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Ludovic Kennedy introduces this weekly programme on the expanding world of leisure with Jeremy James, Christopher Rainbow.

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The Mod-Landers
Written by Richard Wade.
More money and more leisure-a dream coming true in the Midlands. No longer shackled to work. the Midlander is furiously grasping the fresh opportunities. He may look grey and drawn in the streets, but 'the Mod-lander's' leisure is a whole-hearted, riotous, and gaudy chase.

Contributors

Presenter:
Ludovic Kennedy
Reporter:
Jeremy James
Reporter:
Christopher Rainbow
Writer (The Mod-Landers):
Richard Wade
Producer:
Dick Gilling
Producer:
Bob Duncan
Producer:
Bill Fitzwater
Producer:
Roy Harris
Cameraman:
Brian Tufano
Cameraman:
Eddie Best
Sound:
Derek Williams
Film editor:
Bert Meadows
Film editor:
Les Newman
Film editor:
John House
Studio director:
John Percival
Associate editor:
Phil Pilley
Editor:
Christopher Brasher

Alison Kennedy arrived as a student, Anthony Smith came to work on a newspaper. They met by chance, married, and Bristol became their home. This documentary in three parts is a diary of their lives in the first year of their marriage as they await the birth of their first child.
A West Region feature
First transmission on May 7

Contributors

Subject:
Alison Kennedy
Subject:
Anthony Smith
Film Editor:
George Inger
Cameraman:
Jim Saunders
Cameraman:
Maurice Fisher
Sound Recordist:
Cliff Voice
Sound Recordist:
Howard Smith
Music composed by:
Dave Lee
Associate Producer:
Michael Croucher
Producer:
John Boorman

by N.C. Hunter.
with Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as Laura Anson, Robert Flemyng as Julian Anson,
Rachel Gurney as Frances Farrar, Felix Aylmer as David Anson, Laurence Hardy as Dr. Farley, Cyril Raymond as Humphrey Caldwell, Peter Collingwood as William Gregson, Elizabeth Benzimra as Elinor Eddison, Gerald Rowland as Toby Eddison and Gene Anderson as Miss Mathieson.
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Contributors

Writer:
N.C. Hunter
Story Editor:
Rosemary Hill
Designer:
Natasha Kroll
Producer:
Cedric Messina
Director:
John Gorrie
Laura Anson:
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
Julian Anson:
Robert Flemyng
Frances Farrar:
Rachel Gurney
David Anson:
Felix Aylmer
Dr. Farley:
Laurence Hardy
Humphrey Caldwell:
Cyril Raymond
William Gregson:
Peter Collingwood
Elinor Eddison:
Elizabeth Benzimra
Toby Eddison:
Gerald Rowland
Miss Mathieson:
Gene Anderson

Gordon Wilkins covers the world of motoring.

The Midland cities of Birmingham, Coventry, and Oxford are the home of motor manufacturing in Britain. But for how long? Will the drive for more car exports force firms to expand in less prosperous and un congested areas outside the Midlands?
An on-the-spot enquiry with Robin Richards and Michael Frostick.

Contributors

Presenter:
Gordon Wilkins
Reporter:
Robin Richards
Reporter:
Michael Frostick
Research:
Esmond Seal
Research:
John Ebbrell
Director:
Douglas Hespe
Producer:
Brian Robins

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