Listings
: Line-Up
for Opening Night with John Stone, Denis Tuohy and the latest news.Contributors
Blog post that mentions this programme:
: The Alberts' Channel Too
Direct from the Alberts' Television Centre in the heart of London, broadcast through the courtesy of BBC-2, a new television network opens with The Alberts.Also appearing are: Ivor Cutler of Y'hup, O.M.P, Professor Bruce Lacey, John Snagge, Sheree Winton, Benito Mussolini, Major John Glenn, Adolf Hitler, David Jacobs, Birma the Elephant (by courtesy of Billy Smart's Circus) and other celebrities.
Script written down by Denis Gifford by order of the British Rubbish Corporation
Electrical interference by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Contributors
: Kiss Me, Kate
Play by Sam Spewack and Bella Spewack.Starring Patricia Morison and Howard Keel
and Millicent Martin
with Reginald Beckwith, Irving Davies, Danny Green, Bill Owen and Eric Barker
Also featuring Peter Regan, Tony Adams, Isabelle Lucas, David Healy and Monty Landis
Contributors
Blog post that mentions this programme:
: Arkady Raikin
The Soviet Union's leading comedian.With the Leningrad Miniature Theatre Company, William Campbell, Victoria Gorshenina, Ruth Romma, Vladimir Lyakhovitsky, Jocif Minkovich, Irina Petrushchenko, Maxim Maximov.
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Contributors
: Off with a Bang
A Grand Fireworks Display to celebrate the opening of BBC-2 from beside the seaside - the famous pier at Southend.See... The Silver Aurora, The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Ghost Riders of the Sky, Plumes of the Orient
Hear... The Devil's Tattoo, The Screaming Screech-Owls, The Whistling Shells
Thrill to... The Electric Storm and The Thunderbolt Bombardment
Lighting the blue paper and stepping well back... Brian Johnston
(Also on BBC-1.)
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Contributors
: Newsroom
See page 22: Closedown
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