The campaign to get the Soviet Union to release Valery Panov, will be examined in a filmed report on “NBC News Presents: Special Edition” April 3 (10-11 p.m. NYT, in color) on the NBC television network. A group of noted personalities representing the performing arts will talk about why they are protesting on Panov’s behalf. They are Sir Laurence Olivier, filmed in London; soprano Beverly Sills, actress Joanne Woodward, and New York Times dance and drama critic Clive Barnes. Viewers will see Panov in film smuggled out of the USSR. Avrom Zaritsky is producing the Panov story. Eliot Frankel is the program’s executive producer.
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