Sibelius Karelia Suite

Weekend World I think !

c. 1975

Weekend World was 'Nantucket Sleighride'

It was This Week leopard. Just found it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQHZQMivthU&start_radio=1&list=RDBQHZQMivthU&t=69

TMM....you're right

This Week is a British weekly current affairs television programme that was first produced for ITV in January 1956 by Associated-Rediffusion (later Thames Television), running until 1979, when it was replaced by TV Eye.[1] In 1986, the earlier name was revived and This Week continued until Thames lost its franchise at the end of 1992.

In September 1958, This Week filmed George Harrison Marks and Pamela Green at their photography studio in Gerrard Street. David Kentick directed and Nick Barker interviewed Marks and Green.

They were filmed working with a nude model, who was strategically covered by a very long wig. The film sequence ended with a montage of their photographs, mostly of nudes. However, the night it was to be broadcast Pope Pius XII died and the programme was cut, and the interview never shown.

In 1964, This Week returned to their studio. This time round they showed a clip of the infamous striptease comedy film The Window Dresser.

However, its most influential episode was an exposé on the National Front in 1974, which led to the party's members firing their Chairman John Tyndall and National Activities Organiser Martin Webster two weeks later as a result of the revelations on the show from former NF Chairman John O'Brien of their neo-Nazi paramilitary pasts and continued links.


The most controversial edition was "Death on the Rock", a 1988 documentary which questioned the official account of the Gibraltar shootings. It is commonly believed this programme was responsible for Thames losing their broadcast franchise.

During its run, the program's presenters included Ludovic Kennedy, James Cameron, Jonathan Dimbleby, Robert Kee, Dan Farson, Jeremy Thorpe (who became leader of the Liberal Party), Kenneth Harris, Desmond Wilcox, Llew Gardner, Bryan Magee, Peter Taylor (noted for his coverage of Northern Ireland), Denis Tuohy, John Morgan, Peter Williams, Yvonne Roberts and John Edwards. The programme used the Intermezzo from Sibelius's Karelia Suite as a signature tune.

Thanks leopard.

The Thames franchise made some wonderful and memorable shows.

Associated-Rediffusion - that is a blast from the past. Did you know that the famous racehorse owner David Robinson owned that company and made his massive fortune from radio and tv set rentals? A great philanthropist and had some great horses over the years, although Our Babu (1955 2000) was his only Classic winner. Other good horses included:

My Swallow, Deep Diver, So Blessed, Green God, Idle Rocks, Tudor Music, Yellow God, Meadowville. Knotty Pine, Pitskelly, Saulingo, Bitty Girl, Grey God, etc.

I know now ....

Sir David Robinson

(13 April 1904 – 10 January 1987) was a British entrepreneur and philanthropist. He donated £18 million to the University of Cambridge to establish a new college in his name. Robinson College, Cambridge, the newest in the university, was formally opened in 1981.

Robinson also donated £3 million to start the Rosie Hospital, named after his mother,[1] which is now a part of Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.

Robinson was born in Cambridge, England, but later moved to Bedford. He built a business renting radios and televisions, which was commercially successful. Robinson was also involved with horse-racing: in the late 1960s and 1970s he owned a large number of winning horses which also yielded significant profits.

His racing stables, Clarehaven, was one of the biggest racing stables in England. His string of 120-150 horses was split between two trainers, Michael Jarvis and Paul Davey.

He was knighted in 1985, and died two years later in Newmarket, the centre of English horse-racing.

Re David Robinson (Green, Red sleeves and a Light Blue cap) - I think he had loads of trainers over the years.  One was Jimmy Thompson who lost an eye as a Jockey in France. Don't think he lasted long although several didn't.

Robinson colours as worn by Greville.