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from Moscow
The leading European ice skaters display their skill and showmanship in a relaxed exhibition of free skating to mark the end of the European Figure Skating Championships.
Outside Broadcast cameras bring you the pick of the performances from the Gala staged in the Palace of Sport in Moscow yesterday evening.
Presented by the Soviet Television Service

Contributors

Commentator:
Alan Weeks
BBC production team:
Peter Massey
BBC production team:
Andy Wiseman

Poetry and Jazz
Introduced by Spike Milligan.
with Madeline Bell, The Five Worthies, Steve Benbow, Vernon Scannell and Michael Hordern.
Spike Milligan is appearing in 'Son of Oblomov' at the Comedy Theatre, London

Contributors

Presenter:
Spike Milligan
Singer:
Madeline Bell
Musicians:
The Five Worthies
Singer:
Steve Benbow
Poet:
Vernon Scannell
Poet:
Michael Hordern
Producer:
John Furness

I find it a fantastic arrogance for artists to say that they can sit back in their studios and paint. Unfortunately the artist is not only tolerated but encouraged to do this -there is no science course for artists and I would have thought it indispensable. (Frank Avray Wilson)
Those taking part include:
Frank Avray Wilson, A successful expressionistic painter who has a degree in biology and is author of Art and Understanding
David Medalla, a young Filipino artist and writer who shows some of his foam sculptures
Dr. Alex Comfort author, poet, and zoologist
also
Professor Abdus Salam, nuclear physicist, who today publishes a new theory which some scientists believe may be 'the final key to unlocking the door that conceals the properties of space and time'.
Introduced by John Napier.

Contributors

Panellist:
Frank Avray Wilson
Panellist:
David Medalla
Panellist:
Dr. Alex Comfort
Panellist:
Professor Abdus Salam
Presenter:
John Napier
Cameraman:
John Turner
Cameraman:
Tony Imi
Sound:
George Cassedy
Sound:
Ron Pegler
Film editor:
Roy Fry
Production assistant:
John Dutot
Studio direction:
Norman James
Producer:
Ramsay Short
Presented by:
Michael Latham
Series editor:
Gordon Rattray Taylor

A serial in six episodes written by John Chapman.
Starring Nicholas Parsons, Peter Jones, Eleanor Summerfield
with Christine Finn, Fabia Drake, John G. Heller, John Bluthal

The corpse which Matthew Pilbeam and Guy Bretherton discovered on the night train to Surbiton has reappeared in a cupboard in their house, and Matthew's mother-in-law has been abducted and held hostage. Matthew and Guy have taken Hester to a hideout in the country.

Contributors

Writer:
John Chapman
Original music composed and conducted by:
Norman Percival
Film Cameraman:
Peter Hamilton
Film Editor:
Bill Harris
Designer:
Malcolm Middleton
Producer:
Bryan Sears
Hester Pilbeam:
Eleanor Summerfield
Ward:
John Bluthal
Matthew Pilbeam:
Peter Jones
Guy Bretherton:
Nicholas Parsons
Mrs. Banks:
Fabia Drake
Voice:
Ernst Ulman
Vicar:
Arthur Pentelow
Waiter:
Alec Bregonzi
Frobisher:
John G. Heller
Stella Craine:
Christine Finn
Policeman:
Max Latimer
Musicians:
Norman Percival and his Trio

Phil Harris introduces The Hollywood Palace.
A series of top-line variety entertainment from the U.S.A.

This week's stars include: Phil Harris, Ginger Rogers, Bill Dana, The Step Brothers, The McGuire Brothers and The Jubilee Four.

(A programme recorded in America)

Contributors

Presenter:
Phil Harris
Singer:
Ginger Rogers
Singer:
Bill Dana
Dancers:
The Step Brothers
Singers:
The McGuire Brothers
Singers:
The Jubilee Four
Executive Producer:
Nick Vanoff

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