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The experience in Britain today of peoples of African ancestry. Six documentaries presented by Ferdi Dennis. 2: The McDonalds Generation
A case study of the success achieved by African and British black people who have climbed from the bottom to the top. With the executives, store managers, crew and Prince's Trust trainees. Producers LOUISE PURSLOW and KATHY WATSON. Stereo (R)

Contributors

Presented By:
Ferdi Dennis.
Producers:
Louise Purslow
Producers:
Kathy Watson.

Did Sweeney Todd really put people into pork pies? Dilly Barlow discovers the answer with the aid of Richard Sharpe.
Producer HILARY NORRISH
0 WRITE: to: Enquire Within. BBC. London W1A 1AA

Contributors

Unknown:
Sweeney Todd
Unknown:
Dilly Barlow
Unknown:
Richard Sharpe.
Producer:
Hilary Norrish

With Gail Foley in Cardiff Short story:
Their Quiet Lives by SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER abridged by SALLY SKRIMSHIRE
Read by Margaret Tyzack Producer PAT MCLOUGHLIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Gail Foley
Abridged By:
Sally Skrimshire
Read By:
Margaret Tyzack
Producer:
Pat McLoughlin

by Charles Dickens, adapted in seven episodes by Nick McCarty.
With and

Lucie and her father are forced to return to France.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Adapted by:
Nick McCarty
Music:
Wilfredo Acosta
Director:
Ian Cotterell
Sydney Carton:
Charles Dance
Charles Darnay:
John Duttine
Mr Lorry:
Richard Pasco
Dr Manette:
Maurice Denham
Lucie:
Charlotte Attenborough
Miss Pross:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Barsad:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Cruncher:
John Hollis
Mr Stryver:
Aubrey Woods
Defarge:
John Bull
Madame Defarge:
Margaret Robertson
Orator:
Richard Tate
Woodcutter:
Nicholas Courtney
La Vengeance:
Sheila Grant
President:
David March
Prosecutor:
Philip Sully
Soldier:
Leslie Mills
Soldier:
Peter Craze
Soldier:
Richard Pearce
Soldier:
Michael Graham Cox
Soldier:
John Warner
Woman:
Eva Stuart

'If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know,' said Louis Armstrong. But is the playing of jazz intuitive or can it be learned? And if so, how easy is the move from neatly-played scales to heartfelt wails?
John Fordham sounds out teachers and musicians. Producer JOHN goudie. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Louis Armstrong.
Unknown:
John Fordham

The third of five visits to Little Blighty.
With Jo Kendall.
Michael Troughton , John Baddeley , Bernardine Corrigan and Daniel Strauss.
Written by MARK BURTON , JOHN OFARRELL and MIKE COLEMAN.
Producer LISSA EVANS. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Jo Kendall.
Unknown:
Michael Troughton
Unknown:
John Baddeley
Unknown:
Bernardine Corrigan
Unknown:
Daniel Strauss.
Written By:
Mark Burton
Written By:
John Ofarrell
Written By:
Mike Coleman.
Producer:
Lissa Evans.

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