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BBC One
on BBC One London

A series of music and arts features.

A programme to mark the tercentenary of the birth of Jonathan Swift.

A reconstruction of a dinner party that took place on All Fools' Day, 1714. The conversation is based on letters and manuscripts concerning an unfinished work, Martin Scriblerus, which was to be the inspiration for Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels.

Contributors

Writer/Producer:
John Wells
Designer:
Peter Kindred
Director:
Anthony Wilkinson
Jonathan Swift:
Derek Francis
Alexander Pope:
Timothy Bateson
Dr. Arbuthnot:
Colin Douglas
John Gay:
Nicholas Smith
Queen Anne:
Beatrice Greeke
A Doctor:
Harry Hutchinson
Source: Radio Times

BBC One London

About BBC One

BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

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