London-New York

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Duration: 29 minutes

First transmitted in 1957, this episode of Eye to Eye spans the Atlantic. The result is a wryly observed and evocative portrait of London, "a great place to live in but a hell of a place to visit", and New York which "is a great place to visit but a hell of a place to live in."

Harmonica player Larry Adler's specially written soundtrack interprets scenes from the two great cities with piano accompaniment from Tom McCall.

Last on

Fri 21 Jun 1957 20:45 BBC Television Service

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    BBC Four London Collection

    This programme is part of a collection of BBC programmes celebrating the people and places of London. Available online now.

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    Programmes are selected, in part, for their historical context and reflect the broadcast standards and attitudes of their time, which may not accord to some current BBC editorial guidelines. We aim to select programmes which can be shown in their entirety but in some cases edits are required. In these cases, edits are kept to a minimum and are made only for technical reasons.

Credits

Narrator
Larry Adler
Producer
John Read
Photographer
Dick Bagley
Photographer
Charles Parnell
Sound Recordist
Leslie Phillips
Editor-in-chief
Paul Khan
Musician
Tom McCall

Broadcasts

  • Fri 21 Jun 1957 20:45 BBC Television Service

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