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in which Danny Kaye and his special guests, Vincent Price, Stan Worth, John Gary entertain to the music of Paul Weston and his Orchestra with Harvey Korman, Joyce Van Patten, The Tony Charmoli Dancers, The Earl Brown Singers.
A programme recorded in the U.S.A.

Contributors

Entertainer:
Danny Kaye
Guest:
Vincent Price
Singer:
Stan Worth
Singer/Guitarist:
John Gary
Musicians:
Paul Weston and his Orchestra
Comedian:
Harvey Korman
Performer:
Joyce Van Patten
Dancers:
The Tony Charmoli Dancers
Singers:
The Earl Brown Singers
Producer:
Perry Lafferty
Director:
Bill Foster

A thriller in five parts by Victor Canning.
Starring William Russell, Rosemary Nicols
with Bernard Kay, Richard Hurndall

Agent Martin Kennedy gets orders to contact Professor Max Stevens, inventor of a vital fatigue-free alloy. He arrives to find Stevens' house at Scunthorpe the scene of grim tragedy.

Contributors

Writer:
Victor Canning
Producer:
Alan Bromly
Director:
Douglas Camfield
Kennedy:
William Russell
Sir Alfred:
Richard Hurndall
Diana:
Rosemary Nicols
Max Stevens:
Bernard Kay

by Brian Rawlinson
With Barrie Ingham, Alan Dobie, Janet Suzman, Donald Eccles, Frederick Jaeger

Contributors

Writer:
Brian Rawlinson
Music composed and conducted by:
Humphrey Searle
Designer:
Richard Wilmot
Producer:
Michael Bakewell
Director:
Michael Hayes
The English - King Edward:
Donald Eccles
The English - Harold Godwinsson, Earl of Wessex:
Barrie Ingham
The English - His brother - Gurth:
Malcolm Webster
The English - His brother - Tostig:
Frederick Jaeger
The English - His brother - Leofwine:
Sebastian Breaks
The English - His brother - Wulfnoth:
Michael Pennington
The English - Hakon their cousin:
Christian Roberts
The English - Edith Swan-Neck:
Janet Suzman
The English - Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury:
Hamilton Dyce
The English - Aldred, Archbishop of York:
Arthur Pentelow
The English - Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester:
Michael Rose
The English - Crimketel:
Peter Woodthorpe
The English - Morcar:
Noel Johnson
The English - Alferic:
John Sharp
The English - Robert Fitzwymarc:
George Selway
The English - Monk:
John Cater
The Normans - William, Duke of Normandy:
Alan Dobie
The Normans - Mathilde, his wife:
Jane Wenham
The Normans - Adela his daughter:
Nike Arrighi
The Normans - His half-brother, Odo:
John Nettleton
The Normans - His half-brother, Robert of Mortain:
Gordon Whiting
The Normans - Sir William Mallet:
Peter Halliday
The Normans - Walter Fitzosborn:
David Garfield
The Normans - Guy de Ponthieu:
Bernard Hepton
The Normans - Turold, a fisherman:
Timothy Bateson
The Normans - His wife:
Mary Chester
The Normans - Maigrot:
Terence Lodge

including
Plunder
A weekly raid on the BBC archives.
Introduced by Michell Raper.
This week's edition includes:

Face to Face
with Augustus John (died October 30, 1961).

Orson Welles
Memories of Harry Houdini (1955).

Excerpts from The Secret Arts
introduced by Glyn Daniel (1954).

Jessie Matthews
sings 'Dancing on the Ceiling' (from Evergreen, 1934).

Contributors

Presenter (Plunder):
Michell Raper

Starring William Bendix, Arthur Kennedy

Six convicts escape from prison and make a desperate bid to avoid recapture.

Contributors

Director:
Lewis R. Foster
Producer:
Hal E. Chester
Van Duff:
William Bendix
Joe Quinn:
Arthur Kennedy
Pete Mendoza:
Luther Adler
Swanee:
William Talman
Mark Collins:
Gene Evans
Billy Lang:
Marshall Thompson
Alice Mosher:
Beverly Michaels
Girl on train:
Gloria Talbot
Fred:
Adam Williams

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