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The Magical Indian Roadshow
Travelling entertainers from all over India are in London this summer for the ADITI 'Celebration of Life' exhibition at the Barbican Centre. This film shows some of those players living and working in their own country.
When it was first shown the Daily Mail said: '... a quite extra- ordinary film. Ostensibly about the travelling clowns, snake-charmers, acrobats, dancers, singers and puppeteers who earn their crust by touring villages, the film goes deeper to show how India's new urban culture is ousting these traditional players. The climax comes when the " beggars " choose to fight back.'
Series editors
ANTHONY ISAACS and PETER JONES

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Anthony Isaacs
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Peter Jones

The American novelist and short story writer John Cheever died last month. In 1977 Robert Robin son visited Cheever at his home near New York for The Book Programme.
They talked about his last major book Falconer, which was a brilliant comic account of a university professor's experiences in prison, as well as his other works. ' One doesn't write a novel saying this is about life and rebirth or about love and death. Novels are about men and women and children and dogs.'
Film editor CHRIS LOVETT
Producer WILL WYATT

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John Cheever
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Robert Robin
Editor:
Chris Lovett
Producer:
Will Wyatt

Presenters PETER SNOW, JOHN TUSA and DONALD MACCORMICK bring you the major events of the day, and the pictures, interviews and analysis that explain their significance.
From the programme's team of correspondents: film reports shot in Britain and around the world on the issues and topics which are making the headlines.
JOAN BAKEWELL has first news of stories from the arts; DAVID ICKE and MARSHALL LEE have the stories from behind the world of sport.

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John Tusa
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Donald MacCormick
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Joan Bakewell
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David Icke

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