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Starring Frankie Vaughan, Anne Heywood, Tony Britton, Anthony Newley, Michael Medwin

In this British musical Frankie Vaughan plays an unemployed seaman who is promised £1,000 if he can earn £100 by himself. But by the time he succeeds as a singer his feelings about money have changed.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Jack Trevor Story
Screenplay:
Pamela Bower
Based on a story by:
Rex North
Producer:
Anna Neagle
Director:
Herbert Wilcox
Frankie:
Frankie Vaughan
Julie:
Anne Heywood
Tony:
Tony Britton
Johnnie:
Anthony Newley
Sid:
Michael Medwin
Bud:
Peter Sinclair
Razor:
Harry Fowler
Charlie:
George Rose
Oscar:
Harold Kasket

Why, in an age when the Church seems to have less relevance and influence than ever, does a young man choose to be ordained a Curate in the Church of England? A Year in the. Life follows Nicholas Bury from theological college through ordination to his first year as Curate in the dock-land area of Liverpool. Will he learn to cope in a mainly Roman Catholic area? Will he continue in the Church after his probationary year?
(Colour)

Contributors

Subject:
Nicholas Bury
Producer:
Paul Watson
Director:
Michael Houldey

by John Spurling
[Starring] John Bennett as Tadeusz, John Sharp as the Landlord, Annette Crosbie as the Woman

A man alone in a room - on the walls pictures and cuttings remind him of his past. He has reached a crisis in his life, and one picture - a reproduction of Matisse's painting 'Interior at Nice 1921' - compels him more than the rest...

Contributors

Writer:
John Spurling
Script Editor:
Derek Hoddinott
Designer:
Don Homfray
Producer:
Innes Lloyd
Director:
John Glenister
Tadeusz:
John Bennett
The Landlord:
John Sharp
The Woman:
Annette Crosbie

Introduced by Tommy Vance

A special programme featuring songs from Self Portrait, the latest Bob Dylan album.
The 24 tracks on the two-record set range from live recordings at the Isle of Wight Festival last year to an unexpected performance of a Rodgers and Hart song.

Contributors

Presenter:
Tommy Vance
Singer:
Bob Dylan
Design:
Monica Ashley
Producer:
Granville Jenkins
Executive Producer:
Michael Appleton

Starring Val Doonican
with special guests Clodagh Rodgers, The Swingle Singers, Dai Davies, Alan Sizer and Robert Buckman
The Gillian Lynne Dancers
The Adam Singers
Directed by Cliff Adams

Contributors

Singer/Presenter/Special material:
Val Doonican
Singer:
Clodagh Rodgers
Singers:
The Swingle Singers
Guest:
Dai Davies
Guest:
Alan Sizer
Comedian:
Robert Buckman
Dancers:
The Gillian Lynne Dancers
Singers:
The Adam Singers
Singers directed by:
Cliff Adams
Orchestra directed by/Orchestrations:
Ken Thorne
Orchestra leader:
Alec Firman
Special Material:
Ronnie Taylor
Choreography:
Gillian Lynne
Design:
Brian Tregidden
Design:
Geoffrey Patterson
Producer:
Terry Hughes

Starring Orson Welles, Nancy Guild
with Akim Tamiroff, Frank Latimore

A gypsy finds that his hypnotic powers are highly valued in court circles. Orson Welles gives a virtuoso performance as Cagliostro, the evil hero of Alexandre Dumas's classic tale.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Charles Bennett
Based on "Cagliostro" from "Memoirs of a Physician" by:
Alexandre Dumas
Producer/Director:
Gregory Ratoff
Cagliostro:
Orson Welles
Marie Antoinette:
Nancy Guild
Lorenza:
Nancy Guild
Gitano:
Akim Tamiroff
Gilbert:
Frank Latimore
Zoraida:
Valentina Cortesa
Old gypsy:
Gregory Ratoff

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