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: Gardening Club
A weekly date with Percy Thrower who starts the outside sowing for 1958 with broad beans and the planting of shallots; autumn-sown onions are transplanted, and, in the greenhouse, salvia seed is sown and peas and broad beans sown in pots for early planting.H. P. Champneys, Editor of The Garden gives formulae for the home mixing of general garden base fertilisers. He also shows recent experiments to increase the size of plants with gibberellic acid, and discusses its advantages and disadvantages for the gardener.
Presented by Paul Morby from the BBC's Midland television studio
(A BBC telerecording)
Contributors
Presenter:
Percy
Thrower
Guest:
H. P.
Champneys
Presented by:
Paul
Morby
: News Review
Seven Days in Thirty MinutesRecalling the week's outstanding events on film with personalities, reports, and expert analysis.
Introduced by Robert Dougall.
Contributors
Presenter:
Robert
Dougall
: From Stage and Screen
with Patricia Bredin, Marion Grimaldi, Desmond Ainsworth, Raymond Parks, Winifred Taylor, The Studio DancersChoreography by Denys Palmer and Vilem Tausky conducting the BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, William Armon)
The programme is introduced by Derek Bond and includes music from 'Rose Marie', 'Kiss Me Kate', 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers', 'A Tale of Two Cities' and 'Where's Charley?'.
(Patricia Bredin and Raymond Parks are in 'Free As Air' at the Savoy Theatre, London; Marion Grimaldi appears by permission of H. M. Tennent and Bernard Delfont, Ltd.)
Contributors
Singer:
Patricia
Bredin
Singer:
Marion
Grimaldi
Singer:
Desmond
Ainsworth
Singer:
Raymond
Parks
Pianist:
Winifred
Taylor
Dancers:
The Studio
Dancers
Choreography:
Denys
Palmer
[Orchestra] conductor:
Vilem
Tausky
Musicians:
The BBC Concert
Orchestra
[Orchestra] leader:
William
Armon
Presenter:
Derek
Bond
Producer:
Charles R.
Rogers
: The Brains Trust
The members this week are: Sir Julian Huxley, F.R.S., Janey Ironside, Rene Varin, Professor A. J. Ayer F.B.A.Question-Master, Norman Fisher
Questions should be addressed to 'The Brains Trust', [address removed]
Sound-track to be repeated on Monday at 3.30 (Home)
Contributors
Panellist:
Sir Julian
Huxley
Panellist:
Janey
Ironside
Panellist:
Rene
Varin
Panellist:
Professor A. J.
Ayer
Question-Master:
Norman
Fisher
Producer:
John
Furness
: Children's Television presents: Circus Boy: The Royal Roustabout
The young heir to a foreign throne runs away to seek adventure. He meets Corky and it is not long before he is in the thick of circus life, where his excellent horsemanship makes him a star attraction. Meanwhile, his country's ambassador has not been idle, and soon the boy must make a tough decision.Contributors
Corky:
Mickey
Braddock
Joey, the Clown:
Noah
Beery
Big Tim Champion:
Robert
Lowery
: Children's Television: Sooty
assisted by Sweep and Harry Corbett.Contributors
Puppeteer:
Harry
Corbett
: Children's Television: The Black Arrow: 5: With the Enemy
by R. L. Stevenson.Adapted by John Blatchley.
(Laurence Hardy is appearing in Dear Delinquent at the Aldwych Theatre; William Peacock in 'The Potting Shed' at the Globe Theatre, London)
Dick Shelton has found the house where Sir Daniel is hiding Joanna Sedley. Dick and Lord Foxham, Joanna's real guardian, have been defeated by Sir Daniel in their attempt to rescue her.
Contributors
Author:
R. L.
Stevenson
Adapted by:
John
Blatchley
Producer:
Naomi
Capon
Fights arranged by:
Patrick
Crean
Designer:
Frederick
Knapman
Lawless:
Patrick
Wymark
Richard Shelton:
Patrick
Blackwell
Greensheve:
Ivor
Salter
Sir Daniel Brackley:
Barry
Letts
Bennett Hatch:
Alan
Dobie
Martin:
William
Peacock
Abbott:
Richard
Carpenter
Lord Foxham:
Michael
Meacham
Hugh:
Colin
Douglas
Goody Hatch:
Joyce
Marlow
Lord Shoreby:
Timothy
Bateson
Rutter:
Colin
Jeavons
Clipsby:
Alan
Edwards
Ellis Duckworth:
Patrick
Crean
Joanna Sedley:
Ann
Dickins
Lord Risingham:
Laurence
Hardy
Soldiers:
Michael
Partridge
Soliders:
Laurence
Parker
: Children's Television: Sunday Special: Topsy-Turvy
Is it upside down? Or right side up? That is the question the Rev. Oliver Hunkin and a group of children try to answer today - and the solution to the problem is hidden behind a curtain.(to 18.15)
Contributors
Presenter:
The Rev. Oliver
Hunkin
Presented by:
George
Angeloglou
: Greenwich Time Signal; Meeting Point: His Praise Forth Tell
'The voice of prayer is never silent'The speakers in tonight's programme testify to this fact, representing as they do lands as far apart as China, India, and the Islands of the South Pacific. They have chosen hymns about prayer and the fellowship which it sustains.
Introduced by Hugh David.
Hymns sung by the BBC Welsh Chorus with the BBC Welsh Orchestra
Conducted by Arwel Hughes
From the BBC's Welsh television studio
Contributors
Presenter:
Hugh
David
Singers:
The BBC Welsh
Chorus
Musicians:
The BBC Welsh
Orchestra
Conductor:
Arwel
Hughes
Programme arranged by:
The Rev. Glyn
Parry-Jones
Television Presentation:
Arthur
Williams
: The Thin Man: Fashion Showdown
Starring Peter Lawford as 'Nick', Phyllis Kirk as 'Nora' in the new film series with Asta the Dog.Nick discovers that gangsters are out to kill a girl who is in Nora's fashion show. She is missing when the show starts, but someone has to wear a dress that could attract bullets.
Contributors
Nick:
Peter
Lawford
Nora:
Phyllis
Kirk
Himself:
Asta the
Dog
: What's My Line?
Television's most popular panel game with Isobel Barnett, Barbara Kelly, Gilbert Harding, David NixonIn the chair, Eamonn Andrews
("What's My Line?" was devised by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman and is televised by arrangement with CBS and Maurice Winnick)
(David Nixon is appearing in "Cinderella" at the Hippodrome, Manchester)
Contributors
Panellist:
Isobel
Barnett
Panellist:
Barbara
Kelly
Panellist:
Gilbert
Harding
Panellist:
David
Nixon
Chairman:
Eamonn
Andrews
Devised by:
Mark
Goodson
Devised by:
Bill
Todman
Presented by:
Harry
Carlisle
: Television World Theatre presents: The Judge
by H. C. Branner.Translated from Danish by A. I. Roughton.
[Starring] Denholm Elliott, Joyce Redman, Robert Harris
Flute played by Lionel Solomon
The action takes place one winter afternoon in the Judge's house in a provincial Danish town a few years after the German occupation.
(Denholm Elliott appears by permission of British Lion Films)
Contributors
Author:
H. C.
Branner
Translator:
A. I.
Roughton
Producer:
Campbell
Logan
Flautist:
Lionel
Solomon
Designer:
Fanny
Taylor
Arthur:
Robert
Harris
Sister Agnes:
Petra
Davies
The Undertaker:
Jack
Rodney
Irene:
Joyce
Redman
Michael:
Denholm
Elliott
The Judge:
Sidney
Monckton
: Monitor
See foot of page: Weather
followed by The Epilogue: The Mouth of Truth - 9Sir Cedric Hardwicke ponders on the cruelty of man and the silent fortitude of Christ.
(A film series by arrangement with Milo Film)
Close Down
Contributors
Presenter:
Sir Cedric
Hardwicke
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