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12.5 Mathematics and Life: On the Average
A series for secondary schools.
Nobody likes to be just average, but does the 'average man' really exist? What do we mean by a mathematical average, and is it really important?
Introduced by Hugh David.
(First shown in September 1961)

12.25 Drama for Secondary Schools: Galileo
Scenes from the play by Bertolt Brecht.
English version by Charles Laughton.
A postscript to a previous production of Marlowe's Doctor Faustus
Starring James Grout
(First shown in November 1961)

(to 12.55)

Contributors

Presenter (Mathematics and Life):
Hugh David
Film Cameraman (Mathematics and Life):
Alex Pearce
Film Editor (Mathematics and Life):
Alma Davies
Animations (Mathematics and Life):
Alfred Wurmser
Producer (Mathematics and Life):
Donald Grattan
Author (Galileo):
Bertolt Brecht
English version by (Galileo):
Charles Laughton
Designer (Galileo):
Charles Lawrence
Producer (Galileo):
Ronald Eyre
Galileo:
James Grout
Andrea as boy:
Gregory Philips
Mrs Sarti:
Gwyneth Owen
Ludovico:
Charles Kay
Curator:
John Moffat
Sagredo:
Eric Thompson
Virginia:
Olive Kirby
Andrea as a man:
Greville Hallam
Old Churchman:
John Gill
Cardinal Bellarmin:
Kenneth Watson
Ballad Seller:
Terrence Lodge
Senator:
George Ricarde
Senator:
Richard Holden
Narrator:
John Ringham

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