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A programme for children at home.
Presenters this week, Marla Landi, Terence Holland
In the story chair, Norman Mitchell

(to 11.25)

Contributors

Presenter:
Marla Landi
Presenter:
Terence Holland
Storyteller:
Norman Mitchell
Pianist:
William Blezard
Graphics:
Paul Birkbeck
Film Editor:
Terry Cornelius
Scriptwriter/Director:
Peter Wiltshire
Producer:
Cynthia Felgate
Editor:
Joy Whitby

Characteristic forms of English art discussed by Basil Taylor.

A great deal of painting in this period is about foreign parts. Artists accompanied the explorers and travellers; and their themes ranged from Tahitian harbours seen on Cook's voyages to Roman ruins encountered on the Grand Tour.

Contributors

Presenter:
Basil Taylor
Reader:
Gary Watson
Producer:
Victor Poole

A duel of words and wit between Patrick Campbell with Lana Morris, Jeffrey Bernard and Kenneth Williams with Maxine Audley, Joe Orton.
Referee, Joe Melia
(Lana Morris is appearing in "The Sacred Flame" at the Duke of York's Theatre, London)

Contributors

Team captain:
Patrick Campbell
Panellist:
Lana Morris
Panellist:
Jeffrey Bernard
Team captain:
Kenneth Williams
Panellist:
Maxine Audley
Panellist:
Joe Orton
Referee:
Joe Melia
"Call My Bluff" devised by:
Mark Goodson
"Call My Bluff" devised by:
Bill Todman
Title cartoons:
null Emmwood
Producer:
T. Leslie Jackson

Gordon Wilkins covers the world of motoring.

When garages began to sell petrol under brand names in post-war Britain, windscreens were cleaned and tyre pressures checked to attract motorists to the pumps. Why don't drivers still get this kind of service today?
A Wheelbase inquiry into petrol prices and profits in this country and on the Continent.

Contributors

Presenter:
Gordon Wilkins
Director:
John Mills
Producer:
Brian Robins

A thriller in six parts by John Roddick.
Starring John Carson, Glyn Houston, Angela Scoular, John Barron, Judy Parfitt, Brian Wilde and Frederick Jaeger
(Shown on Saturday)

Contributors

Writer:
John Roddick
Designer:
John Wood
Producer:
Alan Bromly
Director:
Gerald Blake
Kathy Sheridan:
Angela Scoular
Francis Heager:
John Barron
Robert Sheridan:
John Carson
Det.-Sgt. Napier:
Glyn Houston
Det.-Con. Ashwood:
Brian Cant
Grace Heager:
Jean Harvey
Edward Mitchell:
Brian Wilde
Alan Ramsey:
John Cater
Kim:
Ros Drinkwater
Leo Pettit:
Frederick Jaeger
Jill:
Anne Hardcastle
Inspector:
Frederick Hall
Lee Anderson:
Calvin Lockhart
Ann Napier:
Judy Parfitt
Angie:
Pamela Miles

Owen Brannigan introduces and sings in a concert of popular music.
With the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Reginald Stead
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
and the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra
Leader, Joseph Segal
Conducted by Boris Brott
Given before an invited audience in the City Hall, Newcastle.

Contributors

Presenter/Singer:
Owen Brannigan
Musicians:
The BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Reginald Stead
Orchestra conducted by:
Stanford Robinson
Musicians:
The Northern Sinfonia Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Joseph Segal
Orchestra conducted by:
Boris Brott
Produced and directed by:
Robin Scott

Ian Trethowan looks back over the past week in Parliament and introduces reports on big debates in both Houses, questions to Ministers, significant moves behind the scenes, and the effects of M.P.s' work inside and outside Westminster with Hardiman Scott, David Holmes.

Contributors

Presenter:
Ian Trethowan
Reporter:
Hardiman Scott
Reporter:
David Holmes
Editor:
Michael Balkwill

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