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A Gift of the Gab

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Last in the series written and presented by Ludovic Kennedy.
3: The Medium Is the Message Is old-fashioned oratory dead? Or are there still people with the gift of holding an audience spellbound, who can excite, arouse and persuade?
Ludovic Kennedy considers the orators and word spinners in an age of mass communication and an audience of invisible millions, with extracts from Bevan,Benn,Shaw,
Dimbleby, A. J. P. Taylor and Alistair Cooke.
Series consultant LORD BROXBOURNE Film camera JOHN BAKER Film editor MARTIN PEPLER
Executive producer BRUCE NORMAN Producer DENIS MORIARTY

Contributors

Presented By:
Ludovic Kennedy.
Unknown:
Ludovic Kennedy
Unknown:
Alistair Cooke.
Unknown:
John Baker
Editor:
Martin Pepler
Producer:
Bruce Norman
Producer:
Denis Moriarty
Source: Radio Times

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