starring Bing Crosby with William Bendix
Mark Twain 's amusing story of a handyman from Connecticut.
Director TAY GARNETT
Holiday Films: pages 17-18
Today's an Away Day with Brian Cant, Chloe Ashcroft John Styles , Jonathan Cohen Spike Heatley , Alan Rushton
JOHN STYLES makes a magical appearance at a New Year's bazaar, where Brian and Chloe are helping with the jumble stall.
Director PETER WILTSHIRE Producer ANN REAY
PHILIP JENKINSON in Hollywood talks to the distinguished 75-year-old director Rouben Mamoulian whose career ranged from Applause in 1929, Queen Christina with Greta Garbo in 1933, Blood and Sand in 1941 with Tyrone Power , to the 1957 musical Silk Stockings.
Producer BARRY BROWN
Philip Jenkinson : pages 17-18
The Chinese Tutankhamun
A series featuring a selection of BBCtv programmes viewers have particularly asked to see again.
The Exhibition of Chinese Antiquities now open in London has revealed a new world of artistic and archaeological treasures to the British public.
Magnus Magnusson introduces a unique Chinese film and talks to Professor William Watson.
Executive producer PAUL JOHNSTONE
Weather
Aberavon v Pontypool
This afternoon Aberavon will need all their skills to overcome the strong visiting side that last year won the unofficial Welsh Championship.
NIGEL STARMER-SMITH describes the best of the action from the match played at the Talbot Athletic Ground.
Director DEWI GRIFFITHS
Series producer BILL TAYLOR
Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE in a new English version by JOAN CROSS and ERIC CROZIER
La Traviata tells of Violetta's love for Alfredo. She gives up her life of luxury for true love but is forced to sacrifice it for the cause of family honour and dignity.
Cast in order of appearance
THE AMBROSIAN OPERA CHORUS chorus-master JOHN MCCARTHY NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA leader DESMOND BRADLEY conductor Alexander Gibson
Choreographer RONALD HYND Repetiteur TOM GLIGOROFF
Associate conductor HENRY WARD
Make-up SHIRLEY CHANNING-WILLIAMS Costume designer ELIZABETH WALLER Sound RAYMUND ANGEL. ALAN FOGG Lighting ROBERT WRIGHT
Designer DAVID MYERSCOUGH-JONES Producer CEDRIC MESSINA Director BRIAN LARGE
Games with Love and Death
Five stories from the writings of ARTHUR SCHNITZLER dramatised by ROBERT MULLER Story 3: Part 2
A Confirmed Bachelor starring Robert Stephens as Doktor Graesler
Sabine proposes to Doktor Graes ler ... Katharina dotes on him ... while in the shadows Frau Som mer waits for him. How long, and at what price, can he remain a confirmed bachelor?
Sound BRIAN HILES
Costume designer BARBARA KRONIG Designer DON IIOMFRAY
Producer RICHARD BEYNON Director HERHERT WISE
(For cast see: Thursday, 8.30 pm)
Weather
Starring Vincent Price
with Hazel Court, Jane Asher
The evil Prince Prospero and his guests spend their time in shameless revelry while outside his castle plague rages among the poor. But at the height of a spectacular masked ball an uninvited guest makes an unwelcome entrance.
Holiday Films, pp 17-18
