer:
Janet Kedge
Dancer:
Peter White
Dancer:
Jennifer Alderton
Dancer:
Louis Godfrey
Dancer:
Jill Bathurst
Ballet-Master:
Charles Dickson
Musicians:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
[Orchestra] leader:
Henry Datyner
[Orchestra] conducted by:
Geoffrey Corbett
Designer:
John Cooper
Producer:
Margaret Dale

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
Costume supervisor:
Dorothea Wallace
Make-up supervisor:
Christine Hillcoat
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
Frank Osbaldistone:
Donald Douglas
William Osbaldistone:
George Hagan
Owen:
Blake Butler
Andrew Fairservice:
Bryden Murdoch
Sydal:
John Tucker
Sir Frederick:
Heron Carvic
Diana Vernon:
Samantha Eggar
Lancie Wingfield:
Brown Derry
Jobson:
Aubrey Woods
Rashleigh Osbaldistone:
Gabriel Woolf
Rob Roy:
Tom Fleming

Introduced by Gerald Durrell.
At one time the only land animals in the world were reptiles. They were the ancestors of the birds and mammals we see around us today. Gerald Durrell talks about the reptile family and shows examples from his Jersey zoo.
From the West

Contributors

Presenter:
Gerald Durrell
Film editor:
John Merritt
Director:
Christopher Parsons
Producer:
Eileen Molony

Cenadwri'r Sulgwyn,
Ymunwn mewn myfyrdod a mawl dan arweiniad y Parchedig Harri Williams
Cenir vr emynau gan
Gantorion Gogledd Cymru
Arweinydd. James Williams Trefnwvd y rhaglen gan
Y Parchedig Glyn Parry-Jones
A Meditation in Welsh by the Rev. Harri Williams.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)
(to 18.45)

Contributors

Unknown:
Harri Williams
Unknown:
James Williams
Unknown:
Parchedig Glyn Parry-Jones
Presenter:
The Rev. Harri Williams

Pastor Wolfgang Friedrichs once a member of the Hitler Youth and wartime German bomber pilot, tells how he became the Lutheran minister which he is today.

Filmed in Germany by the Midland Regional Film Unit

Contributors

Presenter:
Pastor Wolfgang Friedrichs
Camera:
Stewart Farnell
Sound:
Peter Caselberg
Film Editor:
Bill Brind
Director:
Derek Smith
Producer:
William Purcell

Chairman, Eamonn Andrews
Panel: Isobel Barnett, Barbara Kelly, Cyril Fletcher, Rear Admiral Roy Foster-Brown 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
Panellist:
Admiral Roy Foster-Brown
Research:
Julia Cave
Director:
Richard Evans
Producer:
John Warrington
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman

says Joan Regan and invites Dennis Lotis, The Temperance Seven, The Polka Dots
and Special guests from the Continent: Les Joannys.

Contributors

Singer/presenter:
Joan Regan
Singer:
Dennis Lotis
Musicians:
The Temperance Seven
Singers:
The Polka Dots
Guests:
Les Joannys
Musical director:
Harry Rabinowitz
Orchestra leader:
Alec Firman
Musical associate:
Dennis Wilson
Staging:
Malcolm Goddard
Settings:
Stanley Dorfman
Producer:
John Street

on behalf of St. Loyes College for the Training and Rehabilitation of the Disabled by Group-Captain Douglas Bader, C.B.E., D.S.O., D.F.C.
Contributions (preferably by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Group-Captain Douglas Bader

A fortnightly magazine of the arts.
Tonight's edition includes:
Brecht's Berliner Ensemble
The famous German Theatre Company at rehearsal and in performance at their theatre in East Berlin as seen by Kenneth Tynan with Helene Weigel Brecht's widow and the Ensemble's leading actress and scenes from the Company's production of 'The Threepenny Opera', 'Galileo', 'Arturo Ul'.

Introduced and edited by Huw Wheldon.

Contributors

Critic (Brecht's Berliner Ensemble):
Kenneth Tynan
Director:
David Jones
Film editor:
Allan Tyrer
Associate producer:
Nancy Thomas
Associate producer:
Humphrey Burton
Presenter/editor:
Huw Wheldon

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