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Wythnos y Plant yn cyflwyno
Hwyl a Chastau Hud yng nghwmni Al a Dorothy Mary Kendall (piano)
Y cyfarwyddo gan Evelyn Williams Record iad y BBC
Welsh programme for children.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Llandrindod Wells, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)

Contributors

Pianist:
Dorothy Mary Kendall

direct from Kempton Park
1.0 Kenton Handicap Steeplechase over 2 miles
1.30 Christmas Handicap Hurdle Race over 3 miles
2.0 Oatlands Handicap Steeplechase over 3 miles
2.30 Novices' Steeplechase over 2 miles

Contributors

Commentator:
Peter O'Sullevan
Commentator:
Clive Graham
Television Presentation:
Dennis Monger

Animals and superb botanical gardens form a double attraction in this South German zoo which is situated in the grounds of a former palace of the kings of Wurttemberg.
Filmed by a camera team of the Television Service of South-West Germany
From the West

Contributors

Presenter:
James Fisher
Film editor:
Bob Higgins
Series edited and programme produced by:
Nicholas Crocker

A second showing of the play by Nicholas Stuart Gray.
with Jennifer Daniel, Jeremy Brett and Heron Carvic
See page 39

Contributors

Writer:
Nicholas Stuart Gray
Producer:
Kevin Sheldon
Special Effects:
Jack Kine
Special Effects:
Bernard Wilkie
Special Effects:
Bob Bura
Special Effects:
John Hardwick
Music composed and conducted by:
Lawrence Leonard
Designer:
Fanny Taylor
The Wizard:
Heron Carvic
Mikey (a young dragon):
Denise Coffey
The Prince:
Jeremy Brett
Mr Clement:
Walter Horsbrugh
His daughter - Beauty:
Jennifer Daniel
His daughter - Jessamine:
Hal Dyer
His daughter - Jonquiline:
Patricia Garwood

A cartoon film from Belgium.
A little boy who always receives 'sensible' presents wants a toy motorcar for Christmas, and his wish is granted in a very unusual way.
Commentary spoken by Harold Reese.

Contributors

Narrator:
Harold Reese
Presented by:
Peggy Miller

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

A second showing of the programme in which the pictures and sounds of the day are arranged to recall the events and mood of a memorable year
Narrator, Stephen Murray
Additional commentary spoken by Dudley Rolph with the recorded voices of Sir Frank Whittle, K.B.E., C.B., F.R.S., Leslie Thomas, Jessie Matthews, Frank Owen, C. Day Lewis
BBC Film Unit

Contributors

Narrator:
Stephen Murray
Additional Commentary:
Dudley Rolph
Speaker:
Sir Frank Whittle
Speaker:
Leslie Thomas
Speaker:
Jessie Matthews
Speaker:
Frank Owen
Speaker:
C. Day Lewis
Research assistant:
Barbara Vesey Brown
Research assistant:
Patricia Meehan
Script and research by:
Leslie Baily
Produced and edited by:
Geoffrey Baines

Starring Stanley Holloway in a sequence of songs and stories.
with The George Mitchell Singers, George Myddleton (piano), Roy Plummer (banjo), Harry Minting (concertina) and Malcolm Watson, Carole Brett.
See page 39

Contributors

Entertainer:
Stanley Holloway
Singers:
The George Mitchell Singers
Piano:
George Myddleton
Banjoist:
Roy Plummer
Concertina:
Harry Minting
Performer:
Malcolm Watson
Performer:
Carole Brett
[The Orchestra] leader:
David McCallum
[The Orchestra] directed by:
Eric Robinson
Vocal Arrangements:
George Mitchell
Musical Arrangements:
Dick Barrell
Staged by:
Tommy Linden
Designer:
Roger Andrews
Director:
Robin Nash
Producer:
Harry Carlisle

A weekly serial in six parts by John Hopkins.
with Clifford Evans, John Meillon, Peter Vaughan, Catherine Woodville

Steven Prador arrived at Television Centre to appear in a television programme. Three of the men trying to kill him, including Det.-Sgt. Wilson, were waiting there for him. When Yardley went off to pursue his enquiries Prador was left in Wilson's care.

Contributors

Writer:
John Hopkins
Direction:
Peter Hammond
Film Cameraman:
Peter Hamilton
Film Editor:
John Nash
Music:
Radiophonic Workshop
Designer:
Roy Oxley
Coryn:
Antony Baird
Hilton:
Robert James
Wilson:
Godfrey Quigley
Ted Macauley:
Philip Stone
Alan Brewer:
David Andrews
Johnny Travers:
Ronald Lacey
Martin:
John Meillon
Yardley:
Peter Vaughan
Powell:
Michael Collins
Mills:
Michael Robbins
Pam Marchant:
Catherine Woodville
Trail:
Frank Gatliff
Steven Prador:
Clifford Evans
Evans:
Tom Adams
Taylor:
Michael Rose
Duty Officer John:
Murray Scott

from the National Sporting Club
Outside Broadcast cameras visit the Cafe Royal in London to join members of the National Sporting Club at one of their regular after-dinner Boxing Tournaments
featuring two special Featherweight Contests
Billy Calvert (Sheffield) v. Mick Greaves (Leicester) and
Lenny 'The Lion' Williams (Maesteg) v. Bobby Davies (West Ham)
with supporting contests

Contributors

Boxer:
Billy Calvert
Boxer:
Mick Greaves
Boxer:
Lenny Williams
Boxer:
Bobby Davies
Arranged by:
David Thomas
Commentator:
Harry Carpenter
TV presentation:
A. P. Wilkinson

Some of the people, places, and ideas featured on Wednesday afternoons during this year.
including:
A conversation between Hermione Gingold and Lionel Bart
Johnny Morris on a journey to Coventry
A House that Died (BBC film)
Dame Edith Sitwell, The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Geoffrey Darnton, William Saroyan and Peter Sellers

10.25-10.55 View of South and West
(Rowridge)

Contributors

Presenter:
David Jacobs
Speaker:
Hermione Gingold
Speaker:
Lionel Bart
Reporter:
Johnny Morris
Guest:
Dame Edith Sitwell
Guest:
The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Guest:
Geoffrey Darnton
Guest:
William Saroyan
Guest:
Peter Sellers
Designer:
Darrol Blake
Producer:
Lorna Pegram

Songs of the city and the country by Eddy Marnay, Catherine Sauvage, Renee Lebas, Les Trois Menestrels, Nicole Louvier, Nadine Claire, Serge Gainsbourg.
Introduced in English by Liliane Brousse.

Contributors

Singer:
Eddy Marnay
Singer:
Catherine Sauvage
Singer:
Renee Lebas
Singers:
Les Trois Menestrels
Singer:
Nicole Louvier
Singer:
Nadine Claire
Singer:
Serge Gainsbourg
Presenter:
Liliane Brousse
Devised and written by:
Alan Adair
Director:
Jean Bacque

BBC Television

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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