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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: 3: Birds
Introduced by Desmond Morris.

Jason and the Argonauts
Introduced by Tom Gibbs.
The Greek legend retold in pictures.

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

Contributors

Item presenter (Animal Families):
Desmond Morris
Item presenter (Jason and the Argonauts):
Tom Gibbs
Drawn by (Jason and the Argonauts):
Sheila Perry
Designer (Jason and the Argonauts):
Romek Marber
Narrator (Jason and the Argonauts):
Frank Duncan
Film editor:
Robert Hill
Producer:
Claire Chovil

by Gordon Murray.
Another showing of The Secret River
Presented by the BBC Puppet Theatre
BBC film

Contributors

Writer/Puppets and production:
Gordon Murray
Puppeteer:
Audrey Atterbury
Puppeteer:
Bob Bura
Puppeteer:
John Hardwick
Voices:
Violet Lamb
Voices:
James Beattie
Voices:
Michael Logan
Voices:
Roy Skelton
Settings and costumes:
Andrew Brownfoot

The works of most of the great master painters have tempted forgers for centuries
Most people think of a volcano as uncontrolled destruction, yet the powder deposits left after an eruption provide a valuable fertiliser
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

Close-up of a father and son and a way of life.
An award-winning documentary film directed by Allan King for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
In the streets of Calcutta human effort is still cheaper than mechanical power, and the rickshaw boy remains part of everyday life in one of the largest cities in the world.

Contributors

Director:
Allan King

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.

Two weddings are planned, and Camilla astonishes Ben.

Contributors

Series creator:
Hazel Adair
Series creator:
Peter Ling
Script:
Rosemary Anne Sisson
Designer:
Julia Trevelyan Oman
Producer:
Morris Barry
Director:
James Cellan-Jones
Vivien:
Patricia Haines
Corrigan:
Shane Rimmer
Camilla:
Carmen Silvera
Alan:
Basil Moss
Ben:
Bill Kerr
Iris:
Louise Dunn
Sheila:
Joanna Vogel
Barry:
Robin Hawdon
Adrian:
Robert Desmond
Paula:
Judy Franklin
Stan:
Johnny Wade
Jenny:
Pauline Munro
Bruce:
Robert Flemyng
Mrs Chater:
Beryl Cooke
David:
Vincent Ball

Written by Eric Sykes.
Starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques
with Sheila Steafel, Margot Boyd, Peter Bathurst, Peter Thornton, Leila Forde, Jan Williams, Sylvia Norman, Pamela Reece, Fred Powell, John Caesar, Bill Brandon, Michael Earl
See page 31

Contributors

Writer:
Eric Sykes
Incidental music:
Gordon Franks
Film cameraman:
Tom Frizwell
Film editor:
Jim Latham
Designer:
Raymond Cusick
Producer:
Sydney Lotterby
Eric:
Eric Sykes
Hattie:
Hattie Jacques
[Actress]:
Sheila Steafel
[Actress]:
Margot Boyd
[Actor]:
Peter Bathurst
[Actor]:
Peter Thornton
[Actress]:
Leila Forde
[Actress]:
Jan Williams
[Actress]:
Sylvia Norman
[Actress]:
Pamela Reece
[Actor]:
Fred Powell
[Actor]:
John Caesar
[Actor]:
Bill Brandon
[Actor]:
Michael Earl

Introduced by Steve McQueen.
and starring Jackie Cooper, Susan Oliver and Dewey Martin
with special guest stars, Milton Berle, Joey Bishop, Edie Adams, Pat O'Brien, David Janssen, Jackie Coogan, Gary Crosby
See page 29

Contributors

Presenter:
Steve McQueen
Director:
Bernard Kowalski
John Reardon:
Jackie Cooper
Ann Williams:
Susan Oliver
Sheriff Baird:
Dewey Martin
Blackjack Dealer:
Milton Berle
Walter:
Joey Bishop
Model:
Edie Adams
Clerk:
Pat O'Brien
Kenneth 'Ken' Morgan:
David Janssen
Shopkeeper:
Jackie Coogan
Politician's Aide:
Gary Crosby

from London
A special international heavyweight contest over ten rounds.
See Britain's young heavyweight idol against the popular American who last year k.o.'d Joe Bygraves in six rounds.
BBC Outside Broadcast cameras bring you the whole of this bout direct from the Mike Barrett promotion at the Royal Albert Hall.
See page 31

Contributors

Boxer:
Billy Walker
Boxer:
Bill Nielsen
Commentator:
Harry Carpenter
Television presentation:
A. P. Wilkinson

presents Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra
Leader, Hugh Bean
in Mussorgsky's Pictures from an Exhibition orchestrated by Ravel
also Peter Katin as soloist in Chopin's Polonaise in E flat major Op. 22 for piano and orchestra
Before an invited audience in Watford Town Hall

See page 31
Next week: BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dean Dixon, with Pierre Fournier (cello), playing works by Haydn and Brahms

Contributors

Orchestra conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Musicians:
The Philharmonia Orchestra
[Orchestra] leader:
Hugh Bean
Pianist/soloist:
Peter Katin
Presented by:
Antony Craxton

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