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Eight programmes looking at the sub-continent twenty years after Independence.

The results of the fourth General Election have created great uncertainty about the stability of Indian democracy. Can India's precarious unity be preserved?
Written and introduced by Roderick MacFarquhar.

Contributors

Writer/Presenter:
Roderick MacFarquhar
Presented by:
Howard Smith
Producer:
Peter Dunkley

by Jeremy Brooks.
with Simon Ward, Gary Watson, Jerome Willis
(First shown on BBC Wales)

Smith joins his first ship, a mine-sweeper, where the confined and oppressive atmosphere acts as a forcing house for the relationships between those on board.

Contributors

Writer:
Jeremy Brooks
Producer:
Hugh David
Midshipman Smith:
Simon Ward
C.P.O. Woodward:
Haydn Jones
A.B. McGregor:
Jeremy Ure
A.B. Davies:
Martyn Davies
Lt. Kiley:
Jerome Willis
Lt. Tetteris:
Gary Watson
L/Tel. Miller:
Edmund Pegge
Lt. Rebus:
David Swift
Lt. Boxer:
Hubert Rees
C.O. Gauntlett:
Salvin Stuart
Gauchi:
Louis Mansi
Bettina:
Nadja Regin
Midshipman Grant:
Charles Collingwood
Other parts played by:
John Dillon
Other parts played by:
Clive Cazes
Other parts played by:
David David
Other parts played by:
Henry Lake
Other parts played by:
Gail Latham

Life ...in the animal world of Serengeti
The great Serengeti National Park in Tanzania has the richest and most varied population of large wild animals left anywhere in the world, including half a million Gnu.
These animals provide the key to population studies in a territory where zebra, buffalo, lion, leopard, wild dog, and elephant compete and flourish.
David Attenborough reports from the Serengeti Research Institute.
With contributions from John Owen, Dr. Hugh Lamprey, Myles Turner.
Introduced by Dr. Desmond Morris.
From the South and West

Contributors

Reporter:
David Attenborough
Speaker:
John Owen
Speaker:
Dr. Hugh Lamprey
Speaker:
Myles Turner
Presenter:
Dr. Desmond Morris
Film Cameraman:
Ewart Needham
Producer/Director:
Richard Brock
Series editor:
Ronald Webster

by John Galsworthy.
A second chance to see this dramatisation by Donald Wilson.
Starring Eric Porter, Nyree Dawn Porter, Susan Hampshire, Nicholas Pennell

Fleur has entertained Jon and Anne and taken them down to Robin Hill. They have met again at Ascot, and Anne has realised that her marriage is in jeopardy.
(Shown on Saturday)
(Eric Porter is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company)

Contributors

Author:
John Galsworthy
Dramatised by/Producer:
Donald Wilson
Designer:
Spencer Chapman
Director:
David Giles
Soames:
Eric Porter
Marquess of Shropshire:
George Benson
Fleur:
Susan Hampshire
June:
June Barry
Anne:
Karin Fernald
Jon:
Martin Jarvis
Harold Blade:
Bryan Marshall
Winifred:
Margaret Tyzack
Val:
Jonathan Burn
Sir Timothy Fanfield:
Clive Morton
Michael Mont:
Nicholas Pennell
Sir Lawrence Mont:
Cyril Luckham
Wilfred Bentworth:
George Merritt
The Rev. Hilary Charwell:
Peter Copley
Montross:
Martin Miller
Coaker:
Julia Whyte
Smither:
Maggie Jones
Stainford:
David Cargill
Irene:
Nyree Dawn Porter
Holly:
Suzanne Neve
Riggs:
Godfrey James
Gradman:
Clifford Parrish

A last look around the world of television.
Criticism, Discussion, Diversion with Michael Dean, Joan Bakewell, Tony Bilbow and tonight's guests also Philip Jenkinson with more film requests.
Letters to Philip Jenkinson should be addressed c/o Late Night Line-Up, [address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Dean
Presenter:
Joan Bakewell
Presenter:
Tony Bilbow
Item presenter (Film Requests):
Philip Jenkinson

BBC Two England

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