The Native Hue of Resolution

A documentary celebrating 20 years of the work of Kaleidoscope, an organisation devoted to the preservation of archive television.

Cast

Chris Perry

as

Dick Fiddy

as

Alan Bennett

as

Simon Coward

as

Peter Purves

as Self - Narrator (voice)

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