6.40 Urban Poverty and its Remedies
7.5 The Exception and the Rule
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6.40 Urban Poverty and its Remedies
7.5 The Exception and the Rule
by ELISABETH BERESFORD
Told by BERNARD CRIBBINS
with WILLIAM RUSHTON
The Geranium of Fliit by WILLIAM RUSHTON
With CHRISTOPHER BIGGINS as the Archbishop
Today: Flüt v England
A series of zoological exploration in six parts.
Introduced by JEFFERY BOSWALL
5: Los Glaciares National Park
England v Australia from The Oval
A capacity crowd is expected for this first day's play in the final Test match of the series.
Introduced by PETER WEST
Commentators RICHIE BENAUD. I JIM LAKER and TED DEXTER I Television presentation by I DAVID KENNING and BILL TAYLOR
With MAGGIE HENDERSON and FRED HARRIS
Music by PETLR GOSLING and DAVE MOSES Written and produced by MICHAEL COLE
Executive producer CYNTHIA FELGATE
Weather JACK SCOTT
A lively look at words and letters with DONALD GEE
BOB HOSKINS and PATRICIA HAYES
NORMAN ROSSINGTON , NIGEL STOCK
Script BARRY TOOK
Adviser CATHERINE MOORHOUSE Director BARBARA DERKOW
Producer DAVID HARGREAVES
England v Australia from The Oval
The afternoon's play on the first day.
Story: Clanky, written and illustrated by MAHOOD
A serial in seven parts by Kenneth Cope
During their end-of-season party, Brenton team hears some bad news and Jacky disappears.
Come let us go a-roaming! The world is all our own
And half its paths are still untrod And half its joys unknown.
Stephanie Fayerman, Don Spencer, Chris Tranchell look at maps and reflect on journeys past and present, with stories, poetry and song.
Musicians PETER PETTINGER , IKE ISAACS DON LAWSON. Research ANNE DENEHY Designer KENNETH LAWSON
Executive producer CYNTHIA FELGATE Producer ANNE GOBEY
with Richard Baker ; Weatherman
All The Luck of the Draws
As Britain moves into another soccer season, hope rises like a seasonal sap in the hearts of millions of punters. ' Somebody's got to win the pools -why shouldn't it be me? ' Included in this film compilation - stories of those who did hit the jackpot and how sudden wealth affected their lives.
Reporter Philip Tibenham
Film editor MIKE DAVIDSON , Producer ALAN SCALES' ,
Four reports by Tom Mangold on life inside Britain's jails today.
"You're trusted to be here at Kirkham Open Prison, otherwise you wouldn't be here. You won't find officers following you about all the time. You'll be trusted, and we expect you to react to that trust." Open prisons are curious institutions, with little to prevent inmates absconding. But they function, and the public is rarely put at risk.
from Meadowbank
GB v USSR
(Two matches in only five days against two of the most formidable athletics nations in Europe is the daunting task facing Britain's men and women athletes this weekend.
In the first of the two-day matches the Soviet Union are confident of repeating their victory in Kiev last year, if only because of their overwhelming superiority in the field events. Organised by the BAAB in conjunction with the Meat Promotion Executive
Commentators RON PICKERING
BARRY DAVIES and STUART STOREY
Producer JOHN SHREWSBURY
with Richard Baker and the BBC's reporters and correspondents around the world Weather
Profiles of five stars from the golden age of Hollywood.
Written and presented by Barry Norman
With personal comments from Maria Cooper Janis, daughter; Henry Hathaway, director and friend; Helen Hayes, who co-starred with Cooper in Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms; Howard Hawks, director of Cooper's first Oscar-winning film, Sergeant York; Patricia Neal, who acted with Cooper in The Fountainhead and Bright Leaf; Delmer Daves, who directed two films towards the end of Cooper's career; Princess Grace of Monaco, Cooper's co-star in his second Oscar-winning film, High Noon; Joe Hyams, journalist; Stanley Kramer, producer High Noon.
(Next week: Humphrey Bogart)
A comedy by Leon Griffiths
To Anand, England is still the land of fair play and the village green. But he is stranded in Amsterdam with his pretty cousin and their sick uncle. The trio are prepared to offer all they have for a passage. And Onslow is prepared to take them-on his terms. Are the two parties wise to trust each Other?
"A first-class play which played some neat tricks on preconceived notions."
(Sunday Times)
"...unusual and deliciously entertaining, fantasising on what is normally a grim theme." (Morning Star)
"One of the finest plays of the year... exquisitely balanced game of bluff and counter-bluff." (Daily Express)