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National Service
The last of four programmes from the best of 2nd House
Introduced by Melvyn Bragg
Tonight Acker Bilk , Ronnie Cor bett, Nicholas Harman , Michael Parkinson , novelist Gordon Wil liams and volunteers from the general public relive their National Service experiences.
In the studio there'll be music from a jazz group led by Acker Bilk and from a Russian choir led by Carwyn James.
Comedy routines by Rogers and Starr
Dramatised scenes from novels about life in the services:
The Camp by GORDON M. WILLIAMS with STRUAN RODGER , LESLIE SCHOFIELD The Breaking of Bumbo by ANDREW SINCLAIR : with DAVID ALLISTER , FRANK JARVIS BRIAN GRELLIS
CHRISTOPHER TIMOTHY
LEWIS MICHAEL. Also taking part: David Caute , Richard Crossman General Sir Brian Horrocks
Producer TONY CASH Director BEN REA
Assistant editor TONY STAVEACRI Editor BILL MORTON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Melvyn Bragg
Unknown:
Acker Bilk
Unknown:
Ronnie Cor
Unknown:
Nicholas Harman
Unknown:
Michael Parkinson
Unknown:
Gordon Wil
Unknown:
Acker Bilk
Unknown:
Carwyn James.
Unknown:
Gordon M. Williams
Unknown:
Struan Rodger
Unknown:
Leslie Schofield
Unknown:
Andrew Sinclair
Unknown:
David Allister
Unknown:
Frank Jarvis
Unknown:
Brian Grellis
Unknown:
Christopher Timothy
Unknown:
Lewis Michael.
Unknown:
David Caute
Unknown:
Richard Crossman
Unknown:
Sir Brian Horrocks
Producer:
Tony Cash
Director:
Ben Rea
Editor:
Tony Staveacri
Editor:
Bill Morton

BBC2 Snooker Championship
Eddie Charlton , twice Pot Black Champion, against John Spencer , twice World Snooker Champion. Introduced by ALAN WEEKS Referee SYDNEY LEE
Commentator TED LOWE
Director JIM DUMIGHAN
Producer REG PERRIN (Birmingham) 4

Contributors

Unknown:
Eddie Charlton
Unknown:
John Spencer
Introduced By:
Alan Weeks
Unknown:
Sydney Lee
Commentator:
Ted Lowe
Director:
Jim Dumighan
Producer:
Reg Perrin

by H. G. WELLS dramatised in four parts by ALUN RICHARDS
After a few months of marriage Mr Lewisham finds that financial difficulties cause trouble with his wife, and the pursuit of his ideals becomes difficult.
Part 4
Cast in order of appearance
Script editor LENNOX PHILLIPS Lighting GERRY MILLERSON Designer moira TAIT
Producer MARTIN LISEMORE
Director CHRISTOPHER BARRY
(Repeated: Thursday at 8.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
H. G. Wells
Unknown:
Alun Richards
Unknown:
Mr Lewisham
Editor:
Lennox Phillips
Unknown:
Gerry Millerson
Designer:
Moira Tait
Producer:
Martin Lisemore
Director:
Christopher Barry
Miss Heydinger:
Jane Lapotaire
Mr Lewisham:
Brian Deacon
Invigilator:
John Dunbar
Mr Smithers:
Jeffrey Perry
Mr Chaffery:
Freddie Jones
Mrs Ethel Lewisham:
Carolyn Courage
Student:
Martin Taylor
Mr Edwin Peake Baynes:
Robin Sachs
Madame Gadow:
Nancy Nevinson
Mrs Chaffery:
Hilary Mason
Flower shop assistant:
Shirley Patterson
Mr Lagune:
Gerald Cross

A series of four programmes 3 : Sweat of the Brow Archie Hill continues his Black
Country series by visiting a brick-yard, meeting one of the last of the women ' brickies,' and then moving to a crystal glass factory to find out how Black Country craftsmen change a heap of white sand into an exquisite piece of cut glass.
Producer DEREK SMITH (Birmingham)

Contributors

Producer:
Derek Smith

starring
Robert Mitchum , Eleanor Parker George Peppard
George Hamilton
Robert Mitchum and Eleanor Parker are the ill-matched husband and wife in this powerful drama of a divided family in a small Texas town.
A wild boar hunt is among the most exciting moments of this Vincente Minnelli film shot on an ambitious scale in the hunting country of Mississippi and Texas.
Screenplay by HARRIET FRANK JR and IRVING RAVETCH based on the novel by WILLIAM HUMPHREY Producer EDMUND GRAINGER Director VINCENTE minnelli This Week's Films: page 13

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Mitchum
Unknown:
Eleanor Parker
Unknown:
George Peppard
Unknown:
George Hamilton
Unknown:
Robert Mitchum
Unknown:
Eleanor Parker
Unknown:
Vincente Minnelli
Unknown:
Harriet Frank Jr
Unknown:
Irving Ravetch
Novel By:
William Humphrey
Producer:
Edmund Grainger
Director:
Vincente Minnelli
Capt Wade Hunnicutt:
Robert Mitchum
Hannah Hunnicutt:
Eleanor Parker
Rafe Copley:
George Peppard
Theron:
George Hamilton
Albert Halstead:
Everett Sloane
Libby Halstead:
Luana Patten
Sarah Halstead:
Anne Seymour
Opal Bixby:
Constance Ford
Chauncey:
Ken Renard
Dr Reuben Carson:
Ray Teal

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