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DID YOU KNOW?
STAR Wendell Corey has dropped out of the
"Eleventh Hour" psychiatric-drama series.
He will be replaced by veteran stage, screen, and
TV actor Ralph Bellamy.
Corey left the series, he
said, because he wanted to
devote more time to other
activities" - meaning his
own feature film production
company and being presi-
dent of the Motion Picture
Academy (the one that
makes the awards).
Bellamy will take over
when the next series begins
production, introducing a
new character, Dr. Simon
Berke.
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THE lonely slopes of Ex-
moor, in south-west
England, look like getting
none Help
Ralph Bellamy
crowded out shortly by rival film companies both mak-
ing the same TV serial. Both B.B.C. and British
Granada are planning a TV version of Blackmore's
classic "Lorna Doone"—one in 10 episodes, the other
in 11.
The commercial film company say they registered their
claim in 1961; the B.B.C. say they have been talking
about it for two or three years.
The only man laughing is the actor (Bill Travers)
who was approached by both companies for the same
part. Now discussions are going on to see if one group
will agree to drop their plans and leave the other a clear
field.
* * *
KATHY NOLAN, whose departure from "The Real McCoys"
may have hastened the end of the series, will have a
regular role in the "Ben Casey" series next season.
* * *
A NEW pilot film is in preparation with its subject
a U.S. State Department "trouble-shooter." The
series would be called "Ambassador at Large."
* * *
"DR. KILDARE" has a script in preparation with
a part in which Mahalia Jackson will make her
television acting debut.
* * *
SPENCER TRACY is rumored to be getting set to make his
TV debut—on the "Jack Benny Show."
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B.B.C. viewers are seeing a lot of Australia these days
through expert travellers' eyes. Gerald Durrell's
series "Two in a Bush" filmed in Australia and New
Zealand had a big success in England. Now it's the
turn of David Attenborough, naturalist brother of actor
Richard, who has already done several TV series on his
travels round the world.
His latest venture is a series of six programmes on
the deserts, swamps, and people of the Northern Terri-
tory. They will be part of the weekly "Adventure"
series, which is edited by David and is one of the
B.B.C. top-rating serious programmes. Some of the
earlier episodes have already been sold to Australian
ABC-TV.
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