... 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 ...

... Heartbreak House DUBLIN JOE VANEK'S pale, scanty set gives a sepulchral tone to this Gate production of Heartbreak House, and Patrick Mason's direction confirms the theme of mourning. The pace is as slow as a funeral march, and the Shavian humour is frequently overshadowed by a sense of doom. Individual performances are plausi ble. Ingrid Craigie is very fine as Ellie Dunn, and Alan ...

... A Lonely Cowboy in Athens, 23 minutes, no English subtitles A NEW young composer featured in i this programme that consisted of a little film shooting around Athens, happy songs, some cartoons and some animation. The songs were acted out in some simple sketches of the boy and girl kind. The producer changed scene and changed pace in the numbers chosen. The cartoons and animation were used to ...

... Sweden ABBA in concert, 42 minutes ABBA in the United States preparing to work and then in London pre paring for their concert at Wembley provided the introduction to the concert, most of the filming of which took place at Wembley on conse cutive evenings. Six 16mm cameras operated simultaneously were con nected to a monitor in the producer's box. Time coding and catalogue film made it ...

... Denmark Three To One Against, 24 minutes, English subtitles A STUDIO show with some film inserts, this began with a comedy intro on a plane the pay off line being when a man pulls an air vent and the tyres deflate. The star of the show was assisted by three actresses and they attempted a parody on the Eurovision Song Contest and various sketches. Between the musical numbers we cut to an OB of ...

... Ireland Duets for Piano and Voice, 51 minutes, no subtitles TONY HATCH and Jackie Trent wrote the music for this show and after so much disco and rock the introduction was a pleasant change, the song of the title being particu larly catchy. The theme of the show was the contribution of the piano to music and this allowed a mix of many kinds of musical number. It added up to a well organised ...

... United States (ABC) The Third Barry Manilow Special, 49 minutes, no sub titles APART from a guest appearance from John Denver this was a solo performance from the star. The be ginning was rather awkward, with him trying to chat up the studio audience, but after that it settled down to be a very professional song show. The star, who also writes some of the material himself, was the show and his ...

... Czechoslovakia From Prague to Monte Carlo, 50 minutes no subtitles THE Czechs were invited to the Sporting Club in Monte Carlo to stage a television show and this was the result. The Czechs told us they had only the stage lighting, two cameras and one hand held and if the result was a bit gloomy at times, that was a reason. It was a mix of live performance and a well known Czech puppet theatre ...