Programme Index

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From the West

Contributors

Presenter:
John Earle
Script:
Stuart Wilkinson
Additional Material:
Tom Tully
Designer:
Kenneth Wrench
Production Team:
Hugh Duggan
Production Team:
Bob Murray
Production Team:
Philip Mutton
Producer:
Ronald Webster

Written and presented by Harry Hastings.
Robert Cundy travels through the forest interior of British Guiana in search of the men who hope to strike it rich overnight-the 'pork-knockers' of the diamond rivers and creeks.
Robert Cundy's story told by John Witty.
First transmission on March 16, 1964

Contributors

Writer/Presented by:
Harry Hastings
Narrator:
John Witty
Filmed by:
Robert Cundy
Sound mixer:
Bob Saunders
Film editor:
Keith Miller
Series edited by:
Brian Branston

Introduced by Cliff Michelmore.
with Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Christopher Brasher, Julian Pettifer, Cathal O'Shannon, Magnus Magnusson.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
Trevor Philpott
Reporter:
Kenneth Allsop
Reporter:
Macdonald Hastings
Reporter:
Christopher Brasher
Reporter:
Julian Pettifer
Reporter:
Cathal O'Shannon
Reporter:
Magnus Magnusson
Associate producer:
Kenneth Corden
Associate producer:
Anthony Smith
Associate producer:
Frank Dale
Assistant editor:
John Lloyd
Editor:
Derrick Amoore

A film series.
Harry Lime is surprised to find he is unwelcome in Santo Sanduras when he goes to sell that impoverished country a cheap generating plant.
First transmission on May 25, 1963

7.30-7.55 Grass Roots: 8: Border Country: a series about England and the English.
(Oxford, Peterborough, Manningtree, Rowridge, Brighton)

Contributors

Story and Teleplay:
Robert Leslie Bellem
Director:
Robert M. Leeds
Producer:
Irving Asher
Executive producer:
Vernon Burns
Harry Lime:
Michael Rennie
Bradford Webster:
Jonathan Harris
Caldez:
Rodolfo Hoyos
Margo Caldez:
Pamela Duncan
Dos Casos:
Nestor Paiva
Garcia:
Stevz Conte

by Alan Plater.
There are two young constables in each car, ready to deal with trouble as it happens.

A child cries - and family man P.C. Baker finds himself getting too involved.

Contributors

Writer:
Alan Plater
Designer:
Jeremy Davis
Script editor:
Kenneth Ware
Film sequences - Cameraman:
Geoff Mulligan
Film sequences - Editor:
Sheila S. Tomlinson
Producer:
David E. Rose
Director:
Ian MacNaughton

Introduced by Frank Bough.
Action - News - Personalities
Including:

Football
A look at the last eight in the F.A. Cup with Danny Blanchflower.

and
Rugby Union

A preview of the England v. France international and a profile of the French captain Michel Crauste.

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Bough
Item presenter (Football):
Danny Blanchflower
Subject (Rugby Union):
Michel Crauste
Presented by:
Richard Tilling
Associate editor:
Alan Hart
Associate editor:
Lawrie Higgins
Editor:
Cliff Morgan

by Dennis Potter.
Starring Dennis Price, Stanley Baxter
See page 39

Contributors

Writer:
Dennis Potter
Designer:
Lionel Radford
Story editor:
Roger Smith
Producer:
James MacTaggart
Director:
Gilchrist Calder
Narrator:
Geoffrey Matthews
Director:
Dennis Price
Black:
Neil McCarthy
Jones:
Artro Morris
Thomas:
John Moore
Hazlitt:
Stanley Baxter
Hammond:
William Moore
Rosalind Arnold:
Yootha Joyce
Bloom:
John Quentin
Greenway:
John Blythe
Angela Walker:
Joan Sanderson
The 'Unconfident':
Michael Brill
The 'Unconfident':
Betty Duncan
The 'Unconfident':
John Devaut
The 'Unconfident':
Gilly Flower
The 'Unconfident':
Olive Kirby
The 'Unconfident':
Jack Le White
The 'Unconfident':
Jimmy Mac
The 'Unconfident':
Ronald Mayer
The 'Unconfident':
Diane Woolley

Is he a hooligan? An ignoramus? A layabout? Or just an ordinary harmless fellow who goes berserk on Saturdays?
Reporter Harold Williamson himself a fervent fan-follows in the footsteps of literary figures like Arnold Bennett and J. B. Priestley who found the football crowd a fascination.
He visits grounds big and small.... listens to the cheers, rattles, and humour ... talks to the supporters ... and finds some surprising people in the crowd, including Arthur Askey, George Woodcock, and the Archdeacon of Westminster.
A Time Out special
First transmission on BBC-2, December 3. 1964

Contributors

Reporter:
Harold Williamson
Interviewee:
Arthur Askey
Interviewee:
George Woodcock
Interviewee:
The Archdeacon of Westminster [name uncredited]
Film Editor:
John House
Producer:
Phil Pilley
Producer:
Bob Duncan

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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