... Hungary Schooltime Blues, 15 minutes, no subtitles SIX episodes of similar length were made in this series in which the performers celebrate what the pro ducer called their maturity exam, continued on next page continued from previous page alias school leaving. All the instal ments in the series used the same technique which we think of as under cranking or frame shooting and then inserting ...

... Austria The Crazy Horror Show, 27 minutes, American voice over A CHAP sitting at a news desk dressed like Frankenstein's monster reads out some news headlines and the sketches follow from that. These Horror TV sketches began with the 97th part of a series on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, although all we saw was Snow White trying to boil an apple in poison and subse quently being chased over ...

... Soviet Union Once There Lived a Tuner, 51 minutes, English voice over A PIANO tuner who has dreams about conducting was the subject of this leisurely programme. Music wakes him up in the morning and, still dreaming, he falls out of bed. He conducts his breakfast and sets off to work smartly dressed with his tools in a violin case. He works for a Diano tuning and rental firm and he goes to the ...

... Great Britain /LWT) It'll Be Alright on the Night-2, 50 minutes AFTER the previous sad little Rus sian tale, delegates relaxed and en joyed the clips presented by Denis Norden. There really hadn't been much to laugh out loud about and this was a most welcome change. A pity the British didn't have more entries, said an east German to us afterwards; now there's a compli ment for you. ...

... Norway Slim Sala Bim, 31 minutes, no subtitles THE Norwegians usually come up with a funny entry at Montreux and this year was no exception. This happy look at the slimming industry began with a tattish lady ti eating herself to an enormous breakfast. The postman brings an invitation to a class reunion and she starts to think about what dress to put on. Every one she gets out of the cup ...

... THE executive committee of Equity considered on Tuesday morning the position arising from the dispute between the Musicians' Union and the BBC and issued the following instruction to all members of Equity Members are in structed riot to intervene in the dispute between the Musicians' Union and the BBC by accepting engagements offered in substitution for the employment of musicians. Naunton ...

... THE story of Star Maker is certainly not an original idea. It has all been done before, but never, one imagines, with such zest and animation as in this newesi offering. The book is witty, and the latest music from the new team of Ornadel and Croft fulfils one's STAR MAKER 1 Musical play with book by lan Stuart Black, music and lyrics by Cyril Ornadel and David Croft, choreography by Mark ...

... Hollies star gets behind Chicken Shed By RICHARD BALLS HOLLIES STAR Francis Haines is putting the final touches to a unique album featuring disabled youngsters from the London theatre group Chicken Shed. The flourishing theatre workshop group, who now have more than 250 members and were recently featured in a TV documentary Another Side of London, are preparing to take one of their shows to a ...

... POOLE The Last of the Mohicans STAND by, theatre-goers, the New Vic is on the war-path with its very individual presentation of James Fenimore Cooper's classic, The Last of the Mohicans. Remember the 1936 film of this story of courage and bravery, starring Ran dolph Scott and Binnie Barnes? Forget it. The New Vic's is about one Geoffrey Winthrop, secretary of the Sons of Hiawatha (Indian ...

... BERYL REID, heading the cast of Leonard Schach's revue, Something New, is the biggest box-office draw in Johannesburg. Following up her success at the Hofmeyr Theatre, Cape Town, she is now appearing at the Playhouse with John Boulter. Valerie Miller, Francois Swart, Eatelie Kohler and Ron Shelton as supporting company, and the dance trio of Janice Fellows-Smith. Jimmy BeH and Lucille ...

... Therese Raquin LEICESTER In his time limile Zola was branded a pornographer for his explicit coverage of matters considered to be taboo. Certainly his books were powerful pieces ahead of their time. None more so than Therese Raquin, a tale of lust, adultery, murder and an overwhelming sense of guilt. Yes there was plenty there for director Julia Bardsley to work on in her adaptation of the ...

... We've been tricked HUGH HOMAN discovers Christie's play is more misery than mystery WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA Witness For The Prosecution WITNESS for the Prosecution is better than most of the other Christie dross. The first act is quite tightly and economically written, sketching in the characters very neatly. Act two is set in the Old Bailey and the courtroom virtually sets its own dramatic pace. ...