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and Weather for Farmers

A portrait of those who live by the land.
Introduced by Robert Walter.

There is no such thing as a typical farm worker. There are many types of farm worker, and in this film some of them talk about their life and work.
Filmed by the BBC's Agricultural Film Unit
First shown on May 15, 1960

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Walter
Film editor:
Henry Fowler

Meredatih Edwards ym, cyflwyno y rhaglen olaf gan fudckigrvvyr Eisteddfod
Genedlaethol Dycffryri Maelor
Goliyigiydd cerdd. Moelfryn Harries Cynhyrchydd, Sbi.wyn Roderick Recordiad y BBC
Echoes from the Eisteddfod.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)

Contributors

Unknown:
Meredatih Edwards
Unknown:
Moelfryn Harries
Unknown:
Roderick Recordiad

A drama directed by Ted Tetzlaff.
[Starring] Claude Rains, Alida Valli and Glenn Ford
Five men and a girl, all of different nationalities, set out shortly after the war to climb an unconquered peak in Switzerland. The mountain brings out the best-and the worst-in them, but to each in the end it gives fulfilment and deeper self-knowledge.

Contributors

Director:
Ted Tetzlaff
Martin Ordway:
Glenn Ford
Carla Alten:
Amis Valli
Paul Delambre:
Claude Rains
Andreas:
Oscar Homolka
Nicholas Radcliffe:
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Hein:
Lloyd Bridges

by L. H. Evers.
Adapted and produced in six parts by Dorothea Brooking.
(Under-water sequences by permission of Butlins)

Contributors

Author:
L. H. Evers
Adapted and produced by:
Dorothea Brooking
Film Cameraman:
Leonard Newson
Film Editor:
Larry Toft
Designer:
Robert MacGowan
Prof:
Michael Luckie
Stanley:
Peter Hempson
Ben:
Geoffrey Bettenay
Anton:
Michael Meier
Stephan Smertzer:
John Abineri
Frau Smertzer:
Stella Textor
Evans:
Maurice Travers
Mr Shad, the Bank Manager:
John Warwick
Tommo:
Kevin Brennan

Hugh David sets out a human problem by showing scenes from the films The Rebel, The Absent-Minded Professor, The Kitchen, The Man Upstairs, The Savage Eye, Broadway Express, Islands of the Sea.
Film extracts by courtesy of British-Lion, Warner-Pathe, Walt Disney Productions Ltd., Contemporary Films

Contributors

Presenter:
Hugh David
Producer:
John Elphinstone-Fyffe

Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton.
Starring Tony Hancock
and featuring Brian Oulton, Patrick Cargill, Constance Chapman, Peter Glaze, Hugh Lloyd, Richard Carpenter, Dennis Chinnery, Bruno Barnabe, Charles Young, Meadows White, Bernard Hunter, William Sherwood, Gwenda Ewen, Alec Bregonzi, James Fitzgerald, Ralph Wilson.
(Last shown in June, 1961)
See page 11

Contributors

Writer:
Alan Simpson
Writer:
Ray Galton
Incidental music composed and orchestra conducted by:
Wally Stott
Designer:
Malcolm Goulding
Producer:
Duncan Wood
Himself:
Tony Hancock
[Actor]:
Brian Oulton
[Actor]:
Patrick Cargill
[Actress]:
Constance Chapman
[Actor]:
Peter Glaze
[Actor]:
Hugh Lloyd
[Actor]:
Richard Carpenter
[Actor]:
Dennis Chinnery
[Actor]:
Bruno Barnabe
[Actor]:
Charles Young
[Actor]:
Meadows White
[Actor]:
Bernard Hunter
[Actor]:
William Sherwood
[Actress]:
Gwenda Ewen
[Actor]:
Alec Bregonzi
[Actor]:
James Fitzgerald
[Actor]:
Ralph Wilson

by Roger McDougall
[Starring] John Mills, Yvonne Mitchell and Alastair Sim
with Jeremy Spenser, Andrew Ray, Marie Lohr

Unwilling to believe that their sons can be the troublemakers their headmaster claims, John and Stella Hampden visit Ferndale School. When they arrive their three sons have disappeared, and so has a small aeroplane.
See page 11

Contributors

Writer:
Roger McDougall
Producer:
Daniel M. Angel
Director:
Philip Leacock
John Hampden:
John Mills
Stella Hampden:
Yvonne Mitchell
Dr Skillingsworth:
Alastair Sim
Daventry:
Jeremy Spencer
Max Hampden:
Andrew Ray
Mrs Hampden, Snr:
Marie Lohr
Johnny Hampden:
Peter Asher
Deeson:
Colin Gordon

Introduced by Eric Robinson and featuring this week Music of the Thirties.
With Diane Todd, Dennis Lotis, Benny Lee, Douglas Squires, Jean Muir, Pauline Innes, Geoffrey Chard and The George Mitchell Singers.

Contributors

Presenter/the orchestra conducted by:
Eric Robinson
Singer:
Diane Todd
Singer:
Dennis Lotis
Singer:
Benny Lee
Dancer/Numbers staged by:
Douglas Squires
Dancer:
Jean Muir
Dancer:
Pauline Innes
Singer:
Geoffrey Chard
Singers:
The George Mitchell Singers
Musical associate:
Alan Bristow
Settings:
Lionel Radford
Producer:
Graeme Muir

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