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John Ellison and Robert MacDermot are the question-masters in this general knowledge contest between representative teams from girls' and boys' schools in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
3—England
Birkenhead Institute (Boys) v.
The High School for Girls,
Middlesbrough
Questions set by Tom Williams
Produced by Joan Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
John Ellison
Unknown:
Robert MacDermot
Unknown:
Tom Williams
Produced By:
Joan Clark

with Dick Emery , Warren Mitchell
Pearl Carr , Ronald Chesney
Stanley Unwin
BBC Variety Orchestra (Leader, John Jezard )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Script by Ronald Wolfe
George Wadmore and David Climie
Produced by Roy Speer

Contributors

Unknown:
Dick Emery
Unknown:
Warren Mitchell
Unknown:
Pearl Carr
Unknown:
Ronald Chesney
Unknown:
Stanley Unwin
Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Script By:
Ronald Wolfe
Script By:
George Wadmore
Script By:
David Climie
Produced By:
Roy Speer

A sound approach to the cinema
Introduced by Peter Haigh and including Pocket Edition
Deborah Kerr and John Kerr In
' Tea and Sympathy '
Adaptation by Roy Bradford
Italian Musical
Giacomo Rondinella sings ' Quando tramonta il sole ' from ' Sunset in Naples '
Sounds Familiar
A short quiz to test your know-how of current and not-so-current movies
Presented by Desmond Carrington and Spencer Hale
Award-winning performance
Yvonne Mitchell in 'A Woman in a Dressing-Gown '
Around the British Studios with Peter Noble
Film Star-Record Star
Harry Belafonte sings in ' Island in the Sun '
The Hollywood Touch
A report from Donovan Pedelty
Flashback to 1955
Judy Garland 's' comeback ' film
' A Star is Born '
Incidental Music
An extract from Mischa Spoliansky 's score for ' Saint Joan '
The programme devised and produced by Trafford Whitelock

Contributors

Introduced By:
Peter Haigh
Unknown:
Deborah Kerr
Unknown:
John Kerr
Unknown:
Roy Bradford
Unknown:
Giacomo Rondinella
Presented By:
Desmond Carrington
Presented By:
Spencer Hale
Unknown:
Yvonne Mitchell
Unknown:
Harry Belafonte
Unknown:
Donovan Pedelty
Unknown:
Judy Garland
Unknown:
Mischa Spoliansky
Produced By:
Trafford Whitelock

Vilem Tausky and Gerald Gentry conducting the combined orchestras of ninety-three players
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader. William Armon )
BBC Midland Light Orchestra
(Leader, James Hutcheon )
Lizbeth Webb (soprano)
Bruce Trent (baritone)
Tommy Reilly (harmonica)
From the Coventry Theatre, Coventry
Introduced by John Hobday
Produced by Geoffrey Brand
(Continued in next column)

Contributors

Unknown:
Vilem Tausky
Unknown:
Gerald Gentry
Leader:
William Armon
Leader:
James Hutcheon
Soprano:
Lizbeth Webb
Baritone:
Bruce Trent
Baritone:
Tommy Reilly
Introduced By:
John Hobday
Produced By:
Geoffrey Brand

A new thriller in eight episodes by Philip Levene
3—' The Latin Grove'
The Ambrose' piano theme composed by the author played in the course of the programme by Raymond Holder
Production by Archie Campbell

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Levene
Programme By:
Raymond Holder
Production By:
Archie Campbell
Ambrose West:
Nigel Patrick
Nicky Beaumont:
Janette Richer
Reggie Davenport:
Colin Gordon
Colonel Cruikshank:
Richard Williams
George Armstrong:
Peter Claughton
Simon Delaney, proprietor of ' The Latin Grove:
Hugh Manning
Luiz Carlos:
Roger Delgado
Susan Williams:
Elizabeth London
Umpire:
Arthur Young
Sound Engineer:
Trevor Martin
Musician:
William Eedle
Barman:
William Eedle

A song-a-minute sequence of popular melodies old and new sung .by Benny Lee , Julie Dawn
Franklyn Boyd , Jean Campbell
The Meritones with accompaniments by The Steve Race Quartet and Harold Smart
Compiled and produced by Johnnie Stewart

Contributors

Sung By:
Benny Lee
Sung By:
Julie Dawn
Sung By:
Franklyn Boyd
Sung By:
Jean Campbell
Produced By:
Johnnie Stewart

in thirty minutes
The Radio Digest Show with Benny Lee
David Nettheim
Marie Benson
Announcer, Ronald Fletcher
Nat Temple and his Orchestra
Music arranged by Ken Thorne
Script by Michael Bentine and David Nettheim
Production by Pat Dixon

Contributors

Unknown:
Benny Lee
Unknown:
David Nettheim
Unknown:
Marie Benson
Announcer:
Ronald Fletcher
Announcer:
Nat Temple
Arranged By:
Ken Thorne
Script By:
Michael Bentine
Script By:
David Nettheim
Production By:
Pat Dixon

A series of horse laughs
3—' What a Sell! '
Concertina played by Alf Edwards
Script by Eddie Maguire
Produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston

Contributors

Played By:
Alf Edwards
Script By:
Eddie Maguire
Produced By:
Alastair Scott-Johnston
Reg, a stable lad:
Reg Dixon
Major Hunt, the trainer:
Francis de Wolff
Mary, the Major's daughter:
Dilys Laye
Parker, the head stable lad:
Roger Snowdon
The Padre:
T St John Barry
Ginger, an apprentice:
Anthony Green
Clara, the cook:
Patricia Hayes
Mr Turnbull, an owner:
Donald Bisset
Soapy, the horse, and other animals:
Percy Edwards

A panel game in which members of the public and invited personalities put questions to a team of distinguished experts
The great minds are:
Jimmy Edwards
David Nixon
David Tomlinson
Jimmy Wheeler
In the chair, Peter Haigh
From an idea by Jimmy Edwards
Presented by Jacques Brown

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Unknown:
David Nixon
Unknown:
David Tomlinson
Unknown:
Jimmy Wheeler
Unknown:
Peter Haigh
Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Presented By:
Jacques Brown

Community hymn-singing from St. George's Church, Kidderminster
Hymns introduced by Richard Maddock
Conductor, Harold Evers
Organist, Vera K. Summers
Jesu, where'er thy people meet (Tune,
Wareham)
Rock of ages, cleft for me (Tune,
Petra)
When all thy mercies, 0 my God
(Tune, Contemplation)
Ye holy angels bright (Tune, Darwall's 148th)
Holy Father, in thy mercy (Tune,
Cairnbrook)
The Church of God a kingdom Is
(Tune, Richmond)
For all the Saints who from their labours rest (Tune, Sine Nomine)
Saviour, again to thy dear name we raise (Tune, Ellers)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Richard Maddock
Conductor:
Harold Evers
Organist:
Vera K. Summers

Light Programme

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More