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Full House

on BBC Two England

A live entertainment for Saturday, presenting a mixture of music, plays, poetry, prose, comedy, films, the visual arts - and a few surprises.
Introduced by Joe Melia
Among the main events are:

Poems by Spike
Spike Milligan reads from his new collection of poems Small Dreams of a Scorpion.

After Magritte
by Tom Stoppard
'I suggest to you that a blind, one-legged, white-bearded footballer would have a hard time keeping his place in West Bromwich Albion.'

10.10 The Clarke-Boland Septet
A newly-formed, inter-continental jazz ensemble headed by America's Kenny Clarke on drums and pianist Francy Boland from Belgium: including Britain's Ronnie Scott on tenor sax and Ron Mathewson (bass), from Sweden Ake Persson (trombone) and, also from America, Benny Bailey (trumpet) and Sahib Shihab (baritone sax).

Italian Futurism 1909-1919
'Come then good incendiaries! Set fire to the shelves of the libraries. Deviate the course of canals. Flood the cellars of the museums. For art can be nothing but violence, cruelty and injustice.'
One of many manifestos from F. T. Marinetti, leader of the Italian Futurist movement which was a deliberately organised revolt against 19th-century Romanticism. The Futurists revelled in speed and dynamism, seeking to destroy all remnants of tradition. Tonight, Full House with John Bennett, Jack Shepherd and Georgia Brown and illustrations of the work of the movement's artists, recreates a futurist theatrical evening. Ideally these sessions ended in audience riot.

11.0 The Amadeus String Quartet
who this month celebrate the 25th anniversary of their first public concert, play Beethoven's Quartet in F minor, Op 95.

Contributors

Presenter:
Joe Melia
Poet (Poems by Spike):
Spike Milligan
Writer (After Magritte):
Tom Stoppard
Inspector Foot:
Peter Vaughan
Mother:
Joan Hickson
Harris:
Edward Petherbridge
Thelma:
Prunella Scales
Holmes:
John Kennedy
Drummer (The Clarke-Boland Septet):
Kenny Clarke
Pianist (The Clarke-Boland Septet):
Francy Boland
Tenor Sax (The Clarke-Boland Septet):
Ronnie Scott
Bass (The Clarke-Boland Septet):
Ron Mathewson
Trombonist (The Clarke-Boland Septet):
Ake Persson
Trumpeter (The Clarke-Boland Septet):
Benny Bailey
Baritone Sax (The Clarke-Boland Septet):
Sahib Shihab
Performer (Italian Futurism 1909-1919):
John Bennett
Performer (Italian Futurism 1909-1919):
Jack Shepherd
Performer (Italian Futurism 1909-1919):
Georgia Brown
Musicians:
The Amadeus String Quartet
Director:
Vernon Lawrence
Producer:
Naomi Capon
Producer:
Tony Cash
Producer:
Michael MacIntyre
Assistant Editor:
Tony Staveacre
Editor:
Bill Morton

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