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For the very young
Maria Bird brings Andy to play with your small children and invites them to join in the songs and games.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
Gladys Whitred sings the songs
BBC film
(to 11.00)

Contributors

Narrator/Script, music, and settings:
Maria Bird
Puppeteer:
Audrey Atterbury
Puppeteer:
Molly Gibson
Singer:
Gladys Whitred

For children of seven to nine.

Animal Families: 2: Marsupials
Introduced by Desmond Morris.

Living in the Past: 2: A girl at home in fifth-century B.C. Athens
Introduced by Tom Gibbs.
With Paula Jacobs, Rosemary Lewis, Elna Pearl, Hilary Green, Brian Cant, John Ross

For Schools
Repeated on Thursday at 9.40 a.m.
(to 11.55)

Contributors

Film cameraman:
Eric Deeming
Film editor:
Robert Hill
Producer:
Claire Chovil
Item presenter (Animal Families):
Desmond Morris
Item presenter (Living in the Past):
Tom Gibbs
[Actress]:
Paula Jacobs
[Actress]:
Rosemary Lewis
[Actress]:
Elna Pearl
[Actress]:
Hilary Green
[Actor]:
Brian Cant
[Actor]:
John Ross

'The agricultural supermarket of the nation'... ' the biggest hog farm in the world'... these superlatives have been used to describe the Corn Belt-a vast, gently rolling plain where the soil and climate make for farming conditions which approach the ideal.
BBC film for Schools
Previously shown in March 1962
Repeated on Wednesday at 11.5 a.m.
(to 14.25)

Contributors

Cameraman:
Hannen Foss
Sound recordist:
Bill Searle
Film editor:
John Walker
Producer:
Tim Slessor

Lady Hester Stanhope, niece of the great William Pitt, spent the last part of her life journeying through the Middle East where no woman had ever appeared unveiled.
To find the greatest sea-bird in the world, the albatross, you must sail to the Roaring Forties.
Kenneth Kendall and top experts, with some young friends, probe facts and fancies of all kinds.

Contributors

Presenter:
Kenneth Kendall
Research:
Nadine Wood
Research:
Joanne Symons
Designer:
Peter Mavius
Director:
Clive Parkhurst
Producer:
John Irwin

Singing and dancing in the arena of the Royal Albert Hall, London.
400 international performers present a selection of the best in the folk world.
with The Skansen Dancers from Sweden
Cyril Tawney, the folk singer
The Camden Town Sound
The Headington Quarry Morris Men from Oxfordshire
The Ted Kavanagh Irish Dancers Champions of Great Britain
Jackie Toaduff, Clog dance champion
Coral do Ribatejo, Songs and dances from Portugal

Contributors

Dancers:
The Skansen Dancers
Singer:
Cyril Tawney
Musicians:
The Camden Town Sound
Morris dancers:
The Headington Quarry Morris Men
Dancers:
The Ted Kavanagh Irish Dancers Champions
Dancer:
Jackie Toaduff
Singers/dancers:
Coral do Ribatejo
Producer for the English Folk Dance and Song Society:
Ronald Smedley
Commentator:
Frank Bough
Presented for television by:
Ray Colley

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

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
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:
Derrick Amoore
Associate producer:
Kevin Billington
Associate producer:
John Lloyd
Associate producer:
Kenneth Corden
Associate producer:
Michael Tuchner
Assistant editor:
Elizabeth Cowley
Editor:
Peter Batty

A series by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling.

Mr. Thompson investigates; Vivien makes plans for the future-and news of Sally reaches Compact.

Contributors

Series creator:
Hazel Adair
Series creator:
Peter Ling
Script:
Bob Stuart
Designer:
Donald Brewer
Producer:
Morris Barry
Director:
David Giles
Doug:
Lawrence James
Vivien:
Patricia Haines
Gussie:
Frances Bennett
Bruce:
Robert Flemyng
Terry:
Jimmy Ray
Miss Fraser:
Christine Lindsay
Thompson:
Frank Sieman
Mr Senior:
Leonard Jackson
Iris:
Louise Dunn
Camilla:
Carmen Silvera
Alan:
Basil Moss
Ben:
Bill Kerr
Mrs Chater:
Beryl Cooke
Paula:
Judy Franklin
Jenny:
Pauline Munro
Barry:
Robin Hawdon
Adrian:
Robert Desmond
Stan:
Johnny Wade
Corrigan:
Shane Rimmer
Janet:
Christine Pollon

Written by Eric Sykes.
Starring Eric Sykes, Hattie Jacques
featuring Deryck Guyler
with Richard Shaw, Annie Leake, Teddy Green, Barney Gilbraith, George Betton, Felix Bowness, Roy Vicente, John Doye
Teddy Green is appearing in 'Pickwick' at the Saville Theatre, London
See page 27

Contributors

Writer:
Eric Sykes
Incidental music:
Gordon Franks
Film cameraman:
Tony Leggo
Film editor:
Geoff Botterill
Designer:
Peter Seddon
Producer:
Sydney Lotterby
Eric:
Eric Sykes
Hattie Sykes:
Hattie Jacques
Policeman:
Deryck Guyler
[Actor]:
Richard Shaw
[Actress]:
Annie Leake
[Actor]:
Teddy Green
[Actor]:
Barney Gilbraith
[Actor]:
George Betton
[Actor]:
Felix Bowness
[Actor]:
Roy Vicente
[Actor]:
John Doy

Introduced by Ian Trethowan.
Six television networks in Europe look at Europe and its people.
Featuring:

Europe in America
A French report from the U.S.A. by Edward Behr.

The Forgotten People
A BBC report from Germany by John Morgan.

Mr. X
A German report on the man who challenges General de Gaulle as President of France by Hartmut Stein.

Women at Work
A Swiss film team visits southern Italy with Georges Kleinmann.

See page 26

Contributors

Presenter:
Ian Trethowan
Reporter (Europe in America):
Edward Behr
Reporter (The Forgotten People):
John Morgan
Reporter (Mr. X):
Hartmut Stein
Reporter (Women at Work):
Georges Kleinmann
Film editor:
James Colina
Film editor:
Bob Abrahams
Produced for BBC-tv by:
Geoffrey Baines
Produced for BBC-tv by:
Ronnie Noble

With soloists from the Kirov State Theatre, Leningrad.
Including Irina Kolpakova, Ninel Kurgapkina, Alia Osipenko, Iraida Utretskaya, Boris Bregvadze, Anatoli Nisnevich.
A Soviet film
See page 27

Contributors

Dancer:
Irina Kolpakova
Dancer:
Ninel Kurgapkina
Dancer:
Alia Osipenko
Dancer:
Iraida Utretskaya
Dancer:
Boris Bregvadze
Dancer:
Anatoli Nisnevich
Choreography:
Leonid Jacobsen

BBC Television

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