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Introduces:
Michael Aspel
Producer:
Philip Chilvers

Television's most popular current affairs magazine, presented each weekday evening by FRANK BOUGH , SUE LAWLEY, HUGH SCULLY , JOHN STAPLETON and BOB WELLINGS , With contributions from BBC studios throughout the country. Also from far and near, the programme's team of reporters bring you films and features which reflect the way life is Nationwide.

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Unknown:
Frank Bough
Unknown:
Hugh Scully
Unknown:
John Stapleton
Unknown:
Bob Wellings

The saga of a land and its people in 12 parts from the epic novel by JAMES A. MICHENER 8: The Storm
In the late 1880s charges of fraud are made by the Venneford Ranch accountant against Oliver Seccombe on the eve of a devastating blizzard which sweeps rapidly across the plains. New arrivals to Centennial include the Wendell acting family, past masters of the con-game.
Written by CHARLES LARSON Directed by HARRY FALK
Produced by MACK HARDING , JOHN WILDER

Contributors

Novel By:
James A. Michener
Written By:
Charles Larson
Directed By:
Harry Falk
Produced By:
MacK Harding
Produced By:
John Wilder
starring as Oliver Seccombe:
Timothy Dalton
as Charlotte Seccombe:
Lynn Redgrave
Axel Dumire:
Brian Keith
Hans Brumbaugh:
Alex Karras
Finlay Perkin:
Clive Revlll
Jim Lloyd:
William Atherton
Cliff Young:
As John Skimmerhorn
Levi Zendt:
Gregory Harrison
Lucinda Zendt:
Cristina Raines
Clemma:
Adrienne La Russa
Mervin Wendell:
Anthony Zt'Rbe
Maude Wendell:
Lais Nettleton

Her Majesty's Ambassador to Venezuela.
The second of two films about the life and work of British diplomats overseas.
Venezuela is a founder member of OPEC, one of the few parliamentary democracies in South America, a wealthy and rapidly-developing country. For the British Ambassador Jock Taylor and his colleagues in the commercial department of the Embassy, the challenge is quite simply to get a foot in the door, to make contacts in a market and a culture that has few traditional links with Britain.
In the film we cover the arrival of a trade delegation from Birmingham and the help they receive from the diplomats on the spot.
Venezuela has massive contracts to award but it also needs help, particularly in the field of education and in the teaching of English. The Embassy works closely with the British Council in helping to meet these needs. We look, too, at some of the problems for the wives of diplomats, and at the less glamorous side of the diplomatic social life. Important work is often done at cocktail parties, but two or three functions an evening, sometimes every night of the week, can also become a tremendous strain.
Film cameraman JOHN ELSE Sound recordist JOHN MURPHY Film editor LES NEWMAN producer JONATHAN STEDALI ,

Contributors

Unknown:
Jock Taylor
Unknown:
John Murphy
Editor:
Les Newman
Producer:
Jonathan Stedali

by Desmond Bagley, dramatised in two parts by Jack Gerson
starring Stuart Wilson, Heida Steindorsdottir and George Sewell
Former British Agent Alan Stewart is blackmailed by his old boss, Slade, to undertake a simple delivery job in Iceland. The job is as simple as sudden death.
BBC Scotland

Contributors

Author:
Desmond Bagley
Dramatised by:
Jack Gerson
Music composed and conducted by:
Christopher Gunning
Producer:
Bob McIntosh
Director:
William Brayne
Alan:
Stuart Wilson
Elin:
Heida Steindorsdottir
Slade:
George Sewell
Graham:
Dallas Adams
Courier:
Christopher Muncke
Sir David Taggart:
Richard Hurndall
Jack Case:
Ian McCulloch
IIyich:
Eugene Schlusser
Gregor:
Jon Sigubjornsson
Lindholm:
Steindor Hjorleifsson
Bjarni:
Harald Haraldsson
Customs officer:
Arni Ibsen
Airport receptionist:
Jona Sverrisdottir

BBC One London

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BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

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