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London Line Colour Series 1 Issue 1
Swinging 60s meets capital of cool in a fun and funky TV magazine show aimed at Canadian audiences.
Overview
This upbeat TV magazine show delivers Swinging Sixties style from the British capital of cool to Canadian audiences, via a "highly patriotic" Mini-Cooper, quirky designer knitwear and a live performance from Merseyside pop band Gerry and the Pacemakers. Also featured is an interview with the Minister of Power about the likelihood of discovering North Sea oil.
London Line was a series of weekly TV magazine programmes produced in London and commissioned by the British government for showing overseas, particularly the USA and Canada.
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