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'More than 30 countries can be regarded as "Torture states"' - Amnesty International.
Are governments increasingly intolerant of human rights? Has the torture of political prisoners reached epidemic proportions, abetted by public apathy?
Amnesty works to ensure the right for everyone to express his beliefs and dedicates this week to political prisoners throughout the world
Michael Dean talks to Victor Jokel, Director of Amnesty International in Great Britain, and to critics who question its effectiveness as a force for human rights.

Contributors

Interviewer:
Michael Dean
Interviewee:
Victor Jokel
Producer:
Peter Carr

The first of six programmes again bringing a wide range of music with a freshness of interpretation which makes the Mantovani Sound unique.
Leader William Armon
Guest artist Anita Harris
Solo flute Lionel Solomon
featuring Natalie Shaw

Missing the melody: page 4
(Colour)

Contributors

Musicians:
Mantovani and his Concert Orchestra
Orchestra Leader:
William Armon
Singer:
Anita Harris
Flautist:
Lionel Solomon
[Actress]:
Natalie Shaw
Musical Associate:
Dennis Wilson
Sound:
Len Shorey
Lighting:
Geoff Shaw
Designer:
Robert MacGowan
Designer:
Spencer Butler
Producer:
John Street

with Magnus Magnusson and Professor William Watson

The celebrated Exhibition of Chinese Antiquities now open at the Royal Academy in London has revealed a new world of artistic and archaeological treasures to the British public.

From this exhibition Chronicle introduces a unique film, made by the Chinese themselves, of the opening of a 2,000-year-old tomb containing what can only be described as the Chinese Tutankhamun. Not only the actual food, rich possessions and delicate silk clothing of the Marquess of Tai were discovered, but also the ingeniously preserved body of the Marquess herself.

Magnus Magnusson talks to Professor William Watson, academic adviser to the Chinese Exhibition Council, on the background to these.

Contributors

Interviewer:
Magnus Magnusson
Interviewee:
Professor William Watson
Director:
David Collison
Director:
Ray Sutcliffe
Executive Producer:
Paul Johnstone

with Chris Dunkley
Including an interview filmed in New York with Sally Quinn, who presents the new CBS breakfast news programme.

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Dunkley
Interviewee:
Sally Quinn
Producer:
Philip Speight
Executive Producer:
Mike Fentiman

BBC Two England

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