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The original forest tradition of the Buddha's earliest disciples, simplicity, discipline and meditation, is carried on today in the monastery of Wat Nong Ba Pong in the forest of north-eastern Thailand. This film portrays the daily life of the monk; and the relationship between the monks and the lay community is explored
Producer: David Thompson
A BBC/Open University production

Starring George Formby, with Dorothy Hyson and George Merritt
Police war reservist George Carter can do nothing right. But when a sabotage gang try to blow up HMS Hercules, George proves that courage, and a little luck, can win the day
Contributors
Screenplay By: Roger MacDougall
Screenplay By: Austin Melford
Screenplay By: Basil Dearden
Produced By: Michael Balcon
Directed By: John Paddy Carstairs
George Carter: George Formby
Jane Grey: Dorothy Hyson
Shaw: John Warwick
Sir Robert Dyer: Warburon Gamble
Inspector Richards: John Turnbull
Edward Brewster: George Merritt
Lady Hardstaff: Ellen Pollock
Nightwatchman: Edward Lexy

The month: Aoril
The man: Eric Coulet
The place: The Camargue
At 23, Eric Coulet was the youngest-ever director of a nature reserve in France. Ten years later, he is still obsessed with the Camargue - the marshy wilderness of the Rhone delta with its pink flamingos, white horses and black bulls. Only man, he says, is a stranger.
In protecting nature Eric is also ensuring the survival of his neighbours and friends - the horsemen of the Camargue, whose traditional way of life centres on the Provencal bullfight: the bloodless course d la cocarde.
Contributors
Narrator: Michael Dean
Sound Recordist: Simon Wilson
Film Cameraman: Ian Stone
Film Editor: David Thomas
Editor: Edward Mirzoeff
Series Editor: Edward Mirzoeff
Producer: John-Paul Davidson

David Schofield takes the title role in the first of Christopher Railing’s new four-part drama-documentary charting the career of the great adventurer and explorer. His fascination with Antarctica took him on four separate expeditions to the frozen continent. Produced by the team that made the award

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