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Spy satire starring Dirk Bogarde

Bohemian author Nicolas Whistler has no wish to be employed - until he unwittingly accepts a post with MI5. He soon finds himself an innocent pawn in a mission behind the Iron Curtain where he attracts the attention of a beautiful spy and the Czech secret police.
(1963)
See Films: pages 46-56 ***

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Contributors

Director:
Ralph Thomas
Nicolas Whistler:
Dirk Bogarde
Vlasta Simenova:
Sylva Koscina
Cunliffe:
Robert Morley
Slmenova:
Leo McKern
Josef:
Roger Delgado
Allsop:
John Le Mesurier
Roddinghead:
Richard Vernon

The food magazine programme returns for a new eight-part series featuring inspirational recipe ideas spiced by investigative consumer reports. Tonight, Scottish chef Nick Nairn reveals some of the more imaginative ways of cooking vegetables; a taste of airline food; a yen for Japanese cuisine; plus, how to prepare chilli tacos and banoffee pie. Presented by Juliet Morris, Pete McCarthy and Will Hanrahan.

See This Week: page 8

Contributors

Presenter:
Juliet Morris
Presenter:
Pete McCarthy
Presenter:
Will Hanrahan
Chef:
Nick Nairn
Series Producer:
Mary Clyne
Series Director:
Ben Warwick

Brilliantly coloured like frogs, these tailed amphibians and survivors from the age of the dinosaurs, have inherited the earth. Poisons and love potions are the key to their success. From North America's Appalachian mountains to the rainforests of Costa Rica in Central America, the mythical saga of the salamander family lives on.
Last in the series.

Contributors

Narrator:
David Attenborough
Producer:
Moira Mann
Series Producer:
Keith Scholey

Concluding the documentary series about army trainee helicopter pilots.

Britain has been invaded and the six remaining trainees fly low under the reach of radar to get a sight of the enemy. Corporal Andy James has spent a day of confusion and mistakes and is heading for a painful dressing down. The battle may be imaginary, but the stakes are high enough. With just a few days left on their 12-month course, there is still time to fail.

Contributors

Subject:
Corporal Andy James
Director:
Tim Lambert
Producer:
Will Aslett

Highlights of this evening's athletics from Helsinki where a strong British contingent prepare for the Olympics. Presented by David Coleman, Stuart Storey and Paul Dickenson.

Contributors

Presenter:
David Coleman
Presenter:
Stuart Storey
Presenter:
Paul Dickenson
Producer:
Martin Webster

Award-winning drama based on the experiences of LA Times reporter Robert Richardson, starring Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood

Hearing of economic prosperity and better race relations in California, young Robert Richardson and his friends move from Alabama to Los Angeles. But they soon discover a different kind of discrimination.
(1990) (Subtitled)
See Films: pages 46-56 ***

Contributors

Director:
Kevin Hooks
Ruthana Richardson/Motherdear:
Cicely Tyson
Robert Richardson:
Blair Underwood
Junius Johnson:
James Earl Jones
Mrs Canfield:
Sally Kirkland
Roxie Turpin:
Margaret Avery
Clifford Turpin:
Vondie Curtis-Hall

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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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