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A course in drawing and observation.
In life all objects occupy three-dimensional space-yet our paper is flat! How do we create the illusion of depth?
Ian Simpson invites you to join the studio group and make your own drawing.

Contributors

Presenter:
Ian Simpson
Producer:
Victor Poole

Gordon Wilkins covers the world of motoring.

Mrs. Barbara Castle's new Transport Bill-among other things-aims to transfer long-distance freight from road to rail, and some lorry-drivers see this as a threat to their livelihood. At a transport cafe on the M 1, the road haulage men say why they oppose the Bill, and Mrs. Castle replies to their criticism from her office at the Ministry of Transport in London.
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Gordon Wilkins
Speaker:
Barbara Castle
Director:
Tony Salmon
Producer:
Brian Robins

Including:
Will The Gaming Have to Stop?
Has the Home Secretary killed an industry in an attempt to punish vice? Will gambling now be restricted to the black tie atmosphere of exclusive London clubs, or will profits from the tables still continue to attract criminals as well as casuals?

Contributors

Commentator:
William Davis
Commentator:
Brian Widlake
Commentator:
David Powell
Producer:
Michael Bunce
Producer:
Andrew Quicke

The High Chaparral ...is the bid of a family seeking roots in the newly won West.

Big John (Leif Erickson) and his son are captured by Apaches and submitted to an ordeal which only the toughest and bravest could hope to endure.

(Colour)

Contributors

Big John:
Leif Erickson
Buck:
Cameron Mitchell
Billy Blue:
Mark Slade
Victoria:
Linda Cristal
Manolito:
Henry Darrow
Klosen:
Robert Phillips
Chief Soldado:
James Almanzar

by Aldous Huxley.
A second chance to see this dramatisation in five parts by Simon Raven.

Gladys has confronted Sidney Quarles with her pregnancy. Elinor has been summoned to the country because her son is ill. Spandrell, assisted by Illidge, has murdered Webley.

(Shown on Saturday)
(Colour)

Contributors

Author:
Aldous Huxley
Dramatist:
Simon Raven
Lighting:
Gerry Millerson
Costumes:
Raymond Hughes
Make-up:
Anna Chesterman
Designer:
Richard Wilmot
Producer:
David Conroy
Director:
Rex Tucker
Philip Quarles:
Lyndon Brook
Rachel Quarles:
Gillian Lind
Sidney Quarles:
John Wentworth
Gladys:
Jean Muir
Miss Foulkes:
Fiona Duncan
Phil:
Matthew Jacobs
Elinor Quarles:
Patricia English
Janet Bidlake:
Diana King
John Bidlake:
Max Adrian
Maurice Spandrell:
David Collings
Frank Illidge:
David Graham
Everard Webley:
Edward Judd
Mark Rampion:
Edward Caddick
Mary Rampion:
Elizabeth Kentish
Denis Burlap:
John Bryans
Beatrice Gilray:
Jo Kendall
Dr. Crowther:
Leonard Trolley
British Freeman:
Ralph Cadigan

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

A last look around the daily scene with Michael Dean, Joan Bakewell, Tony Bilbow, Brian King and Sheridan Morley.
"What's easy for 2 is so hard for 1" (William Robins)

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Dean
Presenter:
Joan Bakewell
Presenter:
Tony Bilbow
Presenter:
Brian King
Presenter:
Sheridan Morley

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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