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A Personal History of the United States in 13 parts written and narrated by Alistair Cooke.

From a cave in Kentucky once occupied by Daniel Boone to the California of the Gold Rush, Alistair Cooke follows the route of the early pioneers across prairie, mountain and desert.
Thomas Jefferson bought all the vast territory west of the Mississippi from Napoleon in 1805, but it was not until the discovery of gold in the 1840s that the great wagon migrations westward began rolling across the prairies.
(Rptd: Monday, 10.10 pm. This series is currently printed in The Listener)
(Colour)

Contributors

Writer/Narrator:
Alistair Cooke
Director:
Tim Slessor
Producer:
Michael Gill

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Barry
Introduced by Michael Parkinson with special guest appearances of Michael Crawford and Fiona Fullerton.
A programme of music and film featuring a variety of John Barry film scores including Born Free, The Lion in Winter, Zulu, the James Bond themes, Midnight Cowboy and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
(Colour)

Contributors

Musicians:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Composer/Conductor:
John Barry
Presenter:
Michael Parkinson
Guest:
Michael Crawford
Guest:
Fiona Fullerton
Lighting:
Geoff Shaw
Sound:
Len Shorey
Designer:
Robert MacGowan
Producer:
John Street

with Peter Jones
All other voices by Tony Brandon
Variations on a theme in the form of poetry, comedy sketches, songs and discussion.

(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
Peter Jones
Writer:
Paul McDowell
Writer:
N.F. Simpson
Writer:
Ivor Treby
Director:
Vernon Lawrence
Producer:
Barry Took
[Actress]:
Sheila Hancock
[Actor]:
Peter Jones
Voices:
Tony Brandon
Dancer:
Ivan Baptie
Dancer:
Collin Partington

by John Bowen
The last in a series of seven ghost stories

Jane and Frank Pullar have recently moved to a house in Sussex so that the children can grow up away from the dirt and rush of London. Soon Jane starts hearing sounds at night from the attic. But there is no one there and only she can hear them.
(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
John Bowen
Script Editor:
Louis Marks
Designer:
David McKenzie
Producer:
Innes Lloyd
Director:
Paul Ciappessoni
Fitter:
Tommy Boyle
Robin:
Nicky Cox
Woman in the Church Hall:
Jan Edwards
Dutch au-pair:
Elaine Elder
Fitter's mate:
Denis Gilmore
Philip:
John Graham
Frank:
Ronald Hines
Sandy:
Julian Holloway
Fay:
Margaret John
Priest:
John Lee
Jane:
Anna Massey
James:
Craig McFarlane
Secretary:
Donna Reading
Inge:
Yocki Rhodes
Man in the Church Hall:
David Whitworth

James Cameron, Kenny Everett, William Rushton and John Wells - to name but a few - look at the way some of us were last week.

(Colour)

Contributors

Performer:
James Cameron
Performer:
Kenny Everett
Performer:
William Rushton
Performer:
John Wells
Director:
Tony Laryea
Producer:
Ian Keill

Starring John Wayne
with Thomas Mitchell and Ian Hunter

Aboard the tramp steamer Glencairn at the start of World War II officers and crew arrive from the Caribbean at Baltimore to find that their next cargo is munitions to go to England. Bad conditions on board add to the general tension and there is widespread discontent and distrust among the crew.
(Christmas Films: pages 17-19)

Contributors

Director:
John Ford
Ole Olson:
John Wayne
Driscoll:
Thomas Mitchell
Smithy:
Ian Hunter
Cocky:
Barry Fitzgerald
The Captain:
Wilfrid Lawson
Freda:
Mildred Natwick
Yank:
Ward Bond
Azel:
John Qualen
Donkey Man:
Arthur Shields

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