This Week in Britain #615: The National Theatre
Five-minute black-and-white report about the then part-built National Theatre on London's South Bank. Includes brief footage of Laurence Olivier and of the theatre's architect Denys Lasdon who explains the design. Liz Ferris as the reporter who talks to camera.
From the archive
An episode of a five minute television series produced in the UK by the Central Office of Information. This series was produced for broadcast in other countries, and was not originally shown in the UK. The series ran from 1959 to 1980, with this episode being from 1973. In this episode, there is an interview with Tommy Nutter, and a sequence featuring several people wearing glam clothes and trying to dance while on top of a moving vehicle. Click here for the Spanish language version of the segment.
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- Director
- Eric Halliday
- Starring
- Liz Ferris, Denys Lasdun
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