1950's British TV and Radio Snippets - Television Top of the Form

John Rees has kindly sent in this extract from a Television Top of the Form script. His late uncle, Alan Rees, was a producer on the programme:

TELEVISION TOP OF THE FORM

AUTUMN SERIES

HEAT 3

TELERECORDING: THURSDAY 5TH NOVEMBER 1964

CENTRAL CONTROL: GOSTA GREEN STUDIO BIRMINGHAM

10.30 - 11.30 Sound Circuit Establishment & test
11.30 - 12.00 Engineering rehearsal of composite arrangements - sound only
12.00 - 12.15 Production rehearsal of composite arrangements - sound only
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
14.30 - 15.00 Production rehearsal - all facilities
15.00 - 15.30 Engineering pre-production line-up
15.30 - 15.50 Production Dress Rehearsal - All facilities
15.50 - 16.00 Engineering check line-up
16.00 - 17.00 Record Programme on video-tape

PONTYPOOL	v.	WEST HARTLEPOOL
Question Master: Paddy Feeny		Question Master: Geoffrey Wheeler
Producer: Mary Evans		Producer: Alan Rees
E.M.:		E.M.:
Scanner No.:		Scanner No.:

CENTRAL STUDIO
GOSTA GREEN

PRODUCER...........................INNES LLOYD
EDITOR.............................JOAN CLARK
QUESTION MASTER....................BOSWELL TAYLOR
SCORER.............................GEOFFREY STONE
S.TEL.E..................................
F.M......................................
ASSISTANT..........................SHEILA DAVIES

VIDEO-TAPE NO VT/4T/BM/1754/BM

MACHINE BIRMINGHAM

TRANSMISSION DATE: 12.11.64 6.30 - 6.55 p.m.

TELEVISION TOP OF THE FORM

AUTUMN SERIES 1964

HEAT 3

TEAMS

WEST HARTLEPOOL		BRENDA FOTHERGILL aged 12
		JENNIFER HEATH aged 13
		PAMELA PRICE aged 15
		SUSAN BAINES aged 17

PONTYPOOL		MARTIN EDWARDS aged 12
		STEPHEN TAMBLIN aged 13
		ADRIAN BABBIDGE aged 15
		JOHN ROGERS aged 17

- 2 -

(c) C.U. each girl with name caption		1) BRENDA FOTHERGILL aged 12
		2) JENNIFER HEATH aged 13
		3) PAMELA PRICE aged 15
		4) SUSAN BAINES aged 17

(d) Audience		(APPLAUSE)

(e) Wheeler, closer shot with audience behind		GEOFFREY WHEELER: A run down on the rules - two marks for a correct answer - one mark for a bonus. The buzzer will remind us that we have two minutes to go. Now we begin with the first round no bonuses for this:-

(f) 4 - shot of girls either zooming in or cutting close for first question.

(g) C.U. Brenda Fothergill		1st question to: BRENDA FOTHERGILL
		What are chopsticks?
		ANSWER: SMALL SLIPS OF IVORY ETC. OF WHICH TWO HELD IN ONE HAND ARE USED BY CHINESE AS A FORK.

(h) C.U. Jennifer Heath		2nd Question to: JENNIFER HEATH
		Why do electricians sometimes wear rubber gloves?
		ANSWER: RUBBER IS A GOOD INSULATION AGAINST ELECTRICITY,AND THEREFORE PROTECTS ELECTRICIANS AGAINST SHOCKS.

(i) C.U. Pamela Price		3rd Question to: PAMELA PRICE
		At what age does a girl get a parliamentary vote?
		ANSWER: 21

(j) C.U. Susan Baines		4th Question to: SUSAN BAINES
		What is Esperanto?
		ANSWER: AN ARTIFICIAL LANGUAGE DESIGNED AS A MEDIUM FOR PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONS.

(k) Wheeler with audience behind him.		GEOFFREY WHEELER: Appropriate remarks ending:-
		......Well Paddy, let's see how your team get on in their first round.