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The best of the week's newsfilm from all over the world together with other subjects of interest. For the deaf and hard of hearing a commentary appears visually
Presenter, Michael De Morgan with Joan Turner
followed by The Weather
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael de Morgan
Interpreter:
Joan Turner
Producer:
Bill Northwood

starring The George Mitchell Singers
with John Boulter, Dai Francis, Tony Mercer
Also starring Margaret Savage, The Television Toppers, Delia Wicks, Don Cleaver, Penny Jewkes, Les Rawlings, Sheila Bernette

(Leslie Crowther is in 'Let Sleeping Wives Lie' at the Garrick Theatre; The George Mitchell Singers are appearing in The Black and White Minstrel Show at the Victoria Palace, London, and at the Hippodrome Theatre, Bristol)
(See facing page)
(Colour)

Contributors

Compere:
Leslie Crowther
Dance Director:
Roy Gunson
Vocal Arrangements/Conductor:
George Mitchell
Orchestrator:
Alan Bristow
Orchestra Leader:
Freddie Clayton
Conductor:
Eric Robinson
Settings:
Martin Collins
Devised by/Producer:
George Inns
Singer:
John Boulter
Singer:
Dai Francis
Singer:
Tony Mercer
Singer:
Margaret Savage
Dancers:
The Television Toppers
Dancer:
Delia Wicks
Singer:
Don Cleaver
Singer/Dancer:
Penny Jewkes
Singer:
Les Rawlings
Comedienne:
Sheila Bernette

A series of films from all over the world about our astonishing planet and the creatures that live on it

The leading figure in sea exploration is on a five-year voyage which is the culmination of his life's work. On board his ship Calypso he has a team of scientists equipped with some of the most advanced oceanographic apparatus yet devised, including miniature submarines and underwater film and television cameras.
In this the first of several film reports Cousteau turns his attention to the most feared of all the inhabitants of the sea...
Produced by Les Requins Associes and Wolper Productions Inc.
(Colour)

Contributors

Explorer/narrator:
Jacques Cousteau
Narrator:
Hugh Falkus

A television production of the new stage version choreographed by Erik Bruhn for
The National Ballet of Canada
Starring Lois Smith
Guest star, Erik Bruhn
with artists of The National Ballet of Canada

(Colour)

Contributors

Music:
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreographer:
Erik Bruhn
Artistic Director:
Celia Franca
Costumes and original stage decor designed by:
Desmond Heeley
Settings for TV designed by:
Robert Lawson
Musical director and conductor:
George Crum
Produced and directed for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation by:
Norman Campbell
Dancer:
Lois Smith
Dancer:
Erik Bruhn
Dancers:
Artists of The National Ballet of Canada

A new series of programmes of lunacy and laughter starring, as your hosts, Dan Rowan and Dick Martin featuring a regular company of crazy characters and a bewildering array of guests

(Colour)

Contributors

Comedian:
Dan Rowan
Comedian:
Dick Martin
Produced for N.B.C. by:
George Schlatter
Produced for N.B.C. by:
Ed Friendly

BBC Two England

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