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Tony Lewis returns to present the first edition of 1984. The Third Round of the FA Cup marks the entry of the big clubs and the return of England internationals
Kevin Keegan, Peter Shilton and Allan Clarke to the scenes of their former glories. Plus cricket from down under: Don Mosey reports from England's first game in New Zealand against Auckland.

Contributors

Presenter:
Tony Lewis
Reporter:
Don Mosey
Producer:
Dave Gordon

Introduced by Bernard Falk , with help from
SUSAN MARLING and ROBIN DEWHURST. taking a critical look at the holiday, travel and leisure scene. Producer
JENNY MALUNSON DUFF
Editor ROGER MACDONALD

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bernard Falk
Unknown:
Susan Marling
Unknown:
Robin Dewhurst.
Unknown:
Jenny Malunson
Editor:
Roger MacDonald

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

How Michelangelo's ring had a fortunate recovery, what Tom Keating did with his early Palmer fakes and the Mozart trio that stood firm in battle - all are tales in Bernard Price's anthology of how the famous (and infamous) acquired their favourite possessions.
Martin Jarvis, Bill Wallis and June Barrie unfold a few collections of Treasures and Trifles. Producer MARY price BBC Bristol

Contributors

Producer:
Mary Price

Ten years ago leading City bankers and the managers of multi-million pound investment funds held a secret all-night meeting in the Bank of England. They had to prevent a panic which would have led to the collapse of Britain's entire financial system.
The rescue mission - The Lifeboat - to stem the contagion of fear was to cost £1,500 million during a stock market crash bigger than Wall Street's in 1920.
Written and narrated by John Roberts
Producer JIM GRAY

Contributors

Unknown:
John Roberts
Producer:
Jim Gray

by Winifred Holtby, adapted by Gaie Houston
with

Of course it was absurd to make a fuss. It really was nothing - a kiss in a cornfield on a hot day. Lots of farmers' wives might have done it - only Mary was not lots of farmers' wives. She was Mary Robson of Anderby Wold.
Narrator Alison Fiske
BBC Manchester

Contributors

Author:
Winifred Holtby
Adapted by:
Gaie Houston
Narrator:
Alison Fiske
Directed By:
Caroline Smith
Mary Robson:
Joanna Mackie
John:
Derek Smith
Sarah/Mrs Coast:
Lorraine Peters
Tom/Mr Coast:
Nigel Anthony
Violet:
Jayne Dowell
Uncle Dick/Ezra Dawson:
Robert Keegan
Aunt Jane/Miss Taylor:
Rosalie Williams
Ursula/Mrs Greenwood:
Eileen O'Brien
David:
Joseph Peters
Mike/Hunting:
Keith Clifford
Eli Waite:
Jack Carr
Jack:
Jason Uttler
Little girl:
Jenny Luckraft

Currently on display at
London's Barbican Centre are over 2,000 examples of the work of some of the young designers who will help shape our industrial future and influence the way we live.
But how well equipped are British industry and commerce to exploit the creative talents of our designers and craftsmen? Are the schools of art and design in touch with the needs of industry? And should we be concerned that many of our best young designers choose to work abroad?
Christopher Frayling , Professor of Cultural History at the Royal
College of Art, looks at the place of design and the designer in Britain today.
Producer FRANK WARWICK
(Repeated: Friday 11.0 am)

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Frayling
Producer:
Frank Warwick

Narrator
David Attenborough 2: The Singing Whales
Roger and Katy Payne of the New York
Zoological Society, Peter Tyack and Chris Clarke from Rockefeller
University, investigate the melancholy song of the humpback whale.
Producer MICHAEL BRIGHT BBC Bristol

Contributors

Narrator:
David Attenborough
Unknown:
Katy Payne
Unknown:
Peter Tyack
Unknown:
Chris Clarke

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