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Stars Vera Lynn
with Malcolm Roberts, Rich Bono accompanied by Freddie Logan (bass) and John Flanagan (drums), The George Mitchell Singers.
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Contributors

Singer:
Vera Lynn
Singer:
Malcolm Roberts
Musician:
Rich Bono
Bassist:
Freddie Logan
Drummer:
John Flanagan
Singers:
The George Mitchell Singers
Dancer:
Pauline Wall
Dancer:
Roger Howlett
Orchestra under the direction of:
Peter Knight
Designer:
David Chandler
Producer:
G.B. Lupino

A personal view of the siege of Ladysmith and the men who fought there.
From the battlefields of the Boer War Kenneth Griffith tells the story of the hardships, heroics, and blunders of one campaign. Using personal letters and diaries the programme records the simple courage of the ordinary soldiers who fought for Victoria, the Widow Queen.

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Contributors

Presenter:
Kenneth Griffith
Produced and directed by:
Lawrence Gordon Clark

A thriller in five parts by Jon Manchip White.
with Patrick Kavanagh, Anna Palk, Derek Francis, John Paul
and Morris Perry, Peter Blythe, Sally Home
The Rev. Nyren at last gives Rex the film of the witchcraft practised by the local hunt. As Rex leaves he is cornered and chased by members of the coven.

Repeated on Friday at 9.5 p.m.

Contributors

Writer:
Jon Manchip White
Designer:
Roy Oxley
Producer:
Alan Bromly
Director:
Peter Duguid
Rex Fordham:
Patrick Kavanagh
Nancy Jones:
Anna Palk
Cass Russell:
Peter Blythe
Peter Griffin:
Barry Stanton
Charlotte Hayes:
Rachel Herbert
The Rev. Philip Nyren:
Morris Perry
Harvey Collier:
John Paul
Kitty Morse:
Thelma Ruby
Maggie Lowther:
Sally Home
Colonel Cooper:
Derek Francis
Young man:
John Railton

Starring Bob Hope, Lucille Ball
with William Demarest, Bruce Cabot

Left as security on a bet, five-year-old Martha Jane finds her way to the flinty heart and, even more surprisingly, to the moth-ridden pocket of Sorrowful Jones, a penny-pinching small-time bookmaker.

Contributors

Director:
Sidney Lanfield
Producer:
Robert L. Welch
Sorrowful Jones:
Bob Hope
Gladys O'Neill:
Lucille Ball
Big Steve:
Bruce Cabot
Regret:
William Demarest
Martha Jane:
Mary Jane Saunders
Once Over Sam:
Tom Pedi
Lt. Reardon:
Thomas Gomez

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