Interviewer: Mr L. F. Dibley's 'Finian's Rainbow'. And now over to
me. (close-up of interviewer) Exclusively on the programme today we
have the Foreign Secretary, who has just returned from the bitter
fighting in the Gulf of Amman. He's going to tell us about
canoeing.
(On the bank of a river seen from the other side. There is a canoe on the
bank a man in a pinstripe suit stands beside it. Superimposed caption: 'THE FOREIGN SECRETARY'
He gives a little rough and gets in. Two Arabs run in from other side of
frame, lift up the canoe and throw it and the Foreign Secretary into the
water. Cut back to the interviewer.)
Interviewer: That gives you just some idea of what's going on out there.
Today saw the long-awaited publication of the Portman
Committee's Report on Industrial Reorganization...
(CAPTION: 'SOMETHING SILLY'S GOING TO HAPPEN')
Interviewer: It's taken five years to prepare and it's bound to have an
enormous impact on the future of industrial relations in this
country. In the studio tonight Lord Porlrnan, Chairman of the
Committee, Sir Charles Avery, Employers' Reorganization Council,
and Ray Millichope, leader of the Allied Technicians' Union. And
they're going to make a human pyramid.
(Three men in shorts run on to accompaniment of tinkly music and form a
pyramid As they complete it we cut to film of Vatican crowds and dub on
enormous ovation.)
Interviewer: .Bra... vo. Now the President of the Board of Trade...
(Cut back to the same river bank shot from across the river. The President
of the Board of Trade in pinstripes is standing beside a hamper. He
smiles and gets in, and lowers the liaL Once again two Arabs run in from
either side and throw it in. All these sequences are speeded up.)
Interviewer: Now here's the Vice-Chairman of ICI.
(Cut back to same river bank. A head looking out of the hamper. It
disappears as two Arabs run in and toss it in.)
Interviewer: Well, so much for politics and the problems of Britain's
industrial reorganization. Now we turn to the hghter subject of
sport, and Reg Harris, the former world cycling sprint champion,
talks to us about the psychological problems of big race
preparation. (Reg and his bike are thrown in the river by the Arabs)
And now the world of song - Anne Zeigler and Webster Booth.
(two hampers thrown in river by four Arabs) Well, all good things
must come to an end, and that's all for this week. But to close our
programme, Dame Irene Stoat, who celebrates her eighty-fifth
birthday this month, reads one of her most famous poems.
(Cut to the river bank. An old lady is standing beside it, but this time on the
bank of the river nearest the camera. On the other bank we see the Arabs
run into shot, realize they've been foiled and leap up and down in anger.)
Dame Irene: Who shall declare this good, that ill
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