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with Rosemary McRobert and Paul Maxwell.

Converting a Basement Room
Michael Inchbald

Plants to brighten the small backyard
Cliff Lewis

You and the Law: House Improvement Grants
Dudley Perkins

Dresses for After Six
Shown by Marty Batten, Sandra Russell, Jose Waring, Margaret Lorraine.

Contributors

Presenter:
Rosemary McRobert
Presenter:
Paul Maxwell
Item presenter (Converting a Basement Room):
Michael Inchbald
Item presenter (Plants to brighten the small backyard):
Cliff Lewis
Item presenter (You and the Law):
Dudley Perkins
Model (Dresses for After Six):
Marty Batten
Model (Dresses for After Six):
Sandra Russell
Model (Dresses for After Six):
Jose Waring
Model (Dresses for After Six):
Margaret Lorraine
Editor:
Ann Shead

by Christopher Marlowe.
Starring Alan Dobie, James Maxwell

Contributors

Author:
Christopher Marlowe
Producer:
Ronald Eyre
Chorus spoken by:
John Ringham
Choir under the direction of:
John Alldis
Designer:
Charles Lawrence
Doctor Faustus:
Alan Dobie
Mephistophilis:
James Maxwell
Wagner:
Patrick Godfrey
Pope:
Raymond Rollett
Cardinal and Valdes:
Terence Lodge
Duke of Vanholt and, Cornelius:
James Grout
Duchess of Vanholt:
Freda Dowie
Emperor:
John Ringham
Old Man:
John Moore
Old Lady:
Kitty Attwood
Scholars played by/Friars played by:
Trevor Baxter
Scholars played by/Friars played by:
Adrian Brine
Scholars played by/Friars played by:
Greville Hallam
Scholars played by/Friars played by:
Kenneth Watson
Friars played by:
David Ap-Richards
Friars played by:
Kevin Hennessey
Friars played by:
Richard Holden

A film from France.
Jacques Bouillaut - has devoted his life to the care of animals, and has established his own private 'zoo' deep in a forest in the department of Sarthe. In this film you meet his two young helpers, Hermine and Jacky.
Commentary spoken by Gary Watson.
Last shown in October 1960

Contributors

Subject:
Jacques Bouillaut
Narrator:
Gary Watson
English version by:
Peggy Miller

This month's edition includes:
From Spotter to Specialist
and film of: The Brienz-Rothorn Rack Railway
Great Western Locomotives
Today's guest, Locomotive Inspector Jack Hancock
Introduced by Peter Cranmer.

Contributors

Devised and filmed by:
John Adams
Devised and filmed by:
Patrick Whitehouse
Guest:
Locomotive Inspector Jack Hancock
Presenter:
Peter Cranmer
Producer:
Peggy Bacon

Your Host, Andy Stewart introduces Roddy McMillan, Dixie Ingram, Harry Carmichael, James Urquhart
The Aeolian Singers
Conductor, Anne Wiseman
The White Heather Dancers
and Jimmy Shand and his Band
From Scotland

Contributors

Presenter:
Andy Stewart
Singer:
Roddy McMillan
Dancer:
Dixie Ingram
Pianist:
Harry Carmichael
Singer:
James Urquhart
Singers:
The Aeolian Singers
Conductor [singers]:
Anne Wiseman
Dancers:
The White Heather Dancers
Dance director:
Jack Cooper
Musicians:
Jimmy Shand and his Band
Designer:
Douglas Duncan
Producer:
Iain MacFadyen

Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings and Cy Grant.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
Trevor Philpott
Reporter:
Kenneth Allsop
Reporter:
Macdonald Hastings
Singer/guitarist:
Cy Grant
Associate producer:
Gordon Watkins
Associate producer:
Tony Essex
Associate producer:
Ned Sherrin
Associate producer:
Peter Batty
Assistant editor:
Antony Jay
Editor:
Alasdair Milne

The show to keep you guessing.
With Barry Craine, Julie Alexander, The XYZ Band.

Contributors

Panellist:
Barry Craine
Panellist:
Julie Alexander
Musicians:
The XYZ Band
Musical direction:
Max Harris
Additional material and research:
Trevor Peacock
Additional material and research:
Philip Hindin
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman
Production:
Stewart Morris
Production:
Bill Cotton, Jnr.

Written by Vince Powell, Harry Driver and Frank Roscoe.
A new comedy series.
This week: The Dance
Starring Harry Worth
with Deryck Guyler, Harold Goodwin, Colin Douglas, Reginald Marsh, Vi Stevens, Edwin Apps, Fred Ferris, Gwendolyn Watts, Malcolm Gerard.
From the North

Contributors

Writer:
Vince Powell
Writer:
Harry Driver
Writer:
Frank Roscoe
Settings:
Kenneth Lawson
Producer:
John Ammonds
Himself:
Harry Worth
[Actor]:
Deryck Guyler
[Actor]:
Harold Goodwin
[Actor]:
Colin Douglas
[Actor]:
Reginald Marsh
[Actress]:
Vi Stevens
[Actor]:
Edwin Apps
[Actor]:
Fred Ferris
[Actress]:
Gwendolyn Watts
[Actor]:
Malcolm Gerard

A science fiction thriller in seven episodes by Fred Hoyle and John Elliot
Starring Esmond Knight
with Peter Halliday, Patricia Kneale and Noel Johnson
and introducing Julie Christie

The computer designed by an intelligence from another world, and its girl-like creature Andromeda, provides the Government with a rocket capable of intercepting and destroying any space satellite. Everyone is delighted except Fleming, who refuses to see the conjunction of Andromeda and the computer as anything but a menace. He tries to sabotage the computer. It takes its revenge, but the blow falls by mistake on Professor Dawnay.

Contributors

Writer:
Fred Hoyle
Writer:
John Elliot
Producer:
Michael Hayes
Producer/Designer:
Norman James
Film Cameraman:
Peter Sargent
Film Editor:
Agnes Evan
Judy Adamson:
Patricia Kneale
Andromeda:
Julie Christie
Operator:
John Rowlands
John Fleming:
Peter Halliday
Professor Reinhart:
Esmond Knight
Major Quadring:
Jack May
Corporal:
Tony Valentine
J.M. Osborne:
Noel Johnson
First Sentry:
Barry Jackson
Second Sentry:
Derek Lanyon

Written and produced by Bill Duncalf.
The strange, but true story of a man and his diamonds.

Contributors

Narrator:
Richard Attenborough
Writer/Producer:
Bill Duncalf
Designer:
Frederick Knapman
Jocelyne Brarndon:
Hamilton Dyce
Henri Lemoine:
Paul Stassino
William Feldienheimer:
Guy Kingsley Poynter
Sir Julius Wernher:
Kenneth Mackintosh
Madame de Rigny:
Margaret Wolfit
Shop assistant:
Kim Grant
M Heng:
Llewellyn Rees
Alfred Belt:
John Herrington
Francis Oats:
Meadows White
Ludwig Breitmeyer:
Otto Diamant
Bank manager:
Stephen Jack
M Doumerc:
Andre Maranne
M le Poittevin:
Rudolf Offenbach
[Actor]:
Geoffrey Tyrrell
[Actor]:
John Levitt
[Actor]:
Laurence Hepworth
[Actor]:
Helen Bird
[Actor]:
Ian Gray
[Actor]:
James Plunket
[Actor]:
Neil Gibson

Twenty-one years ago today Coventry became famous as the victim of an act of destruction.
Today it is also famous, as an experiment in post-war planning under democracy.
Robert Reid reports on its progress towards creating a community, as well as a city to live in.
BBC Midland Region Film Unit

Contributors

Reporter:
Robert Reid
Photographed by:
Stewart Famell
Editor:
Edward Lorrain
Sound recorded by:
Peter Caselburg
Producer:
Maurice Harvey

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