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Today's story is "The Didgeridoo" written and told by Rolf Harris

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Diane Dorgan
Presenter:
Johnny Ball
Author/Storyteller (The Didgeridoo):
Rolf Harris
Pianist:
William Blezard
Designer:
Louise Vanson
Scripted and directed by:
Peter Wiltshire
Series Producer:
Cynthia Felgate

Concluding his exploration of life in the North Sea, Dr David Bellamy examines its importance and interdependence. Will it remain a rich resource, and can pollution and conservation be reconciled? There are no easy solutions.
Natural history film from Norddeutscher Rundfunk (Hamburg)
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Dr David Bellamy
Producer:
David Cordingley

A Television Literary Quiz
Alan Brien asks Antonia Fraser, John Gross, David Plante, Francis Wyndham for their opinions and reactions
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Brien
Panellist:
Antonia Fraser
Panellist:
John Gross
Panellist:
David Plante
Panellist:
Francis Wyndham
Reader:
Peter Eyre
Devised by:
Brigid Brophy
Director:
Peggy Walker
Producer:
Julian Jebb

Introduced by James Mossman

Middle-aged and conservative Edward Griffin decides that it is time for a change. Perhaps if he traced the mother who abandoned him at the age of six months...

P.H. Newby, winner of the 1969 Booker Prize for Fiction, wrote this original story for Review
Adapted and directed by Gavin Millar
With Thorley Walters as Edward Griffin, Nora Nicholson as Mrs Abel, Una Brandon-Jones as Ginny Griffin
(Colour)

Contributors

Author:
P.H. Newby
Adapted by/Director:
Gavin Millar
Presenter/Editor:
James Mossman
Producer:
Peter Adam
Producer:
Tony Staveacre
Edward Griffin:
Thorley Walters
Mrs Abel:
Nora Nicholson
Ginny Griffin:
Una Brandon-Jones

by Arden Winch
with Clive Swift as Inspector Waugh

(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
Arden Winch
Script Editor:
Derek Hoddinott
Designer:
Keith Harris
Associate Producer:
Anne Head
Producer:
Innes Lloyd
Director:
Philip Dudley
Inspector Waugh:
Clive Swift
PC White:
Robin Chadwick
Mortuary attendant:
John Dawson
Fisher:
David McKail
Maid:
Cherry Gilliam
Mrs Maxwell Reece:
Patricia Denys

King of Country Music
featuring George Hamilton IV
with The Hillsiders
and guests Slim Whitman, Murray Kash, Little Ginny
Slim Whitman comes back to London-based Nashville with more of his own distinctive songs and sounds.
Introduced by David Allan from the Nashville Rooms, London

(Colour)

Contributors

Singer:
George Hamilton IV
Musicians:
The Hillsiders
Singer:
Slim Whitman
Singer:
Murray Kash
Singer:
Little Ginny
Presenter:
David Allan
Producer:
Philip Lewis

In Russia, pilgrims flock to the ancient monasteries of their faith to be blessed, despite the threat of arrest as loiterers. In Yugoslavia, the sick and maimed travel hundreds of miles to a shrine to pray for recovery. In Hungary, young people crowd into the cathedral of Budapest for a pop communion service.
TV cameras from West and East Europe witness that religion still survives in Communist countries today, despite 50 years of atheist propaganda. And this is the story which Europa tells tonight.
Introduced by Derek Hart
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Hart
Producer:
Anthony Chivers

BBC Two England

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