A programme for children at home
Storyteller, Charles Leno who tells his own story 'My Umbrella'
(to 11.20)
Reporting: John Timpson, Peter Woods and the reporters and correspondents, at home and abroad, of BBC News.
Followed by The Weather
(Colour)
The film-makers who came to Brighton to film the musical Oh! What a Lovely War-fifty years after the last summer of the Great War
A report on six months of filming, from the first day on Brighton pier, to the last day in the ruins of Bayham Abbey.
with Richard Attenborough
"We want to put on the screen the awareness and the actual feelings that the men endured at that time" - Len Deighton
"The only way to have an anti-war film is to like soldiers" - Sir Ralph Richardson
"All wars are monstrous pieces of heroism, idealism, and foolishness, all at the same time" - Kenneth More
"Little boys will play at war anyway"
and Sir John Clements, Maggie Smith, Joe Melia, General Sir Douglas Campbell
(First shown on BBC-1)
Oh! What a Lovely War started a legend in the theatre. In the spring of 1968 Richard Attenborough chose to make his debut as a film director by translating the stage musical to the screen. Tonight's documentary is a curtain-raiser to the London premiere of his film on Thursday.
(Colour)
Leader, Sidney Bowman
and featuring Murray Dickie, Lena Martell
Vocal backing by The Ladybirds
Celia Hetherington, Caroline Haig, Wendy Martin
(Colour)
Around the World presenting a selection of outstanding feature-length travel and adventure films reflecting man's curiosity in the world around him
A French film with an English commentary and sub-titles
featuring Lionel Terray, the famous Alpine guide, who died tragically in the Dauphine Alps in 1965 and Rene Desmaison, Michel Vaucher, Rene Collet, Pierre Perret, Pierre Danny, Pierre Rousseau, Roger Blin
English commentary spoken by Max Bellancourt
The famous Alpine guide Lionel Terray convinces a film crew that a major climb is rich enough in genuine excitement and adventure to make a fictional plot superfluous.
Except for one flashback, all the incidents witnessed actually took place while the film was being shot on Mont Blanc and on the East Face of Grand Capucin, one of the most difficult climbs in the Alps. All but three of the actors, Roger Blin, Pierre Rousseau, and Pierre Danny, were either professional or amateur mountaineers. Three cameras were used and all of the difficult scenes were shot from three different angles. The Grand Capucin sequence proved the most difficult. It took thirteen men a total of 835 hours to achieve the thirteen-minute sequence in the final edited version.
(Colour)
(Colour)
The end of today in front of tomorrow with Michael Dean, Joan Bakewell, Tony Bilbow, Sheridan Morley and tonight's guests
(Colour)
