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What happens to children who at some time in their lives cannot be looked after by their own parents? The film "Family Affair", produced for the Home Office, shows how for some children foster parents can provide the happy home life that they may badly need.
A child care officer, foster parents, and two people who were foster children themselves discuss their experiences.
Introduced by Joan Yorke.
Contributors
Presenter:
Joan
Yorke
Producer:
Beryl
Radley
For the Very Young
Maria Bird brings Andy to play with your small children and invites them to join in songs and games.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
Gladys Whitred sings the songs
(A BBC Television Film)
Contributors
Narrator/script, music, and settings:
Maria
Bird
Puppeteer:
Audrey
Atterbury
Puppeteer:
Molly
Gibson
Singer:
Gladys
Whitred
A play for television.
Written and produced by Rex Tucker.
Contributors
Writer/producer:
Rex
Tucker
Designer:
Tony
Abbott
Giuseppe:
Richard
Bennett
Voice of Mercury:
James
McKechnie
Giorgio:
Shaw
Taylor
Mrs Jesky:
Olga
Dickie
Hobart:
Nigel
Anthony
Ladina:
Yvonne
Warren
Uncle:
Arthur
Lowe
A programme of traditional songs, games, and dances with the Birmingham Square Dance Quartet (Leader, Eric Blythe) and a surprise item.
Master and Mistress of Ceremonies: Kenneth Clark and Sibyl Clark of the English Folk Dance and Song Society
Contributors
Musicians:
Birmingham Square Dance
Quartet
Leader:
Eric
Blythe
Master of Ceremonies:
Kenneth
Clark
Mistress of Ceremonies:
Sibyl
Clark
Arranged by:
Peggy
Bacon
Producer:
John
McGonagle
Introduced by Cliff Michelmore.
Contributors
Presenter (Highlight):
Cliff
Michelmore
This evening you are invited to choose the most promising new television artists, and to help you to do this the artists are given advice and encouragement by a panel of experts:
Dick Hurran, Harold Fielding, Cynthia Tingey and Issy Bonn
Introduced by Peter West.
From the BBC's North of England studios
Contributors
Panellist:
Dick
Hurran
Panellist:
Harold
Fielding
Panellist:
Cynthia
Tingey
Panellist:
Issy
Bonn
Presenter:
Peter
West
Orchestra conducted by:
Alyn
Ainsworth
Designer:
Kenneth
Lawson
Producer:
Barney
Colehan
A special edition of Edward R. Murrow's American television programme "See It Now", starring Danny Kaye in his most unusual role - that of Ambassador at Large for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.
Danny Kaye travelled 32,000 miles through Western Europe, the Mediterranean countries, Africa, and the Near East, performing his inimitable antics for audiences of children and adults.
Produced by Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly for the Columbia Broadcasting System at 7.45
Contributors
Subject:
Danny
Kaye
Producer:
Edward R.
Murrow
Producer:
Fred
Friendly
In the second of four weekly contests between the song-writers of Great Britain, viewers throughout the country can be heard selecting tonight's winning entry.
David Jacobs introduces the songs which are performed this week by Jill Day, Ronnie Hilton, Edna Savage, Bryan Johnson, Lorrae Desmond, Frank Horrox, The Frank Weir Quintet, The Concert Orchestra and George Mitchell Singers.
Tonight's musical directors: Stanley Black and Frank Weir
Contributors
Presenter:
David
Jacobs
Singer:
Jill
Day
Singer:
Ronnie
Hilton
Singer:
Edna
Savage
Singer:
Bryan
Johnson
Singer:
Lorrae
Desmond
Pianist:
Frank
Horrox
Singers:
The Frank Weir
Quintet
Musicians:
The Concert
Orchestra
Singers:
George Mitchell
Singers
Musical director:
Stanley
Black
Musical director:
Frank
Weir
Designer:
Richard
Henry
Production:
Francis
Essex
A series of five programmes on mental health.
A brains trust of distinguished members of the medical profession answers selected questions sent in by viewers.
The members are:
The Senior Officer in the Mental Health Department of the Ministry of Health
President of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association
President of the Psychiatric section of the Royal Society of Medicine
A Professor of Psychological Medicine
Chairman, Christopher Mayhew. M.P.
Sir Geoffrey Vickers, V.C., peaks on the future of mental research and the series is summed up by Christopher Mayhew.
A pamphlet covering these television programmes and a Home Service series on mental illness beginning in February, can be obtained by sending a 2d. stamped and addressed envelope to[address removed]
Contributors
Chairman/presenter:
Christopher Mayhew.
M.P.
Presenter:
Sir Geoffrey
Vickers
Producer:
Andrew Miller
Jones
Programme written by Sam Hanna Bell and Harry Govan.
Across the narrow waters Rathlin can be seen from both Scotland and Ireland. Today the life of the island of rough roads and storm-bound jetties, of paraffin lamps in solitary cottages, belongs to neither. Yet one hundred and fifty people still stay there...
Contributors
Writer:
Sam Hanna
Bell
Writer:
Harry
Govan
Film cameraman:
Douglas
Wolfe
Film editor:
Valerie
Best
Narrator:
Graeme
Roberts
Producer:
Harry
Govan
Followed by Weather and Close Down
