Cliff Richard is the star of a new musical film with an unusual setting - Gas Street, Birmingham. This placid backwater of the Birmingham Canal Navigation became the focal point of a small army of technicians and many others when the bandwagon of a film production rolled into town. As they made their film, Midland cameras made theirs.
starring Acker Bilk with Jimmy Thompson , Jennifer Jayne A prison-bound Trad group are sent on a tour of British gaols by the jazz-happy Governor, but it is not long before they are in trouble with the law.
Holiday Films: pages 17-18
This film tells the simple, compassionate story of the relationship between a blind boy, his twin brother and their parents.
"A thoughtful, modest and helpful documentary..." ( THE NEW YORK TIMES)
Weatherman GRAHAM PARKER
in Long Pants
One of the screen's classic silent comedy films, in which baby-faced Harry Langdon plays the part of a young lad who falls in love with a gangster's moll.
Introduced by Michael Bentine from the National Film Theatre London
MUSIC by MALCOLM MITCHELL Presented by RICHARD EVANS
Starring David Tomlinson, Frankie Howerd with Shirley Eaton, Thora Hird, Lionel Jeffries, Lionel Murton
When HMS Aristotle is to be sold to a small Mediterranean kingdom, the crew seize their opportunity to turn the final voyage into a one-way pleasure cruise.
Holiday Films: pages 17-18
The Final
Book 35p: see page 114
A programme for children under 5 Story: A Visit to the Theatre by MICHAEL SHOESMITH Presenters
Chloe Ashcroft , Jon Glover
with John Laurie
The Dogs of Drummond Hall
A boy, his grandfather, two wicked uncles and two strange dogs.
Pictures by MINA MARTINEZ
Adapted from traditional sources by JENNY NIMMO
Director DAPHNE JONES
Executive producer ANNA HOME
with Valerie Singleton, John Noakes, Peter Purves, Lesley Judd
Review of the Year - including John's five-mile free fall, the amazing Uri Geller, and the special message from Pope Paul VI.
by Priscilla Hallowell, dramatised by Veronica Cecil
The people of Jingle believed that Princess Felicity was the most beautiful girl in the world and any prince would be lucky to marry her.
with Robert Dougall ; Weather
The first of two programmes in which Michael Barratt , Frank Bough and Bob Wellings reflect on the past year and look around the corner into 1974.
Tonight, Frank Bough asks: 1973 - Was it really that bad?
Featuring Jackie Stewart, David Hemery, Joe Bugner, Roger Taylor, Barry John, Bobby Moore, Tony Jacklin.
Over two days of gruelling athletic competition at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, the country's top sportsmen faced each other in a series of sporting confrontations, for the winner's garland, £8,000 prize money, and the title of 'Sporting Superstar.'
Fresh from his disaster in Las Vegas last year, Derek Nimmo - innocent abroad-plunges Down Under to dig for the real Australia where men are still men.
Will he rediscover the pioneering spirit of the early settlers, the irresistible forces that drive men in search of gold and the freedom of the Outback? Probably not.
Film editor ARTHUR SOLOMON Director RICHARD DREWETT
Part 2: tomorrow at 10.10 pm
with Robert Dougall and Richard Whitmore and the BBC's reporters and correspondents around the world Weather
Celebrities from the world of show business gather in London's West End at a special gala occasion to see out the old year.
From The Talk of the Town in London Michael Aspel introduces the Variety Club Awards of 1973, presented by ERIC MORLEY including: Film and Stage Actor and Actress of the Year; BBCtv, ITV and BBC Radio Personality and the Show Business Personality of 1973. From St Margaret's, Westminster, Canon David Edwards reflects on the turn of the year.
Midnight: THE CHIMES of Big Ben
Welcome 74
A special cabaret to greet the New Year
Musical director BURT RHODES Designer ERIC WALMSLEY
Cabaret produced by TERRY HENEBERY Director BRIAN WHITEHOUSE Producer KEN GRIFFIN
Executive producer PHILIP LEWIS
