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Today the game of Rugby League stands at what might be the threshold of a new golden age of fast and flowing football. And BBC-2's Floodlit Rugby League Competition -which reaches its climax tonight-must certainly take some credit for the transformation.
This year's floodlit contest was launched in an atmosphere of suspicion, suspense, and controversy. The Rugby League had decided that the time was ripe for radical experimentation with the 'play-the-ball' rules, if the game was to be dissuaded from its apparent death-wish. And the floodlit competition was selected as the guinea-pig for the drastic new rules.
Just how successful the televised experiment has proved to be can be judged by the fact that within a few weeks of the floodlit competition getting under way, the 'new rugby' was brought into operation in League games as well.
If tonight's final runs true to form it should be full of the sort of fast and furious football which some people say hasn't been seen regularly in Rugby League for nearly fifteen years. (Brian Finch)

Traditional music, singing, and dancing by a company of sixty five true Hungarian Gypsies.
Introduced by Judith Chalmers.
The Hungarian Gypsy Ensemble appears by arrangement with Victor Hochhauser

Contributors

Performers:
null Rajko
Presenter:
Judith Chalmers
General Director:
Pal Szigeti
Leader of the Musical Ensemble:
Lazlo Simon
Leader of the Dance Ensemble:
Karoly Aszalos
Designer:
Peter Mavius
Producer:
Barney Colehan

A look at the world through European eyes.
Introduced this week by Derek Hart with the help of the cameras of the European television networks.

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Hart
Associate Producer:
Geoffrey Baines
Producer:
Anthony Smith

A magazine of the arts
Introduced by Alex Glasgow

Tonight's edition includes:
Ravi Shankar Plays for Alice
The world-famous Indian sitar player at work, composing and playing the music for BBC-tv's "Alice in Wonderland"
With Leon Goossens and Jonathan Miller.

Ravi Shankar also talks to Conrad Rooks, in whose film "Chappaqua" he appears and plays.

Contributors

Presenter:
Alex Glasgow
Guest/Sitar Player:
Ravi Shankar
Speaker:
Leon Goossens
Speaker:
Jonathan Miller
Guest:
Conrad Rooks
Director:
Gavin Millar
Director:
Tristram Powell
Producer:
Melvyn Bragg

A last look around the world of television.
Criticism, Discussion, Diversion with Denis Tuohy, Michael Dean, Joan Bakewell, Tony Bilbow and tonight's guests also Philip Jenkinson with more film requests.
Letters to Philip Jenkinson should be addressed c/o Late Night Line-Up, [address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Denis Tuohy
Presenter:
Michael Dean
Presenter:
Joan Bakewell
Presenter:
Tony Bilbow
Item presenter (Film Requests):
Philip Jenkinson

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