... American View DESILU Productions have completed arrangements to do a filmed television version of the novel, The Miracle of Bernadette, by Dr. Margaret Blanton, which tells the story of the experiences of the peasant girl at Lourdes. The dramatisation will be presented as an early ottering on itic Westing- house-Desilu Playhouse programme making its d$but next October. Ludi Clair, who ...

... Associoted-Rediffusion TWO bright artists, Alan White and June Whitfield, aided by Sidney James as host and sketch actor, gave the first of a new series. Jack Hvlton's On With the Show. (AR-TV), a good send-off. Ivor Emanuel and Joan Manning had moments as singers, a modern ballet giving point to the former's Young in Heart: Kennv Baker played his trumpet and the Two Sipolos produced music ...

... BBC-TV THE theory that comedy docsn t come off on TV was shattered by this light-hearted affair of the demobbed private who has to be escorted home because of his proclivity to mechanical tinkering, which has already cost the country five million pounds. The satire is subtly implied, the descent to the farce-level of The Army Game is skilfully avoided, and the series of disasters on the ...

... Certainly, there is a great deal of American and Anglo-American TV film-making going on in our studios--and let's admit, it is providing steady and lucrative employment for many young British artists. No-onc wants to deprive British TV of anyone (or anything) worth while from overseas, especially if he or she has something definite to offer us Let British viewers have the very best programmes ...

... BUSY SCRIPTWRITERS ITS a busy period ahead for scriptwriters Dick Sharpies and Gerald Kelsey. Free and Easy the Dickie Valentine new weekly musical comedy series for Associated Rediffusion started last night they are writing the new-style Joan and Leslie situation comedy series for ATV, which replaces The Army Game on the ITV Net work from June 20 and a pilot script for a new Granada TV comedv ...

... Studio Talk News About People About Programmes About BBC & ITV TWENTYseven- year-old Manchester-born Steve Martin is featured in the July 12 tdition of 6.5 Special on BBC TV. Jack Palamt has purchased .i Chateau with an adjoining ft farm in Switzerland where he a and his family will now live. K _ Jean Kent will be seen on BBC TV screens on Sunday. Jr June 15. in the play The Sulky Fire ...

... . Uutt briausr our paper is tailed The Stage' doem t mean to yav we mrnnt refrain from en tufting certain elements which to us stem rather 'utile. It surprise* me why K vou think that paying studio audiences would be of consideraNe benefit to the live theatre am not against the theatre. love it as M mm'h as anvone. TV EDITOR). ...

... IN VISION THE theatre has Found another excuse First it blamed television for falling audiences, then it was the entertainments tax, now it seems, it is the studio audience which is causing all the trouble. I do not say that Mr. Emile Littler hasn't got a point--he has, but I am fust wondering how strong this point is. Let me make it quite clear from the start that like Mr. Littler I'm ...

... TV VARIETY ABC Television have been trying out an experiment this past two months with a fortnightly variety show, and they have had' time to analyse their audience correspond ence and research returns. Their findings prove quite conclusively that as far as television is concerned good, rich variety is still extremely popular. In fact, their Saturday evening variety shows, produced from ...

... 'THE GREAT ADVENTURE' Each Thursday a team of critics rc view some of the week's I pro grammes on both channels. This week your reviewers are Eric Johns, Derek Hoddinott, Harold Darton and Margaret Cowan. ARNOLD BENNETT'S ironically humorous story, The Great Adventure, suitably adapted by Eric Crozier, made an excellent play for fireside viewing on the BBC-TV Sunday programme. It is, after ...

... 'THE PONYMAN' I l-OUND The Ponyman (Gran- ada TV) last week a rather slow affair, although a well-written one. A photographer and his pony come to a small town and reveals that he was a friend of Jeremy Kemp's. This news staggers the townspeople, who had tarrrcd and leathered him some years ago thinking he had raped a voting girl. 1 hey had been wrong and now. learning of the death of Kemp, ...

... Rank-Lesser Tie Up J. ARTHUR RANK Organisation and Sol Lesser Productions have formed a television motion picture production partnership, it was announced in Hollywood. Associated with the Rank Organ isation on the project is Sydney Box TV, it was stated. Four tele vision series are planned, to be filmed within the coming year in England. United Skates and else where. Services of both British ...