Birmingham Evening Mail from Birmingham, West Midlands, England • 15

ISION and RADIO OEEiaEBEQaU IT 1 9 Diana Ross and The Supremes heading for another chart success with Living in Shame" (Tamla Motown) which is similar in style to their previous hit Love Diana Mary and Cindy recently won a special award from the American National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for their "supreme achievement in the field of 'Moody' milestone Ellington celebrates his 70th birthday next Tuesilay Salutes will include a 65-minute BBC2 tribute with a programme of his music Musicians taking part in the programme include Johnny Dankworth (with Cleo Laine singing Stan Big Brass (featuring Acker Bilk) and' the Kenny Grahamc Afro-Percussion Marine Boy 515 Animal Magic The Magic Roundabout News Things from Another 520 Do Not Adjust Your New Today and Police Five Regional and topics Serial at Barker Comedy series with Barker Street Serial Champions Thriller series Conservative Party Political Broad-oast Mind of Mr Reeder New (with Hugh Burden Willoughby and Mona Bruce) based on by Edgar Wallace "The Treasure Stories of Edgar mild mannered hero Mr Story Look Out Margaret Solicitors! by Sean (with John Cowley Joe Brigit Forsyth and David! Wrestling On the Teenager drugs Forecast GLEN'S SUCCESS TRAIL A FTER -tV Wicl Phoenix and Wichita the disc success Spinning ahead to Friday April 25 The Herd offer rPHE eagerly-awaited new A album from London-based Birmingham group The Moody Blues is to me the finest thing that has happened to the British disc scene since The Beatles offered that superb showcase Lonely Hearts Club the Threshold of a (Deram) Is indeed a milestone in the progression of pop music in this country There are deep yet simple lyrics and brilliant backing which features a varied selection of strings woodwind and percussion instruments all played by the Moodies Souvenir appeal There are 13 tracks here and every one Is worth a spin Not only that but there is a to of by MICHAEL BEALE souvenir appeal about the sleeve with all the words to the songs Though Justin Comes the has already been released as a single this hardly does credit this talented flvesome When you play the entire album you will realise that they could have offered any the tracks here as the an music yet there is a serious vein running through the album that helps to keep a certain distinction that brands The Moody Blues as musicians today Midlands today Regional news and topics Give Me Your Word Quiz game Cars team The First Lady team World The science review includes a report on a computer that helps to sail yachts The Newcomers Serial News Jack Jones at "The Talk of the (BBC2 repeat) Harry Worth Repeat of the comedy series 1: Ails News Conservative Party Political Broadcast The Errol John Play (with Errol John Either Anderson and Michael Griffiths) A black view of white society Twenty-four Hours Football Highlights of AC Milan Manchester United (European Cup) News their new single (Fontana) But before they can get out and about to promote this new one Andy Bown and Garry Taylor are searching for a new drummer to replace Andrew Steele The Mums and Dads should really go for The Bachelors new single the Blue of the (Decca) And from the same record group discovery Anna McGoldriCk makes her disc debut with You (Emerald) a sensitive song handled with typical- Irish charm trail of Glen Campbell moves on to (Ember) And this new single again penned by Jim Webb is already in the top five of the US charts and still climbing after only four weeks The treatment follows the familiar Campbell pattern so easy on the ear with meaningful lyrics could be his biggest single in this country Simon and Garfunkel are back on the single trail too Their new offering features two Paul Simon songs bw (CBS) and they pack their usual punch 425 455 550 60 610 635 70 730 80 90 915 544 1015 1045 1145 128 Lelia Goldoni designer in msEs New 1140 News 1115 Market Trends (S Stereophonic) RADIO A 445 Home this Afternoon 525 Story Time The Asylum 555 Weather News 625 Talking Point 640 Conservative Party Political Broadcast) 645 The Archers 70 Trolley Service 730 Am Affair between BBC Symphony Concert Part 1 833 Interval: Tourist Traders 853 Symphony Concert: 60 80 SurvivaL Discotheque Set News Midlands ATV news Crossroads Hark Ronnie Coronation The The series Goddard stories Reeder News Love Lynch Weston) Professional Pulse and Weather as Top Twenty 1030 110 1145 70 730 80 845 90 915 1055 110 Par the record the tracks with composers are: the Beginning" (Graeme Edge) to See (Justin Hayward) (Ray Thomas) Me No (John Lodge) Share Our (Lodge) Deep Within (Mike Finder) Comes the (Hayward) Day" (Thomas) You Sitting (Thomas Hayward) (Edge) You Heard Part (Finder) "The (Pinder) You Heard Part (Pinder) There Is another new album on the market that warrants special mention a double-album collection of Bob Dylan songs offered by Joan Baez Title: Day Now" (Vanguard) There are 16 numbers including Lady of the which lasts for 11 minutes and 18 seconds Some of the better known Dylan numbers such as Shall be Released" Down the and Country are here too and it all adds up to a two-in-one package that will enhance the overall influence and popularity of two super-stars of folk Contrasting styles Three more double-recard albums on offer and again in contrasting styles Andy Williams Sound of (CJ3S) features 21 of his all-time hits such as to Each and Old On the same label is Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and A1 who have emerged from the of West Coast to combine their talents in a slightly more commercial form Among the material on offer here is Street Bridge and And still with double-album offers Four Gold Edition (Philips) brings back memories of Big Girls Like a and from this super harmony group A Happening in Central (CBS) is an appro- priate title for the new album from Barbra Streisand This is the live recording from the open-air concert she performed in Central Park in June last year before a crowd of 135000 Second Hand Me a and even are among the 11 numbers on offer Good Sailing 2: (C) Newsroom (C) Man Alive it all Another report: on trouble in our universities (C) Television Doctor (C) Conservative Party Political Broadcast The Hollywood Musical "The Emperor (with Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine) (C) News (C) 8 (5) Sorry Suzanne (Parlophone) The Hollies 9 (3) In the Bad Bad Old Days (Pye) The Foundations 10 (15) Come Back and Shake Me (RCA) Clodagh Rogers 11 (7) Boom Bang-a-Bng (Columbia) Lulu 12 (16) Harlem Shuffle (Island) Bob and Earl 13 (17) My Way (Reprise) Frank Sinatra 14 (19) Windmills of Your Mind (Reprise) Noel Harrison Gabriella French-ltalian fashion the BBC play The Exiles (915) search (or clues meet mark rowland top make-up man (0 Efrom Let Mark Rowland help you choose the most nattering collection of preparations for your own complexion and colouring Especially for visit The Introductory Set at less than half the normal price of the contents (489) Transparent Powder Compact a Lipstick to suit you and Velva Moisture Film Especially for personal shoppers To ensure Individual attention please telephone far an appointment MONDAY APRIL 28th to SATURDAY 3rd MAY (Cosmetic Department Ground Floor) ducer claims that his writers have tried to blend loyalty to Edgar original script with the need to make the story entertaining to a modern audience The entertainment comes from contrasting the relationship of mild mannered Mr Reeder with his overpower- Errol John the ing departmental chief a role by Willoughby God' West Indian actor-author stars in his own play The Exiles (BBCl 915) It gives a coloured view of white society He will be seen as a West Indian who having lived most of his life in America returns to Europe on a sentimental journey to revisit places he knew during the war In London he meets two consins A well organised farce but 15 Michael and the Slipper Tree (President The Equals 16 (8) Games People Play (Polydor) Joe South 17 (13) I Know Why (Tamla Mowtown) Stevie Wonder 18 (10) Get Ready (Tamla Motown) The Temptations 19 Colour of my Love (Pye) Jefferson 20 (12) First of May (Poly-dor) Bee GeeS (Michael Griffiths and Esther Anderson) who can usually pass for white and a fashion editor (Lelia Goldoni) This production called for an unusual amount of location filming For the visual interpretation of the theme (that all the four characters remain exiles at heart) some typically English backgrounds were chosen These include Coventry Cathedral and a country pub both chosen to contrast with the sophistication of some of pleasure spots Look Out! Margaret Solicitors ends the latest series of (1045) At 110 the BBC will show a 45-minute film of the first snatch 'lit i the European Cup semi-final between AC Milan and Manchester United provided a number of surprising facts This quiz packed in a great deal of useful information in an entertaining way In the studio the team of parents managed to beat both the teenagers and the experts Miss Bernadette Devlin added an impressive television appearance to her other successes in Twenty-four Hours" writes a colleague Clearly the disciplines of this format made little impression on her: she stated her case with eloquence and sincerity that proved more than a match for the professionals RS CONCORDE 'B' OR HOOVERMATIC TWIN TUBS RECONDITIONED GUARANTEED OO CASH: Z57gns Late Night Line-up (C) Colour) RADIO 1 415 745 120 415 632 Sounds Like Tony Brandon 632 New (Ed Stewart) The Spinners (My Kind of Folk) 815 Jazz Club (Humphrey Lyttelton) 100 Late Night Extra (Keith Fordyce) Newsroom 125 Night 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Mother 20 Invitation to Music 30 In Service 330 Afternoon Theatre 430 Ivory Magic The Government Inspector" Birmingham Repertory Theatre the peak of good actors have gone and the Rep is down to some pretty unexciting routine Govern ment a 20-year-old Tennessee Williams play and Michael Simpson seems to be seeking to put new life into the 1836 Gogol satire by making it The Running Bumping and Falling about Show 4c 4c The tone is set by the very loud music as you enter while a boy writes mildly rude things like "The Mayor is a scrubbing on a fence The translation is a colloquial one flies on you You look after Number written originally for a school production by a teacher Anthony Bos worth and the idiot provincials who mistake a Moscow olerk for an important visiting Government official are given inter- or buy on our Easy Payments Plan No Deposit Delivery on first payment of 9-92 weekly payments ox 8- Total pui price £37-5-0 Also New Hoovers 54tns Hotpoint -Philco Twin Tubs and Creda Spin Dryers and Automatics Post this coupon or phone NOR 9764 now for further details ADDRESS I I 20-21 HOCKLFY HILL (Near Key Hill Corner) BIRMINGHAM 18 ANDY WILLIAMS a hew re album (see Disc Desk Get Baric The Beatles 2 (1) Israelites mid) Desmond and The Aces 3 (9) Goodbye (Apple) Mary Hopkin 4 (2) I Heard It on the Grapevine (Tamiay Motown) Marvin Gaye 5 (6) Pinball Wizard (Track) The Who 6 (18) Cupid (Major Minor) Johnny Nafih 7 (4) Gentle On My Mind (Reprise) Dean Ml (Apple) (Hy a -ilekker Silent TV Correspondent TV'OW for the quiet detjec-tive an Edgar Wallace hero who should calml all who like excitement dislike the violence recently demonstrated I by thugs and special agents On ITV tonight as replacement Mintfi of Mr starts) its eight-week run (915) Hugh Burden will interpret (the contradictory character 1 of hero Mr Reeder who works for the Director of Pub lie Prosecutions is law-abidi ng but thinks like a criminal and like a Kim Mills the series Pro mittent accents They are constantly struck into panic-stricken hearts they rush about and collide with each other and hardily anybody makes an entrance without falling over himself It is well organised farce but I thought the manner too West Midland strained to make a comfortable watching or to do justice to the irony I must add though that a lot of other people laughed a lot more than I did And having mentioned good actors going one must welcome a very good one in John Warner who plays the impostor with panache and some dropped aspirates to remind us that the affection-: ately remembered once tackled the play Within the terms Desmond McNamara' makes an efficient Mayor WHW haps too dramatic because the play collects a tenseness it does not deserve In the first part certainly it is heavy on the black side and light on the comedy What is needed if one can say this about the dead author of a play so concerned with death is a little more: of the spirit of Joe Orton The flashes of wit are dimmed there is a danger that the whole thing wUl become as limp as the corpse in the coffin that is the centrepiece of the play calls for style and as yet the Belgrade company has not entirely found it The man who comes closest is John Rowe as Truscott the man from the water-board" Happily as the play continues has command of the situation rubs off on the rest of the company and undoubtedly the production will soon find both the right rhythm and the style to serve it Last audience occasionally had an edgy reluctance to laugh yet Loot should have you as well as thinking June Watts is a rather stunning nurse bult Paul Hawes needs to expand as the wayward son involved in a bank robbery John McKelvey as the bereaved husband has the right sympathies but he ought not to be too subdued FN efficient all-purpose setting It tells Its story clearly but needs at times more Are In portraying events like classroom beatings and the sermon about hell that made suoh an impression on the young mind We do not expect the 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BRADFORD STREET 5 Tel 021-622 3549 Simply fW in and post coupon MIDLAND LOOSE 36 BULL STREET NAME ADDRESS WK WeceS5-: -veia'o seen ue Tel VVV Loot at the Belgrade Theatre Coventry and the Swan Theatre Worcester prize-winning play receives a double exposure in the Midlands this week New productions opened last night at both the Belgrade Theatre Coventry and thq Swan Theatre Worcester At the outset of the production the theatre is plunged Into darkness A spotlight suddenly stabs out to reveal a policeman standing in a box He raises a burp gun and sprays the stage This is director Roger way of underlining Joe point quoting from Bernard Shaw that anarchism is a game at which the police can beat you It is a dramatic start Per- ALMOST ONE A SECOND AT the Swan Theatre first night achieved almost a laugh a second even though far too many seemed to take the cast and at times the director by surprise All the cast of six worked hard under the direction of Jean Phelips but it was Geoffrey Wood as Truscott who excelled The set designed by Joan Knowles and the lighting by Chris Brazier were absolutely right BJB THE new thriller serial The Prior made an intriguing start There were two mysterious deaths gradually woven into one problem that will provide a captive audience for the next instalment It was all done against some dramatic Scottish backgrounds uHth an air of realism that made a refreshing change from the more contrived whodunits You Think You Know About (BJBC) A film for history U'UROPA devoted itself with extra time material from Czechoslovakia much of it secret film not shown openly in its own country But what really justified last night's edition of a programme that alioays takes its responsibilities seriously was the film taken after the death of and at the funeral of Jan Palach the student who died from self-inflicted burns Not screened publicly anywhere before its emotion was overpowering: a film for history Frederic film The was also a masterpiece in its field And 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