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An opera in five acts by Charles Gounod.

The action takes place in Germany in the early part of the sixteenth century.
Act 1: Faust's study
Act 2: The Kermesse
Act 3: Marguerite's garden
Interval of six minutes
Act 4: Marguerite's room; The Cathedral; The street
Act 5: An open space; A prison

(Previously televised last Thursday)
(Anna Pollak, Sheila Rex, and Charles Mackerras appear by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells; John Lanigan and Michael Langdon appear by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)

Contributors

Composer:
Charles Gounod
Settings:
Stephen Bundy
Choreographer:
Michel de Lutry
Conductor:
Charles Mackerras
Assistant Producer:
Edmund Donlevy
Producer:
George R. Foa
Faust:
John Lanigan
Mephistopheles:
Michael Langdon
Valentine:
John Cameron
Marguerite:
Patricia Bartlett
Siebel:
Anna Pollak
Martha:
Sheila Rex

In this fortnightly series, Christopher Mayhew investigates the problems of race relations and their impact on world affairs.
Differing points of view about the situation are expressed by special contributors.
Film sequences and special filming in Africa by the BBC Television Film Unit

Contributors

Presenter:
Christopher Mayhew
Cameraman:
Dennis Towler
Animations:
Alfred Wurmser
Producer:
Grace Wyndham Goldie

Visits to ballrooms in Glasgow, London, Liverpool and Birmingham.

Regional Dancing Competition: Round 3: Old Time Amateurs
Points scored in the first two rounds and carried forward:
Scotland 6
Wales 2
South of England 7
North of England 5

Viennese Waltz Demonstration
by Syd Perkin and Edna Duffield.

Pot-Pourri
Some popular party dances.

Modern Formation Dancing
by Alan Jolliffe's Liverpool Embassy Club dancers

Inter-City Beauty Competition: Liverpool v. Manchester

Music for dancing played by Eddie Shaw and his Band
Master of Ceremonies, Eric Morley
(By arrangement with Mecca Dancing)

Contributors

Dancer (Viennese Waltz Demonstration):
Syd Perkin
Dancer (Viennese Waltz Demonstration):
Edna Duffield
Musicians:
Eddie Shaw and his Band
Master of Ceremonies:
Eric Morley
Presented for television by:
Derek Burrell-Davis

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