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Eight programmes drawn from 1920s and 30s home movies. 7: The British Abroad (Greenland and Tibet)
Unlike our earlier programmes-which were drawn from a number of sources - all of tonight's film was taken by COLONEL F. SPENCER CHAPMAN. He was one of those marvellous, somehow typically English adventurers of the 1930s whose world was still full of remote and undiscovered corners. Written and narrated by JOHN JULIUS NORWICH
Film editor DAVID WYATT
Producer MARGARET MCCALL

Contributors

Unknown:
Colonel F. Spencer
Unknown:
John Julius Norwich
Editor:
David Wyatt
Producer:
Margaret McCall

Presented by Brian Widlake and Valerie Singleton
Including this week the rise of the ' moneyshop '. As our debts increase in the weeks before Christmas VALERIE SINGLETON looks at the American-style banks and moneyshops gaining a foothold in our high streets.
Editor DAVID LLOYD

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Widlake
Presented By:
Valerie Singleton
Editor:
David Lloyd

Roots
A Musical Journey
Narrated by BOB EVERHART
An American phenomenon of recent years is the explosion of interest in folk music. In Bicentennial year Americans celebrated their 200 years of independence through the folk music and dance of their forebears. They began to rediscover their roots in the origins of that music.
In 1980 there were 1,600 events around the country. The World About Us visited major folk festivals in three contrasting regions of the country and met some of the performers on their home ground.
Photography NIGEL MEAKIN Film editor JANE VAL BAKER
Written and produced by BOB SAUNDERS Series editors
ANTHONY ISAACS and PETER JONES

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Everhart
Editor:
Jane Val Baker
Produced By:
Bob Saunders
Unknown:
Anthony Isaacs
Unknown:
Peter Jones

A serial in six parts by JACK RONDER 4 : Even a Holiday
Fife, 1923. The Kaydan Family have taken a cottage in the country for what should be a summer idyll.
Designer CAMPBELL GORDON Producer PHARIC MACLAREN
Directed by TOM cotter. BBC Scotland

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Ronder
Designer:
Campbell Gordon
Producer:
Pharic MacLaren
Directed By:
Tom Cotter.
Driver:
Frank Wylie
Rivka:
Anne Raitt
Queenie:
Miriam Margolyes
Lala:
Julia Hills
Mary:
Janette Foggo
David:
Moray McKie
Moshe Kaydan:
Bill Paterson
Zelek:
Hugh Fraser
Jack:
Kim Fortune
Ian Solomon:
Ralph Arliss
Mi- Leslie:
Don McKillop
Colin Leslie:
Adam Harvey
Joan Leslie:
Bridget Bartlett

by Mozart
A Comedy with Music in One Act starring Giuseppedi Stefano as Luciano Bufforotti, Patricia Wise as Beverley Silvertone, Nan Christie as Elisabeth Herzkopf, Patrick Cargill as the Impresario in a version for television by Francis Coleman, Kenneth Corden.
First performed in 1786, Mozart's charming little comic opera concerned the rivalry of two warring sopranos (Silberklang and Herz) and the difficulties of the Impresario (Der Schauspieldirektor) in settling the prima donnas' differences while attempting to assemble a troupe.
The original spoken dialogue was intended as a satire on contemporary theatrical practices. This particular version starts afresh by placing the Impresario's interminable backstage wheeler-dealing in the present television age.

Contributors

Composer:
null Mozart
A version for television by:
Francis Coleman
A version for television by:
Kenneth Corden
Musicians:
English Chamber Orchestra
Leader:
Jose-Luis Garcia
Conducted by:
Vilem Tausky
Choreographer:
Gillian Gregory
Costume Designer:
Juanita Waterson
Videotape Editor:
Phil Southby
Sound Supervisor:
Mike Jones
Lighting:
Sam Barclay
Designer:
Derek Dodd
Producer:
Kenneth Corden
Luciano Bufforotti:
Giuseppedi Stefano
Beverley Silvertone:
Patricia Wise
Elisabeth Herzkopf:
Nan Christie
The Impresario:
Patrick Cargill
Secretary:
Corinna Marlowe
Stage manager:
James Berwick
Scenic operative:
Don Smoothey
Television director:
Keith Varnier
Television girl:
Caroline Holdaway
Orchestra leader:
Frederick Schiller
Member of orchestra:
Peter Glaze
Repetiteur:
Martin Goldstein

A Yesterday's Witness series of six programmes.
4: Wings over Waziristan
In 1937, on the North West Frontier, there was an uprising of Wazir tribesmen led by the Fakir of Ipi. The British army sent in columns of troops and the RAF went in as support. A young Air Force officer, Group Captain Robert Lister , who had just acquired a cine camera, filmed these punitive operations both from the air and on the ground. This programme consists of Lister's stories and his unique film.
Editor DAVID THOMAS
Written and produced by STEPHEN PEET

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Lister
Editor:
David Thomas
Produced By:
Stephen Peet

starring
Warren Oates , Isela Vega
Tortured to reveal the name of her lover, the young daughter of General El Jefe gives the name of Alfredo Garcia. The wealthy land-owner offers a million dollars in exchange for Garcia's head. The ensuing search takes four of his henchmen and a down-and-out pianist, Bennie, into the depths of Mexico, where their greed and animosity lead to murder and a savage confrontation. Director Sam Peckinpah has created a characteristic world of treacherous relationships and a study in obsession bordering on insanity.
Screenplay by GORDON DAWSON and SAM PECKINPAH , from a story by FRANK KOWALSKI and SAM PECKINPAH Produced by MARTIN BAUM
Directed by SAM PECKINPAH. Films: p 25 (First showing on British television)

Contributors

Unknown:
Warren Oates
Unknown:
Isela Vega
Unknown:
General El Jefe
Unknown:
Alfredo Garcia.
Director:
Sam Peckinpah
Unknown:
Gordon Dawson
Unknown:
Sam Peckinpah
Story By:
Frank Kowalski
Story By:
Sam Peckinpah
Produced By:
Martin Baum
Directed By:
Sam Peckinpah.
Bennie:
Warren Oates
Elita:
Isela Vega
Quill:
Gig Young
Sappensly:
Robert Webber
Max:
Helmut Dantine
El Jefe:
Emilio Fernandez
PaCO:
Kris Kristofferson
One-armed bartender:
Chano Urueta
CuetO:
Jorge Russek
Frank:
Don Levy
John:
Donny Fritts
ChalO:
Chalo Gonzalez
Estaban:
Enrique Lucero
Theresa:
Janine Maldonado

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