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Seven programmes showing how pure physics research is applied to achieve industrial progress.

This programme shows some of the research work in the development of the computer with its far-reaching effect on industry and commerce; it comes from one of the first centres of development, Manchester University.
Shown in the 'Eye on Research' series on January 28, 1958

Contributors

Producer:
Bill Wright
'Science on Saturday' is compiled and arranged by:
James McCloy

Rhaglen wythnosol y plant yn cyflwyno Jim Cro Crwstyn gyda Sassie Rees yn canu eich hoff hwiangerddl Cyfeilyddv Maimie Noel Jones Ynghyd a stori:
' Mynd i'r Syrcas gan Amy Parry Williams Storiwr. Nesta Harries
Y darluniau gan Mitford. Davies
Y cyftwyno gan Sheila Huw Jones Y cyfarwyddo gan EVELYN WILLIAMS
Children's Television
Recordiad y BBC
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)

(See panel)
Details of next week's 'Grandstand' are shown on page 59

Introduced by Alan Weeks
1.45-5.0

Rowing
from 1.50 The Serpentine Regatta (organised by the 'News of the World')

Show Jumping
Direct from Hickstead at 2.0 European Individual Junior Championship

Racing
Direct from Warwick
2.30 Hampton Lucy Stakes (over 7 furlongs)
3.0 Warwick Plate (over 1 mile)
3.30 Alveston Plate (over 2 miles)

Association Football
Direct from White Hart Lane at 3.50
F.A. Charity Shield (Second Half)
Tottenham Hotspur (F.A. Cupholders and League champions) v. An England XI

Sports Results and News Service
2.0 Cricket Scoreboard 4.50 Cricket and Racing Summaries

(While it is hoped to keep to the above timings, they may be changed by events)

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Weeks
Commentator (Rowing):
Peter West
Television Presentation (Rowing):
Dennis Monger
Commentator (Show Jumping):
Dorian Williams
Television Presentation (Show Jumping):
Glyn Jones
Commentator (Racing):
Peter Montague Evans
Commentator (Racing):
Clive Graham
Television Presentation (Racing):
Philip Lewis
Commentator (Association Football):
Kenneth Wolstenholme
Television Presentation (Association Football):
Bill Wright
Programme Editor:
Ronnie Noble
Presented by:
Bryan Cowgill

Written and produced by Shaun Sutton.
Five more criminal capers.
with Colin Douglas, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Douglas Blackwell

Contributors

Writer/Producer:
Shaun Sutton
Film cameraman:
John A.S. Turner
Film editor:
Larry Toft
Designer:
Stewart Marshall
Boss:
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Happy:
Douglas Blackwell
Passer-by:
David Connell
Bonehead:
Colin Douglas
P.C. Smith:
Anthony Sheppard
Mrs Pilchard:
Hope Jackman
Sister Barton:
Betty England
Dr Trevor:
Harvey Hall
Nurse Phillips:
Delia Corrie
Matron:
Mary Hignett
First P.C.:
Paul Mead
Second P.C.:
David Ap-Richards
Third P.C.:
Keith Goodman

Juke Box Jury welcomes from "Tonight" Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Fyfe Robertson and Kenneth Allsop to express their opinions of the latest in popular records.
In the chair, David Jacobs

Contributors

Panellist:
Cliff Michelmore
Panellist:
Derek Hart
Panellist:
Fyfe Robertson
Panellist:
Kenneth Allsop
Chairman:
David Jacobs
Devised by:
Peter Potter
Presentation:
Bill Cotton, Jnr.

Written by Larry Forrester.
Some adventures of the richest girl in the world.
Starring Catherine Boyle, Patrick Barr and Faith Brook

Contributors

Writer:
Larry Forrester
Designer:
Susan Spence
Director:
Robin Nash
Producer:
Ronald Marsh
Katie Johnson:
Catherine Boyle
Janet Turner:
Faith Brook
Hotel Receptionist:
Roderick Cook
Petro Mourtzimos:
George Pastell
Spiros Stephanopolos:
David Lawton
Turnbull:
Edward Evans
John Baker:
Patrick Barr
Det-Supt Tallerton:
Robert Cawdron
Dog:
null Mi-Tzi
Dog:
null Tai-Tai

from The Combined Services, London.
with Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson, Ronald Chesney, Cherry Wainer, Elizabeth and Collins, The Robert Brothers' Chimpanzees, Eric 'Jeeves' Grier, Helen Cotterill, The Charlie Chester Dancers, The George Mitchell Singers.

Contributors

Comedian/presenter/script:
Charlie Chester
Singer:
Pearl Carr Singer: Teddy Johnson
Performer:
Ronald Chesney
Organist:
Cherry Wainer
Knife throwers:
Elizabeth and Collins
Performer:
Eric 'Jeeves' Grier
Performer:
Helen Cotterill
Dancers:
The Charlie Chester Dancers
Choreography:
Sheila Delaney
Singers:
The George Mitchell Singers
The Orchestra conducted by:
Harry Rabinowitz
Orchestrations:
Frank Barber
Orchestrations:
Alan Bristow
Orchestrations:
Sid Hadden
Musical associate:
Frank Davison
Script:
Bernard Botting
Script:
Charles Hart
Designer:
George Djurkovic
Producer:
Albert Stevenson

A film series starring Raymond Burr as the famous lawyer investigator created by Erle Stanley Gardner.
with Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman, Ray Collins

Perry Mason receives a telephone call alleged to be from a man whose funeral he attended three years earlier. Before he can solve this mystery Mason has to deal with a large insurance claim, blackmail, and a murder.

Contributors

Character created by:
Erle Stanley Gardner
Perry Mason:
Raymond Burr
Della Street:
Barbara Hale
Paul Drake:
William Hopper
Hamilton Burger:
William Talman
Lt. Tragg:
Ray Collins

A crime series from the novels of Georges Simenon.
Dramatised by Roger East from the novel 'Maigret takes a Room'.
Starring Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret
with Ewen Solon as Lucas
Guest stars: Sheila Burrell, Betty Baskcomb
A BBC recording produced in association with Winwell Productions Ltd.
First shown on January 16, 1961

Lapointe is shot while on duty outside Mademoiselle Clement's apartment house in a backwater of Paris, and Maigret takes up temporary residence there in order to track down his young protege's attacker.

Contributors

Author:
Georges Simenon
Dramatised by:
Roger East
Director:
Eric Tayler
Designer:
Paul Bernard
Music composed by:
Ron Grainer
Film cameraman:
Ken Westbury
Film editor:
Ian Callaway
Script editor:
Giles Cooper
Executive producer:
Andrew Osborn
Associate:
Bill Luckwell
Dr Pardon:
Harold Scott
Lapointe:
Neville Jason
Inspector Maigret:
Rupert Davies
Foucrier:
Carl Bernard
Lucas:
Ewen Solon
Mlle Clement:
Betty Baskcomb
Vamos:
Endre Muller
Blanche Dubit:
Penny Morrell
Madame Maigret:
Helen Shingler
Emile Paulus:
Terry Scully
Keller:
Stratford Johns
Madame Keller:
Margo Cunningham
Francoise Bourcicault:
Sheila Burrell
Bourcicault:
Henry Raynor

and all that Jazz...
Spotlighting music in the specialist manner.
Starring this week Kenny Ball's Jazzmen with Clinton Ford and Alex Welsh and his Band
Compere, Brian Matthew

Contributors

Musicians:
Kenny Ball's Jazzmen
Singer (Kenny Ball's Jazzmen):
Clinton Ford
Musicians:
Alex Welsh and his Band
Compere:
Brian Matthew
Producer:
Johnnie Stewart

BBC Television

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