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asks Can One Learn to be a Social Success?

Directors and students of charm schools and a personality course talk from first-hand experience, illustrated by film.
Hannah Gavron sociologist, Katharine Whitehorn writer and columnist and A consultant psychiatrist discuss their answers to the question.
Stephen Potter critic and author of 'Lifemanship' comments.
Interviewers, Elaine Grand, Hugh David, Kenneth Kendall
Introduced by Leonard Maguire.
First shown on May 3

Contributors

Interviewee:
Hannah Gavron
Interviewee:
Katharine Whitehorn
Interviewee:
A consultant psychiatrist [name uncredited]
Interviewee:
Stephen Potter
Interviewer:
Elaine Grand
Interviewer:
Hugh David
Interviewer:
Kenneth Kendall
Presenter:
Leonard Maguire
Arranged and directed by:
Margaret Smith
Producer:
Beryl Radley

Introduced by Eamonn Andrews.
with Leslie Crowther, Peter Glaze, Pip Hinton, Jillian Comber
Special guests: David Nixon, Mark Wynter, Larry Parker
(Bert Hayes is appearing at the Butlin's Hotels, Cliftonville; Leslie Crowther is in "The Black and White Minstrel Show" at the Victoria Palace, London; David Nixon is in "Emil and the Detectives" at Her Majesty's Theatre, London; Mark Wynter is in "Cinderella" at the Connaught Theatre, Worthing)
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Contributors

Presenter:
Eamonn Andrews
Comedian:
Leslie Crowther
Comedian:
Peter Glaze
Comedienne:
Pip Hinton
Hostess:
Jillian Comber
Magician:
David Nixon
Singer:
Mark Wynter
Magician:
Larry Parker
Music:
The Bert Hayes Octet
Script:
Eddie Maguire
Designer:
Stuart Durante
Producer:
Johnny Downes

Your host, Andy Stewart introduces The Barry Sisters, James Urquhart, Dixie Ingram, Harry Carmichael, The White Heather Dancers and Jim McLeod and his Band

Contributors

Presenter:
Andy Stewart
Singers:
The Barry Sisters
Singer:
James Urquhart
Dancer:
Dixie Ingram
Pianist:
Harry Carmichael
Dancers:
The White Heather Dancers
Dance Director:
Jack Cooper
Musicians:
Jim McLeod 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 Robin Hall, Jimmie Macgregor.

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
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

A series by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling.

Ian receives an important letter from Germany. Adrian is the life and soul of the office party, but when the presents are distributed it is Mark who gets a surprise.

Contributors

Writer:
Hazel Adair
Writer:
Peter Ling
Designer:
Jane Martin
Costume supervisor:
Olive Harris
Producer:
Douglas Allen
Director:
Hugh Munro
Ian:
Ronald Allen
Janet:
Christine Pollon
Adrian:
Robert Desmond
Gussie:
Frances Bennett
Iris:
Louise Dunn
Chloe:
Betty Ellis
Babbage:
Donald Morley
Mrs Adamson:
Pamela Pitchford
Sally:
Monica Evans
Mark:
Gareth Davies
Clarn:
Janet Hargreaves
Stan:
Johnny Wade
Copper:
Mandy Miller
Bryan:
Keith Buckley
Alison:
Betty Cooper
Tim:
Scot Finch
Richard:
Moray Watson
Clancey:
Ann Morrish
Mr Kipling:
Blake Butler
Lily:
Marcia Ashton

Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
Starring Jimmy Edwards
featuring June Whitfield and Ronnie Barker
with Patrick Newell, Monica Evans, Derek Benfield, The Miles Twins, The Aida Foster Children, Gilly Flower, Ian Grey, Kevin Manser

Contributors

Writer:
Frank Muir
Writer:
Denis Norden
Dancing arranged by:
Sheila Delaney
Incidental music:
Dennis Wilson
Orchestra conducted by:
Harry Rabinowitz
Designer:
Roger Andrews
Producer:
James Gilbert
James Bonnet:
Jimmy Edwards
[Actress]:
June Whitfield
[Actor]:
Ronnie Barker
[Actor]:
Patrick Newell
[Actress]:
Monica Evans
[Actor]:
Derek Benfield
Themselves:
The Miles Twins
Themselves:
The Aida Foster Children
[Actress]:
Gilly Flower
[Actor]:
Ian Grey
[Actor]:
Kevin Manser

Written and produced by John Ormond.
On the plains of Patagonia and in the valleys of the Andes neat the borders of Chile there are South American gauchos with names like Jones, Evans, and Davies. They are descended from Welsh men who sailed to Patagonia in 1865 hoping to And a promised land, far from the mining valleys of home. This film tells the strange story of their Argentinian settlement and how it developed.

Contributors

Writer/producer:
John Ormond
Narrator:
Hywel Davies
Research:
R. Bryn Williams
Photography:
Bill Greenhalgh
Editor:
Douglas Mair

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