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British, American, and Canadian capers in a bright new series of swinging, singing entertainment from an international line-up of stars with host Ray Stevens and regular guest stars Lulu, Cass Elliott, as well as Billy Van, Carol Robinson, Solari and Carr, Dick Curtis, Steve Martin and this week's special guest Andy Williams
(Programme recorded in Canada)
As a creator of pearls and with the reputation of being an aphrodisiac, the oyster is no ordinary shellfish. It is not surprising that there are widespread and intensive efforts in many parts of the world to farm oysters on a large scale. Appropriately enough, this has been most successfully and picturesquely achieved in France, particularly in the Morbihan district of Brittany.
(from Bristol)
This great ballet company from the Kirov Theatre in Leningrad present the second programme recorded during their recent season at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
Walpurgis Night by Gounod
[Starring] Alia Osipenko, Jonny Markovsky, Alexander Pavlovsky
Corps de Ballet
Pas de deux from Giselle by Adam
[Starring] Natalia Makarova, Sergei Vikulov
Pas de deux from Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky
[Starring] Alia Sizova, Yuri Soloviev
Gayaneh by Khachaturyan
[Starring] Olga Zabotkina, Konstantin Rassadin, Vadim Budarin
English Symphony Orchestra leader Peter Benson conductors Victor Fedotov, Victor Shirokov
Introduced by Andrew Porter
An outside broadcast televised by arrangement with Victor Hochhauser Ltd
Children from Oswestry, in Shropshire, and Batley, a West Riding textile town with a high proportion of immigrant workers, tell Gerald Harrison how they get on with each other.
(from Manchester)
Written by Spike Milligan and John Antrobus
Starring Spike Milligan
and featuring John Bluthal
with Edward Underdown, Michael Bates, Arthur Mullard, Rita Webb, Fanny Carby,
Charlie Atom, Alan Clare, Graham Mallard, Janet Rossini, Julia Breck, Eddie Davis
and Charles Gray, Teddy Atom, Reuben Martin
Special guest Kenny Lynch
Tony Bilbow introduces this week's new films and talks to James Stewart about "The Cheyenne Social Club," in which he stars with Henry Fonda.
Philip Jenkinson looks back at the career of one of America's most popular entertainers, Al Jolson, who died 20 years ago this week.
