| 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 | 
