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
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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
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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
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'I pronounce that they be man and wife': these are the words that begin the first year of marriage for the Wheelers. What problems beset today's newly weds? Will marriage be what Sonia dreams of, a life of roses, or as David expects, an uphill struggle?
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Written by Dick Vosburgh and Eric Davidson.
With Toni Palmer, Peter Butterworth, Rose Hill, Keith Smith
and The Rita Williams Singers
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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?
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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
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