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12.5 Music for Films: Music and Atmosphere
A series for Secondary Schools.

Even in films that are not 'musical', music makes an important contribution in heightening atmosphere and action. John Huntley of the British Film Institute discusses the use of music in films, and especially Virgil Thomson's music for Louisiana Story.
First shown in May 1962

12.25 For Sixth Formers: The Growing Town: The Georgian Town
A series provided to offer a common meeting ground for all groups in the Sixth Forms of Grammar Schools.

The growth of trade and population filled the medieval Old Town of Edinburgh until it was splitting at the seams. Michael Calthrop looks at the Georgian architects' answer-Edinburgh New Town.
First shown in November 1961

(to 12.50)

Contributors

Presenter (Music for Films):
John Huntley
Director (Music for Films):
Margaret Ross Williamson
Producer (Music for Films):
John Hosier
Presenter (For Sixth Formers):
Michael Calthrop
Producer (For Sixth Formers):
Peter Dunkley

Yn y rhaglen hon byddwn yn tynnu edafedd y rhaglenni blaenorol at ei gilydd i weld a oes patrwm clir yn bod ai peidio Y ffllmio gan Ken Willicombe Golygydd y ffilm, Bert Eggleton
Y cyflwyno gan Glyn O. Phillips Y cynhyrchu gan Wynne Lloyd
Darlledwyd y rhaglen hon gynta' I Ysgolion ar Dachwedd 16
(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Willicombe
Unknown:
Bert Eggleton
Unknown:
Wynne Lloyd

with Anthony Newley
I see New York through the eyes of an actor
New York to me is a sea of faces
Most of the buildings in New York wear glasses because they are so tall they can't see where they are going
A film reflecting Anthony Newley's personal view of New York.
BBC film

Contributors

Narrator:
Anthony Newley
Film Cameraman:
Robin Still
Editor:
Robert Rymer
Producer:
Monica Sims

Peter West looks at the latest inventions and ideas making news in science and industry, and shows how they work.
This week: The New Coins
An outside broadcast from the Royal Mint with David Dimbleby, Andrew Mulligan, Gwynneth Tighe.

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter West
Reporter:
David Dimbleby
Reporter:
Andrew Mulligan
Reporter:
Gwynneth Tighe
Research:
Julia Cave
Research:
Joanne Symons
Film editor:
Alan Martin
Edited and produced by:
Brian Robins

Percy Thrower with John Wright, County Horticultural Officer, Gloucestershire look at A Bad Start to 1963
Mistakes and failures of last year which there might still be time to put right
Blackcurrants and gooseberries
Diseases of apple trees causing a poor crop
Neglected tools and other signs of carelessness in the garden during last year.
From the Midlands

Contributors

Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Guest:
John Wright
Producer:
Paul Morby

Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Julian Pettifer and Robin Hall, Jimmie Macgregor.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
Trevor Philpott
Reporter:
Kenneth Allsop
Reporter:
Macdonald Hastings
Reporter:
Julian Pettifer
Singer:
Robin Hall
Singer/guitarist:
Jimmie Macgregor
Associate producer:
Ned Sherrin
Associate producer:
Elizabeth Cowley
Associate producer:
Jack Gold
Associate producer:
Derrick Amoore
Associate producer:
Michael Tuchner
Assistant editor:
Gordon Watkins
Assistant editor:
Peter Batty
Editor:
Antony Jay

Six months ago Eric and Susan Hiscock returned to England. Nothing surprising in this-except that they had just sailed round the world in a 30ft. yacht. For three years Wanderer III had taken them to foreign ports-of-call, alone across the Atlantic, and through the Panama Canal. They were becalmed in the South Pacific, but from the drab skies of England they had arrived in a land of dreams-a tiny island paradise called Moorea.

Contributors

Explorer:
Susan Hiscock
Explorer/Narrated and photographed by:
Eric Hiscock
Film editor:
Keith Miller
Presented by:
Harry Hastings
Series edited by:
Brian Branston

A film series
with Guest stars Suzanne Pleshette, Eileen Heckart

Nurse Freesmith, a former drug addict, recognises all the symptoms of addiction in a young nurse, Cathy Benjamin, working under her at Blair. When morphine is found to be missing from the dispensary she takes quick and immediate action.

Contributors

Dr. Kildare:
Richard Chamberlain
Dr. Gillespie:
Raymond Massey
Cathy Benjamin:
Suzanne Pleshette
Nurse Freesmith:
Eileen Heckart

Written by Dave Freeman.
Benny Hill in a new series of unlikely situations.
Featuring Graham Stark, Bill Kerr, John Bluthal, Maggie Fitzgibbon, Michael Brennan, Michael Peake, Ronnie Brody, Ann Lancaster, Marjie Lawrence, Ken Roberts, Joe Gibbons

Contributors

Writer:
Dave Freeman
Incidental music:
Ron Grainer
Designer:
Robert Macgowan
Producer:
Duncan Wood
[Actor]:
Benny Hill
Undertaker:
Graham Stark
Lester:
Bill Kerr
Willie The Kid:
John Bluthal
Lulubelle:
Maggie Fitzgibbon
[Actor]:
Michael Brennan
[Actor]:
Michael Peake
Sam:
Ronnie Brody
[Actress]:
Ann Lancaster
[Actress]:
Marjie Lawrence
[Actor]:
Ken Roberts
[Actor]:
Joe Gibbons

by Eugene O'Neill
A new television version adapted by John O'Toole
Starring Billie Whitelaw, Joseph Furst, Andrew Keir and Madge Ryan

The action takes place in 1910 on board the barge Simeon Winthrop, and along the Eastern seaboard of the United States of America

Contributors

Author:
Eugene O'Neill
Adapted by:
John O'Toole
Producer:
Rudolph Cartier
Costumes:
Angela Flanders
Make-up:
Rosemary Ross
Film Cameraman:
A. A. Englander
Film Editor:
Pam Bosworth
Designer:
Clifford Hatts
Chris Christopherson:
Joseph Furst
Marthy Owen:
Madge Ryan
Dave:
Horace James
Larry:
Philip Oxman
Johnny-the-Priest:
David Lander
Anna Christie:
Billie Whitelaw
Mat Burke:
Andrew Keir
A sailor:
Grant Holden
Johnson:
Peter Mason

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