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starring Alec Guinness
Cecil Parker , Herbert Lorn Peter Sellers , Danny Green
Mrs Wilberforce is one of London's nicer landladies. A little vague perhaps, but definitely not the sort of person to have a gang of desperate killers in her house. Unfortunately, Professor Marcus and his friends are not the musical society she supposes and their plans for the little old lady are anything but harmonious.
Screenplay by WILLIAM ROSE Produced by MICHAEL BALCON
Directed by ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK Films: page 31

Contributors

Unknown:
Alec Guinness
Unknown:
Cecil Parker
Unknown:
Herbert Lorn
Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Danny Green
Unknown:
Mrs Wilberforce
Produced By:
Michael Balcon
Directed By:
Alexander MacKendrick
The Professor:
Alec Guinness
The Major:
Cecil Parker
Louis:
Herbert Lom
Harry:
Peter Sellers
One-Round:
Danny Green
Mrs Wilberforce:
Katie Johnson
Police Superintendent:
Jack Warner
Barrow boy:
Frankie Howerd
Police Sergeant:
Philip Stainton
Junkman:
Fred Griffiths
Cab-driver:
Kenneth Connor
Second cab-driver:
Sam Kydd
Old lady:
Phoebe Hodgson
Hypatia:
Helene Burls
Lettice:
Edie Martin
Amelia:
Evelyn Kerry
Policeman:
Neil Wilson
Constable in police station:
Ewan Roberts
Burglar:
Michael Corcoran
Left-luggage clerk:
Harold Goodwin
Scotland Yard man:
Jack Melford
Constable:
Robert Moore
Nervous man:
John Rudling
Large lady:
Madge Brindley
Miss Pringle:
Lucy Griffiths
Pavement artist:
Leonard Sharf

With
Rhythm on 2 Floating up the River Thames on board the luxurious Silver Barracuda, Parisian jazz pianist Jack Dieval , founder of the famous Jazz at The Champs Élysées', entertains us on this side of the Channel as London, ancient and modern, sails past in the background.
Also on board David Snell International jazz harpist and French singing star Agnes Sarkis with ARTHUR WATTS (bass) ALAN GANLEY (drums)
ROGER GUERIN (trumpet)
CLAUDE GOUSSET (trombone)
Engineering manager MAURICE GARMAN Lighting SAM BRANTER Sound GRAHAM MINES Producer KEN GRIFFIN

Contributors

Pianist:
Jack Dieval
Unknown:
David Snell
Unknown:
Agnes Sarkis
Unknown:
Roger Guerin
Unknown:
Claude Gousset
Unknown:
Maurice Garman
Unknown:
Lighting Sam Branter
Unknown:
Sound Graham
Producer:
Ken Griffin

A comedy film series starring with A Night in the Emergency Room
Grateful though she is for small mercies, Rhoda has to face it. An urgent visit to the casualty department of a hospital is not likely to result in an encounter with your actual Florence Nightingale -or anyone else for that matter!
Written by COLEMAN MITCHELL and GEOFFREY NEIGHER
Directed by TONY MORDENTS

Contributors

Unknown:
Florence Nightingale
Written By:
Coleman Mitchell
Written By:
Geoffrey Neigher
Directed By:
Tony Mordents
Rhoda:
Valerie Harper
Brenda:
Julie Kavner
Nick Lobo:
Richard Masur

Investigates, Discovers, Questions
This week: Who'd Own an Island?
What happens when a wealthy businessman, with a taste for adventure, buys a Scottish island, determined to make it pay? When modern private enterprise confronts ancient traditions of feudalism and benevolent patronage? What, at a time of national stringency, should the mainland do to subsidise the islands' way of life? Are they geographical lame ducks - beautiful, but doomed?
When Keith Schellenberg (who thought nothing of driving his 1930 Bentley across the Sahara) bought the Hebridean Isle of Eigg in 1975, he was seeking an opportunity to prove that democratic capitalism could work, that the island economy could begin to manage without government subsidy. Four years later the population has almost doubled, and Eigg is approaching solvency.
But success has highlighted major human problems - identical to those faced by mainland society. Gavin Scott reports on the price paid for prosperity by Eigg, its people and its Laird.
Film cameraman DAVID PEAT Film editor HEFNY ZAKI
Producer DESMOND LAPSLEY Editor TIM SLESSOR

Contributors

Producer:
Desmond Lapsley
Editor:
Tim Slessor

The Kodak Masters Bowls Tournament from Beach House Park, Worthing
Tonight's programme again features two matches, both of which decide who will go through into the semi-finals. In the first group whoever loses between ELLIS STANBURY of Wales, and BARRY SALTER of Australia, will be out of this tournament.
In the other group, DAVID MCGILL has to beat DILL MOSELEY to progress to the next round.
Commentators DAVID VINE and DAVID RHYS JONES
Producer JOHNNIE WATHERSTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Ellis Stanbury
Unknown:
Barry Salter
Unknown:
David McGill
Producer:
Johnnie Watherston

BBC Two England

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