for the deaf and hard of hearing
A look at the news of the week with film from all over the world and a commentary that can be seen as well as heard.
A History of Disillusion 1918-1933
Written by Correlli Barnett.
Narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave.
And the voices of David Bauer, Peter Bridgmont, Felix Felton, John Fortune, Cyril Luckham, Alec Mango, Paul Martin, Bill Nagy, Sebastian Shaw, Norman Wynne.
With Loelia, Duchess of Westminster a 'Bright Young Thing' during the 1920s; Lord Citrine, General Secretary of the T.U.C. during the General Strike, 1926; James Griffiths, M.P., Miners' agent during the General Strike; Jack Jones, C.B.E., National Union of Mineworkers official; Professor W. M. Macmillan, Professor of History, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, during the 1920s; Sardar Mela Singh, student in Amritsar at the time of the massacre, 1919; Mrs. Ranjit S. Pandit, sister of Jawaharlal Nehru
Series produced by Tony Essex in collaboration with the Australian Broadcasting Commission; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
(continued)
A duel of words and wit between Frank Muir with Charlotte Bingham, Peter Jones and Patrick Campbell with Nina and Frederik.
Referee, Robin Ray
by Rhys Adrian.
With Susannah York as Jane, Zena Walker as Lydia, Robert Stephens as Stephen,
Colin Blakely as Harry
(Colin Blakely and Robert Stephens are National Theatre players)
Personal reflections on great paintings.
William Thomson talks about Family Group by Rembrandt in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Brunswick.
rounds off the weekend
Criticism, Discussion, Diversion with Denis Tuohy, Michael Dean, Joan Bakewell, Tony Bilbow and tonight's guests.