for the deaf and hard of hearing
A look at the news of the week with film from all over the world and a commentary that can be seen as well as heard
followed by The Weather
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A series of films from all over the world about our astonishing planet and the people who live on it.

A film by Robert Cundy.
Two years ago an American Commission was set up to report to President Johnson on the possibility of cutting a new Panama Canal by means of nuclear explosives. Five routes were considered: two in Panama, one each in Mexico, Nicaragua, and Colombia. The final decision will involve not just politics and economics but the social problems of the peoples who live in that area and have done for centuries.
The Golden Isthmus tells the story of 450 years of man's efforts to bridge the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in this narrow neck of land, and of the native peoples who have had to suffer them.
Written and narrated by David Howarth.
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with his guests, Avril Angers, Eve Blanchard, Pat Coombs, Vi Riscoe, Janet Webb,
Rita Webband Pamela Cundell, Sean Lynch, Michael Stainton
Special guest star, Rolf Harris
The Douglas Squires Dancers: Valerie Barrett, Ivan Baptie, Jane Herbert, Gary Downie, Sue Robinson, Roger Finch, Wei Wei Wong, Rhys Nelson
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The fastest game on television between Eleanor Summerfield, Olga Franklin, Norman Hackforth, Paul Jennings with Max Robertson as umpire and this week's guests, Leslie Crowther, Peter Glaze.
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Whether it's by the Beatles or by Beethoven, is music capable of expressing anything beyond itself; or is it an abstract construction in sound?
In Workshop tonight Deryck Cooke gives his answer to the question, based on his book The Language of Music with a wealth of examples.
The argument continues with Bernard Keeffe, Alexander Goehr and Hans Keller.
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invites Charles Douglas-Home, Sam Wanamaker, Gillian Reynolds, Alun Richards to discuss with Joan Bakewell talking points of the week.
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