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by Richard Wade.
With Dudley Foster and Prunella Scales

It is Christmas Day in the house of Hastings. The time (the 1880s), the place (a suburban Victorian home). and the atmosphere (after the pudding with the children waiting to be entertained) are ripe for father to stun his audience with his knowledge of the world of natural philosophy. It is a world of exploding biscuit tins. unpredictable hard-boiled eggs, singing drainpipes, and enough amateur science to make young enthusiasts reach for their bunsen burners, and mothers for their smelling salts.
(First shown in the Horizon series)

Contributors

Writer:
Richard Wade
Producer:
Ramsay Short
Director:
Peter R. Smith
Edward Hastings:
Dudley Foster
Florence Hastings:
Prunella Scales
Humphrey:
William Burleigh
Sophy:
Deborah Watling
Emma:
Julie Samuel

Tales from the last frontier of the great American West.
A film series starring James Drury as the Virginian.

Ryker has to take a firm stand against his friends when it becomes a matter of law and order.

Contributors

The Virginian:
James Drury
Ryker:
Clu Gulager
Mr. Lightfoot:
Leslie Neilsen
Crouch:
Berkeley Harris
Ev Oinchy:
Harold J Stone
Hezikiah:
Claude Akins
Judge Garth:
Lee J. Cobb
Velvet Rose:
Margaret Blye

A magazine of the arts.
Introduced by Alex Glasgow.
Tonight's edition includes:

A Working Poet
Occupation: advertising copywriter
Preoccupation: poetry
For ten years the Australian poet Peter Porter has combined two lives in London.

The Film of the Book (continued)
The first novel, which was the subject of the last edition of New Release has now been published. In the studio the story is brought up to date.

Contributors

Presenter:
Alex Glasgow
Subject (A Working Poet):
Peter Porter
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.

Contributors

Presenter:
Denis Tuohy
Presenter:
Michael Dean
Presenter:
Joan Bakewell
Presenter:
Tony Bilbow

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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