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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) #1094
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Directed by Tony Richardson. With Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Alec McCowen. A juvenile offender at a tough reform school impresses its governor with his running ability and is encouraged to compete in an upcoming race, but faces ridicule from his peers. |
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Elgar (1962) #1437
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Elgar: Directed by Ken Russell. With Huw Wheldon, Peter Brett, Rowena Gregory, George McGrath. A partly dramatised account of the life of Sir Edward Elgar classical composer. Huw Wheldon narrates the life story over backdrops of beautiful mountain scenery, especially memorable is the image of young Elgar riding his horse around Malvern Hills. 1 hour. BBC. The 100th edition of the arts television programme Monitor was broadcast on 11 November 1962. It was a special film dedicated to the life of Edward Elgar, made by Ken Russell. A straightforward documentary approach was abandoned, in favour of what is now known as docu-drama, with actors taking the parts of Elgar and his family. However, there was no dialogue and only a dry commentary from Huw Wheldon. Instead Russell filled the soundtrack with Elgar's music and created a serious yet expressive film that has become a classic of its type. Elgar was filmed in the composer's homes, and in and around Gloucester and the Malvern Hills, where he lived for much of his life. The cameraman was Ken Higgins. Edwardian archive footage completed the picture. The artifice of the dramatized scenes was emphasised by the closing credits, which showed stills of the film crew at work. The programme revealed the breadth of Elgar’s music and aided his rehabilitation following several decades of relative obscurity. Russell's success with Monitor led directly to feature films, though he also made more programmes for the BBC, on subjects including Debussy and Bartok. Russell died in 2011, but today it is standard practice for documentaries to contain the dramatizations of the sort that he pioneered. |
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101 Dalmatians (1961) #440
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Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman. With Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, J. Pat O'Malley, Martha Wentworth. When a litter of Dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella de Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement. Disney |
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101 Dalmatians (1961) #450
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Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman. With Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, J. Pat O'Malley, Martha Wentworth. When a litter of Dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella de Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement. Disney |
| 1305 |
Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog (1961) #468
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Directed by Don Chaffey. With Donald Crisp, Laurence Naismith, Alex Mackenzie, Duncan Macrae. Scotland, 1865. An old shepherd and his little Skye Terrier Bobby go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be adopted by anyone, and takes to sleeping on his master's grave in the Greyfriars Kirkyard, despite a caretaker with a "no dogs" rule. And when Bobby is taken up for being unlicensed, it's up to the children of Edinburgh ... |
| 1306 |
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) #500
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Directed by Blake Edwards. With Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen. A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building. |
| 1307 |
West Side Story (1961) #513
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Directed by Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise. With Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn. Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. |
| 1308 |
The Guns of Navarone (1961) #1033
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Directed by J Lee Thompson. With David Niven, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle. A British team is sent to cross occupied Greek territory and destroy the massive German gun emplacement that commands a key sea channel. |
| 1309 |
West Side Story (1961) #1299
FILM
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Directed by Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise. With Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn. Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. Courtesy of The Daily Mail. ** Turns out this is the AUDIO soundtrack - and there are doubts about whether that works... |
| 1310 |
The Blood Donor (1961) #1459
COMEDY
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30 mins. BBC. Colourized version first broadcast on 14th January 2023 on GOLD. "The Blood Donor" is an episode from the television comedy series Hancock, the final BBC series featuring British comedian Tony Hancock. First transmitted on 23 June 1961, the show was written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, and was produced by Duncan Wood. Supporting Hancock were Patrick Cargill, Hugh Lloyd, Frank Thornton, James Ottaway and June Whitfield. It remains one of the best known situation comedy episodes ever broadcast in the United Kingdom. |
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The Blood Donor (1961) #1460
COMEDY
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30 mins. BBC. Colourized version first broadcast on 14th January 2023 on GOLD. "The Blood Donor" is an episode from the television comedy series Hancock, the final BBC series featuring British comedian Tony Hancock. First transmitted on 23 June 1961, the show was written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, and was produced by Duncan Wood. Supporting Hancock were Patrick Cargill, Hugh Lloyd, Frank Thornton, James Ottaway and June Whitfield. It remains one of the best known situation comedy episodes ever broadcast in the United Kingdom. |
| 1312 |
Spartacus (1960) #205
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Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton. The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic. |
| 1313 |
Psycho (1960) #398
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Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin. A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother. |
| 1314 |
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) #1093
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Directed by Karel Reisz. With Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Hylda Baker. A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child. |
| 1315 |
Ben-Hur (1959) #146
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Directed by William Wyler. With Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet. When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge. 4:3 |
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The 39 Steps (1959) #1482
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The 39 Steps: Directed by Ralph Thomas. With Kenneth More, Taina Elg, Brenda de Banzie, Barry Jones. In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets. |
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A Night to Remember (1958) #1178
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Directed by Roy Ward Baker. With Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman. On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. |
| 1318 |
William Tell (1958) #1462
FILM-TV DRAMA
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William Tell: Created by Friedrich Schiller. With Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard, Jennifer Jayne, Richard Rogers. Depicts the legend of William Tell, who, as the stories say, shot an apple off of his son's head and lead the rebellion to free Switzerland 8x 30min episodes: 01 The Trap [S1, Ep19 19 Jan. 1959] By using a traitor planted in Tell's camp, Gessler plans to smash the resistance movement in one swoop. But even the best laid schemes are prone to failure - as the Landburgher soon discovers. 02 The Shrew Hedda, lured away by a message that her sister is ill, finds herself an unwilling pawn in Gessler's latest plot to squash the resistance. Confident that this time Tell will be taken, the Austrian is in for a surprise. 03 The Manhunt Trapped on an island owned by Prince Erik, a man who enjoys hunting prey, Tell's careers appears to be at the end - but helps arrives from a most unexpected quarter, and the resistance leader finds a new ally. 04 The Killer Accused of murdering a partisan helper and stealing his gold, Tell must find a way to prove his innocence - and that's not so easy when you suspect one of your accusers of being the real killer. 05 The Surgeon Seriously wounded, Tell is taken to the home a Swiss surgeon. To throw Gessler off their trail. Tell's followers pretends their leader is stricken with the plague. Will their ruse work? Tell's life depends on the outcome. 06 The Ensign When faced with conflict between duty and conscience, Fritz, a young Austrian soldier, unexpectedly turns not to Gessler, but to William Tell for help - a move which places the resistance leader's life in great peril. 07 The Unwelcome Stranger Investigating why people from the swordmaking village of Linzon have stopped sending arms his headquarters. Tell's visit to the community is treated with an air of suspicion. What's more, the villagers are anxious to get rid of him. Why? 08 The Avenger When Tell investigates why two envoys disappeared while on their way to him to discuss a treaty of friendship, he uncovers a greater mystery - one that threatens to engulf his family and will ultimately test the loyalty of his followers. |
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) #526
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Directed by David Lean. With William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa. After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it. |
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The Red Balloon (1956) #609
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Directed by Albert Lamorisse. With Pascal Lamorisse, Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov. A red balloon with a life of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris. |
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