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mm MISCELLANY Servant of two tongues A report on Independent Television for Wales and the West by Michael Frayn a art a by Mary Crozier has a garden cunningly served by cables for outdoor television if necessary. This is the headquarters. But in Bristol big new studios are going up at present there is a small one for news or talks. TWW has had longer to get going than the three English regions I saw earlier. It has what struck me as a remarkably well integrated team of people at work, from the versatile Alfred Francis, the managing director, onward (you cannot say downward, because TWW is not like that), with Bryan Michie (formerly so well known at the BBC) an energetic, human, and experienced programme controller.

I felt an energy of purpose which was borne out by the programmes that 1 saw either live or recorded. A Ion every swing Comes to Town," which Ivor Emmanuel visits different towns. Challenge," in which students challenge the famous, had finished when 1 was there, but I saw recordings of Clash in which well-known people did indeed clash for instance, Randolph Churchill and Roy Thomson. (These are done at the ITV studios in London.) A TWW project that seemed to me most impressive was Pegasus Overland." For this programme eight young paratroopers in the Territorial Army had formed an expedition for a mainly overland journey to Australia and back. They left the Pontcanna studios in trucks last December, and the programmes of the journey compiled from films, tapes, and diaries are shown at inter-v als.

The return is to be made through Africa 'and Europe. I saw-some of the recorded programmes and thought them splendidly full of action and good photography an instance of the wider horizon which TWW looks for. Pegasus is the sort of programme one would be glad indeed to see on the network A series on Malta is also projected. Among other regular features are sports reports, boxing features, and quizzes. Nor must one forget the outside broadcasts, so important in the life of a region.

For instance, TWW includes towns such as Bristol, with its university, and Bath. From the festival there this year there were five "Festival Occasions" including the complete opera Dr Miracle," and a twenty-minute interview with Yehudi Menuhm. There was a Yehudi Menuhin TWW award won by a boy violinist. Here they do not reach for their guns when they hear the word culture. And Tom Lehrer has recorded for them some of his songs (including the banned one).

The picture lion' details of the older Boullon and Watt engine the oil supplv regulator (above) and the curved control levers (loner right). Below i the ptttnp hotife at Crofton. ABEAM engine in action is a majestic sight. At Crofton, Wiltshire, the two Boulton and Watt engines, one them among the oldest in the world, until recently dipped and raised their great cast-iron beams at a rate of io swings to the minute each swing bringing up a ton water to the feeder canal supplying the summit level of the Kennet and Avon Canal at Savernake. Watching them took one straight back to the Industrial Revolution.

The detail of the smaller components of the engines is superb. An oil supply regulator is shaped and finished like a miniature Regency table urn and the control levers are curved as if made by a stylish coach-builder. The earlier engine was supplied by the Boulton and Watt Soho Works at Birmingham in 1796 for .785. Both are still in perfect condition mechanically after having worked through several life-spans of lesser engines. At the moment their future and the whole future of the canal is under discussion.

It would be a happy event if news of a preservation order were to come through in time for the canal's hundred and fiftieth anniversary in December. IT will not come as news to anyone that the senior members of British universities are frequently eccentric, sometimes hallucinated, and occasionally downright certifiable. We are quite accustomed to dons who believe in bridging the arts-science gap by compulsory Greek, and dons who are suddenly struck down by the conviction that they have turned into lightly-boiled eggs. I have a theory (and any psychologists present may tase notes if they wish) that the root cause is a hypnotic vertigo induced by the circulation of the port after dinner. Even against this background, however, there is one man who contrives to stand out.

I don't know his name, but he is an academic official in Edinburgh. Maybe they circulate the port unusually fast at Edinburgh, but this man's thought-processes seem to me to be in a class of their own. The story starts with a sane and cheerful citizen called Mr John Hughes. Mr Hughes is, it seems the head janitor at, the College of Agriculture in Edinburgh. His distinction is that when he grins, he reveals that he has only one front tooth left in his upper row.

I know my one-tooth grin makes people laugh," Mr Hughes is reported as saying, but I'm quite happy with my face and my wife has never complained." Mr Hughes might have lived out his life unknown to anyone but his admirable wife and those citizens of Edinburgh who hoot with simple mirth whenever they are lucky enough to get a glimpse of his tooth, had not the Duke of Edinburgh agreed to open the new college building today. For it then occurred to one of the 'college officials who control Mr Hughes's destiny that the Duke might not be so easily amused as the plebeian ratepayers with whom Mr Hughes- had consorted hitherto. The sight of the janitor's tooth standing in majestic solitude, thought this anonymous genius, might somehow embarrass the Duke. Action followed swiftly. Suggestions were dropped in Mr Hughes's ear.

Hurried telephone calls were made to the college's contacts in the dentistry business. As a result, a denture has been rushed through for Mr Hughes to wear today. It will cost him 4 out of his own pocket and he has no Intention of ever wearing it again. Since I heard about all this I have been sitting very still with an icepack on my head trying to think it out calmly. I can follow the official's reasoning some of the way.

I should think he pictured to himself Mr Hughes handing the Duke the scissors to cut a tape across the doorway. Then he ''would visualise the Duke making one of his little jokes (like Are the scissors sharp or I hope you've got the heating on so causing Mr Hughes to grin and reveal his acute shortage of upper incisors. But there I stick. The hiatus between this point in the argument and the conclusion that the Duke would be embarrassed is a leap beyond the range of my mental gymnastics. The only rational explanation of the incident I can think of is that somebody is making a deliberate attempt to break into that select booby-hatch, the "This England" column in the "New Statesman." Unless I'm the one who's mad.

Do I look unnaturallv flushed, friends Do I make low-moaning noises when the wind's in the wrong quarter Now I come to think of it- I seem to remember that British Railways officials once covered up the Gentlemen sign on a public lavatory next to the platform where the Royal Family was due to arrive, and that the Navy levelled all the doorways in an aircraft-carrier the Queen was visiting, thus rendering the waterproof bulkheads waterproof no longer. Can they all be deranged No, it's me after all. Poor Frayn's a-eold. They say the owl was a baker's There's Rosemary, that's for remembrance. Supposing the Royal Family come along and see me Quick, must look-suitable.

Hair wrong colour get-wig. Offensive gleam in eyes-get two glass ones. Quick, quick; plastic surgery to alter embarrassing shape of nose. Board up lavatory. Smooth out stairs.

fennel for you, and columbine. Almost ready for your Majesty I must just file my ears into a less suggestive shape and slip into this straitjacket. THREE companies in the Independent Television network stand for, national as well as regional interests, and they are stationed in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. After I had seen Southern Television, Tyne Tees Television, and Anglia Television, I went to visit Independent Teleision for South Wales and the West (TWW). The TWW studios are at Pontcanna, Cardiff, a city which looks surprisingly neither Welsh nor English.

Coming from the North one has travelled down through the dark woods and hills of Herefordshire, through fabled Caerleon to more prosaic Newport, and then you are decanted at a brisk, bustling town with a gleaming white group of civic buildings set amid lawns and trees like the last enchantment of the British Raj. Within a stone's throw there is a castle whose huge wall lines the main street. Though Cardiff is the capital of Wales, TWW serves not only South Wales but the West, and Bristol across the Channel is written iust as large across the hearts of TWW's executives, who constantly make the 100 miles detour around the Severn. So TWW has a peculiar and challenging iob in working in two languages Its booklets, for instance, are printed both, and it has a Welsh-speaking staff rpWW opened IHoS. The transmitter is at St Hilary, near Cardiff.

The population is 3.600.000. and the total of homes in the area is 1.173,000. The number of homes watching TWW in 195S was estimated to be 191,000. By the end ot 1959 the figure had risen to nearly 500,000. It is reckoned that in the two areas each side of the Bristol Channel, half the population watches TWW for moie than two-thirds of its viewing time.

The area stretches from Milford Haven eastwards through Brecknock to Gloucester, then South-west through Devon, enclosing Somerset to Lyme Bay and across through Exeter to the sea south of Hartland Point. In its advertising TWW in March launched a new merchandising service, the TWW Retailers' Scheme the first of its kind to be offered by a television company. It provides a comprehensive service for both retailers and advertisers, the Tele-ision Weekly," giving a complete list of commercials due, ten tias before screening. The retailer can thus arrange displays to coincide with the current campaign. Thirty thousand retailers are covered by this scheme and can carry a plaque stating that they stock goods advertised on television.

I visited TWW at the time of the Royal National Eisteddfod in August, for it seemed an exciting time to see how the company dealt with the load of special programmes that mu-t come from this important estn al of my time was spent on and around the Eisteddfod field, and in TWW's marquee studio, whence a daily programme Welsh of Eisteddfod hews and events went out from 4 20 to 5 m. Sometimes a prizewinner came straight from the pavilion to the studio to be inter-Mewed; the visiting e'iles appeared, too, and a selection of the day's events (made with the mobile Ampex recording unit) were given Some of the major events were televised "live." as was the visit of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Cardiff is a place where fields and pai ks lie all about, and TWW's studios at Pontcanna are on the cilsc of green, peaceful fields and woods. An old l'aimhoiise was taken er and has been retained at the heart of the building. At its back door sheep safely gra.e, and it MIRAFI0RE ASTI SPUMANTE Look for and insist Too little that is fine by Philip Hope-Wallace rp contubutes about eight hours a week of its own programmes the rest Is the national network.

Of the eight, three hours are normally in Welsh, though on occasion, as with the Eisteddfod, it may well be more. There are about four Welsh programmes of 40, minutes each week. These are taken by Granada, so that they can be seen in North Wales and incidentally the North of England. In August there were Amser Te (Tea Time) with Myfanwy Howell, which has been tinning eekly nonstop ever since the station opened a foreign travel film, a music programme, and Gair Gyngor (A Word of Advice) with a panel of well-known Welsh people. There is also from Monday ta Friday a daily -Welsh news bulletin at 4 20.

And every fourth Sunday there is the extremely popular Land of Song with Ivor Emmanuel It is a concession to English viewers that the titles are now given also in English. "Land of Song" is both truly regional and national, and has won" its place in the national network, as it deserves. On the Sunday after the Eisteddfod, the network Sunday Break was replaced by "Hiuns of Praise" community hymn singing from a chapel in Llanelly with fourteen massed choirs and Ivor Emmanuel This programme was sent out twice on the Sunday so that church or chapel viewers would have a choice of time Among new Welsh programmes for the autumn is one called Her Yr Ifanc in which oung people challenge the institutions of the country. THE English programmes reflect in, the-news the double character of the station The news comes from both Bristol and Cardiff, the two announcers alternating with items. Whether because or in spite of this it is the most brisk and incisive news that I had yet seen from an ITV company.

I found its film reports extremely efficient and up to date and its coverage system wide and competent. Among programmes, Here "Today" compered by Joseph Cooper in an amusingly fresh, off-the-cuff stle. is a thrice weekly news a a i i e. Life Begins at Eighty is an outside audience participation programme of old people with Bryan Michie in the chair and four octogenarians on the panel with him. The total age, including an aged guest, is round about 400 years, marvellous when you see their capacity for fun.

Mind Behind Murder is a series in which the Rev. Gordon Lang talks about various notorious crimes and probes the mentality behind them. This is one of several TWW programmes of general rather than local interest. Then there is Ivor lis supplied to the late fcVG OF ITALY natural delicate sparkling wine uliich men tike and ladies love. Now only 1 T'6 per bottle from all good vvine merchants.

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226, Tottenham Court Road, London. W.I. '-rip r. Hp I2S -SSSSt! rivlIEKE are some interesting possibilities of a regional link-up in programmes. Anglia's Countryman is now shown by TWW, and Iand of Song is shown by Anglia.

Countryman is to be widened to deal with natural history in Scotland also. This way some of the best of the regional programmes may be seen all round the outer fringes of the network, and afford a very welcome change and variety from the material of the Big Four. 1 noticed that Roy Thomson, when questioned in a BBC Press Conference in August, complained that the national network would not let in the provincial programmes. If they can act as a band of brothers sharing their "quality" features they will be strengthening themselves vis-a-vis the four-headed giant. While I was at Cardiff Sir Robert Fraser, director-general of the ITA.

came down to the Eisteddfod and gave a press conference which he announced that a new Independent Television service area was to be created for est and North-w est Wales, with stations on the Prescelly range and the Lleyn Peninsula. The programme company would be either an existing one or a new company formed in Wales What happens here will naturally be of the greatest interest to the Welsh people. About 200.000 more will be reached by the new stations, and 400,000 in fringe areas, many of whom, however, will still receive a better signal from St Hilary. Will the award go to TWW or to some new company This is not a thing one can predict. But the firm conclusion I came to from my visit was that this company, nearly half of whose effort is Welsh, diil better English programmes, with wider appeal, more grasp of affairs, and a more adult approach, than the English ITV regions I had seen The Midday Concert by Gerald Lamer fTUiE playing of the Aeolian String A Quartet at vesterday's Midday Concert in the Houldsworth Hall, Manchester, was technically efficient but sometimes lacking in conviction.

The main item of their programme was Dvorak's interesting Quartet in (Op. 80). It is a fairly early work which still betrays the undigested influence of Schubert but which already has the beginnings of Dvorak's original use of Czech rhythms and of the Dumka form. Composed only a few months after the death of his daughter it is characterised by a continual tonal conflict where a sense of bereavement belies the major tonality of the work. The Aeolian String Quartet excelled in the more lyrical passages, playing the lament of the Andante con moto with great poignancy.

The cross rhythms, duple against triple, of the Scherzo were effectively executed, but what we missed in this performance was the power of the conflict of the first movement which, after a good, again lyrical, beginning, fell flat. Bloch's Three Landscapes received a sympathetic performance. Bloch was at his best when composing for strings, but the descriptive writing of these pieces causes difficulties for the performers. In the attempt to produce, presumably, a sensation of iciness in North the very high notes of the instruments are mercilessly exposed, but here, if not at the end of the work, intonation was perfect. There is iciness, too, in Alpestre," but the contrasting sections produced some warm string tone.

Not so successfully done were the folk rhythms of Tongataboo where uncertainty prevailed. The extra item. a quartet movement by Schubert, admirably suited the style of the Aeolian String Quartet and brought a happy ending to the concert. Mary Sluart Old ic romantic fustian style and does so. but perhaps leaves the actors with loo little that is fine and ringing to carry them along.

The confrontation takes fire Mary's shriving and leave-taking are touching and Elizabeth's lonely despair makes a striking end. But it is a good deal less moving in the hands of the present players than it was when Irene Worth and Catherine Lacey blazed the trail. One recognises that the players are put into a rather awkward position. Naturalness does not sit comfortably upon this ultraoperatic view of liistorv. Play it too quietly and the texture (unlike the texture of Shakespeare) looks thin yet a few notes too high, and ranting is only just avoided.

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SAVOY. Tem 888a I Mon.Frl, 8. Sat. 5.30. 8 30 respect and sympathy in the last pages which were done with much quiet delicacy and emotional truth.

Valerie Taylor presented a convincing likeness of the English monarch, with her arched brows and imperious diction. But here too one thought a little more preparation and ingenuity might have brought better results. Robert Harris (Burleigh), John Humphry (Leicester), and Derek Smith as Melvil, the disguised priest who came to Mary in her last hour, gave support. It is a good thing for people to have a chance to see Schiller. It explains why Brecht is Brecht and why the Germans so much revere Shakespeare.

But there is moving historical drama here, as well as antiquarian interest. With more money and time the Old Vic could be quite good. SIR JOHN BARBIROLL1 HALLE Sl'VIMY HALLE C1I1I Fl 16. HALLE OKCIirSTKA FREE It 4 II HALL ROSSINI Over'u-e. semi'amide VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Yarlanis ot Dives and Iazartu KODALY Peacock.

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Exdilna New Floor SHow. VISUAL ARTS 12 Soho Photography, drawlni IjiOK the third oilenng ol the season the Old Vic puts on once more Schiller's Stuart in the translation by Stephen Spender originally made for the open stage of the Edinburgh Festival It is now presented in a simple, not very ambitious production by Philip Dale against black curtains, with the handsome costumes and livid faces of the characters picked out in light filtering trom side and top. This works reasonably well except perhaps for the scene of the confrontation of the two queens in Fotlienngay Park, where a little suggestion of sunlight and fresh air is really of paramount poetic importance But we get some tine tableaux. Mr Spender's translation (which is tree) aims to avoid the high- MANCHESTER THEATRES, ETC. ()I'IU HOI.lL.

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in WAITING IN THL WINGS, by Noel Coward FORTLNE. (Tem 223S ANI ANOTHER THING New revue. Eves 6 30. Th and Sat 5 30 8 30 "Brilliant." Herald "Very funny "Fin. Times.

GARR1CK. (Tem. Mil.) Eves 8 40 W. b. a 40 FINGS AIN'T WHAT TUEV USED TBE.

Musical GLOBE. IGer 1592 1 Mon -Frt eigs I 30 Sat 6. 8 15 Mat wed JO raui stconeio. ueo mcjscm In A MAN FOR ALL si ASO.NS. by Robert Bolt "A production that does our stage credit Teleg BATMARKET.

(Wbl 9832 1 Evgs. 8 0 Wed Sat 2 30 Alec Guinness ROs. Terence Ratueon HER MAJESTIC iWhl f)006 1 Mon to Frl 7 30 Sat 5 0 and 8 0 Wed 2 30 IVfcST SIDE STORY A musical wi'ri New York cast LTRIC. IGer I Eves 7 45 5 15. 830 Tuea 2 30 Shant Wallls in IRMA LA DO! CE.

Mulcl LYRIC. II'mith rRlv 4412 i Mon to Fri. 8, Tur 1 Sat 5 and 8 15 MIVTrK JOHNSON. MUST FINISH HERE OrTOBFP. 22 MFRMII 70V1 1 Mr Itl RKF.

MP. Musical F'j iSL 30 I ciimmeud tils Levin BBC PRESENTS COMBINED HALLE and BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRAS (150 PLAYERS) FREE A U4LL CONDUCTED BY SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI IVF.D.NKSriAY and OCTOBER I9M, THURSDAY 7 p.m. PROGRAMME: SYMPHONY No. 7 MJh'er SYMPHONY No. 5 Nielsen Tickets; 15-.

126. 10-. 7C 5-. J0. 2S All seats obtainable from- Halle Booklne Omc.

8 St Peter's Square. Manchester usual agentj. LIVERPOOL CONCERTS PHILHARMONIC HALL. LIERPOOL. ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TUESDAY.

OCTOBER 18. at 7 30 CLAUDIO ARRAU Mathis tier MaJer Ilmdcmiita Piano Concerto No. A in Beethoven Ssmphony No 3tS fPragueJ Mozart Roumanian Rhapsody No. Lueaco CONDUCTOR JOHN PRITCHARD Tickets 50 to 126 from Philharmonic Box Office. ROYal 3789 iid usual asenu.

LONDON CINEMAS ACADEMY: (Gel. 29811 until Oct L3. Uilviex in in RICHARD III (Ul. Progs 1 30. 4.45, 8.

ASTORIA, Ch. Rd. Jtyne Mansneld. Leo Genu, Too Hot to Handle (X). Progs.

L30. 3 40. 5.55. B.10. Bing Crosby.

Fabian. Tuesday Weld. Nicole Maurey HIGH TIME (Ul Colour cinemascope Programmes 1 15 3 35 5.55. 8 X) CASINO. (Ger.

6877.) Clnerama'a SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE (Ul 2 30. 6 0 B.40 Sun. 4.45. 7.30. COLUMBIA 5414.) Dirk Bogarde.

SONG YVITHOUT END (Ul. Sep. perls Now dly. at 2 30. 5.40, and 8.40.

Suns. '40. 7.40 Bookable in advance Theatre or Agents. CURZON (Gro 3737.1 Last wks. American Academy award BLACK ORPHEUS (A).

Colour. Progs. 12 2 0. 4 15. 6.30 8 40 DOMINION, Tott.

Court Rd. IMus. 2176.) Todd-AO. Rodgers and Bammersteln'i SOUTH PACIFIC (U). Weekdays 7.45, Sunday 6 0 Mats.

SaL 2.30. Bookable Theatre and Agents. EMPIRE. Leicester Square. MGMs BEN HUB (Al.

Dally at 2.0 and 7.5 (Box office opens At 13). Sundays at fl 15 All aeati bookable LEIC. SQ. TH. Yul Brynner.

Mtui Gaynor. Noel Coward Surprise Package IU) 1.40 4 10. 6.40. 9.10. LONDON PAVILION "THE TWO FACES OF DR JEKYLL IX) and "HOT HOURS" (XI.

Pro- Erammed 10 20 1210 4 30. 7 40 Sunday i30 T35 METROPOLE. (Vic 02089 1 In Todd-AO Cole POrter a (U) Wkdays 8 Sunday 6 0. Mat. Wed.

Th. Sat. 2 30 Bookable theatre and aeems. ODI ON. Leic.

Sa. FOXHOLE IN CAIRO (A). Progl. 1 10 3 6 5. 8 25 Last perf of film at 9 25.

ODEON. Marble Arch THE TIME MACHINE I A). In colour Programmes at 1 30 3 30 5 55 J.20 RITZ, Leicester Square. DOCTOR IN LOVE IA. Tn colour Programmes at 1 15 3 5 5 40 13 STtDIO ONF.

Must finish Oct. 20. Jane Wyman. Hayiey Mills. Egah.

K. Maiden in Pollyanna (Ul Tech Progs 12 40. 3.15. 50, 8.25. Doors 1215.

Always an Ideal programme for the entire family." WARNER. THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE ST MRS (A). Robert Preston Dorothy McGulre. Tech. Progs, at 10 20 12 20.

3.0 5 40. 3.20. EXHIBITIONS EXHIBITION INTERNATIONAL RUBBER EXHIBITION organised by Rubber and Plastics Age," Technical exhibition in Church House. Westminster, open OCTOBER 11, 12 and 13 9 30 a.m. to 5 pa, Admission free.

neyv ideas in office and industry wilt oe loano at Olympia's Business Efficiency Exhibition Uea and machines here present their case for pro (Twain saving time. work, and money. Profit from a visit yourse-lf? October 3-12. 10 90 a.m.-7 pn. 4 pm.

Saturday, October 8). AdmuuloD 26. DAILY to SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22nd Weekdays 10-30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays 10-30 a.m.

to 9 p.m. CITY HALL MANCHESTER Visit the 23rd presentation of the North's greatest BUILDING TRADES EXHIBITION 0 The latest developments and most important aspects in BUILDING today are displayed by leading firms in the Industry. ADMISSION 21- O'C-'-i-cc Pl'OVlN'IAl fcXHIBITIONb UVITED 3. M2 lan L'armtchacl Molra Lister, Micnaei goocihc lu THE GAZHto Comedy thriller for the family STRAND. (Tem.

26S0 Comm. Oct IB 7 30 Nigel Patrick. Maxlno Audley. Charles Heslop In SETTLED OIT OF COI'RT. Comedy thriller.

THE TALK OF THE TOIV.N. Dlnlns Dancmu, TEN O'CLOCK FOLLIES and at 30 EARTHA KlTT for 476 REG 1051 or book on arrival. VAI DEVII.LE. (Tem. 4871 Com Thur.

Oct 20 7 30 Subs E.s 8. Pamela Brown Brenda Bruce and MKIu.l Cough In THIS Y'EAR, NEXT YEAR. VICTORIA. PALACE IVlc 1317.) 81) Sat 5 30 and 8 30 DAVID WHITFIELD and Great Cast Id 1 now Dentatlon ROSE MARIE Book oow WHITEHALL (Whl 1 ffv 7 30 5 15. 8 15.

W. 2 30. Rat and Frank') u. SIMPLE SPYMEN. 3rd yr..