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Quentin Crewe investigates family characteristics, ancestor worship, and the pedigrees of commoners and kings with The Marquess of Exeter, Lt.-Col. W.A.C.H. Morgan, descendant of the buccaneer, Cyril Hankinson, Editor of Debrett, and President Marion D. Hanks of the British Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Introduced by Kenneth Horne.

Contributors

Presenter:
Kenneth Horne
Reporter:
Quentin Crewe
Interviewee:
Lt.-Col. W.A.C.H. Morgan
Interviewee:
Cyril Hankinson
Interviewee:
President Marion D. Hanks
Production Assistant:
Anne-Marie Gardner-Stewart
Producer:
Monica Sims

Stories of old and new friends in pictures.
Including:

Bengo
The adventures of a boxer puppy by Tim.

and
Mice at Play
A cartoon film from Poland. A family of mice employ some unusual methods to outwit a prowling cat.

Contributors

Artist (Bengo):
Tim (William Timym)

Percy Thrower with Bill Heritage, Dorset puts
A Pool in the Carder
New materials make it possible for most gardens to incorporate water in their design and layout Waterlilies-Bog Iris-Caltha (Marsh Mangolds) and other aquatic and waterside plants with fish, a fountain, and a water fall for the design-conscious.
From the Midlands

Contributors

Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Guest:
Bill Heritage
Producer:
Paul Morby

Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Polly Elwes.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
Trevor Philpott
Reporter:
Kenneth Allsop
Reporter:
Macdonald Hastings
Reporter:
Polly Elwes
Assistant editor:
Antony Jay
Editor:
Alasdair Milne

A weekly series of films taken by travellers and explorers on their expeditions throughout the world.

The gold prospectors of 1898 braved the dangers of the White Horse Rapids and frozen Chilcoot Pass to reach the Klondike. Harold and Maisie Eastwood see the old trail and encounter moose caribou, and giant brown bears on the way.

Contributors

Narrated and filmed by:
Harold Eastwood
Explorer:
Maisie Eastwood
Robert Service's verse spoken by:
Murray Kash
Film editor:
Robert Walter
Presented by:
Brian Branston
Series edited by:
David Attenborough

A film series starring Richard Chamberlain as Dr. Kildare, Raymond Massey as Dr. Gillespie.

There is tension and mounting hostility between Dr. Kildare and the tyrannical Dr. Keefe but, when both men have to work together on an emergency case, personal feelings have to take second place to professional conduct and skill.

Contributors

Dr. Kildare:
Richard Chamberlain
Dr. Gillespie:
Raymond Massey

Devised and written by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney.
Starring Peter Jones, Miriam Karlin, Reg Varney, Esma Cannon, Sheila Hancock
with Vi Stevens, Norman Mitchell, Keith Smith
and Gwendolyn Watts, Wanda Ventham, Jan Williams, Julie Samuel, Elaine Kagan

Contributors

Devised and written by:
Ronald Wolfe
Devised and written by:
Ronald Chesney
Incidental music:
Gordon Franks
Designer:
Malcolm Goulding
Producer:
Dennis Main Wilson
Harold Fenner:
Peter Jones
Paddy Fleming:
Miriam Karlin
Reg Turner:
Reg Varney
Lily Swann:
Esma Cannon
Carole Taylor:
Sheila Hancock
[Actress]:
Vi Stevens
[Actor]:
Norman Mitchell
[Actor]:
Keith Smith
[Actress]:
Gwendolyn Watts
Shirley:
Wanda Ventham
[Actress]:
Jan Williams
[Actress]:
Julie Samuel
[Actress]:
Elaine Kagan

by Robert Graves.
Dramatised by Rosemary Hill.
Starring Patrick Wymark
with Jane Wenham, Stephen Moore and Daniel Moynihan
From the Midlands

Contributors

Author:
Robert Graves
Dramatised by:
Rosemary Hill
Producer:
Peter Dews
Puppetry:
Bura and Hardwick
Designer:
Margaret Peacock
William Palmer (as a youth):
Malcolm Taylor
Jane Widnall:
Mary Yeomans
Mr Evans:
Joachim Tillinger
William Palmer:
Patrick Wymark
Timmis:
David Weston
Mrs Bates:
Christine Low
Students:
John Greenwood
Students and:
Bill McLean
Abley:
Paul Bailey
Miss Edwina Salt:
Nancie Jackson
Mr Dawson:
Clifford Parrish
Annie Brookes:
Jane Wenham
Jockey:
Terry Wale
Walter Palmer (Watty):
John Barcroft
Ben Thirlby:
James Ottaway
Mr Weaver:
Patrick O'Connell
John Parsons Cook:
Jerome Willis
Samuel Cheshire:
Stephen Moore
Jerry Smith:
Daniel Moynihan
Dr Knight:
Robert Gillespie
Dr Bamford:
Graham Armitage
Eliza Tharm:
Rowena Cooper
Mrs Thornton:
Clare Kelly
Elizabeth Mills:
Gloria Dolskie
Pratt, a moneylender:
Kevin Brennan
Mr Fisher:
Henry Manning
Mr William Stevens:
Lloyd Pearson
Usher:
Adrian Brine
Lord Chief Justice Campbell:
Charles Carson
Attorney-General:
Edgar Wreford
Mr Serjeant Shee:
Manning Wilson
Dr Curling:
Ronald Ibbs
Sir Benjamin Brodie:
Douglas Muir
Dr Todd:
Geoffrey Denton
Dr Taylor:
Keith Pyott
Dr Rogers:
Peter Needham
The Bystander:
Olive Sloane

Cystadleuaeth i ieuenctid Cymru
Y rownd gyn-derfynol gyntaf
Sir Ddinbych v. Sir Gaernarfon
Recordiad y BBC
Stars of the Counties. Semi-final: Denbiglishire v. Caernarvonshire
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Llandrindod Wells, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)
(to 23.45)

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