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Written and produced by Ronald Smedley.
The Brents visit the Tower of London and go 'up West'.
Introduced by James Lloyd.
For Schools
Repeated on Friday at 2.5 p.m.
(to 11.25)

Contributors

Writer/producer:
Ronald Smedley
Presenter:
James Lloyd
Film cameraman:
Geoff Mulligan
Film editor:
Michael Rabiger
Mr. Brent:
Ian Gardiner
Mrs. Brent:
Brenda Cowling
Colin Brent:
Alexander Riley
Shirley Brent:
Judith Geeson

Introduced by Peter West.
This is one of the most mechanised areas of agriculture. The School Film Unit looks at the work going on in a modern nursery in Hertfordshire.
BBC film for Schools
Previously shown in March 1963
Repeated on Tuesday at 11.5 a.m.
(to 14.25)

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter West
Film cameraman:
John A. S. Turner
Sound recordist:
Norman Allen
Film editor:
John Griffiths
Film direction:
Peter Montagnon
Producer:
Andrew Quicke

Christopher Trace and Valerie Singleton introduce a magazine programme for younger viewers.

Contributors

Presenter:
Christopher Trace
Presenter:
Valerie Singleton
Film Editor:
Valerie Best
Production Assistant:
Rosemary Gill
Director:
Edward Barnes
Producer:
Biddy Baxter

A second chance to see the story by Arthur Ransome.
Dramatised as a film serial in six episodes by Anthony Steven.

Honours are even between Swallows and Amazons. Then Captain Flint's treasure mysteriously disappears.
A Windsor Films Production for BBC Television
The book Swallows and Amazons is published by Jonathan Cape Limited

Contributors

Author:
Arthur Ransome
Dramatised by:
Anthony Steven
Director:
Peter Saunders
Producer:
John Robins
Captain Flint:
John Paul
Mrs Watker:
Mary Kenton
The Swallows - John Walker:
David Lott
The Swallows - Susan Walker:
Siobhan Taylor
The Swallows - Kitty Walker:
Susan George
The Swallows - Roger Walker:
Shane Younger
The Swallows - Vicky Walker:
Christine Reeve
The Amazons - Nancy Blackett:
Amanda Coxell
The Amazons - Peggy Blackett:
Paula Boyd
Sam Packer:
George Roderick
Ernie Kidd:
Anthony Sagar

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

The stone giants of Easter Island-how were they carved and when? Who were the mysterious sculptors? A second chance to see this film which shows how Thor Heyerdahl, a few years after his voyage on the raft Kon-Tiki, slowly teases the answers out of this most tangled of mysteries.
See page 23

Contributors

Writer/Presented by:
Tim Slessor
Subject:
Thor Heyerdahl
Narrator:
David Attenborough
Sound Mixer:
Bob Saunders
Cameraman:
Erling Schjerven
Film Editor:
Bob Walters
Series edited by:
Brian Branston

A comedy film series of family life with never a dull moment.
Starring Lucille Ball
with Vivian Vance, Gale Gordon, Candy Moore, Jimmy Garrett, Ralph Hart
and guest stars, Gary Morton, Jimmy Demaret, F.G. 'Bo' Winninger

There's no such thing as fair play on the fairway when... Lucy Takes up Golf

Contributors

Lucy Carmichael:
Lucille Ball
Vivian Bagley:
Vivian Vance
Mr. Theodore J. Mooney:
Gale Gordon
Chris Carmichael:
Candy Moore
Jerry Carmichael:
Jimmy Garrett
Sherman Bagley:
Ralph Hart
Gary Stewart:
Gary Morton
Himself:
Jimmy Demaret
Himself:
F.G. 'Bo' Winninger

The Window on the World
Introduced by Richard Dimbleby with reports from Panorama's regular team of commentators Robin Day and Michael Barratt, Michael Charlton, Roderick MacFarquhar, John Morgan.

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Dimbleby
Reporter:
Robin Day
Reporter:
Michael Barratt
Reporter:
Michael Charlton
Reporter:
Roderick MacFarquhar
Reporter:
John Morgan
Associate producer:
Richard Francis
Assistant editor:
Christopher Ralling
Editor:
David Wheeler

A crime series from the novels of Georges Simenon.
Dramatised by Giles Cooper from the novel "Maigret et l'homme du banc".
Starring Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret
with Ewen Solon as Lucas and Neville Jason as Lapointe
Guest stars: Sylvia Kay, Madge Ryan, Jack Rodney
Produced in association with Winwell Productions, Ltd.
(Last shown on July 10, 1962)

Louis Thouret lives in the suburbs of Paris. He is a henpecked, meek little man who leaves for his work each morning at eight and returns at six. Then one day he fails to return.

Contributors

Author:
Georges Simenon
Dramatised by:
Giles Cooper
Designer:
Eileen Diss
Music composed by:
Ron Grainer
Film Cameraman:
Hugh Wilson
Film Editor:
Barry Toovey
Script Editor:
Donald Bull
Producer:
Andrew Osborn
Director:
Terence Williams
Associate:
Bill Luckwell
Maigret:
Rupert Davies
Lucas:
Ewen Solon
Lapointe:
Neville Jason
Louis Thouret:
Bartlett Mullins
Doctor Gadelle:
Allan McClelland
Monique Thouret:
Sylvia Kay
Concierge:
Nora Gordon
Ginette:
Joan Phillips
Shop Proprietor:
John Miller
Fred:
Jack Rodney
Mariette Gibon:
Eileen Kennally
Josette:
Mary Webster
Philippe Natali:
Stratford Johns
Madame Machere:
Madge Ryan
Albert Jorisse:
Tom Adams

with Peter West and Judith Chalmers on Final Night
The big show in this year's nationwide amateur ballroom dancing contest between fourteen regions for the BBC Television Award and Formation Team Cup.

South London
From The Orchid Ballroom, Purley.
Ray MacVay and his Orchestra
Compere, Keith Fordyce
v.
West Scotland
From The Locarno, Glasgow.
Harry Bence and his Orchestra
Compere, Alex Macintosh

Before a panel of judges nominated by members of the Official Board of Ballroom Dancing Ltd. including the Welsh Alliance.
See page 23

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter West
Presenter:
Judith Chalmers
Musicians (South London):
Ray MacVay and his Orchestra
Compere (South London):
Keith Fordyce
TV presentation (South London):
A. P. Wilkinson
Musicians (West Scotland):
Harry Bence and his Orchestra
Compere (West Scotland):
Alex Macintosh
TV presentation (West Scotland):
Robert Stewart
Programme arranged by:
Eric Morley
Studio direction:
Reg Perrin
Series produced by:
Philip Lewis

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