Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
Writing
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BBC anthology drama series that ran over four seasons and replaced the previous BBC Sunday Night Theatre series.
Sunday-Night Play

Look at Life was a regular British series of short documentary films of which 507 were produced between 1959 and 1969 by the Special Features Division of the Rank Organisation for screening in their Odeon and Gaumont cinemas. The films always preceded the main feature film that was being shown in the cinema that week. It replaced the circuit's newsreel, Universal News, which had become increasingly irrelevant in the face of more immediate news media, particularly on television with the launch of ITN on the Independent Television service, which began broadcasting in parts of the United Kingdom in 1955.
Look at Life
Barry Ovis is Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for European Affairs, Sir William Mainwaring-Brown. Sir William has a very active libido and often gets up to non-portfolio activities. Ovis has to cover for him (usually very badly), and misunderstandings then pile on top of misunderstandings.
Men of Affairs

American troops land unopposed on Italian beaches during World War II, but instead of pushing on to Rome, they dig in and the Germans fight back ferociously.
Anzio

The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
John and Julie

Warwick company newsreel material of the Universal Colliery at Senghenydd on fire after an explosion on 14th October 1913, and footage of a funeral procession for some of the 439 mine workers who were killed, is followed by a collage of images of the town and its people as they are 50 years later. Wynford Vaughan Thomas, narrating his own commentary, wonders if "colour"- superficial re-decoration – can really make any difference to "the inner heart of Senghenydd". Shot on spare, blank pieces of film by James Clark. Assisted by local amateur photographer and former miner Bill Probert. Script written and narrated by Wynford Vaughan Thomas. 1964.
Senghenydd - Glamorgan, South Wales, portrait of a mining town

Wynford Vaughan-Thomas and Gwyn Alf Williams presents this documentary on the Welsh
The Dragon Has Two Tongues: A History Of The Welsh

A documentary covering Charles de Jaeger and Wynford Vaughan-Thomas's eight-day journey around the world. Travelling solely by British airlines, Jaeger and Thomas visit Rome, Karachi, Singapore, Fiji and Vancouver, amongst other places.
Around the World in Eight Days
Russia's Space Race success is mainly due to a brilliant rocket scientist, Kuprin. But a journalist and a politician in London remember him as a fervent Anglophile who had to leave Britain under duress. Can he be persuaded to return?.
A Call on Kuprin: Part 1
A look into the appeal of the four hundred castles halls and mansions in Britain that are open to the public.
Look at Life: Treasure Houses

Docudrama recreating events in the Malayan Emergency
Operation Malaya
A look at fifteen new towns being built in Britain to house seven million people.
Look at Life: Towns by Design
A look at the fascinating water events that take place on a Solent Saturday; the Solent being an important recreational area for water sports, particularly yachting.