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A weekly programme which focuses on people and the situations which shape their lives.
Reporters: Angela Huth, Jeremy James, John Percival, Trevor Philpott, Desmond Wilcox

This week: Priests Who Sin
In the Roman Catholic Church priests are celibate - there must be no women in their lives - God's laws are to be obeyed and Canon Law, determined by the Vatican, is stern and unyielding. Millions of Roman Catholics throughout the world are concerned about the conflicts within their Church. Rows about contraception; arguments about celibacy; discussions about inflexibility. The priests argue too. Ten thousand of them have quit in the past ten years; many have married in defiance of their Church, suffered excommunication. Who are the priests who, in the eyes of their Church, have rebelled or sinned?

Contributors

Producer:
Julian Jacottet
Editor:
Desmond Wilcox
Editor:
Bill Morton

by William Bast.
With Vivienne Martin as Frankie I, Frederick Bartman as Johnny I, Helen Downing as Frankie II, Bari Johnson as Johnny II, Ronald Lacey as Frankie III, Philip Locke as Johnny III, Gwen Nelson as Mrs. Daily

It is vividly and entertainingly illustrated in tonight's play that Frankie and Johnny might be any swinging, but insecure, young couple. They are going to an important party and Mrs. Daily, the char, surprises their slightly hysterical preparations. She sees many peoples' lives, but can only be 'a benign, sorrowful, but helpless witness to their madness'.

Contributors

Writer:
William Bast
Designer:
Andrew Dimond
Producer:
Graeme McDonald
Director:
David Saire
Frankie I:
Vivienne Martin
Johnny I:
Frederick Bartman
Frankie II:
Helen Downing
Johnny II:
Bari Johnson
Frankie III:
Ronald Lacey
Johnny III:
Philip Locke
Mrs. Daily:
Gwen Nelson

1943: Hitchcock, master of suspense, collaborates with Thornton Wilder on a small-town thriller Shadow of a Doubt
Starring Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, MacDonald Carey
with Patricia Collinge, Henry Travers, Hume Cronyn

A young girl realises that her favourite uncle may be a dangerous fugitive...

Contributors

Screenplay:
Thornton Wilder
Screenplay:
Alma Reville
Screenplay:
Sally Benson
Producer:
Jack Skirball
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Young Charlie:
Teresa Wright
Uncle Charlie:
Joseph Cotten
Jack Graham:
MacDonald Carey
Joseph Newton:
Henry Travers
Emma Newton:
Patricia Colling
Herbie Hawkins:
Hume Cronyn
Fred Saunders:
Wallace Ford
Ann Newton:
Edna May Wonacott

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