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NASCA , A MYSTERY ON THE DESERT IN PERU

TELEVISION FILMS AND BOOKS BY TONY MORRISON

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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