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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
Weather
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Edmunds
Producer:
Bill Northwood

When the British left India in 1947 it is said that they left behind them 'some of their customs, a little of their culture, and very occasionally a few of their kind.' Left-Over Raj is the story of a few of the kind who remained behind in the city of Calcutta - half a dozen individuals who chose to stay behind feeling that they could accept their new role in an independent India, and perhaps contribute something. They are people like Captain 'Dinkie' Fownes, a race-horse trainer; John Crossley, who makes tea-chests and distributes milk to 1,000 slum children every day. Tony Lucey runs his own little factory; Desmond Doig works for the Calcutta Statesman...
Written and produced by Eric Davidson
(Colour)

Contributors

Speaker:
Captain 'Dinkie' Fownes
Speaker:
John Crossley
Speaker:
Tony Lucey
Speaker:
Desmond Doig
Narrator:
Andrew Faulds
Cameraman:
Louis Wolfers
Writer/producer:
Eric Davidson

Pierre Boulez on Bartok and Stravinsky and their place in 20th-century music
with extracts from
Bartok Music for strings, percustion, and celesta
and Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
leader Hugh Bean
(Colour)

Contributors

Interviewee/Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Leader:
Hugh Bean
Narrator:
Gary Watson
Interviewer:
Tim Souster
Production Assistant:
Hilary Carson
Film Editor:
Howard Billingham
Script Editor:
Kenneth van Barthold
Director:
Barrie Gavin

Written by Dick Vosburgh and Eric Davidson.
With Toni Palmer, Peter Butterworth, Rose Hill, Keith Smith
and The Rita Williams Singers

(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
Dick Vosburgh
Writer:
Eric Davidson
Choreographer:
Ralph Tobert
Music Arranger/Conductor:
Burt Rhodes
Lighting:
Geoff Shaw
Sound:
Adrian Stocks
Costume:
Reg Samuel
Make-up:
Sandra Shepherd
Designer:
Peter Brachacki
Producer:
Kenneth Carter
[Actor]:
Terry Scott
[Actress]:
Toni Palmer
[Actor]:
Peter Butterworth
[Actress]:
Rose Hill
[Actor]:
Keith Smith
Singers:
The Rita Williams Singers
Dancer:
Christine Pockett
Dancer:
Tudor Davies
Dancer:
Georgina Allen
Dancer:
Bob Howe
Dancer:
Rosemary Clarke
Dancer:
Connel Miles
Dancer:
Denise Fone
Dancer:
Jerry Manley

by Charlotte and Denis Plimmer

What is behind the French decision to pull out of the new swing-wing airliner deal with Britain? Frazer Douglas, a senior Foreign Office official, is told that there could be a case of treason to be answered. But by whom?

(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
Charlotte Plimmer
Writer:
Denis Plimmer
Script Editor:
Derek Hoddinott
Designer:
Tim Gleeson
Producer:
Innes Lloyd
Director:
Oliver Horsbrugh
Frazer Douglas:
Peter Cellier
Enid Douglas:
Ruth Trouncer
Michel Gautier:
Leonard Sachs
Valerie Gautier:
Lisa Daniely
Christopher Railton-Hughes:
Christopher Burgess
David Janeway:
Tim Seely

A weekly look at the cinema with stars, previews, and a dig into the past
This week's guest: John Huston on location for A Walk with Love and Death
Introduced by Tony Bilbow with Philip Jenkinson
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Tony Bilbow
Presenter:
Philip Jenkinson
Guest:
John Huston
Editor:
Rowan Ayers

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