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How to achieve a couture finish.

Putting waistband on to skirt; Supporting top of circular skirt; Finishing facing and bound buttonholes; Placing and sewing on buttons
Introduced and demonstrated by Margaret Neale.
A BBC Educational broadcast

Contributors

Presenter/Dressmaker:
Margaret Neale
Arranged by:
Diana Crutchley
Director:
Margaret Smith

A course in human biology.

The regulation of the temperature of the body to provide the optimum environment for the cells.
Dr. D. McK. Kerslake
Film facilities provided by: Institute of Aviation Medicine, Medical Research Council, Pfizer Ltd., Shell Films Ltd. Armand Denis, Eric Hosking
A BBC Educational broadcast

Contributors

Presenter:
Dr. D. McK. Kerslake
Editor/Producer:
James McCloy

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Gaerfyrddin Cyflwynir emynau Dafydd Charles ac emynau ei fab Dafydd Charles (ieu), Titus Lewis , ac Elfed gan ddangos ffilmiau o'r fro
Cenir yr emynau gan eglwysi undebol y cylch
Arweinydd, ARWEL HUGHES
Organydd, V. Anthony Lewis Y cyflwyno gan R. ALUN EVANS Cynhyrchwyr, IFAN O. WILLIAMS a TREGELLES WILLIAMS
Hymn-singing from Carmarthen.
(Welsh transmitters, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gaerfyrddin Cyflwynir
Unknown:
Dafydd Charles
Unknown:
Dafydd Charles
Unknown:
Titus Lewis
Unknown:
Arwel Hughes
Unknown:
V. Anthony Lewis
Unknown:
R. Alun Evans
Unknown:
Ifan O. Williams

with Barry Bucknell
A series of fortnightly programmes in which Barry Bucknell demonstrates new methods and materials that will help people to make their homes more pleasant to live in.

Making a free-standing kitchen cabinet with an extended working surface. A new idea for the storage of pans.

Contributors

Presenter:
Barry Bucknell
Producer:
Stanley Hyland

by John Hopkins.
A second showing of "Lucky Accident"

P.C. Lynch is the first to see a connection between an attempted burglary and a hit-and-run driver. Proving the case is a job for the whole of Victor Division.

Contributors

Writer:
John Hopkins
Designer:
Stanley Morris
Film sequences - Cameraman:
Peter Hamilton
Film sequences - Editor:
Alan Martin
Producer:
David E. Rose
Director:
Michael Leeston-Smith
PC Lynch:
James Ellis

A Western starring Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan and Anne Jeffreys

When the land-hungry ranchers move westwards and the wagons roll towards the Pacific coast, their Journey into unknown territory is hazardous enough without the threat of robbery and violence from a notorious band of outlaws, even if one of them is a lovely and high-spirited girl.

Contributors

Vance:
Randolph Scott
Sundance Kid:
Robert Ryan
Cheyenne:
Anne Jeffreys
Madge Allen:
Jacqueline White
Cole Younger:
Steve Brodie

Written by Margaret Potter.
Pinky and Perky sail on a musical voyage around the world with John Slater as Cap'n Scuttle on board the paddle steamship Melodymaster.
From the North

Contributors

Writer:
Margaret Potter
Presented by:
Jan Dalibor
Presented by:
Vlasta Dalibor
Additional manipulator:
Philip Rose
Additional manipulator:
Elizabeth Rose
Designer:
Tim Harvey
Producer:
Trevor Hill
Cap'n Scuttle:
John Slater

by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Dramatised by Joy Harington in twelve episodes from the novels Kidnapped and Catriona.

The trial of James Stewart of the Glens begins while David, chief witness for the defence, is held prisoner.

(Clement McCallin is appearing in 'Never Too Late' at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London; Brown Derby appears by permission of the Governors of the Royal Shakespeare Company)

Contributors

Author:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dramatised by:
Joy Harington
Music composed by:
Dudley Simpson
Film Cameraman:
Gordon Mackay
Film Editor:
Sheila Tomlinson
Script Editor:
Barry Thomas
Designer:
Sally Hulke
Producer:
Campbell Logan
Director:
Gerard Glaister
David Balfour:
Ian Cullen
Neil the Redhead:
James Copeland
Prestongrange:
Moultrie Kelsall
Barbara:
Colette O'Neil
Catriona:
Gay Hamilton
Andie Dale:
Tom Watson
Stewart the Lawyer:
Callum Mill
Duke of Argyll:
Duncan McIntyre
James of the Glens:
Kenneth MacKintosh
Miller the Lawyer:
Clement McCallin
Coulston the Lawyer:
Russell Waters
Hall the Lawyer:
Brown Derby
Simon Fraser:
Jack Lambert
Servant:
Donald Sey
Alan Breck:
Roddy McMillan

A Western film series.
Starring John Smith, Robert Fuller
with Spring Byington and Dennis Holmes

When Slim is wounded and left to die Jess fights against desperate odds to find him before it is too late.

Contributors

Slim Sherman:
John Smith
Jess Harper:
Robert Fuller
Daisy Cooper:
Spring Byington
Mike:
Dennis Holmes

The gaols of the world contain many men and women who are not criminals. They are prisoners of conscience. What can be done for them? George Scott investigates the latest work of Amnesty International and talks to Peter Benenson and The Rev. Michael Scott.

Contributors

Presenter:
George Scott
Interviewee:
Peter Benenson
Interviewee:
The Rev. Michael Scott
Cameraman:
Gordon Mackay
Film editor:
Norman Matthews
Producer:
Oliver Hunkin

Community hymn-singing for Bible Sunday by choirs and congregations of the Coventry Council of Churches from Coventry Central Hall.
Introduced by William Neil.
Blessing given by the Minister, The Rev. James Grottick
From the Midlands

Contributors

Presenter:
William Neil
Soloist:
Rhianon James
Conductor:
Kittie Eames
Organist:
T. W. Hargreaves
Organist:
Norman Dyson
Blessing:
The Rev. James Grottick
Television presentation:
Barrie Edgar

with Joan Sims
and Mary Millar, Rex Garner, Michael Balfour, Douglas Squires, Mavis Ascott, The Cliff Adams Singers
Guest artist, Rob Murray

Contributors

Presenter/comedian:
Dick Emery
Performer:
Joan Sims
Dancer:
Mary Millar
Performer:
Rex Garner
[Actor]:
Michael Balfour
Dancer/staging:
Douglas Squires
Dancer:
Mavis Ascott
Singers:
The Cliff Adams Singers
Juggler:
Rob Murray
The Orchestra conducted by:
Harry Rabinowitz
Musical associate:
Dennis Wilson
Film cameraman:
Tony Leggo
Film editor:
Geoff Botterill
Designer:
Ridley Scott
Producer:
John Street

A film series starring Raymond Burr as the famous lawyer investigator created by Erle Stanley Gardner.
With Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman, Ray Collins

Perry Mason is puzzled when he is asked to handle a transaction involving the sale of oil leases at a surprisingly low price.

Contributors

Character created by:
Erle Stanley Gardner
Perry Mason:
Raymond Burr
Della Street:
Barbara Hale
Paul Drake:
William Hopper
Hamilton Burger:
William Talman
Lt. Tragg:
Ray Collins

by Arnold Wesker.
Starring John Hurt and Joanna Dunham
(Patience Collier appears by arrangement with the Governors of the Royal Shakespeare Company)

Contributors

Writer:
Arnold Wesker
Film sequences - Cameraman:
Ken Westbury
Film sequences - Editor:
Sheila S. Tomlinson
Dance arranged by:
Henry J. Morris
Accordionist:
Clifford Beck
Script editor:
Vincent Tilsley
Designer:
Richard Wilmot
Producer:
John Elliot
Director:
Herbert Wise
Garry:
John Hurt
Harriet:
Joanna Dunham
Sophie:
Patience Collier
Daphne:
Patsy Smart
Maxie:
Harry Landis
Waiter:
Philip Howard
Stan:
Ernie Merritt
Jack:
Colin Hale
Terry:
Paul Carr

A fortnightly magazine of the arts.
Introduced by Huw Wheldon.
Tonight's programme includes:
Francisco Goya
Court painter to the Kings of Spain, chronicler of the Horrors of War, cartoonist and satirist. A man who was said to have lived ten different lives.
Theodore Crombie looks at the man behind the legend through his paintings and drawings.
The Royal Academy Winter Exhibition 'Goya and his Times' opened on December 7

Contributors

Presenter:
Huw Wheldon
Item presenter (Francisco Goya):
Theodore Crombie
Film editor:
Allan Tyrer
Associate producer:
Nancy Thomas
Associate producer:
Christopher Burstall
Producer:
David Jones

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