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For the last three editions in this series, Robert Robinson presents a selection from the year's programmes. This week:

Alberto Moravia talks about his last book of short stories and other works at his home near Rome.

Studs Terkel, American journalist and broadcaster, talks to a stonemason at St Paul's Cathedral about his attitude to his job, and compares notes with the American counterpart in his book Working.

Celia Johnson reads from the letters of Queen Victoria to her grand-daughter Princess Victoria of Hesse.

Ben Bradlee, now executive editor of The Washington Post and author of Conversations with Kennedy, talks about his friendship with John F. Kennedy.

Also Edna Everage reports from Australia on what her countrymen have been reading.

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Robinson
Reporter:
Studs Turkel
Reader:
Celia Johnson
Interviewee:
Ben Bradlee
Edna Everage:
Barry Humphries
Producer:
Philip Speight

A Personal History of the United States, written and narrated by Alistair Cooke.
Alistair Cooke shapes up to one of the most moving and significant of all elements In American history, the mass immigration of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. "Some funny stories and a typical Cooke touch as he unpacks an immigrant's bundle of Indispensables and treasures." (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
Book: Alistair Cooke's America, £6.50 from bookshops

Contributors

Presenter:
Alistair Cooke
Director:
David Heycock
Producer:
Michael Gill

Raoul Walsh Season starring James Cagney
with Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly, Steve Cochran

Ruthless gunman Cody Jarrett and his gang pull off a $300,000 train robbery but commit murder in the process. They take refuge in a remote mountain cabin where Cody's mother and wife are waiting.

Films: page 8

Contributors

Director:
Raoul Walsh
Cody Jarrett:
James Cagney
Verna Jarrett:
Virginia Mayo
Hank Fallon (Vic Pardo):
Edmond O'Brien
Ma Jarrett:
Margaret Wycherly
'Big Ed' Somers:
Steve Cochran
Philip Evans:
John Archer
Cotton Valetti:
Wally Cassell

...if it ain't got that swing!

The second of three programmes in which pianist Eddie Thompson invites some of Britain's most accomplished jazz musicians to play their kind of music.

Eddie's guests this week are: Dave Shepherd (clarinet), Ronnie Gleaves (vibes), Louis Stewart (guitar), Kenny Baldock (bass), Tony Kinsey (drums) and Beryl Bryden

Contributors

Presenter/Pianist:
Eddie Thompson
Clarinettist:
Dave Shepherd
Vibraphone player:
Ronnie Gleaves
Guitarist:
Louis Stewart
Bassist:
Kenny Baldock
Drummer:
Tony Kinsey
Singer:
Beryl Bryden
Director:
Martin L. Bell
Executive Producer:
Michael Appleton

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