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Twenty-six programmes for beginners in Italian
with Bianca Maria Corbella, Yole Marinelli, Luigi Basagaluppi, Alberto Colzi

(Repeated next Saturday at 10.0 a.m.)

Contributors

Presenter:
Bianca Maria Corbella
Presenter:
Yole Marinelli
Presenter:
Luigi Basagaluppi
Presenter:
Alberto Colzi
Language Consultant:
Dr. Joseph Cremona
Director:
Indira Chitnis
Producer:
Maddalena Fagandini

from Selby Abbey which this year celebrates its 900th anniversary
Celebrant, The Bishop of Selby The Rt. Rev. Douglas Sargent
Assisted by The Rev. Malcolm Smart
Gospeller and Preacher, The Vicar, The Rev. John Kent

Hymns (English Hymnal):
Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness (306)
Christ, whose glory fills the skies (258)
Through the night of doubt and sorrow (503)
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (536)
Anthem:
Rejoice in the Lord alway (Redford)

(to 11.30)

Contributors

Celebrant:
The Rev. Douglas Sargent
Assisted by:
The Rev. Malcolm Smart
Gospeller and Preacher:
The Rev. John Kent
Organist:
Mervyn Byers
Assistant organist:
Margaret Byers
Presented for television by:
Raymond Short

Introduced by John Cherrington

135 acres suitable for dairying - good prospect for a young man.
A business man finds it impossible to make profits. How profitable is farming at present interest rates?
from the Midlands
followed by the Weather Situation for farmers and growers
(to 13.50)

1.50-2.0 Children Talking: children in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, talk about dreams
(Rowridge, Brighton)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Cherrington
Director:
Philip Hicks
Producer:
John Kenyon

Daniel Barenboim works with young professional pianists on six Beethoven piano sonatas.
Today: Op. 57, in F minor 'Appassionata'
with Frank Wibaut, Antony Peebles
(First shown on BBC-2)
(Next Sunday: 'Les Adieux')

Contributors

Pianist/Teacher:
Daniel Barenboim
Pianist:
Frank Wibaut
Pianist:
Antony Peebles
Producer:
Walter Todds
Director:
Geoffrey Haydon

A film series about animals by Eugen Schuhmacher
Commentary by Peter Scott

The shaggy musk-oxen are inhabitants of the bleakest, most wind-swept areas of the Arctic. They are very rare now and in places where there were once big herds -in Northern Norway and Spitzbergen - only a few of these curious animals remain.
(From the South and West)

Contributors

Cameraman:
Eugen Schuhmacher
Narrator:
Peter Scott
Presented by:
Nicholas Crocker

starring Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Basil Rathbone
with Oscar Levant

The lighthearted story of a young musician who 'ghosts' songs for a famous composer but cannot achieve recognition under his own name.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Dwight Taylor
From a story by:
Billy Wilder
From a story by:
Jacques Thery
Producer:
William Le Baron
Director:
Victor Schertzinger
Bob Summers:
Bing Crosby
Cherry Lane:
Mary Martin
Oliver Courtney:
Basil Rathbone
Starbuck:
Oscar Levant
Charlie Goodrich:
Oscar Shaw
Uncle Caleb:
Charley Grapewin
Millie:
Lillian Cornell
Westlake:
William Frawley
Himself:
John Scott Trotter

A challenge quiz that tests your knowledge of your town... your county... Britain and the world
Resident team, John Betjeman, Caroline Brown
This week's challenger, Terence Alexander assisted by Juno Alexander
In the chair, Paddy Feeny
from the South and West

In the viewer-participation section of 'Look Where You're Going,' the prize is a road map of Great Britain-but this goes only to the sender of the first correct answer to be opened. The Radio Times of May 22 incorrectly indicated that all viewers with the right answer would receive a map.

Contributors

Panellist (Resident team):
John Betjeman
Panellist (Resident team):
Caroline Brown
Panellist:
Terence Alexander
Assisted by:
Juno Alexander
Chairman:
Paddy Feeny
Producer:
John King

Based on "The Elusive Pimpernel" and "Eldorado" by The Baroness Orczy
Dramatised in ten parts by John Hawkesworth

Marguerite Blakeney has visited her husband in prison and been given secret instructions. Chauvelin's inhuman treatment has finally broken Sir Percy's spirit and he has agreed to betray the Dauphin.

Contributors

Based on "The Elusive Pimpernel" and "Eldorado" by:
The Baroness Orczy
Dramatised by:
John Hawkesworth
Script Editor:
Alistair Bell
Make-up:
Penny Bell
Costumes:
Ken Morey
Designer:
Richard Hunt
Producer:
Campbell Logan
Director:
Gerald Blake
Sir Percy Blakeney:
Anton Rodgers
Chauvelin:
Bernard Hepton
Heron:
John Stratton
Armand St. Just:
Malcolm Reynolds
Desiree Candeille:
Norma West
Lady Blakeney:
Diane Fletcher
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes:
Roy Marsden
Baron de Batz:
James Locker
Sergeant Bibot:
Frederick Hall
Valentin:
Derek Ware

Does life point to the reality of God? Does Christ point to the meaning of life?
Robert Robinson introduces Rosemary Haughton, Marghanita Laski, Baroness Stocks, Shivaji Lai, Lord Ritchie-Calder who are joined tonight by Professor Ninian Smart to take part in a discussion on religious experience.
Repeated tonight at 11.12

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Robinson
Panellist:
Rosemary Haughton
Panellist:
Marghanita Laski
Panellist:
Baroness Stocks
Panellist:
Shivaji Lai
Panellist:
Lord Ritchie-Calder
Panellist:
Professor Ninian Smart
Producer:
R. T. Brooks

from Hexham Abbey, Northumberland
Introduced by Geoffrey Wheeler
Prayer and Blessing by the Rector, The Rev. Rowland Lemmon

Hills of the north, rejoice! (Little Cornard)
Glorious things of thee are spoken (Abbots Leigh)
Dear Lord and Father (Repton)
How sweet the name of Jesus (St. Peter)
Psalm 23: The Lord's my Shepherd (Gelineau)
God is Love (Theodoric)
Now thank we all our God (Nun danket)
All my hope on God is founded (Mlchael)
Mine eyes have seen the glory (Vision)
The duteous day now closes (Innsbruck)

Hexham Abbey - founded in 674 by St. Wilfrid - was once described as the fairest church north of the Alps. The building is also famous for its 1,300 year-old Bishop's Seat, the Frith Stool; the Saxon crypt; and the Night Stairs which once led to the monks' dormitory.

Contributors

Presenter:
Geoffrey Wheeler
Conductor:
Terence Atkinson
Organist:
John Ross
Prayer and Blessing:
The Rev. Rowland Lemmon
Producer:
Raymond Short

by David Hopkins
from an idea by Derek Glynne Associates
Created by A. J. Cronin
starring Andrew Cruickshank, Barbara Mullen, Bill Simpson

Among the passengers on the midday London to Perth express is Dr. Finlay. Like several of his travelling companions he has a personal worry, which is eventually solved by a turn of events during the journey.

Contributors

Writer:
David Hopkins
From an idea by:
Derek Glynne Associates
Created by:
A. J. Cronin
The series produced by arrangement with:
Graham Stewart
Script editor:
John Maynard
Designer:
Walter Miller
Producer:
Royston Morley
Director:
Jonathan Alwyn
Dr. Finlay:
Bill Simpson
Barbara:
Tracy Reed
Janet:
Barbara Mullen
Dr. Cameron:
Andrew Cruickshank
Ticket collector:
David Kinnaird
Mrs. Ballantyne:
Helena Gloag
Mr. Rayburn:
Peter Howell
Mrs. Rayburn:
Mona Bruce
Corporal Smith:
Barry Wilsher
Sergeant Barker:
Douglas Blackwell
Private Jamieson:
James Cosmo
Peter:
Paul Young
Ellen:
Marilyn Taylerson
Woman:
Rita Black
Man:
Douglas Murchie
Dr. Snoddie:
Eric Woodburn
Mistress Niven:
Effie Morrison
BBC announcer:
John Snagge
Priest:
Joe Docherty

The Great Stars of yesterday and today in a season of their most memorable films
[Starring] Rex Harrison, Maureen O'Hara
with Richard Haydn, Victor McLaglen

The illegitimate son of an aristocratic Irish family comes to America to seek wealth, a socially acceptable bride, and an heir.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Wanda Tuchock
Based on the novel by:
Frank Yerby
Director:
John M. Stahl
Producer:
William A. Bacher
Stephen Fox:
Rex Harrison
Odalie:
Maureen O'Hara
Andre:
Richard Haydn
Mike Farrel:
Victor McLaglen
Aurore:
Vanessa Brown
Desirge:
Patricia Medina
The Vicomte:
Gene Lockhart
Tom Warren:
Dennis Hoey

the second of two programmes on the great Russian impresario
Introduced by Peter Ustinov

The story of Diaghilev and his ballet company from 1919 until his death ten years later, as told by his friends and colleagues
Tamara Karsavina, Lydia Sokolova, Dame Marie Rambert, Dame Ninette de Valois,
Dame Alicia Markova, Sacheverell Sitwell, Leonide Massine, Nicolas Nabokov, Igor Markevitch, Serge Lifar, Cyril Beaumont, Anton Dolin, Ursula Moreton, Laura Wilson, Leighton Lucas, Errol Addison
Written and produced by John Drummond
A BBC-tv/Bavarian TV Service co-production

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Ustinov
Interviewee:
Tamara Karsavina
Interviewee:
Lydia Sokolova
Interviewee:
Dame Marie Rambert
Interviewee:
Dame Ninette de Valois
Interviewee:
Dame Alicia Markova
Interviewee:
Sacheverell Sitwell
Interviewee:
Leonide Massine
Interviewee:
Nicolas Nabokov
Interviewee:
Igor Markevitch
Interviewee:
Serge Lifar
Interviewee:
Cyril Beaumont
Interviewee:
Anton Dolin
Interviewee:
Ursula Moreton
Interviewee:
Laura Wilson
Interviewee:
Leighton Lucas
Interviewee:
Errol Addison
Writer/producer:
John Drummond

BBC One London

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BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

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