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[Starring] John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Richard Boone
with Frankie Avalon

This homage to the 180-odd men who saved Texas from the Mexicans in 1836, remains one of the most lavish and spectacular westerns ever made.
(Holiday films: pages 13 and 15)
(Colour)

Contributors

Screenplay:
James Edward Grant
Produced and directed by:
John Wayne
Col David Crockett:
John Wayne
Col James Bowie:
Richard Widmark
Col Travis:
Laurence Harvey
Gen Sam Houston:
Richard Boone
Smitty:
Frankie Avalon
Capt Bonham:
Patrick Wayne
Flaca:
Linda Cristal
Beekeeper:
Chill Wills
Juan Seguin:
Joseph Calleia
Mrs Dickinson:
Joan O'Brien

A ballet danced to the music of the Fantasy Overture by Tchaikovsky with Natalia Bessmertnova and Mikhail Lavrovsky and artists of the Bolshoi Ballet
A Soviet Television film
[Repeat]
(Colour)

Contributors

Dancer:
Natalia Bessmertnova
Dancer:
Mikhail Lavrovsky
Dancers:
Artists of the Bolshoi Ballet

A duel of words and wit between Frank Muir, Katharine Whitehorn, Graham Hill and Geoffrey Wheeler, Wendy Craig, Ian Wallace
Referee Robert Robinson
(from Manchester)
(Colour)

Contributors

Team captain:
Frank Muir
Panellist:
Katharine Whitehorn
Panellist:
Graham Hill
Team captain:
Geoffrey Wheeler
Panellist:
Wendy Craig
Panellist:
Ian Wallace
Referee:
Robert Robinson
"Call My Bluff" devised by:
Mark Goodson
"Call My Bluff" devised by:
Bill Todman
Director:
Peggy Walker
Producer:
T. Leslie Jackson

The story of The Tay Bridge.
On 28 December 1879, a train with 75 passengers plunged from the Tay Bridge into the river below. One thousand yards of the central section had collapsed. There was an immediate enquiry and the original transcripts provide the source for this dramatisation.
[Starring] Laurence Hardy as Sir Thomas Bouch, John Carlisle as Mr Trayner, Counsel for the Board of Trade, John Phillips as Mr Bidder, Counsel for Sir Thomas Bouch, Howard Lang as Mr Rothery, Commissioner of Wrecks

(Colour)

Contributors

Narrator:
Alec McCowen
Producer:
Brian Lewis
Editor:
Peter Goodchild
Sir Thomas Bouch:
Laurence Hardy
Mr Trayner, Counsel for the Board of Trade:
John Carlisle
Mr Bidder, Counsel for Sir Thomas Bouch:
John Phillips
Mr Rothery, Commissioner of Wrecks:
Howard Lang
Witnesses:
Carl Duering
Witnesses:
Peter Madden
Witnesses:
John Carlin
Witnesses:
Archie Duncan
Witnesses:
Lawrence Douglas
Witnesses:
David Morrell
Witnesses:
Duncan McIntyre
Witnesses:
Phillip Ray

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