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The Hogarth Triptych: how do you set about moving a massive painting of 750 square feet and weighing nearly two tons? The problem recently faced the City Art Gallery in Bristol.

Conversions of Antiques: a look at some of the strange things people do with their antiques.

Coronation Souvenirs: 'A Health unto their Majesties,' an exhibition of mementoes and souvenirs from Charles I to Elizabeth II now on display in Wolverhampton.

Arthur Negus answers questions
Introduced by Hugh Scully
(from Bristol)

Contributors

Presenter:
Hugh Scully
Expert:
Arthur Negus
Director:
Robin Drake
Director:
Paul Smith
Producer:
John King

From dawn to dusk, super-tramp John Hillaby takes us with him for a long stroll on Hampstead Heath, his stamping-ground for the past 26 years - providing a delightful picture of an area heard of by every Britisher, close to the heart of every Londoner, but intimately known to very few.

Contributors

Presenter:
John Hillaby
Producer:
Bridget Winter

Starring Irene Dunne, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Randolph Scott

Out of cinema circulation since the early 40s, now shown on TV for the first time, the action is set in a Paris dress shop called 'Roberta,' with Irene Dunne as a White Russian princess (real), Ginger Rogers as a Polish countess (bogus) and Fred Astaire and Randolph Scott as a pair of travelling Americans.
This Week's Films: page I

Contributors

Music:
Jerome Kern
Director:
William A. Seiter
Stephanie:
Irene Dunne
Scharwenka:
Ginger Rogers
Huck Haines:
Fred Astaire
John Kent:
Randolph Scott
Roberta:
Helen Westley
Sophie:
Claire Dodd
Ladislaw:
Victor Varconi
Voyda:
Luls Alberni
Lord Delves:
Ferdinand Munier

by Philip Mackie
with Bill Fraser, Adrienne Posta, Stephen Moore
and Anthony Hopkins as Hi.

A Wardour Street film tycoon hires the wrong writer and pays him £500,000...

Contributors

Writer:
Philip Mackie
Lighting:
Dave Sydenham
Sound:
Chick Anthony
Designer:
Sally Hulke
Producer:
Mark Shivas
Director:
Mark Cullingham
N.J.:
Bill Fraser
Peter Queech:
Ray Brooks
Robin Bolt:
Stephen Moore
Waiter:
Freddie Earlle
Jacki Darr:
Adrienne Posta
Sid:
Anthony Haygarth
Jacko:
Chris Harris
Lynda Cherry:
Margaret Nolan
Hi:
Anthony Hopkins

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