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A Television Literary Quiz
Alan Brien asks Francis Hope, V. S. Naipaul, Hilary Spurling, Angus Wilson for their opinions and reactions

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Brien
Panellist:
Francis Hope
Panellist:
V. S. Naipaul
Panellist:
Hilary Spurling
Panellist:
Angus Wilson
Reader:
Peter Eyre
Devised by:
Brigid Brophy
Director:
Peggy Walker
Producer:
Julian Jebb

Television has become the window on the world for millions. And each national television network sees the world differently from any other. How different these national viewpoints are can only be examined on Europa, which every week shows film reports by European television networks on events around the world.
Introduced by Derek Hart

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Hart
Producer:
Anthony Chivers

A King in the Country featuring George Hamilton IV with The Hillsiders and guests Little Ginny, John D. Loudermilk
Introduced by David Allan

One of America's leading country singers begins a new weekly series reflecting the country music scene on both sides of the Atlantic.
Recorded at the Nashville Rooms in London.

Contributors

Presenter:
David Allan
Singer:
George Hamilton IV
Musicians:
The Hillsiders
Singer/guitarist:
Little Ginny
Singer:
John D. Loudermilk
Design:
David Tarr
Production:
Philip Lewis

Mac at 83
'A very low calling really' is how Mac describes the job of theatrical dresser when he took it up in 1903. Since then he's been dresser to some of the most famous British actors, including Fred Terry and Martin Harvey, and has looked after Sir John Gielgud for the last 28 years. Tonight, introduced by Sir John Gielgud, Mac talks to Patrick Garland about some of the things he remembers in his long life in the theatre.

Sock It To Me
'Sock it to me' is the title of the new ballet by the Netherland Dance Theatre, which had its world premiere at Sadler's Wells last week. It is based entirely on 'soul' music by James Brown, Santana, Herbie Mann, and Steve Miller. Review filmed the ballet company during rehearsals in Holland with Hans van Maanen, one of Europe's most inventive choreographers.

Contributors

Presenter (Mac at 83):
Sir John Gielgud
Interviewee (Mac at 83):
null Mac
Interviewer (Mac at 83):
Patrick Garland
Director (Mac at 83):
Anne James
Subject (Sock It To Me):
Hans van Maanen
Director (Sock It To Me)/Producer:
Peter Adam
Producer:
Tony Staveacre
Editor:
James Mossman

A film written by Keith Waterhouse
The facts and fantasies of a small boy whose war games sometimes lead to victories and sometimes to defeats... the victim of his own aggression

A BBC-Bavaria Atelier Gmbh Munich co-production
(When I was a kid I knocked off the church offertory box: page 13)

Contributors

Writer:
Keith Waterhouse
Music composed by:
Wilfred Josephs
Music conducted by:
Marcus Dods
Film Cameraman:
Elmer Cossey
Film Editor:
Brian Keene
Script Editor:
Tim Aspinall
Associate Producer:
Anne Head
Producer:
Innes Lloyd
Director:
Mischa Scorer
The boy:
Nicholas Osborn
The child:
Paul Jacobs
The big boy:
Alan Daverstock
The Wolf Cub:
Nicholas Rymills
The leader of the Quarry Gang:
Martin Cox
[Actor]:
Garry Clift
[Actor]:
Martin Cross
[Actor]:
Martin Gill
[Actor]:
David Godfrey
[Actor]:
Melvin Nickless
[Actor]:
Michael Orchard
[Actor]:
Tony Quartly
[Actor]:
Paul Redwood
[Actor]:
Barry Savage
[Actor]:
Andrew Towler
[Actor]:
Gareth Williams
[Actor]:
Keith Willis

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