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Written by David Sylvester and Michael Gill.
Some modern artists, such as the Surrealists, have given free rein to fantasy in their work. The American action painters have carried this freedom into the methods of painting itself. They tend to regard the canvas as an arena within which the painter acts in accordance with his own feelings and needs.
BBC film
(to 11.55)

Contributors

Writer:
David Sylvester
Writer/producer:
Michael Gill
Narrated by:
Frank Duncan
Film editor:
Jesse Palmer

Edrychwn ymhell ac yn agoi Drwy mlm a thrwy drafod
Daw Cymru a'r byd i'r aelwyd
I' ch difyrru
Wrth eich cinio
Y cyflwyno,
OWEN EDWARDS
Y cynhyrchu,
IFOR REES, JACK WILLIAMS Y golygdd, NAN DAVIES
Today: a topical magazine.
(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)

Contributors

Unknown:
Owen Edwards
Unknown:
Jack Williams
Unknown:
Nan Davies

A second chance to see this serial in six episodes by Richard Wade.
With Terence Longdon, Bill Kerr, Elwyn Brook-Jones, Maurice Kaufmann, Hugh Latimer

Flying and airport sequences by courtesy of Skyways, Ltd.

Contributors

Writer:
Richard Wade
Technical Adviser:
Anthony Good
Script Associate:
Michael Harald
Film Cameraman:
Leonard Newson
Film Editor:
Ron de Mattos
Designer:
Stewart Marshall
Director:
Paul Machell
Producer:
Richard West
Vicky Fox:
Audrey Nicholson
Traumann:
Maurice Kaufmann
Garry Halliday:
Terence Longdon
Inspector Potter:
Edward Jewesrury
Eddie Robbins:
Bill Kerr
Mr Chamberlaine:
Fred Ferris
Nigel Fox:
Frederick Treves
Ted:
Mike Hall
The Voice:
Elwyn Brook-Jones
Waitress:
Jane Cavendish
Mike Henry:
Gerald Turner
Inspector Romano:
Hugh Latimer
Heidrich:
Richard Dare

A nation-wide general knowledge contest between schools.
Bournemouth School for Girls
Question-Master, David Dimbleby
v.
Grove Park School for Boys, Wrexham
Question-Master, Geoffrey Wheeler

Contributors

Question-Master (Bournemouth School for Girls):
David Dimbleby
Producer (Bournemouth School for Girls):
A. P. Wilkinson
Question-Master (Grove Park School for Boys, Wrexham):
Geoffrey Wheeler
Producer (Grove Park School for Boys, Wrexham):
Michael Latham
Scorer:
Michael John Mills
Questions arranged and compiled by:
John P. Wynn
Editor:
Joan Clark
Executive producer:
Innes Lloyd

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

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
Trevor Philpott
Reporter:
Macdonald Hastings
Reporter:
Julian Pettifer
Singer:
Robin Hall
Singer/guitarist:
Jimmie Macgregor
Editor:
Antony Jay

Chairman, Eamonn Andrews
Panel: Isobel Barnett, Barbara Kelly, David Nixon, Sidney James and a mystery guest celebrity.
Televised by arrangement with C.B.S.

Contributors

Chairman:
Eamonn Andrews
Panellist:
Isobel Barnett
Panellist:
Barbara Kelly
Panellist:
David Nixon
Panellist:
Sidney James
Direction and research:
Rosamund Davies
Producer:
Richard Evans
Devised by:
Mark Goodson
Devised by:
Bill Todman

Written by Vince Powell and Frank Roscoe.
This week: The Suitcase
Starring Harry Worth
with Harry Locke, Reginald Marsh, Edwin Apps, Jean Marlow, Joe Gladwin, Jack Woolgar
From the North

Contributors

Writer:
Vince Powell
Writer:
Frank Roscoe
Settings:
Kenneth Lawson
Film cameraman:
Bob Sleigh
Producer:
John Ammonds
Himself:
Harry Worth
[Actor]:
Harry Locke
[Actor]:
Reginald Marsh
[Actor]:
Edwin Apps
[Actress]:
Jean Marlow
[Actor]:
Joe Gladwin
[Actor]:
Jack Woolgar

The Window on the World
Panorama cameras look at People-Places-Problems that make news.
Introduced by Richard Dimbleby with reports from Panorama's regular team of commentators Robin Day, Ludovic Kennedy, John Morgan, James Mossman.

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Dimbleby
Reporter:
Robin Day
Reporter:
Ludovic Kennedy
Reporter:
John Morgan
Reporter:
James Mossman
Associate producer:
Christopher Railing
Assistant editor:
Norman Swallow
Editor:
Paul Fox

A crime series from the novels of Georges Simenon
Dramatised by Donald Bull from the novel "La nuit du Carrefour."
Starring Rupert Davies as Chief Inspector Maigret
with Ewen Solon as Lucas
Guest stars: Gerard Heinz, Lisa Daniely
A BBC recording produced in association with Winwell Productions Ltd.

Trucks thunder day and night past the sinister House of the Three Widows - where Maigret discovers a strange conspiracy of murder and betrayal.

Contributors

Author:
Georges Simenon
Dramatised by:
Donald Bull
Director/Executive Producer:
Andrew Osborn
Designer:
Eileen Diss
Music composed by:
Ron Grainer
Film Cameraman:
Peter Hamilton
Film Editor:
Barry Toovey
Script Editor:
Donald Bull
Associate:
Bill Luckwell
Carl Andersen:
Gerard Heinz
Else Andersen:
Lisa Daniely
Jojo:
Roland Curram
Mme Michonnet:
Janet Bruce
Michonnet:
Kevin Brennan
Oscar:
Charles Farrell
Chief Inspector Maigret:
Rupert Davies
Lucas:
Ewen Solon
Gaston:
Allan Tredgett
Perrochet:
John Chandos
Mancini:
Neville Becker
Gigi:
June Cunningham
Max:
Allan Heider
Torrance:
Victor Lucas

for the BBC Inter-Regional Dancing Contest
Organised by Mecca Dancing
Peter West introduces the sixth heat in the nation-wide amateur ballroom dancing contest between twelve regions for the BBC Television Award and Formation Team Cup.

Wales
From the Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff with Joe Loss and his Orchestra.
Compere, Michael Aspel
v.
East Midlands
From the Palais Ballroom, Nottingham with Gene Mayo and his Orchestra.
Compere, Alan Weeks

Before a panel of judges nominated by members of the Official Board of Ballroom Dancing Ltd. including the Welsh Alliance

Contributors

Musicians (Wales):
Joe Loss and his Orchestra
Compere (Wales):
Michael Aspel
Producer (Wales):
Selwyn Roderick
Musicians (East Midlands):
Gene Mayo and his Orchestra
Compere (East Midlands):
Alan Weeks
Producer (East Midlands):
Philip Lewis
Programme arranged by:
Eric Morley
Director:
Reg Perrin
Executive producer:
Barrie Edgar

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