... Sweden Little Intimacies, 29 minutes, English subtitles THE theme of this was love and being in love. It began with a couple in a large pink bed with him thinking about an article he had been reading about sex and saying that because he is thinking about it he doesn't actually feel like making love. We then cut to a bar set and a song. That was faded and up came cushion replicas of male ...

... Great Britain (BBC) Not The Nine O'Clock News, 23 minutes, no sub titles LIKE The Plank this made people laugh a lot. Unfortunately delivery was a bit too quick for many non- English speakers (a risk a producer takes with that kind of show). Nevertheless, it stood out well among so much that had been un funny. Programmes at the 20th Golden Rose of Montreux DENIS NORDEN (left) talking to ...

... Great Britain (BBC) Kelly Monteith, 23 minutes, no subtitles THIS BBC entry died quickly in the press jury. One of the main reasons being that many could not under stand what was being said. Many said that it was not funny anyway even if they could have understood more of what was being said. ...

... West Germany (ZDF) Judy Winter: A Woman of Many Parts, 33 minutes, En glish subtitles THE star took four parts in this production: a journalist on a readers' problem page, a woman on a romantic sea voyage, a night club singer, and a salesgirl in a department store. The journalist is at home with her husband with a rotten cold but is replying to letters from readers. The readers are the woman ...

... Karel Gott Studio Please, 45 minutes, no English subtitles. THE star of this opening show is a Czech who is also very popular with East and West Germans. He is a tall, dark, young tenor who smiled incessantly to the camera and although he seemed likeable, nothing came across to the audience. The show began with a deserted studio where the cleaner is waiting for everything to begin. Star, ...

... Hit Parade Special, 52 minutes, no subtitles AS its title suggests, this was a mix ture of songs, pop and rock suc cesses that featured in the charts of Radio Tele . Looking for a way to present a list of numbers taxes the imagination of producers and the producer of this programme decided that the best way was to fascinate you with pictures: in me end it was an ill-judged assault. Watching ...

... Spain Christmas Time, 49 minutes, no subtitles CHRISTMAS festivities and a Christmas tale were the foundation of this studio production. There were songs from around the world sung in English. French and German with the performers in modern winter dress. The design was a simple street set backdrop in colours of muted brown and white. There was dancing in the snow with the star, a fair, ...

... Poland Beauty Parlour, 33 minutes, no subtitles THIS was ballet, music and pictures, an impressionistic idea of a beauty salon, with a style sustained to the end on the same pitch. It had a rock opening with some girl dancers in a sort of masked ball setting and the dance routines were very stylish indeed. Dress, sets and lighting were extremely well used and the dramatic tempo was held all ...

... Finland Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? 36 minutes, English subtitles THE blurb said. What is jazz musici an's dream? That Rave the show away for this was a simple pil grimage to New Orleans. The idea was to show the Downtown Dixie Tigers, a jazz group, all but one of whom also had a profession, looking forward to going to the great jazz occasion. (The dentist in fact used jazz ...

... Roumania This Is The Way, 30 minutes, no subtitles THIS Roumanian film looked as though it was going to be another travelogue from eastern Europe but it had several nice touches that were recognised by the professionals from the UK who sat through it. It was a look at folklore, the seasons, and youth set to music. It looked at the countryside, in all its moods and finally ended with the Black ...

... France (TF 1) Showmachine, 25 minutes, no subtitles THIS was the first programme to be seen in category C, for innovatory programmes. A little robot with flashing lights is the centre of atten tion for performers crowding round waiting to hear what it wants them to do. It squawks and the show quickly launched into a rock number with a group. This lasted for five minutes before the next number, ...

... Bulgaria FSB No Stop, 23 minutes, no subtitles THE group featured in this musical were formed in the record factory where they all work. They per formed funky and reggae pop music on electronic instruments and it was cheerful enough although the pro ducer said the words were all philo sophical and poetic. The best sequence came first, a stop-motion dance timed to the music. It was followed by ...