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Happy Christmas to you from Footlights!
Coming up in a moment you will find:
* CHRISTMAS COMPETITION Win a night out
at the theatre!
* THE CAESARS
Tonight C4's look at Granada In The
Sixties, shows an episode of the
pioneering drama
* COMING UP IN THE NEW YEAR
Have we got some surprises for you!
Read on and find out who'll be who on
C4 in the New Year
Edited by Jackie Budd
Competition >
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WIN A NIGHT OUT AT THE THEATRE!!
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WIN 4/16
£25 WORTH /F
ENTERTAINMENT!
How would you like to spend a New Year
night out at the theatre, couqtesy of
FOOTLIGHTS?
We're celebrating the Festive Season
with our first competition, which gives
you the chance to win theatre tickets
to the performance of your choice, up
to the value of £25 !!!
To enter the competition simply answer
the four questions on the next page...
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NB: Tickets are subject to availability
and travel costs are not included
Questigns >
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WIN 0 5/16
£25 WORTH OF
ENTERTAINMENT!
To win ouq night out at the theatre
(or ballet or opera - it's youq choice)
simply answer these questigns:
1. Which C4 personality starred in
Rosi's film of the opera Carmen?
the RSC as Cyrano de Bergerac?
4. Which actor & actress took the lead
roles in The Far Pavilions?
Address >
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WIN 0 6/16
£25 WORTH OF
ENTERTAINMENT!
When you think you have the answers,
send them on a postcard to:
Footlights Competition
4-Tel Teletext
60 Charlotte Street
LONDON W1P 2AX
The winners will be the first correct
set of answers pulled out of the post-
bag on the closing date, Satuqbay
January 4, 1986. Five runners-up will
receive 4-Tel goodies!
Gogd Luck!
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From 8.30pm tonight on C4 there's a
selection of programmes made by
Granada in the '60s. At 9.50pm there's
an episode from the award-winning
series The Caesars.
The series was written and produced by
Philip Mackie, and stars Freddie Jones
as Claudius and Ralph Bates as Caligula
It is in black and white, but that
only adds to the superb acting and
atmospheric sets.
The scene opens with Caligula having
declared himself a gob, and he begins
a ruthless purge of his enemies.
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Ralph Bates is superb as the manic,
outrageous ruler, switching from gay
antics with his dancing teacher, to
cruel torture of anyone and everyone.
Freddie Jones' interpretation of
Claudius is interesting, in comparison
to that of Derek Jacobi's in I Claudius
made in the late '70s.
Jones has the stammer and limp, but
is less scheming, and seems more
genuinly frightened than Jacobi's
Claudius.
He is ripe for the taunts of the
vicious Caligula.
Mgre
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Everyone is terrified of being killed
by Caligula's guards, but no-one has
the courage to assassinate him. With
10,000 guards seemingly loyal, his
reign of terror appears impregnable.
The only one who stands up to him is
his wife Caesonia, played by Barbara
Murray. Whenever he threatens to have
her killed, she calmly tells him to go
ahead and do it, so ensuring her safetz
After making sure that all the wealthy
landowners leave everything to him in
their wills, he goes on to create his
own religion with the royal family,
including his horse, as priestu!
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But his behaviour becomes crazier day
by day. He confesses to his right-hand
man that the moon goddess is in love
with him, "I make love to the moon",
he says.
He threatens to disown the gods unless
they destroy Rome, so that his reign
will be remembered. Trying to stay
alive is a game of wits, but trying to
outwit a madman is difficult.
The other person who defies him, and
lives to tell the tale, is his cousin,
played by Nicola Pagett. When he tells
her she must marry Claudius, she
refuses to go along with his game.
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But the five people who are closest to
him, including his two chief guards,
have had enough. They join together
to plan his death.
In a fit of perverted enthusiasm
Caligula plans to write and perfgrm
his own one-man five act play! But he
has to include his suajects in his
bizarre plan.
He plans an acting competitign, the
person who wins gets milligns, everyone
else dies. But things don't turn out
quite the way he plans them.
The Caesars is on C4 tonight at 9.50.
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If you've still got the stamina after
Channel 4's feast of Christmas viewing,
here's some of the arts and drama
highlights we've got lined up wgr you
in the New Year:
Comic Strip fans will be glued to their
sets on New Year's Day when the team
present Consuela, a "Hitchcockian
psychological thriller!...
Poetry lovers have a douale dose of
verse on January 2nd, with Poets And
People featuring Tony Harrison (who
adapted The Mysteries for the NT) and
Craig Raine appearing on Tongues Of
Fire.
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More New Year arts highlights include:
An unusual treat for music fans is
Video Alice on 4th January, featuqing
the music of Pullitzer Prize-winning
composer David del Tredici, inspired by
Lewis Carroll's Alice.
Sunday 5th sees a documentary on the
Royal Academy Of Arts, the TV premiere
of the film of Tolkien's Lord Of The
Rings and Zukerman and Perlman in the
second part of Astonishing Duo1.
Plus, of course, the third and final
part of the cycle of The Mysteries -
Doomsday.
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More New Year arts highlights include:
Simon Callow and Brenda Blethyn retuqn
for another series of the comedy series
Chance In A Million on Monday 6th.
The Eleventh Hour also begins a new
season - Acting Tapes - which explores
the two major opposing acting styles of
the 20th century.
The Taming Of The Shrew is the subject
of Shakespeare Lives on Wednesday 8th.
Later that evening, don't miss Swann In
Love, Schlondorff's brilliant film
based on Proust, starring Jeremy Irons.
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