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How the Land Crab got his Big Claw
Another legend from the Gilbert Islands told by Rosemary Grimble, and illustrated by string figures.

Children's Newsreel

On the Spot
Graham Stark your roving reporter is On the Spot to introduce this week's personality.

(to 17.40)

Contributors

Storyteller/Puppeteer (How the Land Crab got his Big Claw):
Rosemary Grimble
Reporter (On the Spot):
Graham Stark
Script (On the Spot):
Godfrey Harrison
Producer (On the Spot):
Douglas Hurn

A documentary by Cormac Swan and Robert Barr.
"The programme offers a glimpse behind the scenes of a general practice today, and we try to show how and why the doctor becomes that sort of man he is. He may not be like your doctor but he will be like a lot of people's doctors....."
"Our story is about the conflict in the mind of a young and rather headstrong doctor, a conflict between the pull of general practice and an urge to specialise. It covers an eventful month in his life. It is, I think, an honest and common enough story....."
Cormac Swan writes on page 37

Contributors

Writer:
Cormac Swan
Writer/producer:
Robert Barr
Settings:
Lawrence Broadhouse

BBC Television

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More