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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Mar 18, 1968
Page
5
The page lists a weekly program with titles such as The Master Of Santiago Golden Horde The Kentuckian The Lady With The Albros Slightly Honourable The Rickets and The Cal ence Hong Kong Today notes an ongoing report on Vorys and an outpost in the work on the Pull.
Christopher Brasher reports on Hong Kong as one of Britain's last outposts, a place of fast tailoring and cheap goods for visitors yet a money making hub for Chinese and European residents. He notes stark contrasts between wealth and poverty, political risk from China, and the uneasy security of colonial life.
A BBC adaptation of Esther Waters follows the struggling young girl in Victorian England. Meg Wynn Owen portrays Esther with John Bennett as William Latch as the serial airs at 10.10 pm on Wednesdays from March 20 on ABC-3, with Bennett appearing in The Forsyte Saga on Sundays.
The program Impact chronicles Paul Gauguin's Tahiti years from 1885 to his 1903 death, tracing his move from stockbroker to dedicated painter. It notes his search for inspiration amid Papeete’s shops and taverns and his shift to jungle subjects, with little early market success.
Programme changes and starting times are supplied by the TV and radio stations and are correct at the time of going to press. Later changes are the responsibility of the stations concerned. When notified these appear in The Canberra Times on the day concerned. Classification unknown.
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