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

Alistair Cooke considers the abundance of America's natural resources and how they brought untold wealth to the pioneers of big business like John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie and inventor Thomas Edison.
(Rptd: Monday, 10.10 pm. This series is currently printed in The Listener)

Contributors

Writer/Narrator/Presenter:
Alistair Cooke
Director:
David Heycock
Producer:
Michael Gill

making one of his rare appearances on British television
with his special guest Susan George
and Joe Kloess and his Orchestra

(Radio Times People: page 5)
(Colour)

Contributors

Singer:
Jack Jones
Guest:
Susan George
Musicians:
Joe Kloess and his Orchestra
Sound:
Hugh Barker
Lighting:
Dickie Higham
Designer:
Kenneth Sharp
Producer:
Stewart Morris

with Kenneth Allsop, Patricia Hayes, Moray Watson, Larry Martyn

(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
John Betjeman
Writer:
John Bird
Writer:
John Dalby
Writer:
Christopher Marlowe
Writer:
Harold Pinter
Writer:
Geoff Rowley
Writer:
Andy Baker
Writer:
N.F. Simpson
Director:
Vernon Lawrence
Producer:
Barry Took
Presenter/Performer:
Sheila Hancock
Guest:
Kenneth Allsop
[Actress]:
Patricia Hayes
[Actor]:
Moray Watson
[Actor]:
Larry Martyn

by Jeremy Burnham
Starring Roddy McMillan as Pike, with James Copeland, Richard Leech

Pike finds himself a bad risk when he gets the credit for blackmailing an ex-employer.

Contributors

Writer:
Jeremy Burnham
Series devised by:
Edward Boyd
Script Editor:
Graham Williams
Designer:
Walter Miller
Producer:
Keith Williams
Director:
Frank Cox
Paula:
Sandra Clark
Bullen:
Richard Leech
Sinclair:
John Carlin
Det-Sgt Latimer:
James Copeland
Det-Constable:
John Scobie
Officer on duty:
Ian H. Anderson
Det-Insp Ruthven:
Paul Kermack
Daniel Pike:
Roddy McMillan
Paperboy:
David Gallacher
Ginny:
Cari Hedderwick
Shakespeare:
Alex McCrindle
Theo:
Austin Hyslop
Blossom:
Liz Carney
Murray:
Hamish Wilson
The Sneezer:
Ian Stewart

James Cameron, Kenny Everett, William Rushton, John Wells - to name but a few - invite you to another of their cosy soirees.

Contributors

Performer:
James Cameron
Performer:
Kenny Everett
Performer:
William Rushton
Performer:
John Wells
Executive Producer:
Mike Fentiman

Starring Henry Fonda, Dolores Del Rio, Pedro Armendariz

When the government of a small Latin American country institutes anti-clerical decrees, one priest defies the authorities.

Contributors

Director:
John Ford
A Fugitive:
Henry Fonda
An Indian woman:
Dolores Del Rio
Police Lieutenant:
Pedro Armendariz
A Police informer:
J. Carrol Naish
A Chief of Police:
Leo Carrillo
El Gringo:
Ward Bond
Police Sergeant:
Robert Armstrong
A refugee doctor:
John Qualen

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