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To act the life of a community, director Peter Hall used the inhabitants of a Suffolk village as his cast. The cast improvised their dialogue, based on Ronald Blythe 's script of his own novel. The first British film to open the London Film Festival, 14 million viewers tuned in to see its UK TV premiere in 1975.

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Director:
Peter Hall
Unknown:
Ronald Blythe

Aids has orphaned thousands of children in South Africa. This film follows three families in Zululand to see how HIV/Aids has affected them. Documentary maker Brian Woods presents events from the children's point of view. See also It Is Better to Live than to Die on Wednesday at 11.20pm

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Brian Woods

BBC Four

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BBC Four reflects arts, music and culture with an ambitious range of intellectually and culturally enriching programmes, taking an expert and in-depth approach to its subjects.

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