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The second day of the Liverpool Autumn Meeting.

2.45 The Becher Steeplechase for five-year-olds and upwards over two miles and about five furlongs of the Grand National course

3.15 The Liverpool Autumn Cup (Handicap) for three-year-olds and upwards over one mile, two furlongs, and 170 yards

3.45 The Duchy Stakes for three-year-olds and upwards over one mile, six furlongs

(to 15.50)

Contributors

Commentator:
Peter O'Sullevan
Commentator:
Peter Montague-Evans
Commentator:
Clive Graham
Interviews:
David Coleman
Presented for television by:
Dennis Monger
Presented for television by:
Ray Lakeland

A second chance to see the story of Air-Sea Rescue by Duncan Ross.
This film tells of an emergency 'ditching' of an aircraft and how the R.A.F. comes to its aid.

Contributors

Writer:
Duncan Ross
Photographed by:
Peter Sargent
Recorded by:
Bob Saunders
Produced and edited by:
Geoffrey Baines

A world study of wildlife in danger and of the wild places where the rare ones live.
A film series by Eugen Schuhmacher.
Commentary by Peter Scott.

Patagonia is the southernmost part of South America. On the open pampas there are guanacos, armadillos, and the rare grisons; off the coast live colonies of the southern sea-lion; and high up in the Andes there is one of the largest birds in the world, a spectacular flyer, the Andean condor.
Presented by the BBC Natural History Unit
From the West

Contributors

Cameraman:
Eugen Schuhmacher
Narrator:
Peter Scott

Introduced by Derek Hart.
with Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Christopher Brasher, Julian Pettifer, Brian Redhead.

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
Trevor Philpott
Reporter:
Kenneth Allsop
Reporter:
Macdonald Hastings
Reporter:
Christopher Brasher
Reporter:
Julian Pettifer
Reporter:
Brian Redhead
Associate producer:
Jack Gold
Associate producer:
Derrick Amoore
Associate producer:
Kevin Billington
Assistant editor:
Elizabeth Cowley
Editor:
Peter Batty

Written by Vince Powell and Frank Roscoe.
This week: The Good Samaritan
Starring Harry Worth
with Geoffrey Hibbert, Lane Meddick, Gerald Andersen, Doris Gambell, Tony Melody
From the North

Contributors

Writer:
Vince Powell
Writer:
Frank Roscoe
Settings:
Kenneth Lawson
Producer:
John Ammonds
Himself:
Harry Worth
[Actor]:
Geoffrey Hibbert
[Actor]:
Lane Meddick
[Actor]:
Gerald Andersen
[Actor]:
Doris Gambell
[Actor]:
Tony Melody

by A. J. Cronin.
dramatised by Alistair Bell.
Starring Andrew Cruickshank, Barbara Mullen
with Bill Simpson as Dr Finlay
Guest stars: David Andrews, Robert Urquhart, Peter Woodthorpe

Contributors

Author:
A.J. Cronin
Dramatised by:
Alistair Bell
Film Cameraman:
Peter Sargent
Film Editor:
Valerie Best
Associate:
Graham Stewart
Producer:
Campbell Logan
Director:
George Spenton
Dr Finlay:
Bill Simpson
Dr Cameron:
Andrew Cruickshank
Janet:
Barbara Mullen
Isa Robb:
Dorothy White
Johnny Robb:
David Andrews
Sandy Douglas:
George Cormack
Dude Carroll:
Robert Urquhart
Ned Sutherland:
John Grieve
Alex Docherty:
Peter Woodthorpe
Jean Docherty:
Shelagh Fraser
Chrissie:
Elizabeth White
Muriel:
Julie Booth
Mistress Niven:
Effie Morrison
Barman:
Graham Ashley
Dunky Grant:
Jon Luxton
Halliday:
Mark Powell
P.C. Dickie:
David MacMillan

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Their trade adventure...
Airmanship their art...
Heroes in a time that needed heroes
Alcock and Brown, Kingsford Smith, Charles Lindbergh, Amy Johnson, Jim Mollison, Amelia Earhart
In the years between the first world war and the 1930s these men and women drew new lines on the maps. They gave the world a new dimension and blazed the trails of today's established airways.
Narration written by John Pudney spoken by Richard Hurndall
From the West

Contributors

Writer:
John Pudney
Narrator:
Richard Hurndall
Film editor:
George Inger
Producer:
Peter Bale

by Roger Smith.
from a story by Muriel Spark.

Contributors

Writer:
Roger Smith
Story by:
Muriel Spark
Stills:
Mike Saunders
Designer:
Donald Homfray
Producer:
James MacTaggart
Director:
Peter Duguid
Narrator:
Dennis Chinnery
Raymond Parker:
John Meillon
Lou Parker:
Jane Wenham
Henry Pierce:
Clifton Jones
Oxford St John:
Dan Jackson
Tina Farrell:
June Brown
Elizabeth:
Clare Kelly
Father Rector:
Charles West
Nurse:
Caroline John
Sister:
Barbara Atkinson
Matron:
Dorothy Frere
Doctor:
Arthur Pentelow
Raymond's mother:
Dorothy Frere

Dau o wyr y wasg yn egluro eu hagwedd tuag at eitemau o newyddion —a gwr o'r tu allan yn barnu'r agwedd honno.
Cynrychiolir y Wasg heno gan John Eilian a Gwilym R. Jones
Gyda hwy bydd, Gareth Evans Cadeirydd, E. G. Millward
Cynhyrchydd, ALED VAUGHAN
In Our Opinion: press discussion.
(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)

(to 23.37)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Eilian
Unknown:
Gwilym R. Jones
Unknown:
Gareth Evans
Unknown:
E. G. Millward
Unknown:
Aled Vaughan

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