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Take blues, folk, gospel, ballads, jazz, classical and electronics, mix them together and you have pop. The barriers are coming down.
Introduced by Michael Parkinson
featuring Soft Machine, Alexis Korner, Dave Swarbrick, Madeline Bell, Frank Zappa and Marmalade
(Book: see page 2)
(This Week's Sounds: page 13)

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Parkinson
Musicians:
Soft Machine
Singer/Guitarist:
Alexis Korner
Musician:
Dave Swarbrick
Singer:
Madeline Bell
Musician:
Frank Zappa
Musicians:
null Marmalade
Film Editor:
Tom Schwalb
Producer:
Tony Cash

Starring John Wayne, Stewart Granger with Capucine, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian

John Wayne and Stewart Granger are teamed as a couple of successful miners in this brawling adventure of the gold rush days.
(This Week's Films: page 9)
(Wayne in Action: Friday 10.15, BBC1)

Contributors

Screenplay:
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay:
Martin Rackin
Screenplay:
Claude Binyon
Based on the play "The Birthday Gift" by:
Laszlo Fodor
Producer/Director:
Henry Hathaway
Sam McCord:
John Wayne
George Pratt:
Stewart Granger
Michelle:
null Capucine
Frankie Canon:
Ernie Kovacs
Billy Pratt:
null Fabian
Boggs:
Mickey Shaugnessy

with and for children
'Children of the Circus World, Unite' is the slogan as youngsters from Spain, Italy, and France join the children of this great British show.

Teenage Ringmaster Gary Smart introduces:
Bareback Riding
Enrico Caroli Jr, 4ft tall and new to the ring, with Dickie, the horse with 16 years' experience
Friesian Stallions at liberty presented by a great-grandson of the late Jean-Pierre Poissonnet
The Elegant Clown on the Tight Wire
Brian Andre
Kindergarten Clowns
The youngest clowns with the oldest gags: Lionel, Enrico, Lord and Michel, trained by the famous Francesco Clowns
Swinging Headstand far above the ring: The Ricas
Juggling with Fire from Spain The Perezer Children
Spider Austin and his Dancing Handkerchief
Ballet on Horseback classical pas-de-deux presented by the young and graceful
Davida Smart and Vittorio Caroli
Tumbling on, and off, the Trampoline by Jumping Jack
Beauty and the Beast
Tiny Gabriella Smart lies in the ring under the giant of the jungle, Birma the Elephant
The Peggy O'Farrell Child Dancers and The Circus Big Top Tinies

Contributors

Presenter:
Gary Smart
Rider:
Enrico Caroli Jr
Tight-rope walker:
Brian Andre
Clowns:
Lionel, Enrico, Lord and Michel
Performers:
The Ricas
Jugglers:
The Perezer Children
Performer:
Spider Austin
Performer:
Davida Smart
Performer:
Vittorio Caroli
Trampolinist:
Jumping Jack
Performer:
Gabriella Smart
Dancers:
The Peggy O'Farrell Child Dancers
Performers:
The Circus Big Top Tinies
Circus Direction:
The Smart Brothers
Musical Director:
Ken Griffin
Producer:
Mary David

by David Roberts
Created by Francis Durbridge
Paul Temple returns with a new series of programmes
Starring Francis Matthews as Paul
with Ros Drinkwater as Steve

Paul Temple receives a strange invitation to an abandoned house to investigate a five-year-old murder.
(The escapist world of Paul Temple: page 6)

Contributors

Writer:
David Roberts
Created by:
Francis Durbridge
Sound:
Norman Bennett
Lighting:
John Summers
Script Editor:
Martin Hall
Designer:
Derek Dodd
Producer:
Derrick Sherwin
Director:
George Spenton-Foster
Paul:
Francis Matthews
Steve:
Ros Drinkwater
Stephen Bissett:
Sean Caffrey
Kathy Bissett:
Moira Redmond
Simon Bissett:
Gerald Flood
Annabel Bissett:
Petra Davies
Rufus Cutler:
Richard Caldicot
Lady Bissett:
Sylvia Coleridge
Alex Bissett:
Jane Sherwin

by Rosemary Anne Sisson
The first of six plays
[Starring] Annette Crosbie as Catherine
Starring Keith Michel as Henry VIII
with Dorothy Tutin as Anne Boleyn
with Patrick Troughton

"Something not to be missed... Keith Michell... relentless force and vigour." (Daily Express)
"Annette Crosbie... this was acting to remember." (The Times)
(Henry and his wives: pages 58-60)

Contributors

Writer:
Rosemary Anne Sisson
Series based on an idea by:
Maurice Cowan
Make-Up:
Pam Meager
Costumes:
John Bloomfield
Lighting:
Robert Wright
Designer:
Peter Seddon
Producer:
Ronald Travers
Director:
John Glenister
Catherine:
Annette Crosbie
Henry VIII:
Keith Michell
Anne Boleyn:
Dorothy Tutin
Henry VII:
John Woodnutt
Prince Arthur:
Martin Ratcliffe
Dr de Puebla:
Ken Wynne
Dona Elvira Manuel:
Sally Travers
Catherine of Aragon:
Annette Crosbie
Earl of Surrey:
Donald Bisset
Maria de Salinas:
Margaret Ford
Francesca de Carceres:
Joyce Mandre
Don Gutierre de Gomez Fuensalida:
Peter Stephens
Bishop Fox:
Robert Hartley
Henry VIII:
Keith Michell
Tutor:
Will Leighton
Lord Willoughby:
Valentine Palmer
Anne Boleyn:
Dorothy Tutin
Inez de Venegas:
Ina de la Haye
Cardinal Wolsey:
John Baskcomb
Princess Mary:
Verina Greenlaw
Cardinal Campeggio:
Ronald Adam
Duke of Norfolk:
Patrick Troughton
Duke of Suffolk:
Raymond Adamson
Usher:
Richard Burnett
Eustache Chapuys:
Edward Atienza
Nobleman:
Peter Bennett
Archbishop Warham:
Charles Workman
Bishop Fisher:
Geoffrey Lewis
[Actor]:
Ray Marioni
[Actor]:
Nigel Chivers

An essay on George Orwell written and directed by Melvyn Bragg
This is a film about the author of "1984" and "Animal Farm", two of the most famous and influential books of the mid-20th century. It traces the life of Orwell in the year 1936 when he finished an important novel, went to the depressed North of England, married, set off for the Spanish Civil War, and completed a book "The Road to Wigan Pier" which, it will be argued, set his course as a political writer.
With those who knew him in the North in 1936: Mrs Mary Deiner, Tom Degnan, Ellis Firth and the late G.D. Kennan
Those who knew him in London in that year: Cyril Connolly, Humphrey Dakin, Mrs Mabel Fierz, Geoffrey Gorer, the late Sir Richard Rees
And comments from: W.H. Auden, Noam Chomsky, Michael Foot, MP, Ian Hamilton, Norman Mailer, Fred Warburg, Angus Wilson, Alan Collins, Fred Johnson, Jim Murray and children from Kirk Balk School, near Barnsley

(Orwell: "nearer a saint than most" p 9)

Contributors

Writer/Director:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewee (archive):
Mary Deiner
Interviewee (archive):
Tom Degnan
Interviewee (archive):
Ellis Firth
Interviewee (archive):
G.D. Kennan
Interviewee:
Cyril Connolly
Interviewee:
Humphrey Dakin
Interviewee:
Mabel Fierz
Interviewee:
Geoffrey Gorer
Interviewee (archive):
Sir Richard Rees
Interviewee:
W.H. Auden
Interviewee:
Noam Chomsky
Interviewee:
Michael Foot
Interviewee:
Ian Hamilton
Interviewee:
Norman Mailer
Interviewee:
Fred Warburg
Interviewee:
Angus Wilson
Interviewee:
Alan Collins
Interviewee:
Fred Johnson
Interviewee:
Jim Murray

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