Programme Index

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Reports from
MARK EASTON, BILL TURNBULL
CHARLIE LEE-POTTER
JOHN BUCKLEY
RICHARD PHILLIPS and GARETH JONES.
Summaries read by Jill Dando on the hour and half hour.
The latest sports news from Sally Jones.
Francis Wilson looks ahead to the weekend weather at home and abroad at 7.25, 7.55 and 8.25. Regional news and travel updates at 7.27, 7.57 and 8.27.

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Turnbull
Unknown:
Charlie Lee-Potter
Unknown:
John Buckley
Unknown:
Richard Phillips
Unknown:
Gareth Jones.
Read By:
Jill Dando
Unknown:
Sally Jones.
Unknown:
Francis Wilson

Weather followed by Swim
Andrew Harvey introduces ten programmes for swimmers and non-swimmers of all ages. 5:Back Strokewith Eddie Gorton of the Amateur Swimming Association.
Recorded at Barnet Copthall. Director JOHN RICKWOOD
Producer JOHN DOBSON (R)

Contributors

Introduces:
Andrew Harvey
Unknown:
Eddie Gorton
Director:
John Rickwood
Producer:
John Dobson

Presented by Ian McNaught Davis with Prof Eric Laithwaite and William Woollard and guests Valerie Singleton and Prof John Taylor
BBC Bristol (R)

Contributors

Presenter:
Ian McNaught Davis
Panellist:
Prof Eric Laithwaite
Panellist:
William Woollard
Panellist:
Valerie Singleton
Panellist:
Prof John Taylor
Series Producer:
John King
Director:
Colin Godman

Weather followed by Dr Kildare
Richard Chamberlain as Dr James Kildare Raymond Massey as Dr Leonard Gillespie
Lee Kurty as Nurse Lawton A Sometimes Distant Spring
A two-part story in which Zoe is reunited with an old friend who hides a history of serious illness. (R)
(Part 2 can be seen next Monday at
10.00am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Chamberlain
Unknown:
Dr James Kildare
Unknown:
Raymond Massey
Unknown:
Dr Leonard Gillespie
Unknown:
Lee Kurty

Eileen comes in from the cold. Madge discovers the truth about Graeme Clifford. Written by ROGER MOULTON
Directed by KENDAL FLANAGAN
(Cast page 30. Repeated at 5.35pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Graeme Clifford.
Written By:
Roger Moulton
Directed By:
Kendal Flanagan

Cornhill Insurance Test Series England v Australia from Headingley.
Tony Lewis introduces live coverage of the start of the afternoon's play.
9 SPORTSLINE: for live commentary from Headingley dial
[number removed]; calls cost 38p per minute (peak), 25p (off-peak).

Contributors

Introduces:
Tony Lewis

starring Rita Hayworth and Lee Bowman. A lively American tribute to London's famous Windmill
Theatre which never closed troughout the whole of the Second World War. Rita Hayworth is the star of the five-shows-a-day company in this story which also features spectacular production numbers.
Screenplay by LESSER SAMUELS and ABEM FINKLE based on the play Heart of a City by LESLEY STORM
Music by JULE STYNE
Lyrics by SAMMY CAHN
Produced and directed by VICTOR SAVILLE
0 FILMS: page 14

Contributors

Unknown:
Rita Hayworth
Unknown:
Lee Bowman.
Unknown:
Rita Hayworth
Play By:
Lesser Samuels
Music By:
Jule Styne
Unknown:
Sammy Cahn
Directed By:
Victor Saville
Rosalind:
Rita Hayworth
Judy Kane:
Janet Blair
Paul Lundy:
Lee Bowman
Tommy Lawson:
Marc Platt
Angela:
Leslie Brooks
The Great Waldo:
Professor Lamberti
Toni:
Dusty Anderson
Leslie:
Stephen Crane

Andy Crane - starting with:

Laurel and Hardy: Franken-Stan
(R)

4.00pm Caterpillar Trail
with Stuart Bradley and Nick Davies.
This week Stuart and Nick discover a different way of life in the Welsh hills where people enjoy their natural surroundings and help look after them.
Director SUE MORGAN
Producer ALISON STEWART

4.10pm Mysterious Cities of Gold: 20
The Great Golden Condor has carried Esteban and his friends to safety. The great bird lands in the desert at Nasca, where they find Pizarro and his soldiers waiting for them...
(R)

4.35pm Friday Film Special: Black Island
Michael and Joe leave a school party and find themselves on a small deserted island on their own. But are they alone on Black Island? It seems they may have company....
Films: page 14
(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Unknown:
Stuart Bradley
Unknown:
Nick Davies.
Producer:
Alison Stewart
Producer (Friday Film Special:
Black Island): Carole Smith
Director (Friday Film Special:
Black Island): Ben Bolt
Michael:
Martin Murphy
Joe:
Michael Salmon
Jack Daker:
Michael Elphick
George Moody:
Alan Surtees
Teacher:
Norman Tipton
Deliveryman:
Hugh Martin
Police sergeant:
Brian Osborne
River Police sergeant:
Mike Savage

Joining Terry tonight are Coronation Street's Liz Dawn and Bill Tarmey. Terry also chats to French film star Catherine Deneuve.

Contributors

Presenter:
Terry Wogan
Guest:
Liz Dawn
Guest:
Bill Tarmey
Guest:
Catherine Deneuve
Director:
Tom Corcoran
Producer:
Jane O'Brien
Series Producer:
Peter Estall

starring Paul Daniels. Play along at home and compete with the contestants in Paul's comedy quiz show. Will it be Jeanette and Del, Carolyn and Steve, or Cherie and Mike who will win through to play for terrific prizes in the exciting final game where every second counts?
Produced in association with TALBOT TELEVISION LTD and GROUP W PRODUCTIONS Programme associates
COLIN EDMONDS. HOWARD HUNTRIDGE Sound MICHAEL MCCARTHY Lighting HENRY BARBER Designer CHRIS WEBSTER Director JOHN BURROWES Producer DAVID TAYLOR

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Daniels.
Unknown:
Colin Edmonds.
Unknown:
Michael McCarthy
Unknown:
Henry Barber
Designer:
Chris Webster
Director:
John Burrowes
Producer:
David Taylor

starring with and Here Comes the Sun
As Blake stays one step ahead of the police in his search for the murderer of Elsworth Chisolm , he can not believe that Zorelli has left the force.
Written by BARBARA ESENSTEN and JAMES H. BROWN
Directed by JERRY JAMESON
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Contributors

Unknown:
Elsworth Chisolm
Written By:
Barbara Esensten
Written By:
James H. Brown
Directed By:
Jerry Jameson
Blake:
John Forsythe
Jeff:
John James
Adam:
Gordon Thomson
Dex:
Michael Nader
Sammy Jo:
Heather Locklear
Fallon:
Emma Samms
Monica Colby:
Tracy Scoggins
Sable:
Stephanie Beacham
Alexis:
Joan Collins
Zorelli:
Ray Abruzzo
Tanner McBride:
Kevin Bernhardt
Phoenix:
Lezlie Deane

starring
Brooke Shields
Martin Hewitt Shirley Knight and Don Murray.
Jade and David are 15 and 17 and deeply in love. Jade's bohemian family welcomes David until the intensity of the affair takes its toll on her and they are forbidden to see each other. David's desperate attempt to regain the family's respect goes terribly wrong and begins a chain of tragic events that must surely finish their 'endless love'.
This bittersweet tale, made by Franco Zeffirelli , director of Romeo and Juliet, features the highly successful title song performed by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie.
Screenplay by JUDITH RASCOE based on a novel by SCOTT SPENCER Produced by DYSON LOVELL
Directed by FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI
0 FILMS: page 14
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Contributors

Unknown:
Brooke Shields
Unknown:
Martin Hewitt
Unknown:
Shirley Knight
Unknown:
Don Murray.
Unknown:
Franco Zeffirelli
Unknown:
Diana Ross
Unknown:
Lionel Richie.
Play By:
Judith Rascoe
Novel By:
Scott Spencer
Produced By:
Dyson Lovell
Directed By:
Franco Zeffirelli
Jade Butterfield:
Brooke Shields
David:
Martin Hewitt
Anne:
Shirley Knight
Hugh:
Don Murray
Arthur:
Richard Kiley
Rose:
Beatrice Straight
Keith:
Jimmy Spader

starring Peter Cushing and Donald Pleasence. In Edinburgh in the 1820s, Dr Robert Knox is scandalising his more orthodox colleagues by encouraging the trade of the 'resurrectionists' - or body-snatchers. Two rogues in this lucrative business are Burke and Hare who, to save themselves the trouble of disinterring their victims, resort to the simpler expedient of murder.
Screenplay by JOHN GILLING and LEON GRIFFITHS
Produced by ROBERT s. BAKER and MONTY BERMAN
Directed by JOHN GILLING (Blackandwhite)
0 FILMS: page 14

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Cushing
Unknown:
Donald Pleasence.
Unknown:
Dr Robert Knox
Unknown:
John Gilling
Unknown:
Leon Griffiths
Produced By:
Robert S. Baker
Produced By:
Monty Berman
Directed By:
John Gilling
Dr Knox:
Peter Cushing
Hare:
Donald Pleasence
Martha:
June Laverick
Burke:
George Rose
Dr Mitchell:
Dermot Walsh
Helen Burke:
Renée Houston
Mary:
Billie Whitelaw

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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