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The first of five programmes 1: The Heart of England
' A Regional dish is a whole countryside '
In this programme Derek Cooper explores some classic English foods in the most English of counties, Hereford and Worcestershire. The beef, from the white-faced Hereford cattle, and the draught beer from Worcestershire hops, should strike right to the heart of every true Englishman. But do they? Are they the same as they used to be? Can you still get a pint of real ale?
DEREK COOPER sets out to discover, and on the way samples, the luxury of Evesham asparagus, the tang of Worcester sauce and the taste of the strange, boneless and increasingly rare river lampern.
Introduced by DEREK COOPER
Producer ANDREW SNELL (Manchester)

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Cooper
Unknown:
Derek Cooper
Introduced By:
Derek Cooper
Producer:
Andrew Snell

A personal view by J. Bronowski in 13 programmes
11: Knowledge of Certainty?
Six million people were sacrificed to the belief that there is a final solution to every question. Information and knowledge are the property of every man but certainty belongs only to gods. The great achievement of physics in the 20th century has been to show that absolute certainty, in' science or outside of it, is beyond our grasp. When physicists formulated their Principle of Uncertainty in the pre-war Germany of rising Nazism they could not know that the ironies of history would lead them to confront the fiery reality of Hiroshima.
Producer DICK GILLlNG
Series editor ADRIAN MALONE
Book (same title), £5.50, from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
J. Bronowski
Editor:
Adrian Malone

(Les Rois Maudits)
A series in six episodes starring Genevieve Casile, Helene Due, Louis Seigner Jean Piat, Georges Marchal

In the 14th century, the destinies of France and Plantaganet England were inextricably entwined. Unfolding like a tapestry, this highly acclaimed French television adaptation, based on a series of books by the famous novelist Maurice Druon, captures the passions and power struggles that dominated life in the French court.

The Grand-Master of the Knights Templar, a rich, religious and paramilitary order, is to be burnt at the stake. Just before he dies he puts a curse on Philippe the Fair and his successors for 13 generations.

An ORTF production

Contributors

Based on books by:
Maurice Druon
Director:
Claude Barma
Queen Isabella:
Genevieve Casile
Mahaut of Artois:
Helene Due
Spinello Tolomei:
Louis Seigner
Robert of Artois:
Jean Piat
Philippe the Fair:
Georges Marchal
Marie de Cressay:
Anne Kreis
Guccio Baglioni:
Jean-Luc Moreau
Jacques de Molay:
Xavier Depraz
Charles of Valois:
Jean Deschamps
Philippe of Poitiers:
Jose Maria Flotats
Enguerrand de Marigny:
Andre Falcon
Guillaume de Nogaret:
Jacques Goasguen
Blanche of Burgundy:
Catherine Hubeau
Jeanne of Burgundy:
Catherine Riche
Beatrice D'Hirson:
Catherine Rouvel
English commentary spoken by:
David King

BBC Two England

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