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A mid-week miscellany.
Introduced by David Jacobs.
and including

Mrs. R. A. Butler talking to Anne Edwards

Three Homeless Animals
in search of new owners.

Vanessa Redgrave talking to Peter Forster

and

In My Fashion
Lady Docker discussing her personal approach to clothes with Marghanita Laski.

Contributors

Presenter:
David Jacobs
Interviewee:
Mrs. R. A. Butler (Mollie Butler)
Interviewer:
Anne Edwards
Interviewee:
Vanessa Redgrave
Interviewer:
Peter Forster
Interviewee (In My Fashion):
Lady Docker
Interviewer (In My Fashion):
Marghanita Laski
Production assistant:
Iris Furlong
Production assistant:
Sheila Innes
Producer:
Lorna Pegram

A series of films about the animals who live along the bank of a Canadian river.
Mr. Turtle shows the Hamster a strange craft drifting downstream, and it is not long before Hammy makes himself a brand-new home.
Commentary spoken by Johnny Morris.
Last shown in September 1960

Contributors

Director:
Dave Ellison
Narrator:
Johnny Morris
Presented by:
Peggy Miller

A film series telling the story of people whose work involves physical danger.

Harold Krier earns a precarious living flying rickety biplanes for travelling air circuses. The wind whistles as Krier loops the loop, hedge-hops, dog-fights, or narrowly misses a mid-air collision, but his best trick is picking up a piece of gauze with his wing tip while flying upside down ten feet above the ground.
Last shown in May

Contributors

Subject:
Harold Krier

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

Thrills and excitement of the Big Top as the Travelling Circus rolls across the new frontiers of the West.

A film series starring Chill Wills, John Derek and Richard Jaeckel
with Guest star, Irene Dunne

Contributors

Colonel Casey Thompson:
Chill Wills
Ben Travis:
John Derek
Tony Gentry:
Richard Jaeckel
Dr. Sam Applewhite:
Irene Dunne

Introduced by Peter Dimmock.
Boxing-Football-News-Personalities

World Cup Football: Czechoslovakia v. Scotland
A report from Belgium on the match that will decide who goes through to the final round in Chile.

Boxing: Brian London (Blackpool) v. Don Walker (U.S.A.)
A special film report on the ten-round heavyweight bout from Belle Vue, Manchester.

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Dimmock
Boxer:
Brian London
Boxer:
Don Walker
Editor:
Ronnie Noble
Editor:
Leslie Kettley
Studio presentation:
Alec Weeks

A weekly serial in six parts by John Hopkins.
With Clifford Evans, John Meillon, Peter Vaughan, Catherine Woodville
When Steven Prador arrived at Gatwick Airport an attempt was made to kill him. The hired assassin, Martin, failed the first time but escaped to make a second attempt.
(BBC Recording)
See page 39

Contributors

Writer:
John Hopkins
Direction:
Peter Hammond
Music:
Radiophonic Workshop
Film Cameraman:
Peter Hamilton
Film Editor:
John Nash
Designer:
Roy Oxley
Martin:
John Meillon
Steven Prador:
Clifford Evans
Yardley:
Peter Vaughan
Trait:
Frank Gatliff
Wilson:
Godfrey Quigley
Paul Rowlands:
Anthony Bate
Gerald Brewer:
Billy Milton
P.C. Chatfield:
Edward Brooks
Howard:
Peter Sallis
Mills:
Michael Robbins
Frank White:
Toke Townley
Waitress:
Pamela Beckman
Pam Marchant:
Catherine Woodville
Left-luggage attendant:
Ian Wilson

says Joan Regan
Also invited: Ronnie Hall, The Digno Garcia Paraguayan Trio, The Polka Dots, Woolf Phillips and his Orchestra.

Contributors

Singer/presenter:
Joan Regan
Singer:
Ronnie Hall
Musicians:
The Digno Garcia Paraguayan Trio
Singers:
The Polka Dots
Musicians:
Woolf Phillips and his Orchestra
Musical associate:
Bert Waller
Staging:
Malcolm Goddard
Producer:
Albert Stevenson

A programme about amateur films and film-makers.
Antony Bilbow discusses the work of two young film-makers Kevin Brownlow and Peter Watkins.
With scenes from: 'It Happened Here', Forgotten Faces'.

10.0-10.30 View of South and West
(Rowridge)

Contributors

Presenter:
Antony Bilbow
Script and research:
Derek Hill
Presented by:
Richard Evans

A mosaic of songs sung by Viera.
Accompanied by Chic Laval (guitar), Ike Isaacs (guitar), Benny Greenwood (clarinet), Joe Muddell (bass), John Blanchard (drums).

Contributors

Singer:
null Viera
Guitarist:
Chic Laval
Guitarist:
Ike Isaacs
Clarinetist:
Benny Greenwood
Bass:
Joe Muddell
Drummer:
John Blanchard
Musical arrangements:
Ken Thorne
Producer:
Richard Evans

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More