A documentary enquiry into some of the causes and consequences of the scramble for university places by MICHAEL YOUNG with contributions from Sir George Thomson
Sir James Mountford
John RAVEN
K. W. Wedderburn. Richard Hoggart Lord James of Rusholme Michael Croft. John Wain
Professor E. C. Sykes , Robin Pedley J. S. Morrison. A. D. C. Peterson and many grammar school and university students and parents
Produced by Sasha Moorsom
Sonata in B minor played by Valerie Tryon , (piano) .
An illustrated study in the origins of Verdi's opera by Hanns Hammelmann and Michael Rose
Readings by Betty Hardy, Neville Hartley, Jane Jordan Rogers, John Sharp, Martin Starkie, Geoffrey Wincott
Narration by John Glen
Musical illustrations from records interlude extracts from "Macbeth" conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham "Simon Boceanegra" conducted by Gabriele Santlnl "Otello" bv Rossini conducted by Walter Susskind and voice and piano records by Victor Maurel and Francesco Tamagno
The main illustrations are from gramophone records of "Otello" by Verdi conducted by Arturo Toscanini with Ramon Vinay as Othello, Giuseppe Valdengo as Iago, Herva Nelli as Desdemona and the NBC Symphony Orchestra