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For centuries the wandering Lapps and their reindeer lived in a forgotten world of their own -the endless snows and frozen forests of Lappland. Then came the snow-scooter and the snow-tractor, and almost in a single generation the Lapps turned from nomads to settlement dwellers.
But one man determined that their old way of life should not be forgotten: his name, Per Host, explorer, photographer, honorary Lapp. For two years he lived with the last of the wandering Lapps. He filmed the bitter hardships of winter spent in tents far within the Arctic circle. He recorded the excitement of reindeer round-ups and battles. And with the Lapps he endured the long spring trek to the coast, ending in the spectacle of the whole reindeer herd, nearly 1,000 strong, swimming an arm of the sea.
At the end of his wanderings he returned with a faithful picture of a now-vanished pattern of existence - life of great harshness led amid surroundings of great beauty.
Written and produced by Richard Robinson
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conducted by Benjamin Britten
An Aldeburgh Festival performance from the Great Church of the Holy Trinity, Long Melford, Suffolk
This programme records a memorable performance that takes advantage of the beauty of its setting to relate the Christmas story to our own and all ages.
In the Christmas Oratorio, Bach both tells a story and meditates upon it. Originally, the six parts were meant to be performed separately between Christmas Day and Twelfth Night. But the first three parts, tonight's programme, make a joyful celebration of Christmas.
Christians be Joyful is the jubilant cry at the start. This chorus, and many solos and choruses in the work, including the tender lullaby of the Virgin, Slumber Beloved, were borrowed by Bach from other secular works of his.
Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), Thomas Hemsley (bass), The Ambrosian Singers, Keith Harvey (cello continuo), Philip Ledger (harpsichord), Alan Brown (organ)
English Chamber Orchestra
leader Emanuel Hurwitz
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Introduced by Tony Bilbow
A look at the new films for Christmas including Hello Dolly! with star Barbra Streisand, Michael Crawford, director Gene Kelly.
Philip Jenkinson looks back at some Christmas favourites.
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A new series of programmes of lunacy and laughter starring, as your hosts Dan Rowan and Dick Martin
This week's star guest Greer Garson
and featuring Judy Carne, Arte Johnson, Ruth Buzzi, Henry Gibson, Goldie Hawn, Alan Sues, Jo Anne Worley, Teresa Graves, Pamela Rodgers, Jeremy Lloyd, Byron Gilliam and Gary Owens
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The magic of the greasepaint and the lure of the footlights have excited audiences throughout the ages, but how magical and how easy is it for the people who actually have to write the play?
A Year in the Life follows the progress of a farce from the moment the playwrights had the idea through their year of creating, casting, of financial problems, hopes, and hard work to its first night at a try-out theatre.
Will the London impresarios see it as a potential West End smash, or has a year's work been wasted on the making of Move Over, Mrs Markham?
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