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A series of five programmes

The flute has age-old magical associations. Aztec slaves played it before being sacrificed; in Africa it brought rain and was a giver of life. David Munrow recreates the music and myth of early instruments before an invited audience. With Alan Lumsden and guest James Tyler.

Contributors

Presenter/Writer/Musician:
David Munrow
Musician:
Alan Lumsden
Musician:
James Tyler
Producer:
Victor Poole
Series devised by/Director:
Paul Kriwaczek

with Ludovic Kennedy, Richard Kershaw, Richard Baker

Throughout the week Newsday brings you the news and a series of personal and topical interviews and discussions with leading personalities in the country and from all over the world.

Contributors

Presenter:
Ludovic Kennedy
Presenter:
Richard Kershaw
Newsreader:
Richard Baker
Producer:
John Reynolds

A film series about a family of pioneer stock who struggle to survive during the Depression of the early 30s.
Starring Richard Thomas as John-Boy, Michael Learned as Olivia Walton, Ralph Waite as John Walton, Will Geer as Grandpa and Ellen Corby as Grandma

At last prosperity seems to be just around the corner for the Waltons. But suddenly an overwhelming disaster strikes the family...

Contributors

Based on the autobiographical novel "Spencer's Mountain" by:
Earl Hamner
Executive Producer:
Lee Rich
John-Boy Walton:
Richard Thomas
Olivia Walton:
Michael Learned
John Walton:
Ralph Waite
Grandpa:
Will Geer
Grandma:
Ellen Corby

Based on the novels of Anthony Trollope
Written for television in 22 parts by Simon Raven
Starring Susan Hampshire, Philip Latham
and Roland Culver as the Duke of Omnium

John Grey and Alice have married. After the Palliser christening, which Phineas attended, the Government fell and Plantagenet waited to see if he would be offered the Exchequer again.

Contributors

Author:
Anthony Trollope
Written for television by:
Simon Raven
Producer:
Martin Lisemore
Director:
Hugh David
Glencora:
Susan Hampshire
Plantagenet:
Philip Latham
Madame Max Goesler:
Barbara Murray
Phineas Finn:
Donal McCann
Mr Mildmay:
Norman Shelley
Lawrence Fitzgibbon:
Neil Stacy
Dolly Longstaffe:
Donald Pickering
Mr Monk:
Bryan Pringle
Duke of St Bungay:
Roger Livesey
Robert Kennedy:
Derek Godfrey
Barrington Erle:
Moray Watson
Laura Standish:
Anna Massey
Lord Brentford:
Lockwood West
Violet Effingham:
Mel Martin
Lord Chiltern:
John Hallam
Mary Flood:
Maire Ni Ghrainne
Dr Finn:
Desmond Perry
Mr Bunce:
Haydn Jones
Mr Clarkson:
Sidney Bromley
Mrs Bunce:
Brenda Cowling
Mr Turnbull:
Edward Burnham
Collingwood:
Maurice Quick
Farmer:
Lee Fox

In the slums around Lima children starve while Peru exports millions of tons of fish protein to feed our pigs. A large part of Peru's most fertile land is devoted to cash crops - for export. Malnutrition is widespread. Indeed research by a young English girl points to a condition far worse than anyone expected.

The spectacular high Andes are the source of the potato, one of the world's most important food crops. Yet even in Peru potatoes are too scarce and too expensive.

Tonight's Horizon asks why dramatic new discoveries in crops and animal breeding are not helping the families who should benefit, and tells the heartening story of a mountain community who, against all the odds, are determined to help themselves.

Contributors

Narrator:
Paul Vaughan
Film Editor:
Michael Rlgg
Editor:
Peter Goodchild
Writer/Producer:
Michael Andrews

The songs of Ian Campbell and his Folk Group

Ian Campbell writes and sings of his birthplace. Aberdeen - there's the new oil but the old fishing; the selling up of farms but "The Spirit of the Highlands captured in this amber dew."

Contributors

Subjects/Musicians:
Ian Campbell and his Folk Group
Photography:
David Whitson
Musical Arranger:
John Dunkerley
Recorded by:
Chris Lycett
Film Rditor:
Paul Carter
Producer:
John Bird
Producer:
Ian Sharp

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