Learning on ScreenBuskers
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: There’s a saying in London’s West End: "If there’s a busker outside your theatre you’re a hit". Buskers are a much loved feature of London life, earning their living as itinerant street entertainers. But there’s a controversy raging. Do they cause more trouble than they are worth?
- Researcher Comments
- People featured include: buskers - Ronnie Ross, Pru Lambert of the street theatre group, Demolition Decorators, Norman Bagge (or Bragg) and James Danton and Sir Horace Cutler, leader of the Greater London Council. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Music and dance; Customs and traditions; Performing arts
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/1090
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- John Wilson
- Presenter
- Vicki Luke
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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