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A gunman in the hills an unarmed woman... a home destroyed... a coroner who takes the job to get her hands on the bodies... this is Kentucky in the autumn of 1965.
Two hundred years ago Daniel Boone fought the Cherokees and the Shawnees and he won, making the land safe to be settled by men, women, and orphans from Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow, and London. Today their descendants fight off bulldozers, armed guards, and politicians.

Contributors

Reporter:
Christopher Brasher
Producer:
Michael Latham
Editor:
Christopher Brasher

by Roald Dahl
Dramatised for television by Hugh Whitemore
[Starring] Shelley Winters
Also starring Neil McCallum
with Roald Dahl as Narrator

Contributors

Author:
Roald Dahl
Dramatised by:
Hugh Whitemore
Designer:
Daphne Shortman
Producer:
Harry Moore
Director:
Naomi Capon
Narrator:
Roald Dahl
Mrs. Bixby:
Shelley Winters
Mr. Bixby:
Neil McCallum
The Colonel:
Bill Shine
The Colonel's groom:
Mark Heath
Pawnbroker:
Harry Towb
Miss Pultency:
Roberta Huby

This is the first time that Finnish boxers have visited this country and they provide the London Amateur Boxing Association with its first foreign opposition of the season.
BBC outside broadcast cameras bring you some of the principal contests in this inter-cities match at the Royal Albert Hall, in aid of the Licensed Victuallers School, Slough.

Contributors

Commentator:
Harry Carpenter
TV Presentation:
A. P. Wilkinson

BBC Two England

About BBC Two

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

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