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Turning aside from the traditional India of the Hindus, Louis Malle pans his camera on to the India of forgotten tribes and tiny sects. He discovers two versions of Utopia: one, the Ashram at Pondicherry whose disciples claim through yoga to have discovered the secret of the ultimate meaning of life; the other, the natural gentle life of the Todas, a people who live in total sexual freedom, without laws, leaders or class system, at peace with themselves and with their neighbours, and whose only problem is that they are doomed by the advance of civilisation.

Contributors

Narrated and directed by:
Louis Malle
Presented by:
Colin Luke

Written by Eddie Braben
Starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise
with guest stars Barbara Murray, Dusty Springfield
Special guest appearances Michael Redgrave, Flora Robson, Felix Aylmer, Robin Day
featuring Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
[and] Bruce and Peter Davis, Ann Hamilton
With Alan Curtis, Janet Webb, Penelope Beeching

Contributors

Writer:
Eddie Braben
Orchestra directed by:
Peter Knight
Sound:
Michael McCarthy
Sound:
Adrian Stocks
Costumes:
Sonia Kerr
Lighting:
Peter Wesson
Design:
David Chandler
Producer:
John Ammonds
Comedian:
Eric Morecambe
Comedian:
Ernie Wise
Guest:
Barbara Murray
Singer:
Dusty Springfield
Guest:
Michael Redgrave
Guest:
Flora Robson
Guest:
Felix Aylmer
Musicians:
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
Drummer:
Bruce Davis
Organist:
Peter Davis
[Actress]:
Ann Hamilton
[Actor]:
Alan Curtis
[Actress]:
Janet Webb
[Actress]:
Penelope Beeching

As the tourist millions pour across the face of Europe at this time of the year in search of the sea, sunshine, adventure and culture, Europa tonight goes to some of the forgotten corners of the Continent to look at something the tourists probably missed.
Something that could be a great tourist attraction, if only more tourists knew about it - the myths, the folklore, the strange customs that still persist in many out of the way places.
See the dancing Dervishes of Yugoslavia, the weird rites to cure all ills in southern Italy, the strange marriage customs in villages buried deep in the beliefs of Rumania.
But how long can these oddities survive unexploited as the motorways probe deeper and deeper into the odd corners of Europe bringing with them the mechanised and, some say, monotonous way of life, from the industrialised countries of Northern Europe?
Introduced by Derek Hart

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Hart
Producer:
Anthony Chivers

BBC Two England

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