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by Ugo Betti.
translated by Henry Reed.
Adapted and produced by Ronald Eyre.
For Schools
(to 14.35)

Contributors

Author:
Ugo Betti
Translated by:
Henry Reed
Adapter/producer:
Ronald Eyre
Designer:
Stuart Walker
Commissar Amos:
Alan MacNaughtan
Engineer:
Tony Steedman
Raim:
Robert Gillespie
Argia:
Judy Parfitt
Caretaker:
Kent Baker
General Biante:
Esmond Knight
Maupa:
Brian Coburn
Elisabetta:
Georgine Anderson

A second chance to see this film from Hungary.

The three boys, Janos, Peter, and Ferri, and their girl friend Kati are marooned in a hut threatened by the floods of the southern Danube. Orders have been given to bomb the ice blocks in the flood area. Will the four friends escape in time?
Commentary spoken by Gary Watson.

Contributors

Narrator:
Gary Watson
English version written and presented by:
Peggy Miller

Ten thousand men of different nationalities and colours worked together for four years to create the Kariba Dam
'Capability' Brown was appointed Royal Gardener in 1764
Donal Donnelly with some young people and top experts probe facts and fancies of all kinds.

Contributors

Presenter:
Donal Donnelly
Designer:
Derek Dodd
Research:
Nadine Wood
Film editor:
Alma Davies
Director:
Patrick Dowling
Producer:
John Irwin

A series by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling.

Alan crosses swords with David, and Iris loses a lot more money. Newcastle Pope tries to lose a fox-fur cape-with unexpected success.

Contributors

Writer:
Hazel Adair
Writer:
Peter Ling
Designer:
Julia Oman
Costume supervisor:
Ena Nickalls
Producer:
Morris Barry
Director:
Gerald Blake
David:
Vincent Ball
Anthea:
Julia Lockwood
Alan:
Basil Moss
Iris:
Louise Dunn
Ben:
Bill Kerr
Paula:
Judy Franklin
Stan:
Johnny Wade
Miss Fraser:
Christine Lindsay
Edmund Bruce:
Robert Flemyng
Mr Smith:
Anthony Newlands
Newcastle Pope:
James Cossins
Adrian:
Robert Desmond
Alison:
Betty Cooper
DouK:
Lawrence James
Gussie:
Frances Bennett
Mark:
Gareth Davies
Jessie Sullivan:
Dorothea Rundle
Edna Sullivan:
Margery Withers
Mitch:
Diana Beevers
Barry:
Robin Hawdon
Celia:
Rachel Gurney
Camilla:
Carmen Silvera
Mr Paget:
Brian Sheehy
Mrs Newcastle Pope:
Diana Hope

Introduced by Cliff Michelmore.
with Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Kenneth Allsop, Macdonald Hastings, Christopher Brasher, Julian Pettifer, Brian Redhead.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Reporter:
Derek Hart
Reporter:
Alan Whicker
Reporter:
Fyfe Robertson
Reporter:
Trevor Philpott
Reporter:
Kenneth Allsop
Reporter:
Macdonald Hastings
Reporter:
Christopher Brasher
Reporter:
Julian Pettifer
Reporter:
Brian Redhead
Associate producer:
Jack Gold
Associate producer:
Derrick Amoore
Associate producer:
Kevin Billington
Assistant editor:
Elizabeth Cowley
Editor:
Peter Batty

The extraordinary story of the hundreds of expeditions now attempting to save the architectural treasures of the ancient kingdom of Nubia, soon to be drowned by the waters of the Aswan High Dam.

Contributors

Narrator:
David Lomax
Filmed by:
John Tunstall
Film editor:
Brian Keene
Presented by:
Harry Hastings
Series edited by:
Brian Branston

Old-Time Music-Hall from the stage of the Famous City Varieties. Leeds.
presenting Denny Willis, The Two Maxwells, Joyce Blackham, The Bergams, Neville King, The Four Ramblers
Chairman, Leonard Sachs

Contributors

Comedian:
Denny Willis
Performers:
The Two Maxwells
Soprano:
Joyce Blackham
Aerialists:
The Bergams
Ventriloquist:
Neville King
Singers:
The Four Ramblers
Chairman:
Leonard Sachs
Musical director:
Bernard Herrmann
Producer:
Barney Colehan

Dramatised by Anthony Steven from the novel Les Caves du Majestic.
A crime series from the novels of Georges Simenon.
Starring Rupert Davies as Chief Inspector Maigret, Ewen Solon as Lucas, Victor Lucas as Torrance
A BBC-tv production

Contributors

Dramatised by:
Anthony Steven
Author:
Georges Simenon
Designer:
Eileen Diss
Music composed by:
Ron Grainer
Film cameraman:
Peter Hamilton
Film editor:
Barry Toovey
Script editor:
Donald Bull
Producer:
Andrew Osborn
Director:
Eric Tayler
Chief Inspector Maigret:
Rupert Davies
Lucas:
Ewen Solon
Torrance:
Victor Lucas
Mimi:
Diana Johnson
Prosper Donge:
Ivor Salter
Ramuel:
Redmond Phillips
Delivery man:
Michael Napier-Brown
Police Doctor:
Maurice Durant
Ellen:
Sheila Brennan
Hotel Manager:
George Coulouris
Clark:
Peter Dyneley
Charlotte:
Miriam Raymond
Jo:
Diana Coupland
Mario:
Lee Richardson
Marie:
Judy Child
Bank Manager:
Robert Perceval
Barreau:
Peter Bennett
Handwriting expert:
Arthur Goullet

Devised and written by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney.
A second showing of The Italian Girl
Starring Peter Jones, Miriam Karlin, Reg Varney
and co-starring Irene Handl, Barbara Windsor
with Patricia Denys, Wanda Ventham, Stella Tanner, Carmel Cryan
and featuring Maxwell Shaw, Harry Landis, Eunice Black, Jacquie Wallis, Ivor Ellis, Russ Lockhart

Contributors

Devised and written by:
Ronald Wolfe
Devised and written by:
Ronald Chesney
Incidental music:
Gordon Franks
Designer:
Malcolm Goulding
Producer:
Dennis Main Wilson
Harold Fenner:
Peter Jones
Paddy Fleming:
Miriam Karlin
Reg Turner:
Reg Varney
Reg's Mum:
Irene Handl
Gloria:
Barbara Windsor
[Actress]:
Patricia Denys
[Actress]:
Wanda Ventham
Olive:
Stella Tanner
Gloria:
Carmel Cryan
[Actor]:
Maxwell Shaw
[Actor]:
Harry Landis
[Actress]:
Eunice Black
[Actress]:
Jacquie Wallis
[Actor]:
Ivor Ellis
[Actor]:
Russ Lockhart

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