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Introduced by Jeanne Heal.

I'd like you to meet...
Leontyne Price, star of 'Porgy and Bess'

Painting
Mervyn Levy gives the fifth lesson in the series on painting for amateurs.

Exhibition
A selection of flower arrangements by Constance Spry from a current exhibition.

Music
Antony Hopkins talks about Chopin, and plays some of his compositions.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeanne Heal
Speaker (I'd like you to meet...):
Leontyne Price
Painter/item presenter (Painting):
Mervyn Levy
Florist (Exhibition):
Constance Spry
Item presenter/pianist (Music):
Antony Hopkins
Editor:
Jacqueline Kennish
Producer:
S. E. Reynolds

by Mark Twain.
Adapted for television as a serial play in seven parts by W.S. Merwin.
The action takes place in a shack on the Illinois shore of the Mississippi, on Jackson's Island, and in a house on the Missouri shore. The time is about 1840.
(Jeremy Spenser is appearing in 'The Innocents' at Her Majesty's Theatre)

(to 18.00)

Contributors

Author:
Mark Twain
Adapted for television by:
W.S. Merwin
Producer:
Vivian Milroy
Settings:
Stephen Taylor
Huckleberry Finn:
Colin Campbell
Jim:
Orlando Martins
Tom Sawyer:
Jeremy Spenser
'Pap' Finn:
Kenneth Connor
Steamboat Captain:
John Boyd-Brent
Widow Douglas:
Janet Joye
Miss Watson:
Aimee Delamain
Judge Thatcher:
Shaun Sutton
Tommy Barnes:
John Levitt
Bill Trout:
Thomas Conniffe
Mrs. Loftus:
Peggy Merson

A play by Rachel Grieve.
[Starring] Gillian Lind, Valerie White and Frank Allenby
The action takes place at Windward House, Dr. Russell's home in a small town on the south coast of England.

Contributors

Writer:
Rachel Grieve
Producer:
Stephen Harrison
Setting:
Barry Learoyd
Dr. David Russell:
Frank Allenby
Caroline, his wife:
Gillian Lind
Nina his daughter:
Valerie White
Charles, his son:
John Grant
Barbara, his daughter-in-law:
Shelagh Fraser
Nick Grant:
Peter Cushing
Mrs. Mack:
Dandy Nichols

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