The series which examines our working lives
Japan's industrial competition, and how Britain's manufacturers compare.
Presented by Brian Widlake
An oil pipe-line is planned to cross Alaska. Will the material wealth it brings be used wisely or will plastic America obliterate this, the last great wilderness?
A digest of the news of the week and other world matters, plus a visual commentary for those who cannot hear.
with John Edmunds
(Colour)
The Very Rev W. R. Matthews former Dean of St Paul's talking to Bernard Levin
'I believe that this life is a stage in an upward movement which may go on for a long, long time.'
A Personal History of the United States in 13 parts written and narrated by Alistair Cooke.
Peace with Britain left 13 very independent colonies in search of a national identity. They found it in Philadelphia in 1787. Here, and in Washington and in Virginia, Alistair Cooke looks into the Constitution they created and the ways in which men like Thomas Jefferson tried to protect the liberty of the individual.
But in the foothills of the Appalachians the frontiersmen were already moving west. Grass-roots democracy would soon transform the orderly plans of the Founding Fathers.
(Rptd: Monday, 10.10 pm. This series is currently printed in "The Listener")
(Colour)
An unusual visit to locations throughout England to bring original and traditional entertainment adapted from the skills of the Armed Services.
From the Army: A Musical Drive of Armoured Cars, The Blue Eagles and Gymnastics
From the Royal Air Force: The Red Pelicans
Gliders from the Central Flying School and the Queen's Colour Squadron
From the Navy: Speed at Sea with the Rigid Raiding Craft of the Royal Marines
Finale: The Padstow Lifeboat
Music played by the Band of HM Coldstream Guards
Conducted by Major Trevor L. Sharpe, MBE, Director of Music, Coldstream Guards
with Dudley Moore, Antony Hopkins, Roland MacLeod,
Variations on a theme in the form of poetry, comedy sketches, songs and discussion.
(Gay Soper is in 'Godspell' at Wyndham's Theatre, London)
(Radio Times People: page 5)
(Colour)
by Leo Lehman
A series of seven ghost stories
There are many legends from different parts of the world which tell of a man who meets his own double. The accounts vary widely, but all agree on one thing... the outcome can only be evil...
James Cameron, Kenny Everett, William Rushton, and John Wells - to name but a few - look at the way some of us were last week.
Starring Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan
The early days of Abraham Lincoln in Illinois where, as a struggling attorney, he rides from one county courthouse to the next.
(This Week's Films: page 11)
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