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On 30 June there was the longest total eclipse of the sun of the present century. Patrick Moore was on board a ship off the West Coast of Africa to film and describe this once-in-a-lifetime event.

Contributors

Filmmaker/Narrator:
Patrick Moore
Producer:
Patricia Owtram

Introduced by Kenny Everett
Top of the Pops Orchestra
Pan's People

Contributors

Presenter:
Kenny Everett
Musicians:
Top of the Pops Orchestra
Musical Director:
Johnny Pearson
Dancers:
Pan's People
Choreography:
Flick Colby
Sound:
Richard Chamberlain
Producer:
Johnnie Stewart

(Jeux sans Frontieres)
The third International heat in which seven countries compete for the Eurovision Trophy.
Great Britain: Peebles
Belgium: Ieper
France: Chartres
Germany: Hof
Holland: Zandvoort
Italy: Cantu
Switzerland: Engelberg

Transmitted on the Eurovision network from Chartres, France.
Introduced by Guy Lux and Simone Garnier

Programme presented by the French Television Service

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Guy Lux
Presenter:
Simone Garnier
International Referee:
Genaro Olivieri
International Referee:
Guido Pancaldi
Commentator:
Eddie Waring
Commentator:
Stuart Hall
Referee:
Arthur Ellis
Producer:
Barney Colehan

Written by Elwyn Jones and John Lloyd
A documentary investigation, in six episodes, into the facts of the Whitechapel Murders of 1888 - conducted by television's two best-known investigators, Det-Chief Supt Barlow and Det-Chief Supt Watt
with Stratford Johns as Barlow, Frank Windsor as Watt

The investigators tot up the evidence against some of the men suspected of the Ripper murders - from a Polish immigrant to 'the highest in the land...'

(Colour)

Contributors

Writer:
Elwyn Jones
Writer:
John Lloyd
Researcher:
Ian Sharp
Researcher:
Wendy Sturgess
Researcher:
Karen de Groot
Designer:
Moira Tait
Producer:
Paul Bonner
Producer:
Leonard Lewis
Director:
Gilchrist Calder
Det-Chief Supt Barlow:
Stratford Johns
Det-Chief Supt Watt:
Frank Windsor

Adapted in nine parts by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson from the novel by Gabriel Chevallier

The mayor and the schoolmaster take a Sunday constitutional round the village and discuss the realisation of the great idea...

A BBCtv co-production with Bavaria Atelier GMBH, Munich
After the deluge: page 11

Contributors

From the novel by:
Gabriel Chevallier
Adapted by:
Ray Galton
Adapted by:
Alan Simpson
Costume:
Valerie Spooner
Make-Up:
Magdalen Gaffney
Film Cameraman:
James Balfour
Editor:
Geoffrey Botterill
Designer:
Spencer Chapman
Producer:
Michael Mills
Narrator:
Peter Ustinov
Barthelemy Piechut:
Cyril Cusack
Cure Ponosse:
Roy Dotrice
Justine Putet:
Wendy Hiller
Ernest Tafardel:
Kenneth Griffith
Frangois Toumignon:
Freddie Earlle
Judith Toumignon:
Catherine Rouvel
Adele Torbayon:
Cyd Hayman
Alexandre Bourdillat:
Hugh Griffith
Aristide Focart:
Aubrey Woods
Abbe Jouffe:
Meredith Edwards
Nicholas the Beadle:
Bernard Bresslaw
The Baroness Courtebiche:
Micheline Presle
Arthur Torbayon, owner of the Torbayon inn:
Barry Linehan
Hippolyte Foncimagne, the Town Clerk:
Christian Roberts
Monsieur Girodot, the Lawyer:
Wolfe Morris
Mme Girodot, his wife:
Elspeth MacNaughton
Hortense Girodot, his daughter:
Madeline Smith
Madame Nicholas:
Miriam Raymond
Dr Mouraille:
Peter Madden
Bernard Samothrace, a Poet:
David Quilter
[Actress]:
Diane Holland
Ploquin:
Larry Noble
Poipanel:
John Barrett
Machevotgne:
Roland MacLeod
Lagouche:
Michael Golden
Laroudel:
John Turtle
Madame Chavaigne:
Ruth Harrison
Madame Fouache:
Deddie Davies
Madame Voujon:
Gwen Nelson
Madame Lagousse:
Mollie Maureen
Estelle de St Choul:
Mandy Jenner
Oscar de St Choul:
Ian Gray
Rose Bivaque:
Georgina Moon
Eugene Fadet, owner of the Cycle Shop:
Richard Shaw
Claudius Brodequin:
James Wardroper
Madame Fadet:
Carolyn Moody

Starring Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines and William Demarest

Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith is a medical reject from the armed services in World War II but to save face he pretends he has seen action with the Marines. When he returns home the whole town turns out to cheer and want him to be mayor.

This Week's Films: page 9

Contributors

Writer/Director:
Preston Sturges
Woodrow Truesmith:
Eddie Bracken
Libby:
Ella Raines
Marine Sergeant:
William Demarest
Mr Noble:
Raymond Walburn
Chairman of Reception Committee:
Franklin Pangborn
Forest Noble:
Bill Edwards
Woodrow's Aunt:
Elizabeth Patterson

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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