Telescope 23.02.1997 (1997)

People's hosts competition, auditions of participants: Igor Ianvarusslav (Minsk), Maria Shchelukhina (Saint Petersburg), Inna Bronnikova (Chernushka), Katerina Romanova (Saint Petersburg), Natalya Zayakina (Nizhny Novgorod).

The host congratulates viewers on February 23. The resignation of Eduard Sagalaev and the appointment of Nikolai Svanidze to the post of Chairman of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, a story by Vsevolod Tarasov.

The work of the newsrooms and television journalists.

A story by Marina Denisevich about one working day of the news service of the Vesti program. "Television News" with Valentina Leontyeva and Igor Kirillov: The Army Store program and Dana Borisova organized a live issue of Playboy magazine in a military unit. "Travelers' Club" is preparing a series of programs for the 850th anniversary of Moscow called "Moscow, 20th century, part one 1900-1910".

A press conference in preparation for the "TEFI-97" ceremony, excerpts from speeches by Elena Lebedeva, Konstantin Ernst, Vladimir Pozner.

Leonid Yakubovich was awarded the Order of the Eagle.

The new channel "REN-TV".

The founder of the channel, Irena Lesnevskaya, answers questions about the channel's financing, old and new programs, the broadcast of the series "The X-Files" and documentaries from around the world.

A video for Georges Bizet's music for the opera "Carmen".

Director Mark Zakharov was awarded the title of television academician.

An excerpt from a conversation at the Lenkom Theater.

Zakharov shared his memories of his previous work on television, Senkevich and Drozdov, the broadcasting grid and his own programs.