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medium only from 2.0
Introduced from Wales by Sue MacGregor
Portmeirion: a village on a private peninsula in Gwynedd. A place once called ' A glorious medley of Italy, Wales, a pirate's lair, baroque, reason and romance.' Meet its creator, architect SIR CLOUGH williams-ELLIS and his wife, author LADY AMABEL, his daughter SUSAN COOPER WILLIS who designs Portmeirion Pottery; also a close neighbour, JAN MORRIS. Producer TELERI BEVAN BBC Wales The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight by ELIZABETH, COUNTESS VON ARNIM abridged in 15 parts by JOANNA SCOTT-MONCRIEFF Read by ANGELA DOWN (15)
2.0-2.2 News

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Cooper Willis
Unknown:
Jan Morris.
Read By:
Angela Down

Roaring Boys by RON HIITCIIINSON
'Chancesareit'snothing.But on the other hand they haven't come over on the Belfast boat just to pass the time of day with you ... '
Directed by ROGER PINE BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Ron Hiitciiinson
Directed By:
Roger Pine
Sammy:
Denys Hawthorne
Jean:
Diana Bishop
Andy:
Nigel Anthony
Bell,:
Sean Caffrey
Shay:
Dusty Young
Des:
Edward Clayton
Det-Con Mill:
Ralph Lawton

Swingtime in Tottenham
Benny Green retraces his apprenticeship as a musician in the 40s within the North London triangle.
Producer DAVID RAYVERN ALLEN
5.55 medium only
Weather and programme news VHF Regional news; weather

Contributors

Producer:
David Rayvern Allen

Michael Barratt , Lord Vaizey Lady Howe
The Earl of Kimberley
Chairman David Jacobs from Berkshire: Producer
MICHAEL BOWEN. BBC Bristol
(Repeated: Saturday 1.15 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Barratt
Unknown:
Lord Vaizey Lady Howe
Unknown:
David Jacobs
Unknown:
Michael Bowen.

Berlin was more than Cabaret Trends of the 20s, a series of comprehensive exhibitions, opened in Berlin recently, and this year's festival portrays the muic, theatre and cinema of that decade. Martin Esslin visited Berlin to recapture that spirit. Producer BRIAN BARFIELD

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Esslin
Producer:
Brian Barfield

David Jason looks at ... Travel and Leisure
Sheila Steafel and Royce Mills sunbathe under the studio lights, JOHN OWEN EDWARDS leans on his piano. Written and researched by COLIN BOSTOCK-SMITH ANDY HAMILTON and BARRY PILTON Producer GEOFFREY PERKINS
(Repeated: Saturday 5.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jason
Unknown:
John Owen Edwards
Unknown:
Colin Bostock-Smith
Unknown:
Andy Hamilton
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins

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