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Get fitter, look better, think thinner with William Rushton and Dr Alan Howard, Al Murray, Mary Perigoe, Julie Stevens
Fifth of ten programmes

(Book 35p: see page 66)
(Practising girth control: see page 6)

Contributors

Presenter:
William Rushton
Expert:
Dr Alan Howard
Expert:
Al Murray
Expert:
Mary Perigoe
Expert:
Julie Stevens
Director:
Brigit Barry
Producer:
Sheila Innes

Introduced by Philip Wrixon

Variable quality and problems of grading probably account for the fact that less than one quarter of last year's production of dried grass was fed to cattle. David Richardson looks at present and potential use of dried forage.
(from Birmingham)

Weather for Farmers

Contributors

Presenter:
Philip Wrixon
Reporter:
David Richardson
Producer:
John Kenyon

Starring James Cagney
with Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall

Bush pilot Brian MacLean can fly rings around his rivals but when war comes, the discipline of the Royal Canadian Air Force gets him down - and out. He still has one last trick up his sleeve, however.
This Week's Films: page 11

Contributors

Director:
Michael Curtiz
Brian MacLean:
James Cagney
Johnny Dutton:
Dennis Morgan
Emily Foster:
Brenda Marshall
Tiny Murphy:
Alan Hale
Blimp Lebec:
George Tobias
Scrounger Harris:
Reginald Gardner
Air Marshal W.A. Bishop:
null Himself
Commanding Officer:
Reginald Denny
Prentiss:
Russell Arms

A special anniversary showing
Twenty years ago this week, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing reached the summit of Everest-the first men ever to scale the world's highest peak.
The news of the success of the British expedition, led by Sir John Hunt, reached London on Coronation Day.
Action replay of Everest: page 4

Contributors

Filmed by:
Thomas Storart
Filmed by:
George Lowe
Editor:
Adrian de Potier

by Mrs Gaskell
Dramatised by Michael Voysey

Roger's attempt to persuade Osborne to tell the Squire of his marriage has failed.

Contributors

Author:
Mrs Gaskell [Elizabeth Gaskell]
Dramatised by:
Michael Voysey
Producer:
Martin Lisemore
Director:
Hugh David
Miss Dorothy Browning:
Sheila Fay
Miss Phoebe Browning:
Gabrielle Hamilton
Miss Hornblower:
Dorothy Primrose
Miss Piper:
Ann Way
Mrs Goodenough:
Patsy Smart
Dr Gibson:
Alan MacNaughtan
Clare:
Helen Christie
Molly:
Zhivila Roche
Cynthia:
Rosalind Lloyd
Mr Preston:
Robin Hawdon
Mr Penny:
James Ware
Mr Grinstead:
Cameron Miller
Lord Cumnor:
Roland Culver
Lady Cumnor:
Sonia Dresdel
Lady Harriet:
Caroline Blakiston
Lord Hollingford:
Bernard Brown
Osborne Hamley:
Stephan Chase
Roger Hamley:
Rowland Davies
Squire Hamley:
Clive Morton
Betty:
Lala Lloyd
Dr Nichols:
John Richmond

appeals on behalf of The Variety Club of Great Britain which helps all underprivileged children, whoever they may be, wherever they are.
Donations, preferably by crossed PO or cheque, to: Ronnie Corbett, Variety Club of Great Britain [address removed]

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Ronnie Corbett

by Fay Weldon
Starring Nigel Stock
with Patrick Troughton, Ursula Howells

The Darlington's are an eccentric, self-supporting family. Victor believes he can cure his wife's illness... no matter what it is.

(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
Fay Weldon
Script Editor:
Christopher Bond
Designer:
Stanley Morris
Producer:
Bill Sellars
Director:
Ian Wyatt
Esther Darlington:
Lisa Harrow
Thomas Owen:
Nigel Stock
Receptionist:
Gillian Brown
Dr Hugo:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Council Official:
Brian Poyser
Victor Darlington:
Patrick Troughton
Ellen Darlington:
Fiona Walker
Mona Darlington:
Ursula Howells
Sister Renny:
Brenda Cowling

Starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Ruth Hussey

Major Rogers and his Rangers, tough hard-bitten men in forest green, determine to avenge the settlers tortured to death by marauding Indians.
This Week's Films: page 11

Contributors

Director:
King Vidor
Major Rogers:
Spencer Tracy
Langdon Towne:
Robert Young
'Hunk' Marriner:
Walter Brennan
Elizabeth Browne:
Ruth Hussey
'Cap' Huff:
Nat Pendleton
Reverend Browne:
Louis Hector

The stars: Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor
The films: Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Mutiny on the Bounty, Meet Me in St Louis, Singin' in the Rain, Ben Hur

Some of Hollywood's most famous stars in some of their best-known films are featured in this special programme. What impact did Hollywood have on the lives of two generations? For 40 years it was a dream factory, manufacturing a world not as it was but as people imagined it should be.

This Week's Films: page 11

Contributors

Narrator:
Dick Cavett
Writer/Producer:
Irwin Rosten
Producer:
Bud Friedgen
Producer:
Nicholas Noxen

BBC One London

About BBC One

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

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