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'They say Mrs. Jones has dyed her hair'; 'They say Spurs will win this week'; 'They say Britain is going downhill'; 'They say World opinion bans the bomb'
Who are they?; Why do they?; How dare they? Why, above all, do they affect us so much?
Dr. Mark Abrams Sociologist, David Butler, Aidan Crawley, M.P., H. J. Eysenck,
Professor of Psychology, University College, London, Johnny Morris
Interviewer, Elaine Grand
Compere, Leonard Maguire

Contributors

Interviewee:
Dr. Mark Abrams
Interviewee:
David Butler
Interviewee:
Aidan Crawley
Interviewee:
H. J. Eysenck
Interviewee:
Johnny Morris
Interviewer:
Elaine Grand
Compere:
Leonard Maguire
Research:
Margaret Jay
Producer:
Beryl Radley

People-Politics-Problems in the news
A topical programme for older children.
BBC programme for Schools
Repeated on Friday at 11.5 a.m.
The subject for next week will be announced at the end of this programme.

Contributors

Film editor:
Sheila S. Tomlinson
Producer:
Peter Dunkley

opened by Eamonn Andrews assisted by Tony Hart.
The Inter-Regional Quiz Championship
This week's team: Northern Ireland

Brief Cases
by Michael Meath.

Contributors

Presenter:
Eamonn Andrews
Presenter/artist:
Tony Hart
Producer:
John Furness
Writer (Brief Cases):
Michael Meath
Barrington Blizard, Q.C.:
Wensley Pithey
Carole Allen:
Sandra Gregg

Your host, Andy Stewart introduces Norma Cairns, James Urquhart, Dixie Ingram, Harry Carmichael, The White Heather Dancers and Ian Powrie and his Band.

Contributors

Presenter:
Andy Stewart
Singer:
Norma Cairns
Singer:
James Urquhart
Dancer:
Dixie Ingram
Pianist:
Harry Carmichael
Dancers:
The White Heather Dancers
Dance director:
Jack Cooper
Musicians:
Ian Powrie and his Band
Designer:
Douglas Duncan
Producer:
Iain MacFadyen

Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Macdonald Hastings, Julian Pettifer and The Countrymen.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
Trevor Philpott
Reporter:
Kenneth Allsop
Reporter:
Macdonald Hastings
Reporter:
Julian Pettifer
Band:
The Countrymen
Editor:
Antony Jay

A series by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling.

Gussie makes a dramatic announcement to Babbage; and Richard sends a telegram from Paris. Copper and Bryan have to behave professionally in an awkward situation, and Janet teams about her horoscope. But the greatest shock of all is in store for Ian.

Contributors

Writer:
Hazel Adair
Writer:
Peter Ling
Designer:
Andree Welstead
Costume supervisor:
Olive Harris
Producer:
Douglas Allen
Director:
Christopher Barry
Mark:
Gareth Davies
Iris:
Louise Dunn
Alison:
Betty Cooper
Adrian:
Robert Desmond
Lynn:
Bridget McConnel
Clare:
Janet Hargreaves
Janet:
Christine Pollon
Clancey:
Ann Morrish
Richard:
Moray Watson
American tourist:
John Bloomfield
Copper:
Mandy Miller
Ian:
Ronald Allen
Babbage:
Donald Morley
Gussie:
Frances Bennett
Bryan:
Keith Buckley
Mrs Donaldson:
Margaret Rawlings
Max Royan:
Richard Burrell

A serial in four episodes by Evelyn Frazer and Vincent Tilsley.
Starring Robert Harris and William Greene
with Alan Gifford, Mark Dignam, Helen Lindsay, Clive Morton, George Pravda
and introducing Elizabeth Weaver
Music composed and conducted by Humphrey Searle
Played by members of the Sinfonia of London Orchestra

Contributors

Writer:
Evelyn Frazer
Writer:
Vincent Tilsley
Music composed and conducted by:
Humphrey Searle
[Music] played by:
members of the Sinfonia of London Orchestra
Film cameraman:
John McGlashan
Film editor:
Keith Latham
Special effects:
Bernard Wilkie
Special effects/designer:
Stewart Marshall
Director:
Mervyn Pinfield
Producer:
George R. Foa
John Brent:
William Greene
Esmee Pulford:
Helen Lindsay
Howard Milroy:
Clifford Cox
Felicity Brent:
Elizabeth Weaver
P.C. Mills:
Stuart Hoyle
Sgt Oakroyd:
Norman Mitchell
Col Swinton:
Clive Morton
Edward:
Kenneth MacKintosh
Hopkins:
Mark Dignam
Richard:
Philip Madoc
Professor Cato:
Robert Harris
Meissonier:
Gordon Whiting
Van Halloren:
Alan Gifford
Parsons:
John Barrett
Smetanov:
George Pravda
Detective:
Ronald Mayer
Detective:
Michael Earl
Harris:
Edward Harvey
Holt:
Arthur Skinner
Wilf Marner:
Howard Douglas
Restaurant attendant:
Martin Gordon
Guard:
Jonathan Field

Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
Starring Jimmy Edwards
featuring June Whitfield and Ronnie Barker
with Brian Oulton
and Harry Walker, Harry Davis, John Baker

Contributors

Writer:
Frank Muir
Writer:
Denis Norden
Incidental music:
Dennis Wilson
Orchestra conducted by:
Harry Rabinowitz
Designer:
Roger Andrews
Producer:
James Gilbert
Mr. Glum:
Jimmy Edwards
Eth:
June Whitfield
Ron Glum:
Ronnie Barker
Magistrate:
Brian Oulton
Court Officer:
Harry Walker
Court Officer:
Harry Davis
Court Officer:
John Baker

Mischa Elman the seventy-one-year-old violinist, plays music of his choice and talks about his career to John Freeman, Editor of the New Statesman with Joseph Seiger.
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Leader. Meyer Stolow
Conductor, Hugo Rignold
From the Midlands

Contributors

Violinist/interviewee:
Mischa Elman
Interviewer:
John Freeman
Pianist:
Joseph Seiger
Musicians:
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
[Orchestra] leader:
Meyer Stolow
[Orchestra] conductor:
Hugo Rignold
Producer:
Patricia Foy

Written and produced by Vernon Sproxton.
A filmed exposition of the life and thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer pastor, teacher, resistance-worker who was killed by the Nazis in April 1945 with Johannes Albrecht, O.S.B., Eberhard Bethge, Susanne Dress, Gerhard Leibholz, Sabine Leibholz,
Josef Muller, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, Wolf-Dieter Zimmermann.

Contributors

Writer/producer:
Vernon Sproxton
Subject:
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Speaker:
Johannes Albrecht
Speaker:
Eberhard Bethge
Speaker:
Susanne Dress
Speaker:
Gerhard Leibholz
Speaker:
Sabine Leibholz
Speaker:
Josef Muller
Speaker:
Fabian von Schlabrendorff
Speaker:
Wolf-Dieter Zimmermann
Voices:
John Glen
Voices:
Hugh Manning
Narrator:
R. T. Brooks
Film editor:
Peter Pierce

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