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, Richard Baker with Margaret Jones
and The Weather
(Colour)
Starring The George Mitchell Singers
featuring John Boulter, Dai Francis, Tony Mercer
with The Television Toppers
and The Three Monarchs, Margaret Savage, Delia Wicks, Penny Jewkes, Pauline Whitaker, Les Rawlings
(John Boulter, Dai Francis, and Tony Mercer are in "The Black and White Minstrel Show" at the Victoria Palace, London)
(Colour)
A series of films from all over the world about our astonishing planet and the people who live on it
A hazardous dugout canoe journey through Venezuelan jungles towards the source of the Orinoco.
The Guaica Indians live short and violent lives wife-stealing and feuding. But for centuries they have at least been protected from 'civilisation' by the remoteness of their jungle home. Six members of the Hovercraft Expedition brave dangerous rapids to seek out the secrets of some of the most primitive people on earth.
Written and produced by Brian Branston
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(Colour)
Fantastic variations on a theme of knightly character by Richard Strauss
with Paul Tortelier cello, Herbert Downes viola
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Leader, Carlos Villa
Conducted by Franz-Paul Decker
Don Quixote, one of the world's great adventure stories, has captured the imagination of many artists and composers. Paintings by Daumier are seen in the introduction to this programme; the performance itself is illustrated by engravings, mainly by Dore.
(Colour)
A Chronicle film
In a disused army camp in Co. Durham a collection of more than 10,000 items reflecting life as it was lived in the North-East in the last two centuries, from a complete colliery to a miner's kettle on the hob, await reassembly into working units in one of the most exciting new museums in Britain.
Frank Atkinson, Director of the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, describes to Magnus Magnusson the doubts and difficulties to be overcome in creating a living museum of this kind.
(Colour)
A 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)
(Colour)
Late Night Line-Up's weekly look at the cinema with stars - previews - and a dig into the past.
Introduced by Tony Bilbow with Philip Jenkinson
(Colour)