Cole Porter Music

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32396, 8 September 1970, Page 3

Cole Porter Music

Not many of the programmes for the remainder of this week could honestly be described as highlights, but there are some which should attract particular attention.

This evening the popular and proficient “The Musicmakers” series continues with the melodies of Cole

Porter. as a basis. A programme of 45 minutes seems hardly long enough to cover adequately the contribution Porter has made to popular; music, but “The Music-' makers” company will no doubt again delight a wide audience with their zest, their polish, and their music. Opinions on the 1969 series of “In View of The Circumstances” vary but the best of the previous series, screened recently, suggest that this New Zealand comedy and variety production may be very well worthwhile. The new programmes begin on Thursday; the task for “IVOTC” is not an easy one, but the company will have the good wishes of most television viewers. New Zealanders are not terribly good at laughing at themselves, and a few of the lessons this series may offer may be very salutary. On the same evening, the new 8.8. C. science fiction series, “Out of the Unknown” begins. This viewer is not a science fiction enthusiast, but these stories are reputed to be particularly good, and the start of the series is awaited with no little interest.

Although it is an earlyafternoon repeat programme, “The Importance of Being Earnest” on Friday must certainly rank among the week’s better offerings. Oscar Wilde's wit is in the hands of an especially talented cast which includes lan Carmichael, Susannah York, Patrick MacNee, Fenella Fielding and Pamela Brown.

And on Sunday, another look at the life of Max Osborne in “A Man of Our Times.” It has become a fascinating study. PANDORA.