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This week's subjects include
Meissen Porcelain: a rare service is split and sold
Model Soldiers: an enthusiast explains his enthusiasm
Doorknockers: an unusual and individual collection
The Question and Answer spot this week: Prints
Chairman Hugh Scully
(from Bristol)
(Colour)

Contributors

Chairman:
Hugh Scully
Interviewer:
Fyfe Robertson
Designer:
Des Chinn
Director:
Robin Drake
Director:
Paul Smith
Producer:
John King

Looking at the world through the eyes of European television.
Wherever there is a story the film crews of our television colleagues on the other side of the channel are there reporting and commenting. From stations like NDR Hamburg, ORTF Paris, and SSR Geneva, and a host of others
Introduced by Derek Hart
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Hart
Producer:
Anthony Chivers

by Conn Ryan
[Starring] Michael Goodliffe as Sir Michael Decuman, Rachel Gurney as Lady Decuman, Clifton Jones as Joseph Kitendo

'If there was any blame, it was yours! You were in our country. No one invited you. You were there with your arrogance, your paternalism, your Christ and your democracy. What did we want with them? "Poor black savages," you said, "they hadn't even invented the wheel.' Wheel or no wheel, men have a right to manage their own affairs!'

(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
Conn Ryan
Script Editor:
Derek Hoddinott
Designer:
Colin Shaw
Producer:
Innes Lloyd
Director:
Anne Head
Sir Michael Decuman:
Michael Goodliffe
Lady Decuman:
Rachel Gurney
Joseph Kitendo:
Clifton Jones

The weekly arts magazine presented by James Mossman

The Czech Black Theatre, famous for its stagecraft, uses puppets, flying furniture and humans to create stunning theatrical effects.

Sex by the Seaside
Review takes a trip round the sexual beargarden depicted on English seaside postcards.

Gore Vidal
American novelist and caustic commentator on the Washington political scene, talks to James Mossman about his work, including his new novel Two Sisters.

Poirot Steps In
Written by Gavin Millar
Ace detective Hercule Poirot pays an 80th birthday tribute to Agatha Christie, Queen of Crime Fiction.

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter/Editor/Interviewer (Gore Vidal):
James Mossman
Performers:
The Czech Black Theatre
Director (Sex by the Seaside):
David Heycock
Interviewee:
Gore Vidal
Writer (Poirot Steps In):
Gavin Millar
Producer:
Tony Staveacre
Producer:
Peter Adam

BBC Two England

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