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A programme for children at home
Today's story: 'The Steeplejack' by Molly Cox
(Colour)
(to 11.20)

Contributors

Presenter:
Carol Chell
Presenter:
Gordon Clyde
Author (The Steeplejack):
Molly Cox
Pianist:
Patrick Harvey
Graphics:
Hilary Hayton
Scriptwriter and director:
Christopher Fagg
Series producer:
Cynthia Felgate

by N.J. Crisp
Starring Marius Goring
with Ann Morrish
and Victor Winding, Michael Farnsworth, Valerie Murray
Guest stars, Michael Gwynn, Glyn Houston, Stella Tanner

That little Lucille died a violent death was certain; how she died was more obscure. Dr. Hardy's painstaking research and insistence on accuracy finally establishes the truth But sometimes emotions are stronger than scientific evidence the unreasoning heart of man overrules his head.
(Colour)

Contributors

Writer/Series devised by:
N. J. Crisp
Series devised by/Producer:
Gerard Glaister
Script editor:
Max Marquis
Lighting:
John Treays
Designer:
David Myerscough Jones
Director:
Prudence Fitzgerald
Stephen Trimmer:
Michael Gwynn
Lucille Norton:
Cherry Parrish
Jack Norton:
Glyn Houston
Vera Norton:
Stella Tanner
Det. Ch. Insp. Fleming:
Victor Winding
Det.-Sgt. Ashe:
Michael Farnsworth
Dr. John Hardy:
Marius Goring
Dr. Jo Hardy:
Ann Morrish
Sandra Hughes:
Valerie Murray
Denise:
Yates: Gillian Bailey
Bill:
Graham Weston
Police Sergeant:
Barrie Fletcher
Bus mechanic:
Gordon Bilboe
Bus driver:
Frederick Hall
Conductor:
Mark Heath

The series in which famous sports stars tell their own stories and express their own opinions against the backcloth of their own exciting action

For more than ten years Henry Cooper has been British heavyweight champion. He also holds the Commonwealth and European titles. Tonight Roar of the Crowd presents a study of Cooper as he trains for and fights his fifty-second contest: a man still with ambitions at thirty-five, undergoing the grind of training, refuting those who feel he should retire...
*
Among those appearing:
Jim Wicks, Manager
Danny Holland, Trainer and 'cuts' man
Mrs. Albina Cooper The champion's wife
and Harry Carpenter, BBC Boxing Correspondent
*

(Colour)

Contributors

Subject:
Henry Cooper
Speaker:
Jim Wicks
Speaker:
Danny Holland
Speaker:
Albina Cooper
Speaker:
Harry Carpenter
Film editor:
Richard Hindley
Production team:
Bob Abrahams
Production team:
Ken Hawkes
Production team:
Terry Long
Series producer:
Phil Pilley

BBC Two England

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