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A new comedy series by John Briley.
[Starring] David Healy, David Kelsey, Eddie Matthews
also starring Alan Gifford as Colonel Hoggart
and Newton Blick

David Kelsey is appearing in 'Robert and Elizabeth' at the Lyric Theatre, London

Contributors

Writer:
John Briley
Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by:
Bill McGuffie
Designer:
Richard Hunt
Production:
Douglas Moodie
Colonel Hoggart:
Alan Gifford
Helen Arkwright:
Araby Lockhart
Staff Sergeant Miller:
David Healy
Desk Air Policeman:
Francis Napier
Squadron Leader Heatherton:
David Kelsey
Mr. Humbert:
Newton Blick
Sgt. (W) Watts:
Mitzi Rogers
Marie Lawrence:
Eugenie Cavanagh
First farmer:
Graham Ashley
Second farmer:
Alan Lake
Airman Ricks:
Eddie Matthews

A comedy film series.
Starring John McGiver as Walter Burnley, the complaints manager of a large department store.

When an officious French couturiere takes over Walter's office, he retaliates by taking over her fashion show.

Contributors

Walter Burnley:
John McGiver
Joe Foley:
Mickey Manners
Owen Sharp:
Russell Collins
Colette:
Gladys Holland
Lulubelle:
Jini Kimberley

by Gustave Flaubert.
Dramatised in four parts by Giles Cooper.
Deserted by Rodolphe, Emma has been ill. To cheer her Charles has taken her to the theatre at Rouen. There she has met Leon, and this time he has declared his love.
Recorded in the BBC's Glasgow studio
(First transmission on May 16, 1964)

Contributors

Author:
Gustave Flaubert
Dramatised by:
Giles Cooper
Music composed by:
Tristram Cary
Music played by:
A section of the BBC Scottish Orchestra
Costumes supervised by:
Kirstie Colam
Make-up supervised by:
Anne Donnelly
Script Editor:
Michael Voysey
Designer:
Douglas Duncan
Producer:
Douglas Allen
Director:
Rex Tucker
Felicite:
Anna Castaldini
Emma Bovary:
Nyree Dawn Porter
Hippolyte:
Richard Beale
Homais:
Gerald Cross
Justin:
Martin Horsey
Madame Homais:
Marjorie Dalziel
Athalie Homais:
Elizabeth Brewin
Charles Bovary:
Glynn Edwards
L'heureux:
Anthony Jacobs
Madame Bovary:
Nan Marriott-Watson
Leon:
Peter Kriss
Priest:
George Woodbridge
Clerk:
Roger Delgado
Guillaumin:
Felix Felton
Rodolphe:
Nigel Davenport
Dr Canivet:
Willoughby Gray

Introduced by Colin Riach.

The Other Side of the Pill
Every day, on average, another 431 British women start taking the contraceptive pill. The manufacturers insist that it is the most carefully tested drug on the market today. But some scientists and doctors are concerned about the potential long-term effects of taking it.

Search for the Original Mind
At Sevenoaks School an unusual experiment in developing originality in boys is under way. Can creative ability be taught or is it inherited?
with Gerd Sommerhoff of Sevenoaks School, Dr. Liam Hudson the psychologist

Contributors

Presenter:
Colin Riach
Speaker (Search for the Original Mind):
Gerd Sommerhoff
Speaker (Search for the Original Mind):
Dr. Liam Hudson
Script:
Gordon Thomas
Film editor:
Roy Fry
Producer:
Michael Latham
Producer:
Jill Wood
Series editor:
G. Rattray Taylor

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