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including
Robert Wise, Director of West Side Story introducing a scene from his new film The Haunting.

Kingsley Amis discussing Welsh art

Richard Harris talking to H. A. L. Craig

Erskine Childers investigating a new future for the mentally handicapped.
An Outside Broadcast from the Slough Project.

with David Jacobs

Contributors

Item presenter:
Robert Wise
Speaker:
Kingsley Amis
Interviewee:
Richard Harris
Interviewer:
H. A. L. Craig
Reporter:
Erskine Childers
Presenter:
David Jacobs
Production assistant:
Iris Furlong
Production assistant:
Sheila Innes
Director:
Richard Francis
Producer:
Lorna Pegram

including
Little Laura's Holiday
A second showing of the story in which Little Laura and Billie Guftie make an exciting discovery when they explore the caves on the beach.

and
Fantastic Adventure
A cartoon film from Poland.
A Spaniard serenades an engine-driver's daughter and finds himself involved in a hair-raising train journey.

Contributors

Voices (Little Laura's Holiday):
Denise Bryer
Music composed and played by (Little Laura's Holiday):
Patrick Harvey
Story and drawings (Little Laura's Holiday):
Violet Drummond
Animation (Little Laura's Holiday):
Oliver Postgate

A second showing.
The lion is the emblem of the Lyons who have lived in Glamis Castle since 1372.
Sir Brian Horrocks tells the story of the family whose royal connections and adventurous careers have kept their castle home in the forefront of Scottish history for 600 years.

Contributors

Narrator:
Sir Brian Horrocks
Special drawing:
Alan Sorrell
Director:
Bob Reid
Producer:
Paul Johnstone

The first U.S.S. Enterprise, an aircraft carrier that fought in the Pacific right through the war, became the most decorated ship in American naval history. The new U.S.S. Enterprise contains eight nuclear reactors. She is the largest, most costly, and most powerful aircraft carrier in the world.
A CBS Twentieth Century film

Contributors

Narrator:
Walter Cronkite
Executive producer:
Burton Benjamin

Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Julian Pettifer, Brian Redhead and The Countrymen.

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
Reporter:
Brian Redhead
Band:
The Countrymen
Editor:
Gordon Watkins

Gerald Durrell introduces Reluctant Clowns
Continuing their adventures in New Zealand, Gerald and Jacquie Durrell have some tricky island landings, find a reptile which has links with prehistoric times and, after several days searching, meet some parrots in the strangest circumstances.
From the West

Contributors

Presenter:
Gerald Durrell
Presenter:
Jacquie Durrell
Photographed by:
Jim Saunders
Editor:
Paul Khan
Producer:
Christopher Parsons

by John Hopkins.
There are two young constables in each car, ready to deal with trouble as it happens.

The men want the new club to be peaceful and palatial. Sergeant Watt's concern is with the way it is being financed and furnished.

Contributors

Writer:
John Hopkins
Director:
Michael Leeston-Smith
Designer:
Stanley Morris
Casebook Material:
William Prendergast
Producer:
David E. Rose
Det-Sgt. Watt:
Frank Windsor

Introduced by Peter Dimmock.
presenting News-Action-Personalities

Tonight's programme includes

Motor Racing
A tribute to a man who has made a tremendous contribution to Britain's sporting prestige.

also
Football
News from the European Cup competitions.

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Dimmock
Editor:
Ronnie Noble
Editor:
Leslie Kettley
Assistant editor:
Phil Pilley
Presented by:
Alec Weeks

A second showing of this afternoon's programme.
Introduced by David Jacobs
with Robert Wise, Kingsley Amis, Richard Harris, Erskine Childers

10.40-11.10 In View
The story of Elizabeth West and the Western Theatre Ballet Company.
(Rowridge, Brighton)

10.40-11.10 Scan
Life in the Midlands.
(Oxford, Peterborough, Manningtree)

Contributors

Presenter:
David Jacobs
Item presenter:
Robert Wise
Item presenter:
Kingsley Amis
Interviewee:
Richard Harris
Reporter:
Erskine Childers
Producer:
Lorna Pegram

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