Russia Through the Looking-glass
' Television is the mirror of our society' is how Soviet Television's deputy chairman describes the service which reaches 250 million People living in the largest country in the world. For two hours, Worldwide will look through that mirror with examples of programmes, interviews with the people who make them and the viewers who watch them. As filming freely in the Soviet Union is not easy, this glimpse at their television offers a rare opportunity to see something of the human as well as the official face of Russia.
Moscow has four TV channels and an enormous output. Worldwide looks at three aspects of it: news and current affairs-what are the aims and priorities; education which entertains as much as informs; popular entertainment, including an extract from their show which won this year's Montreux Silver Rose.
Mr Brezhnev has called television ' the greatest weapon our party possesses ... to shape the new Soviet citizen! '
Presented by Frank Gillard from Moscow
Assistant producer PETER GILLBE Producer MARYSE ADDISON