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A beautiful writer from Ceylon, A woman racing driver from America, A young poet from the Philippines show where they see beauty and find inspiration with Sharmini Tiruchelvam, Louise Bryden-Brown, David Medalla.
BBC film

Contributors

Subject/speaker:
Sharmini Tiruchelvam
Subject/speaker:
Louise Bryden-Brown
Subject/speaker:
David Medalla
Film editor:
John Nash
Cameraman:
James Court
Cameraman:
A. A. Englander
Director:
Anne-Marie Gardner-Stewart

With Lenny the Lion and Terry Hall
and their guests: Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, The Springfields, The Avons

Contributors

Ventriloquist:
Terry Hall
Musicians:
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
Musicians:
The Springfields
Singers:
The Avons
Puppetry:
Bura and Hardwick
Music:
The Bert Hayes Octet
Script:
David Ellis
Designer:
Raymond Cusick
Producer:
Peter Whitmore

Peter West looks at the latest inventions and ideas making news in science and industry, and shows how they work with David Dimbleby, Brian Johnston and Tom Margerison.

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter West
Reporter:
David Dimbleby
Reporter:
Brian Johnston
Reporter:
Tom Margerison
Research:
Julia Cave
Research:
Joanne Symons
Film editor:
Alan Martin
Edited and produced by:
Brian Robins

For the serious carnation grower
Percy Thrower and Arthur Billitt meet top amateur carnation grower Ron Nightingale, Derby and Bob Woolley, Secretary of the North of England Rose, Carnation, and Sweet Pea Society, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Perpetual varieties for North and South; Carnations on the Show Bench; Border Carnations in cold, Northern gardens
From the Midlands

Contributors

Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Presenter:
Arthur Billitt
Guest:
Ron Nightingale
Guest:
Bob Woolley
Producer:
Paul Morby

Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings and Robin Hall, Jimmie Macgregor.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
Trevor Philpott
Reporter:
Macdonald Hastings
Singer:
Robin Hall
Singer/guitarist:
Jimmie Macgregor
Associate producer:
Ned Sherrin
Associate producer:
Elizabeth Cowley
Associate producer:
Jack Gold
Associate producer:
Derrick Amoore
Associate producer:
Michael Tuchner
Assistant editor:
Gordon Watkins
Assistant editor:
Peter Batty
Editor:
Antony Jay

by Ray Cooney and Tony Hilton.
Another in the series of farces specially written for television.
Starring Brian Rix

Contributors

Writer:
Ray Cooney
Writer:
Tony Hilton
Settings:
Rhoda Gray
Music composed by:
Tommy Watt
Director:
Darcy Conyers
Barrington Rix:
Brian Rix
Mrs Barrington Rix:
Elspet Gray
Maple:
Terry Scott
Mrs Birkett:
Hazel Douglas
Mudlin:
Larry Noble
Percy:
Basil Lord
Sam:
Leo Franklyn
Paddy:
Tony Hilton
Harry:
Peter Mercier
Telephone engineer:
Anthony Broughton
Bond:
Patrick Cargill
Beatnik:
Gerald Dawson
Beatnik:
Pearson Dodd
Beatnik:
Elizabeth Chambers
Beatnik:
Linda Dixon
Beatnik:
Tommy Watt
Policeman:
Garth Adams
Policeman:
Stuart Sherwin

Written by Sid Green and Dick Hills.
Starring Sidney James
with Sydney Tafler
and featuring: Leslie Dwyer, David Drummond, Charles Lamb, Johnny Vyvyan, Michael Stainton, Avril Fane

Contributors

Writer:
Sid Green
Writer:
Dick Hills
Incidental music:
Gordon Franks
Designer:
Bernard Carey
Producer:
Ronald Marsh
Sid James:
Sidney James
Charlie Davenport:
Sydney Tafler
[Actor]:
Leslie Dwyer
[Actor]:
David Drummond
[Actor]:
Charles Lamb
[Actor]:
Johnny Vyvyan
[Actor]:
Michael Stainton
[Actress]:
Avril Fane

by Henry Livings.
with Nicol Williamson, John Thaw, Tony Quinn, Thomas Gallagher
From the North

Contributors

Writer:
Henry Livings
Design:
Tim Harvey
Production:
Vivian A. Daniels
S.A.C. Albert Meakin:
Nicol Williamson
Mr Higgins:
Thomas Gallagher
Warrant Officer Callaghan:
Tony Quinn
Warrant Officer McKendrick:
John Rae
A.C.I. Neville Harrison:
John Thaw
Taffy Jones:
Michael Forrest
Sergeant Bull:
Colin Douglas
Wing Commander Howard:
Graham Crowden
A waiter:
Martin Dobson
Adjutant:
Terence Knapp
Warrant Officer Clapp:
Allan McClelland
Pilot Officer Beeston:
Peter Warren
Group Captain Lyons:
Manning Wilson
Commando corporal:
Henry Livings
Harry:
James Mellor
A commando:
Leslie Clark
Bren corporal:
Graham Rigby
Jerry:
Arbet Hopner
John:
Joe Gladwin

Robert Robinson introduces scenes from some of the latest films.
Including
The Manchurian Candidate starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Janet Leigh
The Notorious Landlady starring Jack Lemmon, Kim Novak and Fred Astaire
The Main Attraction starring Pat Boone and Nancy Kwan
While in Rome, Robert Robinson visited Alberto Sordi, Italy's top film comedian and talked to him at his home.
Films by courtesy of United Artists. Columbia, and M-G-M

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Robinson
Interviewee:
Alberto Sordi
Producer:
Christopher Doll

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