How Others Saw Us ...
What sort of pictures did television viewers across the world have of Great Britain in 1975? Worldwide reverses its usual role to see how some of the London correspondents of world television services reported back home on us. The results were funny, gloomy, often critical, sometimes flattering....
' A British virtue,' the Japanese enthused, ' is that they make do and mend.'
' The British disease,' the Swiss diagnosed, ' is caused by a lack of economic flexibility.'
' Does the Queen really need five palaces?' asked the Australians. ' The only thing certain,' concluded the Americans, ' is that the Scots will never bite you to death.' Frank Gillard introduces views of 1975 and thoughts for 1976.
Producer MARYSE ADDISON