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Starring David Tomlinson, Petula Clark, Sonja Ziemann, A.E. Matthews

A lively British comedy about a young married couple who try to solve their domestic problems by engaging a Hungarian maid...

Contributors

Screenplay/Producer:
George H. Brown
Screenplay:
W. Douglas Home
Director:
John Paddy Carstairs
Basil Topham:
David Tomlinson
Julie Topham:
Petula Clark
Marta:
Sonja Ziemann
Grandpa:
A.E. Matthews
Mr Topham:
Charles Victor
Mrs Topham:
Sophie Stewart

In this his last visit to gardens in Madeira, Percy Thrower looks at a final selection of plants and flowers: Begonia; Anthurium; Arum Lily; Clivia; Acanthus; Cymbidium Orchid; Passiflora (Passion Flowers); Thunbergia (Black-eyed Susan); Beloperone (Shrimp Plant); Ficus elastica variegata (Variegated Rubber Plant); Lobelia.
(From BBC Midlands)

Contributors

Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Produced and directed by:
Bill Duncalf

Introduced by Cliff Morgan

Within the framework of the International fixture list this annual clash between two of Rugby's oldest 'enemies' always commands special interest. The only match to be played for a specific trophy, it is invariably played in a spirit and style which ignore the teams' respective positions in the International table.

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Morgan
Commentator:
Bill McLaren
Director:
Bill Malcolm
Series Producer:
Alan Mouncer

[Starring] Lawrence Durrell
with Diane Deriaz, Blanco, the Tramp

This is the story of a book that has not yet been written, a book about Freedom. For Lawrence Durrell, the Tramp is a symbol of freedom, and in this film he and a friend follow an old tramp through the countryside of Provence.
Is Freedom attainable - within everyone's reach? Or an illusion?
(A BBC/Bavarian TV co-production)

Contributors

Music composed by:
David Fanshawe
Producer:
Margaret McCall
Himself:
Lawrence Durrell
Herself:
Diane Deriaz
Himself:
Blanco, the tramp

Heather Beckers, Marie Betts, Ann Chapman, Catherine Collins, Jackie Dalton, Denise Fone, Lynda Herbert, Jane Herbert, Carolyn Heywood Linda Jolliff, Lesley Judd, Kay Korda, Linda Lawrence, Sandy Penson, Wei Wei Wong, Bobby Bannerman, Iain Burton, Chris Cooper, Roger Finch, Richard Gough, Paul Guess, Harry Higham, Roger Howlett, Nigel Lythgoe, Colin Pilditch, Jeremy Robinson, Brian Rogers, Donald Torr, Kenneth Warwick, Trevor Willis

Starring Rod McKuen and Julie Felix, Malcolm Roberts
Alyn Ainsworth and his Orchestra

Contributors

Singer/Dancer:
Heather Beckers
Singer/Dancer:
Marie Betts
Singer/Dancer:
Ann Chapman
Singer/Dancer:
Catherine Collins
Singer/Dancer:
Jackie Dalton
Singer/Dancer:
Denise Fone
Singer/Dancer:
Lynda Herbert
Singer/Dancer:
Jane Herbert
Singer/Dancer:
Carolyn Heywood
Singer/Dancer:
Linda Jolliff
Singer/Dancer:
Lesley Judd
Singer/Dancer:
Kay Korda
Singer/Dancer:
Linda Lawrence
Singer/Dancer:
Sandy Penson
Singer/Dancer:
Wei Wei Wong
Singer/Dancer:
Bobby Bannerman
Singer/Dancer:
Iain Burton
Singer/Dancer:
Chris Cooper
Singer/Dancer:
Roger Finch
Singer/Dancer:
Richard Gough
Singer/Dancer:
Paul Guess
Singer/Dancer:
Harry Higham
Singer/Dancer:
Roger Howlett
Singer/Dancer:
Nigel Lythgoe
Singer/Dancer:
Colin Pilditch
Singer/Dancer:
Jeremy Robinson
Singer/Dancer:
Brian Rogers
Singer/Dancer:
Donald Torr
Singer/Dancer:
Kenneth Warwick
Singer/Dancer:
Trevor Willis
Choreography:
Douglas Squires
Singer:
Rod McKuen
Singer/Guitarist:
Julie Felix
Singer:
Malcolm Roberts
Musicians:
Alyn Ainsworth and his Orchestra
Musical Arrangements:
Alan Roper
Script:
Mike Craig
Script:
Lawrie Kinsley
Costumes:
Linda Martin
Lighting:
Ken MacGregor
Sound:
Hugh Barker
Design:
Geoffrey Patterson
Production:
Stewart Morris

The weekly arts magazine presented by James Mossman

Composer, conductor, pianist, and jazz enthusiast Leonard Bernstein combines the highest musical standards with a unique popular appeal.
In London recently, en route for Vienna where he is conducting Fidelia for the Beethoven bicentenary celebrations, the composer of West Side Story talked to James Mossman about his personal achievements and ambitions, the directions of modern music, and all things musical from Mahler to Hair.

The Producer: This week the Arts Council publish the results of a two-year survey on the British theatre. One man who is enthusiastic about its future is the Broadway producer Alexander Cohen, the only man who produces both in America and Britain.
Review filmed him at work at first rehearsals, out-of-town openings, and glittering first nights, to build up a portrait of a man who gambles as much as £100,000 on his belief in a script.

Contributors

Presenter/editor:
James Mossman
Interviewee:
Leonard Bernstein
Director (Leonard Bernstein):
Terence Dixon
Subject (The Producer):
Alexander Cohen
Producer:
Peter Adam
Producer:
Darrol Blake
Producer:
Christopher Martin

by Nicholas Bethell
From a short story by Frank O'Connor
With Jack Wild and Eddie Byrne

"It was more a slice of life than a play, delightfully acted by all the cast and beautifully produced" (Daily Mail)
"The play balanced on an eloquent performance by Jack Wild, the boy actor who plays the Artful Dodger in the film musical 'Oliver!'" (Daily Telegraph)

Contributors

Writer:
Nicholas Bethell
From a story by:
Frank O'Connor
Script Editor:
Derek Hoddinott
Designer:
John Burrowes
Producer:
Innes Lloyd
Director:
Roderick Graham
Jackie:
Jack Wild
The Priest:
Eddie Byrne
Nora:
Patricia Duncalfe
Gran:
Sheila Manahan

Introduced by Tommy Vance
featuring The Keef Hartley Band and Slade, who, perform their latest single The Shape Of Things To Come, along with the best of the rest of pop

Contributors

Presenter:
Tommy Vance
Musicians:
The Keef Hartley Band
Musicians:
null Slade
Design:
Anna Ridley
Production:
Granville Jenkins
Executive Producer:
Rowan Ayers

Starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth

A group of fliers in South America, handicapped by bad weather and primitive planes, attempt to win an air mail contract.
A fine example of a Howard Hawks action picture with superb stunt flying staged by Paul Mantz.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Jules Furthman
Directed and produced by:
Howard Hawks
Stunt Arranger:
Paul Mantz
Geoff Carter:
Cary Grant
Bonnie Lee:
Jean Arthur
Bat McPherson:
Richard Barthelmess
Judith:
Rita Hayworth
Kid Dabb:
Thomas Mitchell
Dutchman:
Sig Ruman

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