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from Salisbury Cathedral
Precentor, The Rev. Canon Cyril Jackson
Recorded in Salisbury Cathedral on Advent Sunday, December 2
This service, designed as a preparation for Christmas, begins at the West end of the Cathedral in almost complete darkness and ends at the High Altar, with the Cathedral full of light.
During the procession from West to East, from darkness to light, Advent Carols and Lessons unfold the story of Man's Redemption.
(to 11.30)

Contributors

Precentor:
The Rev. Canon Cyril Jackson
Organist and Master of the Choristers:
Christopher Dearnley
Assistant organist:
Richard Lloyd
Commentary spoken by:
Richard Maddock
Television presentation:
Kenneth Savidge

gan Idwal Jones.
Welsh serial: final episode
(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)

Contributors

Writer:
Idwal Jones
Cynllunydd/designer:
David Butcher
Y cynhyrchu gan/producer:
Wilbert Lloyd Roberts
Fiona Lloyd:
Hazel Eames
Gwyn:
Elmer Price
Dwynwen:
Mary Gwenefer
Sadrach Huws:
Charles Williams
Rebecca:
Nesta Harris
Edwin Miles:
Gunston Jones
Pat Jenkins:
Gaynor Morgan Rees
Harri King:
Eric Wynne Roberts
Bella:
Dilys M. Price
Dr James:
Percy Griffith
Wili Williams:
Glyn Williams

Introduced by John Cherrington.

Are specialisation and co-operation the key to the future of the small farmer?
Frank Taylor visits Tony Pallett, who fattens pigs and beef cattle on 71 acres near Leicester, and buys and sells everything on contract.
From the Midlands
followed by the Weather Situation for farmers and growers

Contributors

Presenter:
John Cherrington
Reporter:
Frank Taylor
Interviewee:
Tony Pallett
Film cameraman:
John Bird
Sound recordist:
Ron Hooper
Sound recordist:
Peter Caselberg
Film editor:
A. M. O'Donovan
Arranged by:
Anthony Parkin
Producer:
John Kenyon

by John Hopkins.
A second showing of some of the cases encountered by Z Victor One and Z Victor Two.

Two men claim the same prize and trouble begins. When Lynch and Steele are called there is an unexpected development and a policeman dies.

Contributors

Writer:
John Hopkins
Director:
Michael Leeston-Smith
Designer:
Stanley Morris
Producer:
David E. Rose

A drama.
with Pedro Armendariz, Maria Elena Marques

A rare pearl that Kino discovered on the ocean bed was to alter not only his own life but that of the whole of the Mexican fishing village where he lived-and in a way that no one expected.

Contributors

Author:
John Steinbeck
Director:
Emilio Fernandez
Kino:
Pedro Armendariz
Juana:
Maria Elena Marques
Juanito:
Marie Elena Cuadros
Compadre:
Alfonso Bedot

A documentary film from Yugoslavia.
English version spoken by Simon Lack.
Written and presented by Gordon Smith.
In a meteorological station high in the mountains of Bosnia, three young weather men face isolation and loneliness in Arctic conditions.

Contributors

Narrator:
Simon Lack
Writer/presented by:
Gordon Smith

by Charles Dickens.
Dramatised in thirteen episodes by Constance Cox.

Nell and her Grandfather are befriended by a schoolmaster, and then by Punch and Judy men.

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Dramatised by:
Constance Cox
Director:
Joan Craft
Music composed by:
Ron Grainer
Designer:
Fanny Taylor
Producer:
Douglas Allen
Nell Trent:
Michele Dotrice
Grandfather:
Oliver Johnston
Mr Marton:
Clement McCallin
Mr Witherden:
Norman Pitt
Abel Garland:
William Simons
Mr Garland:
Philip Ray
Mrs Garland:
Helena McCarthy
Mr Chuckster:
Aubrey Woods
Kit Nubbles:
Ronald Cunliffe
Short:
Alan Hockey
Codlin:
John Southworth
Dick Swiveller:
Anton Rodgers
Fred Trent:
Ian Thompson
Mrs Nubbles:
Megs Jenkins
Little Jacob:
Robert Cook
Quilp:
Patrick Troughton
Landlord:
Wally Patch

Written and produced by Kenneth Savidge.
An enquiry into training for the ordained Ministry of the Church of England by Tom Salmon.
Each year about 600 men are ordained to the priesthood of the Church of England. How are they trained and how far does their training equip them for the job they are to do?
A BBC West Region Film Unit production
See page 14

Contributors

Writer/Producer:
Kenneth Savidge
Presenter:
Tom Salmon
Photographed by:
George Shears
Recorded by:
Jim Caulfield
Editor:
Ron Martin

on behalf of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund by Sir Cecil Wakeley, Bt. K.B.E., C.B., LL.D., F.R.C.S.
Contributions, preferably by crossed cheque or postal order, will be gratefully acknowledged and should be sent to the following special appeal address: Sir Cecil Wakeley, [address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Sir Cecil Wakeley

from St. Patrick's Parish Church, Coleraine, Co. Derry
with Kevin Platts (soloist) and the School Choirs of Coleraine and District
Conductor, Havelock Nelson
Introduced by Edgar Boucher.

Ding dong, merrily on high
People look East
How far is it to Bethlehem?
Balulalow
As Joseph was a-walking
Little Jesus, sweetly sleep In dulci jubilo
Sing lullaby! Lullaby baby How the rose got its thorn
Child in the manger
Three Kings from Persian lands afar
Away in a manger
Unto us a Boy is born

Contributors

Presenter:
Edgar Boucher
Soloist:
Kevin Platts
Conductor:
Havelock Nelson
Organist:
C. D. Shanks
Prayer and blessing:
The Rev. Alwyn Maconachie
Producer:
Moore Wasson

with Arthur Askey and Alan Melville.
Written by Alan Melville.
A series of unusual spectacles.
with Pip Hinton, David Kernan, Greta Hamby, Josephine Blake, June Smith, Pat Coombs, Gordon Phillott, Alec Bregonzi
and This week's special guest Clive Lythgoe

Contributors

Writer:
Alan Melville
Producer:
Bryan Sears
Comedian:
Arthur Askey
Comedian:
Alan Melville
Performer:
Pip Hinton
Performer:
David Kernan
Performer:
Greta Hamby
Performer:
Josephine Blake
Performer:
June Smith
Performer:
Pat Coombs
Performer:
Gordon Phillott
Performer:
Alec Bregonzi
Pianist/special guest:
Clive Lythgoe
Numbers staged by:
Alfred Rodrigues
Orchestrations:
Dennis Wilson
Theme and incidental music:
Malcolm Lockyer
The Orchestra leader:
Alec Firman
The Orchestra directed by:
Harry Rabinowitz
Settings:
Marilyn Taylor
Film editor:
Joe Sterling

A film series starring Raymond Burr as the famous lawyer investigator created by Erle Stanley Gardner
with Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins, Coleen Gray

Perry Mason is hired by a widow who is being blackmailed. The lawyer arranges a meeting between the woman and the blackmailer, but the plan backfires and Mason's client is accused of murder.

Contributors

Character created by:
Erle Stanley Gardner
Perry Mason:
Raymond Burr
Della Street:
Barbara Hale
Paul Drake:
William Hopper
Lt. Tragg:
Ray Collins
Lorraine Kendall:
Coleen Gray

presents Virginia Zeani, Raymond Nilsson, Belinda Wright, Serge Golovine, Rohan De Saram.
Introduced by Peter Ebert.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leader, Raymond Cohen
Conducted by Charles MacKerras
Virginia Zeani appears by arrangement with S. A. Gorlinsky Ltd.
See page 14

Contributors

Soprano:
Virginia Zeani
Tenor:
Raymond Nilsson
Dancer:
Belinda Wright
Dancer:
Serge Golovine
Cellist:
Rohan De Saram
Presenter:
Peter Ebert
Musicians:
London Symphony Orchestra
[Orchestra] leader:
Raymond Cohen
[Orchestra] conducted by:
Charles MacKerras
Choreography:
Jack Carter
Designer:
Clifford Hatts
Producer:
Charles R. Rogers

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