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A study of the United Nations.

The problems facing the Agencies are discussed by the Heads of UNICEF, UN Development Programme, UNESCO, WHO, and UNRWA; and the biggest single combined operation by the Agencies is examined - the Congo in 1960.
Introduced by Erskine Childers.
(First shown on BBC-1 in 1966)

Contributors

Presenter:
Erskine Childers
Producer:
John Miller

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

This week: All on a Summer's Day
They are as much a part of the English summer as rain, traffic jams, and school holidays-fetes. And in the village of Stoke St. Gregory, Somerset, the fete that they have planned, discussed, and argued about for months finally takes place. The organisers organise: their opponents criticise. Feelings flare into the open over the beauty queen competition, and the sandwiches run out half-way through the afternoon. Ponies and gymkhana events; sideshows and opening speeches. Behind the scenes the quarrels and panics. Who gets the credit if it's a success? Who gets the blame if it's a failure?

Contributors

Producer:
Tom Conway
Editor:
Desmond Wilcox
Editor:
Bill Morton

1939: the comedy Western Destry Rides Again starring James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich
with Brian Donlevy, Charles Winniger, Mischa Auer
A Joe Pasternak production

When the new sheriff arrives in town with a parasol and is discovered drinking milk in the saloon without guns, the bad men of Bottle Neck draw the obvious conclusions, but Frenchy - the saloon singer - realises he is made of sterner stuff.

Contributors

Production:
Joe Pasternak
Based on the novel by:
Max Brand
Original screenplay:
Felix Jackson
Original screenplay:
Gertrude Purcell
Original screenplay:
Henry Myers
Director:
George Marshall
Thomas Jefferson Destry:
James Stewart
Frenchy:
Marlene Dietrich
Wash Dinsdale:
Charles Winniger
Boris Callahan:
Mischa Auer
Kent:
Brian Donlevy
Janice Tyndall:
Irene Hervey
Lilly Belle Cattahan:
Una Merkel
Gyp Watson:
Allan Jenkins
Bugs Watson:
Warren Hymer
Loupgeron:
Billy Gilbert
Jack Tyndall:
Jack Carson

by Bruce Marshall
A second chance to see this dramatisation in four parts by Michael Voysey

The wartime story of the late Wing Commander F.F. Yeo-Thomas, G.C., M.C.
Starring Kenneth More as Wing Commander Yeo-Thomas
(Shown on Saturday)
See page 3

Contributors

Author:
Bruce Marshall
Dramatised by:
Michael Voysey
Producer:
David Conroy
Director:
Peter Hammond
Wing Commander Yeo-Thomas:
Kenneth More

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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