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A series of six programmes which traces the pattern of speech in Britain today.
Introduced by Melvyn Bragg with comments by Stanley Ellis , one of Britain's leading dialect experts. 2: Cockney lives OK
The old Cockney communities of the East End have been broken up, the brick terraces replaced by concrete tower blocks. Yet Cockney speech remains as lively and vigorous as ever. And not just in the heart of the East End. Today you can hear Cockney amid the Essex countryside where the over-spill communities have settled and on the tongues of first generation immigrants from Asia and the West Indies.
Producers JOHN MAPPLEBECK , JOY HATWOOD Editor BILL MORTON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Melvyn Bragg
Unknown:
Stanley Ellis
Producers:
John Mapplebeck
Editor:
Bill Morton

A series of outstanding and memorable programmes to mark 40 years of BBCtv
Tyger tyger burning bright In the forests of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry
(WILLIAM BLAKE 1757-1827)
An enquiry into the power of a familiar poem.
This Omnibus film sets out to show how and why Blake's short poem, one of the most famous in the English language, captures the imagination and stays in the mind of adults and children alike. This was one of the first programmes to show how the excitement of words could be seen on television. Among those taking part are Kathleen Raine Robert Graves
Richard Hoggart Stuart Hall
Adrian Mitchell and pupils and teachers from ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL, LETCHWORTH
THE MANCHESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL
DUDDESTON MANOR SCHOOL, BIRMINGHAM
PEACOCK STREET INFANTS SCHOOL, MANCHESTER
Film editor TONY WOOLLARD Written and produced by CHRISTOPHER BURSTALL. and at 9.0
Festival 40:
Morning in the Streets
This impression of life and opinion in the back streets of a Northern city in the morning was one of the most famous and influential of all television documentaries and won the Italia Prize.
Film cameraman Roy HARRIS Film editor DONALD JAMES
Directors DENIS MITCHELL and ROY HARRIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Kathleen Raine
Unknown:
Robert Graves
Unknown:
Richard Hoggart
Unknown:
Stuart Hall
Unknown:
Adrian Mitchell
Unknown:
St Christopher
Produced By:
Christopher Burstall.
Unknown:
Roy Harris
Editor:
Donald James
Directors:
Denis Mitchell
Directors:
Roy Harris

A duel of words and wit between Patrick Campbell
Hannah Gordon , Charles Gray and Frank Muir
Angela Rippon , Tim Rice Referee Robert Robinson
Devised by MARK GOODSON and BILL TODMAN Director MICHAEL GOODWIN Producer JOHNNY DOWNES

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Campbell
Unknown:
Hannah Gordon
Unknown:
Charles Gray
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Angela Rippon
Unknown:
Tim Rice
Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Mark Goodson
Unknown:
Bill Todman
Director:
Michael Goodwin
Producer:
Johnny Downes

The second of seven programmes The Release
Over 60,000 men are released from prison each year. At eight o'clock each day the prison gates open to let loose a stream of men on the world with only a few pounds in their pockets, and little prospect of a job.
Inside Story follows CHARLIE SMITH 'S first few weeks out of prison. It is a time when jobs are unusually scarce, and Smith has no family to shelter him. But he is a man of talent and determination. His ambition is to become established as a commercial designer.
It is a David-and-Goliath situation, as an ex-con, who has spent a third of his life behind bars, attempts to crash the exclusive circle of the advertising industry.
Film cameraman BRUN TUFANO Film editor PETER GORDON Producer ROGER MILLS
Director REX BLOOMSTEIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlie Smith
Editor:
Peter Gordon

England v
The West Indies from The Oval
RICHIE BENAUD introduces highlights of the first day's play
Commentators RICHIE BENAUD
JIM LAKER , EVERTON WEEKES
Producer DAVID KENNING

Contributors

Introduces:
Richie Benaud
Commentators:
Richie Benaud
Unknown:
Jim Laker
Producer:
David Kenning

BBC Two England

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