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Passages from Clive Sansom's poem on the life of Jesus
Spoken in an English setting by Ann Morrish, Gwen Cherrell, Brian Blessed, Richard Bebb, John Garrie and Trevor Baxter
From Highbrook Parish Church, Sussex

Contributors

Poet:
Clive Sansom
Reader:
Ann Morrish
Reader:
Gwen Cherrell
Reader:
Brian Blessed
Reader:
Richard Bebb
Reader:
John Garrie
Reader:
Trevor Baxter
Producer:
R. T. Brooks

from Beach House Park, Worthing

David Vine reviews the first week's play in this unique 16-nation tournament and introduces recorded highlights of The Pairs Championship and The Triples Championship
(Radio Times People: page 5)

Contributors

Presenter:
David Vine
Commentator:
Ted Lowe
Commentator:
Harold Shapland
Television Presentation:
Fred Viner
Producer:
A.P. Wilkinson

Customers and connoisseurs explore the world of antiques with Max Robertson
Customers Anthea Holloway, Brian Matthew
(from Bristol)

Contributors

Presenter:
Max Robertson
Resident connoisseur:
Arthur Negus
Guest connoisseur:
Richard Carne
Customer:
Anthea Holloway
Customer:
Brian Matthew
Director:
Paul Smith
Producer:
John King

Starring Jean Kent, Guy Rolfe
with Paul Dupuis, Lana Morris, Kathleen Byron

Georgette Heyer's exciting tale of love, death and treason, set during the Napoleonic wars, stars Jean Kent as the young English governess who suddenly finds herself involved in a sinister world of smugglers and spies.
(This Week's Films: page 9)

Contributors

Author:
Georgette Heyer
Screenplay/Producer:
Gordon Wellesley
Screenplay:
J.B. Boothroyd
Director:
Bernard Knowles
Elinor:
Jean Kent
Lord Carlyon:
Guy Rolfe
Madame de Chevreaux:
Kathleen Byron
Louis Nivelle:
Paul Dupuis
Becky:
Lana Morris
Francis Cheviot:
Julius Dallas
Nicky:
Anthony Tancred
Eustace Cheviot:
Peter Hammond
Mrs Barrows:
Jean Cadell
Lord Bedlington:
Andrew Cruickshank

A series of 13 programmes
Written by Correlli Barnett

India's contribution to the Great War of 1914-18 made Indian Nationalists feel they had won their title to nationhood, and they were soon locked with the British in a fierce struggle for independence.

(A BBCtv/Time-Life co-production)
(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
Correlli Barnett
Narrator:
Robert Hardy
Series Editor:
Max Morgan-Witts
Producer:
Michael Weigall

Starring Sacha Distel
with Daliah Lavi, Olivia Newton-John, Vicky Leandros; and featuring Les Reed conducting a medley of his own hit compositions
Also appearing:
David Rosaire's Pekes and Aldo MacCione
The Norman Maen Dancers
Peter Knight and his Orchestra
The Maggie Stredder Singers
A BBC/SFB co-production
(David Rosaire and his Pekes are appearing at the Tower Circus, Blackpool)
(Formidable, these French romantics! pages 8 and 9)

Contributors

Singer:
Sacha Distel
Singer:
Daliah Lavi
Singer:
Olivia Newton-John
Singer:
Vicky Leandros
Conductor:
Les Reed
Dog act:
David Rosaire's Pekes
Singer:
Aldo MacCione
Dancers:
The Norman Maen Dancers
Musicians:
Peter Knight and his Orchestra
Singers:
The Maggie Stredder Singers
Choreography:
Norman Maen
Musical associate:
Nick Ingman
Lighting:
John Treays
Sound:
Len Shorey
Costumes:
Paula Bruce
Designer:
Robin Tarsnane
Script:
Ronnie Taylor
Producer:
Michael Hurll

by J. M. Synge
A Play of the Month presentation starring John Hurt, Sinead Cusack
with Pauline Delany, Joe Lynch and Kevin Flood

A fine, wild story of love and attempted murder. Synge says 'in a good play every speech should be as fully flavoured as a nut or apple.' In Playboy they are.

Contributors

Author:
J. M. Synge
Script editor:
Rosemary Hill
Designer:
Susan Spence
Producer:
Cedric Messina
Director:
Alan Gibson
Christy Mahon:
John Hurt
Pegeen Mike:
Sinead Cusack
Widow Quin:
Pauline Delany
Michael James:
Joe Lynch
Shawn Keogh:
Donal McCann
Old Mahon:
Kevin Flood
Jimmy Farrell:
James Caffrey
Philly Cullen:
John Molloy
Sara Tansey:
Mary Larkin
Susan Brady:
Elleen Murphy
Honor Blake:
Eve Belton
Nellie:
Marcella O'Riordan
Villager:
Jan Kenny
Villager:
Gerard Murphy

A musical documentary in which young West Indians give an impression of how it feels to be young, black and living in this country today.
'England it's a nice country. Some of the time you feel at home, but most of the time you don't.'
Thoughts and writing, paintings and dance are set against neighbourhoods in London, Manchester, Bristol and Birmingham where the majority of young West Indians live.

(Claudette Critchlow's Choice: page 5)
(Colour)

Contributors

Film Editor:
Colin Hill
Producer:
Geoffrey Baines

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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