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From
the BBC Radio Times the radio and television magazine August 9th
1963
Mystery
on the Desert was a 30 minute programme in black and white in
the Adventure series created by David Attenborough.
The
film was made by Tony Morrison and Mark Howell with a colleague
Allan Reditt acting as business manager and asssistant. The production
company was Nonesuch Expedtiions.
This
was the first televeison film to feature the Nasca [Nazca] desert
markings and to introduce Maria Reiche to the world. The commentary
based on a script by Mark Howell was written by Jacquetta Hawkes
the archaeologist wife of acclaimed author J.B Priestley.
Film
credits:
- spoken
by Patrick Wymark
- Presented
by Harry Hastings
- Film
editor Larry
Toft
- Series
edited by Brian Branston
Produced
in Ealing Studios by the BBC
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