A programme written by Harold Taylor and Edward Benbow
Arranged and produced by Robin Whitworth with Hugh Morton , Chris Gittins , Godfrey Baseley , Edward Benbow , David Compton , Stuart Vinden ,
Monica Stracey , and Dorothy Summers
To recapture the spirit of England in days gone by, and to show how this spirit has always been kept alive on the village green, is the aim of this programme. On the green, men met to barter, to test their weapons, to make trials of strength, and to keep festival with folk dance and song. First the Puritans and then the Enclosure Acts brought changes, but the village green still remains a centre in peace-time for cricket, the meet of hounds, and the travelling circus ; and in wartime for local defence activities.