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with songs and stories from Dana and THE BROWN BROTHERS
Today she tells how the Rainbow Warrior tried to save the seals, and Wizzy makes Emma very angry.
Director CYRIL GATES
Producer DAVID BROWN
Executive producer STEPHEN WHITTLE

Contributors

Director:
Cyril Gates
Producer:
David Brown
Producer:
Stephen Whittle

Ten programmes on the problems - and the satisfactions - of running your own small business as described by people at the sharp end and those who are trying to help.
1: Needing a Push
Interest in small firms has been gaining momentum over a number of years, but what is it that gets people going?
Presented by ROBERT FINIGAN
ProducerMADDALENA FAGANDlINI

Contributors

Presented By:
Robert Finigan
Producer:
Maddalena Fagandlini

A 25-part language course in Italian for beginners and near-beginners: 3. Introduced by MAKISA DILLON-WESTON
Scripts ALFIO BERNABEI. ROMOLO MUNI Produced by TONY ROBERTS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Makisa Dillon-Weston
Scripts:
Alfio Bernabei.
Scripts:
Romolo Muni
Produced By:
Tony Roberts

The last of a series telling the story of crime fiction from Poe to the present.
Criminal Thoughts
Commentary by JULIAN SYMONS With MAURICE RICHARDSON
COLIN WATSON
Producer BERNARD ADAMS

Contributors

Commentary By:
Julian Symons
Unknown:
Maurice Richardson
Unknown:
Colin Watson
Producer:
Bernard Adams

Harvest Festival
A thanksgiving for the harvest and a celebration of God's gifts in creation from the parish church of St Mary and All Saints, Great Budworth in Cheshire, led by the vicar, the REV JOHN ANNET.
Come ye thankful people come; The song of Caedmon; We plough the fields; God whose farm is all creation; Praise, 0 praise our God and King. Organist FRED HARPER
Producer STEPHEN WHITTLE
Television presentation by GEOFF WILSON

Contributors

Unknown:
John Annet.
Organist:
Fred Harper
Producer:
Stephen Whittle
Presentation By:
Geoff Wilson

at Animal Logic
What happens when animals and insects are faced with artificially created situations designed to test their learning and reasoning abilities?
Narrator ERIC THOMPSON
ProducerPETER RIDING

Contributors

Narrator:
Eric Thompson
Producer:
Peter Riding

Introduced by David Coleman

3.35* International Motor Racing from Silverstone
The Aurora British Formula One Championship: The Final round of the only Formula One series outside the World Championship. Commentator SIMON TAYLOR

4.5* Prix de I'Arc de Triomphe from Longchamp, Paris
Can Troy become Britain's fourth post-war winner of the ' Arc ' and top half-a-million pounds in stake earnings? Or will it be Ile de Bourbon who defeats the French? Seldom has Britain held a stronger hand in France's s richest race. Commentator
PETER O'SULLEVAN

4.30* International Show Jumping: The 1979 Horse of the Year Show
David Vine looks back on six days of competition with the accent on the younger riders taking part in show jumping and the Pony Club Mounted Games.
DORIAN WILLIAMS sums up the feelings of equestrian devotees with his reading of RONALD DUNCAN 'S very moving Tribute to the Horse.
* Timings subject to alteration
Television presentation:
Motor Racing RICHARD TILLING
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe FRENCH TV SERVICE
Show jumping FRED VINER and JOHNNIE WATHERSTON
Grandstand studio director JOHN PHILIPS
Grandstand producer MARTIN HOPKINS
Grandstand editor HAROLD ANDERSON

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Coleman
Commentator:
Simon Taylor
Unknown:
Peter O'Sullevan
Unknown:
Dorian Williams
Unknown:
Ronald Duncan
Unknown:
Fred Viner
Unknown:
Johnnie Watherston
Director:
John Philips
Unknown:
Martin Hopkins
Editor:
Harold Anderson

Graeme Garden invites a team from
Are You Being Served? Wendy Richard
Trevor Bannister , Mollie Sugden to challenge a team from
Crackerjack Bernie Clifton
Jan Hunt , Peter Glaze to a return match of a series of peculiar acting games including this week's Tall Story written and told by guest William Rushton
Additional script PETER ROBINSON Theme music BILL LE SAGE Designer CHRIS HULL
Producer PETER CHARLTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Wendy Richard
Unknown:
Trevor Bannister
Unknown:
Mollie Sugden
Unknown:
Crackerjack Bernie Clifton
Unknown:
Jan Hunt
Unknown:
Peter Glaze
Unknown:
William Rushton
Script:
Peter Robinson
Designer:
Chris Hull
Producer:
Peter Charlton

Dramatised in eight parts by ANDREW DAVIES : part 1
Merlin, a wizard of the Dark Ages, grows weary of the barbarism around him and creates out of the blackness a new order of enlightenment and justice.
A tale with a host of legendary characters, including wily old Merlin, brave Sir Lancelot, Queen Guinevere, Sir Galahad and King Arthur himself, supreme lord and master of the Knights of the Round Table.
Music composed by DUDLEY SIMPSON Costume designer AMY ROBERTS , Make-up artist JOAN STRIBLING DesignerKENNETH SHARP , Producer KEN RIDDINGTON Director RODNEY BENNETT

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Davies
Composed By:
Dudley Simpson
Designer:
Amy Roberts
Artist:
Joan Stribling
Designer:
Kenneth Sharp
Producer:
Ken Riddington
Director:
Rodney Bennett
Bard:
Terence Soall
Merlin:
Robert Eddison
Uther Pendragon:
Brian Coburn
Gorlois:
Morgan Sheppard
Igrayne:
Anne Kidd
Morgan le Fay:
Patsy Kensit
Midwife:
Hilary Mason
Arthur:
Richard Austin
Kay:
Martin Chamberlain
Ector:
Richard Beale
Lot:
Jon Croft
Accolon:
Anthony Dutton

from Southampton
The BBCtv Roadshow visits 12 cities in the UK to meet young people on the move between school and work. 2: Temporary Jobs
With LINDA LEWIS and JON EDEN
Sketch written and performed by DEREK GRIFFITHS
Executive producer TONY MATTHEWS Produced by DAVID CORDINGLEY
Free Roadshow Guides on Jobs, rights and the law available from libraries, careers offices and job centres.
Roadshow Youth Information Week is in Bradford this week.

Contributors

Unknown:
Linda Lewis
Unknown:
Derek Griffiths
Producer:
Tony Matthews
Produced By:
David Cordingley

from the Cathedral of St Colman and St Patrick, Newry, Co Down.
Newry's Roman Catholic Cathedral has the unique distinction of having been completed just before the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 at a time of civil unrest and celebrates its 150th anniversary. Margaret Percy has been to Newry to talk to people of this divided community and to hear their favourite hymns sung by the united Church choirs of the district.
BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Presenter:
Margaret Percy
Conductor:
Havelock Nelson
Organist:
Florence McMahon
Director:
Ian Hamilton
Producer:
James Skelly
Series Producer:
Andrew Barr

The Next Generations by ALEX HALEY
A series of seven episodes continuing the extraordinary saga of one man's search for his roots. Episode 2 starring
1896: Tom Harvey remains the pillar of the black community in Henning. His daughter Elizabeth has stayed single and become a schoolteacher but the more head-strong Cynthia is determined to marry Will Palmer. Despite his influence, Tom can do nothing to prevent Will's friend Lee Garnet from being hunted down and burnt alive by a frenzied white mob.
Written for television by ERNEST KINOY Produced by STAN MARGULIES Directed by CHARLES s. DUBIN A DAVID WOLPER production

Contributors

Unknown:
Alex Haley
Unknown:
Tom Harvey
Unknown:
Will Palmer.
Unknown:
Lee Garnet
Television By:
Ernest Kinoy
Produced By:
Stan Margulies
Directed By:
Charles S. Dubin
Unknown:
David Wolper
Tom Harvey:
Georg Stanford Brown
Mrs Warner:
Olivia de Havilland
Col Warner:
Henry Fonda
Sam Wesley:
Slim Gallard
Earl Crowther:
Paul Koslo
Irene Harvey:
Lynne Moody
Bob Campbell:
Harry Morgan
Lee Garnet:
Roger E Mosley
Will Palmer:
Stan Shaw
Andy Warner:
Marc Singer
Jim Warner:
Richard Thomas
Cynthia:
Beveb Leigh Banfield
T J Calloway:
John Carter
Prison Boss PATRICK:
J Cronin
Lucy:
Kathleen Doyle
Uncle Sligh Scott:
Joel Fluellen
State Prison man:
Jerry Hardin
Carrie:
Fay Hauser
Champ Sugrue:
Bill Henderson
Mr Hapgood:
Don Keeper

starring Trevor Eve in Knock for Knock by BOB BAKER with Michael Medwin
Doran Godwin and Liz Crowther and featuring Shirley Anne Field With half-a-million listeners now working for him, private eye Eddie Shoestring hunts a killer van ...
Music composed by GEORGE FENTON
Sound CHARLES PITT,JOHN HALE
Film editor DICK ALLEN
Designer JOHN HURST
Photography PETER HALL
Producer ROBERT BANKS STEWART Directed by ROGER TUCKER

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Baker
Unknown:
Michael Medwin
Unknown:
Doran Godwin
Unknown:
Liz Crowther
Unknown:
Shirley Anne Field
Unknown:
Eddie Shoestring
Composed By:
George Fenton
Sound:
Charles Pitt
Sound:
John Hale
Editor:
Dick Allen
Designer:
John Hurst
Unknown:
Peter Hall
Producer:
Robert Banks Stewart
Directed By:
Roger Tucker
Eddie Shoestring:
Trevor Eve
Don Satchley:
Michael Medwin
Erica Bayliss:
Doran Godwin
Sonia:
Liz Crowther
Barbara Knight SHIRLEY:
Anne Field
Claire Stevens:
Cassie McFarlane
Jeremy:
Dominic Guard
Charles:
Christopher Guard
The Rev James Appleby:
Mervyn Johns
Anne Appleby:
Aimée Delamain
Landlord:
Malcolm Terris
Norman:
John Curry
Dentist:
Rex Holdsworth
Nurse:
Joanne Pearce
Liz:
Jeanna L'Esty
Announcer:
Terence Edmond
Phone-in girl:
Pippa Sparkes
Studio assistant:
Colin Maitland
Det-Insp Dawson:
Martyn Townsend
Madge:
Elizabeth Havelock
Pascoe:
Kevin Flood
Humphries:
John McGregor
Barman:
Ray La Bord
Man at wedding:
Favel Douglas
Woman's voice:
Ysanne Churchman
Voice of Tony Davis:
Ian Cross

Six programmes about the cinema and public opinion in the 1940s. 2: That Malignancy in our Midst
In spite of the fact that wholesale treachery never actually happened, the Fifth Column remained a popular subject in the cinema during the Second World War.
Written by NICHOLAS PRONAY Produced by HOWARD SMITH

Contributors

Written By:
Nicholas Pronay
Produced By:
Howard Smith

Six programmes about British life in India in the 20s and 30s. 2: Soldiers Three
' What a so-and-so country to come to, I thought. But there we are, we've just got to make the best of it.'
Tales by three soldiers who saw action on the North West Frontier, helped quell riots and frequently went out in the midday sun ...
Richly articulate and sardonic old-timers ... (WESTERN MAIL)

BBC One London

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