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"This blood seems curiously unbloodlike, actually..."
Alan Whicker finds as he takes a look at How They Filmed "Grand Prix".

The birth-pangs of one of the most spectacular and expensive cinema epics ever attempted - M.G.M.'s £3-million Grand Prix, a film about the motor-racing world.
The backdrop-Monte Carlo; the stars - James Garner, Yves Montand, and a roaring cacophony of cars; and, caught in close-up under the strain of his task, the young and talented director John Frankenheimer.

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Whicker
Produced and directed by:
Michael Tuchner

by Joseph Conrad.
A Simple Tale dramatised in two parts by Alexander Baron.
Mr. Verloc has ordered a bomb from the Professor, but is having difficulty in finding an accomplice to help him blow up Greenwich Observatory. Winnie, his wife, does all she can to encourage Verloc's affection for her brother Stevie.

Contributors

Author:
Joseph Conrad
Dramatised by:
Alexander Baron
Designer:
Richard Henry
Producer:
David Conroy
Director:
Gerald Blake
The Professor:
John Cater
Adolph Verloc:
Nigel Green
Stevie:
Dennis Waterman
Winnie Verloc:
Mary Webster
Michaetis:
George Pravda
Ossipon:
Philip Madoc
The Carter:
James Beck
Mortuary policeman:
Douglas Milvain
Chief Inspector Heat:
Edwin Richfield
Karl Yundt:
Reginald Babratt
Assistant Commissioner:
Richard Hurndall
The Minister:
Llewellyn Rees
Mr Vladimir:
David Collings

Man's Life in song, dance, and poetry.

Introduced by Michael Baldwin.
Guest poet, Elizabeth Jennings
with Annette Battams, Malcolm Clare, Alasdair Clayre, Alaric Cotter, Freda Dowie, John Hollis, Charles Hyatt

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Baldwin
Poet:
Elizabeth Jennings
Singer/dancer:
Annette Battams
Singer/dancer/Dances created by:
Malcolm Clare
Singer/dancer:
Alasdair Clayre
Singer/dancer:
Alaric Cotter
Singer/dancer:
Freda Dowie
Singer/dancer:
John Hollis
Singer/dancer:
Charles Hyatt
Music composed and played by:
Michael Jessett
Designer:
Trevor Wood
Producer:
Leo Aylen

[Starring] Dirk Bogarde
with Jon Whiteley, Elizabeth Sedan

A man and a young boy on the run join forces and establish a strange but deep friendship.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Jack Whittingham
Director:
Charles Crichton
Producer:
Julian Wintle
Chris Lloyd:
Dirk Bogarde
Robbie:
Jon Whiteley
Magda Lloyd:
Elizabeth Sellars
Mrs. Sykes:
Kay Walsh
Mr. Sykes:
Frederick Piper
Jack Lloyd:
Julian Somers
Mrs. Campbell:
Jane Aird
Mr. Campbell:
Jack Stewart

BBC Two England

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