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Your Witness: That Going to the Moon and the Planets is Not in Man's Best Interests

BBC One
on BBC One London

Less than twenty-four hours before man's scheduled landing on the moon, a special television debate which raises the question: Is it all worth while?
John Mortimer, Q.C. proposes and The Rt. Hon. Quintin Hogg, M.P., Q.C. opposes
The Motion: That going to the moon and the planets is not in man's best interests
with Ludovic Kennedy in the chair

Each side calls witnesses to support its case before a specially selected panel of lawyers
The programme comes from a studio

Contributors

Proposer:
John Mortimer
Opposer:
The Rt. Hon. Quintin Hogg
Chairman:
Ludovic Kennedy
Director:
Peter Chafer
Producer:
Anthony Chivers
Editor:
Anthony Smith
Source: Radio Times

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