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"If they don't like you, you're dead"
Alan Whicker questions the Laughter Makers

There is no sure-fire formula that produces laughter. This is what makes the comedian the most mixed-up, most vulnerable person in show business. If you refuse to laugh he 'dies the death'. His timing goes, and he starts to sweat. He begins to hate you because the previous house rolled in the aisles.
With Charlie Chester, Alfred Marks, Ray Martine, Max Miller, Ted Ray, Ted Rogers,
Mike and Bernie Winters, and Johnny Speight, Ned Sherrin, Peter Cagney.

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Whicker
Interviewee:
Charlie Chester
Interviewee:
Alfred Marks
Interviewee:
Ray Martine
Interviewee:
Max Miller
Interviewee:
Ted Ray
Interviewee:
Ted Rogers
Interviewee:
Mike Winters
Interviewee:
Bernie Winters
Interviewee:
Johnny Speight
Interviewee:
Ned Sherrin
Interviewee:
Peter Cagney
Produced and directed by:
David C. Rea

A thriller in five parts by Jon Manchip White.
with Patrick Kavanagh, Anna Palk, John Paul
and Morris Perry, Peter Blythe

Rex finds evidence that the death of Pat Rogers was no accident. Before he can act, he is brutally assaulted and hurled into a quarry.

Contributors

Writer:
Jon Manchip White
Designer:
Roy Oxley
Producer:
Alan Bromly
Director:
Peter Duguid
Charlotte Hayes:
Rachel Herbert
Rex Fordham:
Patrick Kavanagh
Dr. Howard Agister:
Timothy West
Nancy Jones:
Anna Palk
Harvey Collier:
John Paul
The Rev. Philip Nyren:
Morris Perry
Cass Russell:
Peter Blythe
Peter Griffin:
Barry Stanton

Starring Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller
with Mary Ure, Heather Sears

The struggles of a young coalminer's son to find himself amidst the claustrophobic surroundings of the coal-fields at the turn of the century.

Contributors

Director:
Jack Cardiff
Producer:
Jerry Wald
Script:
Gavin Lambert
Script:
T.E.B. Clark
Based on the novel by:
D.H. Lawrence
Associate Producer/Art Director:
Tom Morahan
Music:
Lambert Williams
Paul Morel:
Dean Stockwell
Morel:
Trevor Howard
Gertrude Morel:
Wendy Hiller
Clara Dawes:
Mary Ure
Miriam Leivers:
Heather Sears
William:
William Lucas
Pappleworth:
Donald Pleasence
Henry Hadlock:
Ernest Thesiger
Baxter Dawes:
Conrad Phillips
Mrs. Leivers:
Rosalie Crutchley

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