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Story: "Mrs Cluckabiddy Saves the Day" by Stephen Weaver
Illustrations by Mina Martinez
Guest storyteller Percy Edwards

Contributors

Presenter:
Diane Dorgan
Presenter:
Lionel Morton
Author (Mrs Cluckabiddy Saves the Day):
Stephen Weaver
Illustrations (Mrs Cluckabiddy Saves the Day):
Mina Martinez
Storyteller:
Percy Edwards

Ever since 1802 when Napoleon was presented with the plans for a candlelit carriageway under the Channel, the tunnel project has been talked about, dreamt of, disputed, ridiculed and, mainly from our side -mistrusted. At the time when Paris and London are once again discussing the question, French TV looks back on the incredible story of an idea which has survived over 150 years.
'The past is important,' the French reporter says, 'as only then can one understand the deep-rooted reservations the British have towards this kind of link with the continent.'
Film from Lille Television
Introduced by Derek Hart

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Hart
Producer:
Maryse Addison

by Henry James
Dramatised in six parts by Jack Pulman
Starring Cyril Cusack as Bob Assingham, Daniel Massey as Prince Amerigo, Gayle Hunnicutt as Charlotte, Barry Morse as Adam Verver, Jill Townsend as Maggie, Kathleen Byron as Fanny

Charlotte, Maggie's dearest friend, has married Mr Verver. The two couples have settled into their houses in London and spend much time in each other's company.
(Colour) [Repeat]

Contributors

Author:
Henry James
Dramatised by:
Jack Pulman
Producer:
Martin Lisemore
Director:
James Cellan Jones
Bob Assingham:
Cyril Cusack
Prince Amerigo:
Daniel Massey
Charlotte:
Gayle Hunnicutt
Adam Verver:
Barry Morse
Maggie:
Jill Townsend
Fanny:
Kathleen Byron
Secretary:
Henry Goodman
Sir John Brinder:
Donald Gray

Mantovani and his Concert Orchestra again bringing a wide range of music with a freshness of interpretation which makes the Mantovani Sound unique.
Leader William Armon
Guest artist Stuart Gillies
featuring Natalie Shaw

Contributors

Musicians:
Mantovani and his Concert Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
William Armon
Singer:
Stuart Gillies
Performer:
Natalie Shaw
'Digity Rabbit' presented by:
Roger Stevenson Puppets
Musical Associate:
Dennis Wilson
Vocal Backing:
Mike Sammes Singers
Designer:
Robert MacGowan
Designer:
Spencer Butler
Producer:
John Street

Another chance to see this personal view by J. Bronowski

Dr Bronowski begins the second programme with the Long Spring at the end of the Ice Age. As the ice retreats and the land flowers, Man the hunter turns to agriculture, domesticating plant and animal, imposing his will on the wild wheat and the horse. In the bitter conflict between the settled farmer and the mounted warrior, Dr Bronowski discovers the intellectual roots of war, and shows how even the descendants of the mightiest warrior of all, Ghengis Khan, were compelled to settle.

(Repeated next Sunday afternoon)
(Fully illustrated book, available from booksellers, price £4.75)
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
J. Bronowski
Producer:
Dick Gilling
Series Editor:
Adrian Malone

Television coverage yesterday of the Royal Wedding represented the biggest outside broadcast operation British television has ever mounted. During the 'rehearsal' on Tuesday and early on the day of the wedding, Real Time observed the cameras, directors, commentators and engineers in Westminster Abbey, along the procession route and in a studio at Television Centre which was the nerve-centre for the whole operation.
Introduced by Chris Dunkley

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Dunkley
Producer:
Philip Speight

BBC Two England

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