Listings
: Movie Museum: The Americano: Part 2
Douglas Fairbanks, Senior in one of his earliest romance and adventure films made in 1916. In the second instalment he sets out to rescue the President and his daughter, played by Alma Rubens, from the revolutionaries of Paragonia.Contributors
Blaze Derringer:
Douglas Fairbanks,
Senior
Juana de Valdez:
Alma
Rubens
: The Burns and Allen Show: The Testimonial Dinner
[Starring] George Burns and Gracie Allen in the film The Testimonial DinnerContributors
Himself:
George
Burns
Herself:
Gracie
Allen
: Watch with Mother: The Woodentops
For the Very YoungStories about a family of wooden dolls who live on a farm.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
(A BBC Television Film)
(to 16.00)
Contributors
Puppeteer:
Audrey
Atterbury
Puppeteer:
Molly
Gibson
Voices:
Eileen
Browne
Voices:
Josefina
Ray
Voices:
Peter
Hawkins
Script and music:
Maria
Bird
: Children's Television presents: All Your Own
A programme in which children from all over Great Britain have been invited to take part.Introduced by Huw Wheldon.
Contributors
Presenter:
Huw
Wheldon
Music directed by:
Griff
Lewis
Editor:
Joanne
Symons
Producer:
Vere
Lorrimer
: Children's Television: Railway through the Dolomites
A little train makes a daily journey in the shadow of the Italian Alps through the gay winter sports centre of Cortina and back again.: Tonight
Look around with Cliff Michelmore.Sport - Music - Politics - People
Cinema - Theatre - Travel
with Derek Hart, Geoffrey Johnson Smith and this week Cy Grant.
Contributors
Presenter:
Cliff
Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek
Hart
Reporter:
Geoffrey Johnson
Smith
Singer/guitarist:
Cy
Grant
Presented by:
Alasdair
Milne
: Edmundo Ros
Edmundo Ros takes you by film to Monte Carlo and on a musical trip to the land of the Calypso where Brit Ros meets Frank Holder showing how the bongos should be played, Boscoe Holder with his dancers and Michael Flanders and Donald Swann doing some musical research.Guest Artist, Kitza Kazacos
(Michael Flanders and Donald Swann are appearing in "At the Drop of a Hat" at the Fortune Theatre, London)
Contributors
Presenter:
Edmundo
Ros
Item presenter:
Brit
Ros
Bongo player:
Frank
Holder
Musician:
Boscoe
Holder
Guest:
Michael
Flanders
Guest:
Donald
Swann
Singer:
Kitza
Kazacos
Script:
Gavin
Blakeney
Film Cameraman:
Peter
Sargent
Designer:
Clifford
Hatts
Producer:
Christopher
Doll
: What's in the Picture?
asks Lionel Hale.Susan Chitty, Ross McWhirter, Marshall Pugh and Sylvia Cheeseman try to find the answers in 'The Newsreel Game'.
Contributors
Chairman:
Lionel
Hale
Panellist:
Susan
Chitty
Panellist:
Ross
McWhirter
Panellist:
Marshall
Pugh
Panellist:
Sylvia
Cheeseman
Presented by:
Roy
Hayward
: National Radio Show: Show Band Parade
Cyril Stapleton presents Show Band Parade featuring his Show Band in popular music of yesterday, today, and tomorrow and starring Alma Cogan and Ronnie Hilton with Alice Babs, Marie Benson and The Londonairs, The Dene Boys, Michael Desmond, The Show Band Singers Directed by Cliff Adams and The Dancers.See page 4
Contributors
Presenter/Conductor:
Cyril
Stapleton
Singer:
Alma
Cogan
Singer:
Ronnie
Hilton
Singer:
Alice
Babs
Group:
Marie Benson and the
Londonairs
Singers:
The Dene
Boys
Singer:
Michael
Desmond
Singers:
The Show Band
Singers
The Show Band Singers directed by:
Cliff
Adams
Production scenes staged by:
Alfred
Rodrigues
Designer:
Douglas
Smith
Producer:
Graeme
Muir
: Eye to Eye: 10: I Was a Stranger
(See facing page)In Spa Road, Bermondsey, immediately opposite a new block of council flats stands a group of buildings which its most affectionate supporters would hesitate to describe as attractive. It looks like a converted warehouse - which in point of fact is not so very far from the truth: it is a factory and a hostel run by the Salvation Army. Here, a stone's throw from Tower Bridge, and across the road from young families in their new flats, lives a community of men, a floating population that is never less than a hundred and is often four times as many.
Some of the men both live and work on the premises, in the laundry, making mattresses, or sorting and packing waste-paper. A few of them have been here only a few weeks, but some of them have lived in Spa Road for years. One of them by profession an analytical chemist, has been here since 1921. For the most part they are men without families, or who for some reason have lost touch with their relatives and old friends. Ask them why they choose to live here, and many of them shrug their shoulders and simply say "Oh, domestic trouble".
One of the buildings is a hostel, where a man can stay the night for three shillings (with breakfast), and where no questions are asked. Even here there are "regulars", men who will spend the rest of their days here because they have no other home.
"I Was A Stranger" is a portrait of this community, though "essay" is perhaps a more exact description of it. It uses no professional narrator or interviewer, and the faces and voices you will see are those of the men themselves, residents and officers.
Contributors
Scriptwriter/Producer:
Norman
Swallow
Producer:
Anthony de
Lotbiniere
Photographer:
A.A.
Englander
Recordist:
Michael
Colomb
Recordist:
Bob
Saunders
Editor:
Alfred
Chapman
: Press Conference
Norman Hartnell, Dressmaker to H.M. The Queen answers questions put to him by a panel of journalists.See page 4
Contributors
Interviewee:
Norman
Hartnell
Presented by:
Hugh
Burnett
: Blackpool Illuminations
On the first night of this twenty-fifth annual display, outside broadcast cameras take you along part of Blackpool Promenade to see some of 'The Lights'.Contributors
Commentator:
Wynford Vaughan
Thomas
Presented by:
Ray
Lakeland
: Vanity Fair: Episode 3
by William Makepeace ThackerayAdapted in six weekly instalments by Constance Cox and Ian Dallas
[Starring] Joyce Redman and Alan Badel
The action takes place in London in Mr. Sedley's house, Russell Square, and in his house at Fulham; in Mr. Osborne's house, Russell Square; and in Hulker, Bullock and Co., Bankers; in a coach on the Brighton Road; at Becky's lodgings in Brighton and in Miss Crawley's private suite; and on a packet-boat bound for Ostend.
Time, 1814
(A BBC telerecording of the broadcast on January 11, 1957)
Contributors
Author:
William Makepeace
Thackeray
Adapted by:
Constance
Cox
Adapted by:
Ian
Dallas
Producer:
Campbell
Logan
Designer:
Stephen
Bundy
Auctioneer:
Horace
Sequeira
Gentleman at auction:
Denis
Edwards
Gentleman at auction:
Philip
Howard
Captain Dobbin:
Derek
Blomfield
Becky:
Joyce
Redman
Rawdon Crawley:
Alan
Badel
Amelia Sedley:
Petra
Davies
Mrs. John Sedley:
Marian
Spencer
John Sedley:
Graham
Stuart
George Osborne:
David
Peel
Mr. Osborne's butler:
Walter
Horsbrugh
Miss Crawley:
Marda
Vanne
Joseph Sedley:
Jack
May
Miss Briggs:
Barbara
Leake
Mrs. Bute Crawley:
Katharine
Page
Mr. Quill, cashier:
Sidney
Monckton
Mr. Driver, bank clerk:
Jeremy
Longhurst
Other parts played by:
John
Boewn
Other parts played by:
Terry
Baker
Other parts played by:
Anne
Marryott
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