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Gaelic for Beginners
Twenty programmes for beginners in Scots Gaelic
Presented by MAIREAD ROSS 13: Fad na h-oidhche
With SIMON MACKENZIE , CATRIONA MONTGOMERY, CATHERINE ANNE MAC -PHEE, DONALD SMITH , RHODA MAC DONALD, RORY MACDONALD , ANGUS PETER CAMPBELL
Producer NORMAN MCCANDLISH

Contributors

Presented By:
Mairead Ross
Unknown:
Simon MacKenzie
Unknown:
Catherine Anne Mac
Unknown:
Donald Smith
Unknown:
Rhoda Mac
Unknown:
Rory MacDonald
Unknown:
Angus Peter Campbell
Producer:
Norman McCandlish

In the eighth of a series of explorations of the Christian life, FRED MILSON looks at the significance of marriage. Meditation and prayers are led by R. T. BROOKS
Producer MICHAEL SHOESMTTH
Series producer STEPHEN WHITTLE BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Milson
Unknown:
R. T. Brooks
Producer:
Michael Shoesmtth

A series of 11 films
4: The Company Comes First
WAKO TAKAYASU is a general manager with Japan's largest trading company. YOSHIRO YOSHIOKA is a section chief with the country's major computer manufacturer. In spite of the differences in their ages, and in the kind of work they do, they share many of the same values.
Directed by LIBBY HALLIDAY and PETER RAMSDEN
Produced by HOWARD SMITH

Contributors

Unknown:
Yoshiro Yoshioka
Directed By:
Libby Halliday
Directed By:
Peter Ramsden
Produced By:
Howard Smith

continues the season of British films from the 40s and 50s. starring
Cornell Borchers , Yvonne Mitchell Adopted during the war, Toni grows up in the Bavarian Alps unaware of his origins. When his real mother arrives from Yugoslavia, claiming Toni, with the help of a refugee organisation, a desperate struggle develops between his 'parents' and the real mother. This moving film depicts the conflict between the adults and the court and the effect on ten-year-old Toni.
Screenplay by JACK WHITTINGIIAU and RICHARD HUGHES
Produced by MICHAEL TRUMAN
Directed by CHARLES CRICHTON
. Films: page 12

Contributors

Unknown:
Cornell Borchers
Unknown:
Yvonne Mitchell
Unknown:
Jack Whittingiiau
Unknown:
Richard Hughes
Produced By:
Michael Truman
Directed By:
Charles Crichton
Inga:
Cornell Borchers
Sonja:
Yvonne Mitchell
Sonja:
Yvonne Mitchell
Franz:
Armin Dahlen
Chief Justice:
Alexander Knox
Marks:
Geoffrey Keen
First Justice:
Liam Redmond
second Justice:
Eddie Byrne
Josip:
Theodor Bikel
r Muller:
Ferdy Mayne
professor Miran:
Andre Mikhelson
Mile Poncet:
Pamela Stirling
Toni:
Michel Ray
Toni:
Martin Keller

Six films of early exploration introduced from the Royal Geographical Society by Duncan Carse 4: Amazon Explored (1924)
A daring pioneer expedition to survey and film those remote and mysterious regions never before gazed upon by white man '. Using all the modern inventions of his day, including wireless and aerial reconnaissance and photography, Dr Hamilton Rice , the foremost scientific explorer of his time, forced his way nearly 800 miles up a tributary of the Amazon towards its source in the mountains. After an earlier expedition, Dr Rice had returned to be greeted by the newspaper headline 'ExPlorer Denies he was Eaten by Cannibals'. This time he lost men through fever and drowning, and had to haul his canoes through mile upon mile of cataracts and rapids.
Narrator BLAIN FAIRMAN
Assistant producer DAWN A. SWERLING Producer Richard ROBINSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Hamilton Rice
Narrator:
Blain Fairman
Producer:
Richard Robinson

Graeme Garden referees the final game in this series - a return bout between
Blue
Peter Simon Groom , Sarah Greene Peter Duncan and Tomorrow's World
Michael Rodd , Judith Hann Kieran Prendiville
Your last chance to savour dish of the day in Recipes.
Designer DEBBIE KNIGHT Producer IAN OLIVER

Contributors

Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Peter Simon Groom
Unknown:
Sarah Greene
Unknown:
Peter Duncan
Unknown:
Michael Rodd
Unknown:
Judith Hann
Unknown:
Kieran Prendiville
Designer:
Debbie Knight
Producer:
Ian Oliver

dramatised in eight parts by ANDREW DAVIES
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. With the appointment of a boy named Arthur as its leader, the scene is set for what is the most famous of all legends ... A tale of high romance and adventure 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 Producer KEN RIDDINGTON
Director RODNEY BENNETT

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Davies
Composed By:
Dudley Simpson
Producer:
Ken Riddington
Director:
Rodney Bennett
Bard:
Terence Soall
Merlin:
Robert Eddison
Uther Pendragon:
Brian Coburn
Gorlois:
Morgan Sheppard
Igrayne:
Anne Kidd
Morgan Ie Fay:
Patsy Keesit
Midwife:
Hilary Mason
Arthur:
Richard Austin
Kay:
Martin Chamberlain
Ector:
Richard Beale
Lot:
Jon Croft
ACCOlon:
Anthony Dutton

with Thora Hird

Viewers, young and old, have been writing to tell Thora about their favourite hymns and why they mean so much to them. Thora includes as many requests as possible and reads from some of the letters.

Angel voices ever singing (Angel Voices); The sweet story of old (Athens); Be thou my vision (Slane); At the Name of Jesus (Camberwell); Just as I am (Saffron Walden); O for a thousand tongues (Lyngham); Great is thy faithfulness (Faithfulness); Shout aloud salvation (Marching through Georgia); The day thou gavest (St Clement); O God, our help in ages past

(Repeated on Tuesday at 3.15pm)
Hymns from Previous Songs of Praise series (record REC 338, cassette ZCM 338), from record shops

Contributors

Presenter:
Thora Hird
Director:
Michael Wood
Producer:
Elizabeth Gort

In ten days' time an estimated 1,000 million people will be tuning in to BBCtv and radio for the Royal Wedding of the decade. But how much do we really know?
Cliff Michelmore and Magnus Magnusson invite you to join in this informal but informative quiz. See how you score against the teams.
Michael Jayston , Angela Pleasence Anne Stallybrass and Vera Lynn Robert Lacey , Malcolm Williamson Michael Wood reports from Caernarvon Castle and Fred Housego takes a romantic look at royal marriages in history.
Director PIETER MORPURGO Producer MARK PATTERSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Cliff Michelmore
Unknown:
Magnus Magnusson
Unknown:
Michael Jayston
Unknown:
Angela Pleasence
Unknown:
Anne Stallybrass
Unknown:
Vera Lynn
Unknown:
Robert Lacey
Unknown:
Malcolm Williamson
Unknown:
Michael Wood
Unknown:
Fred Housego
Director:
Pieter Morpurgo
Producer:
Mark Patterson

by Giuseppe Verdi
Sung in Italian with English subtitles

Verdi's opera is based on the familiar Shakespeare play with a libretto by Boito. The opera tells of Otello's love for Desdemona which is gradually destroyed by the jealousy and intrigue of Iago, who falsely persuades Otello that Desdemona is Cassio's lover.
This performance was recorded during the Royal Opera's first British season outside London for 17 years, at the newly renovated Palace Theatre, Manchester,
Colin Davis conducts the Royal Opera Chorus, chorus-master John McCarthy
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, leader John Brown
Introduced by Richard Baker

Act I: Outside Otello's Castle in Cyprus
Act II: Otello's room in the Castle

The Royal Opera's Manchester season was made possible by Norwest Holst Ltd

Costumes from plays in The BBC Television Shakespeare series are currently on display at the Shakespeare Centre, Henley Street, Stratford upon-Avon.

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Baker
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto:
Arrigo Boito
English Subtitles:
Gillian Widdicombe
Conductor:
Colin Davis
Singers:
Royal Opera Chorus
Chorus-Master:
John McCarthy
Musicians:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Leader:
John Brown
Original production:
Peter Potter
Staged by:
Jeremy Sutcliffe
Designed by:
Georges Wakhevitch
Stage Lighting:
Bill McCee
TV Sound:
Ian Parr
TV Lighting:
John Crowther
Director:
Brian Large
Otello:
Carlo Cossutta
Iago:
Piero Cappuccilli
Desdemona:
Stefka Evstatieva
Cassio:
Robin Leggate
Lodovico:
Joseph Rouleau
Roderigo:
John Dobson
Montano:
Matthew Best
Emilia:
Elizabeth Bainbridge
Herald:
Alan Jones

The monastery is one of the few forms of communal living that has survived the test of time. The orders of monks have evolved sets of rules which hold the communities together. The most famous of all monastic rules was written by St Benedict. Everyman follows the Cistercian monks of Mount St Bernard Abbey, Leicestershire, through one day lived according to the Rule; from waking at 3.15 am to sleeping at
8.0 pm.
Producer WILLIAM NICHOLSON
Everyman editor ANDREW BARR

Contributors

Producer:
William Nicholson
Editor:
Andrew Barr

Presented by John Morgan
Who decides what you read in the newspapers or see on television? How - and why - are these decisions made? What are the real stories behind the news headlines? Each week The Editors questions the people responsible.
Researcher MALCOLM BRINKWORTH Director PIETER MORPURGO Producer JEREMY BENNETT

Contributors

Presented By:
John Morgan
Unknown:
Malcolm Brinkworth
Director:
Pieter Morpurgo
Producer:
Jeremy Bennett

BBC One London

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

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