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starring Jeff Chandler, Faith Domergue

A discharged Union Officer averts a major Indian war when rustlers steal Sioux horses to sell to the U.S. Cavalry
Faith Domergue plays a young woman who attempts to buy horses from the Sioux to sell to the Cavalry. Her career started three years before this film was made when she was discovered by the legendary Howard Hughes, the producer who also launched such major stars as Jean Harlow and Jane Russell.
(Colour)
(to 16.15)

Contributors

Producer:
Albert J. Cohen
Director:
Lloyd Bacon
Jonathan Westgate:
Jeff Chandler
Joan Britton:
Faith Domergue
Stephen Cook:
Lyle Bettger
Red Cloud:
John War Eagle
Major McKay:
Stephen Chase
Uriah:
Stacey Harris
Ahab:
Peter Whitney

with Percy Thrower

Today's programme is devoted entirely to this colourful and fascinating shrub. Percy Thrower demonstrates the propagation and culture of a plant which is one of his favourites.
A Gardeners' World film
from the Midlands
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Producer:
Bill Duncalf
Director:
Kevin Crooks

Gordon Wilkins covers the world of motoring
with Judith Jackson

British motorists continue to pay a high price for foreign cars. One reason is a long waiting-list for some of the cheaper British models. Are there others? Secondhand Mercedes and Volkswagens sell at a good price, but do all Continental cars keep their value? Does the foreign car buyer pay extra for qualities he can't find in our own cars, or is it just a question of wanting to be different?
A report on Foreign Car Test Day at Silverstone
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Gordon Wilkins
Reporter:
Judith Jackson
Associate Producer:
John Mills
Producer:
Brian Robins

by Compton MacKenzie
Dramatised in six parts by Ray Lawler

Michael and Alan have come down from Oxford. Alan and Stella have resumed their long-standing friendship, and Michael has discovered that Lily Haden has been seen among the prostitutes at the Orient Promenade.

(Colour)

Contributors

Author:
Compton MacKenzie
Dramatised by:
Ray Lawler
Script Editor:
Lennox Phillips
Make-up:
Pam Burns
Lighting:
Gerry Millerson
Designer:
Sally Hulke
Producer:
David Conroy
Director:
Rex Tucker
Michael:
Brett Usher
Henry Meats:
David Collings
Dolly Wearne:
Valerie Bell
Mrs. Cleghorne:
Joan Hickson
Annie:
Kate Lansbury
Stella:
Gillian Hawser
Alan Merivale:
Michael Osborne
Mrs. Fane:
Jeanne Moody
Mrs. Ross:
Jo Kendall
Daisy Palmer:
Jo Rowbottom
Hungarian Dave:
Alex Donoghue
Magistrate:
Henry Longhurst
Syd Carvell:
Edward Caddick
Mrs. Smith:
Diana King
Sylvia Scarlett:
Valerie Gearon
Lily Haden:
Elaine Taylor

A series of highly personal films
John Dankworth jazz musician and composer is fascinated by the phenomenon of hero worship
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Hero worship is an essential part of our lives-without heroes we have no great deeds to emulate, we can achieve nothing
How big a part do heroes play in our everyday lives?
John Dankworth believes that mass hero worship is largely un-constructive and thinks it is our private heroes who matter most.

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Dankworth
Executive producer:
Anthony de Lotbiniere
Director:
Anthony Searle

A special colour edition of Animal Magic in which Keith Shackleton, equipped with brush, palette, and binoculars, explores that corner of England around Flatford Mill which was the home of John Constable, one of Britain's best-loved landscape artists.
From the South and West
(First shown on BBC-1)
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Keith Shackleton
Director:
Peter Crawford
Producer:
Douglas Thomas

The weekly arts magazine

Fellini and Satyricon
The most celebrated film director in Italy is also known throughout the world for such international successes as La Strada, La Dolce Vita, and 8 1/2. He is now at work in Rome on a version of Satyricon, the scandalous classic by Petronius of Nero's time.
Release was allowed to visit the set on the day Fellini was shooting an amorous scene in the Garden of Pleasure. Tonight's programme shows il maestro at work and includes an interview with Fellini himself.
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One of the Roughs
The myth of Walt Whitman, the poet of democracy, of the American dream, of the troubled history of the States during the Civil War... Whitman was born 150 years ago today. Release takes a brief look at the life and poetry of one of the most remarkable of American writers.

(Colour)

Contributors

Subject (Fellini and Satyricon):
Federico Fellini
Director (Fellini and Satyricon):
Gavin Millar
Producer:
Colin Nears
Producer:
Darrol Blake
Producer:
Christopher Martin
Editor:
Lorna Pegram

Starring Jean Kent, James Donald, Hugh Sinclair, Bill Owen

Trottie True was the toast of the music-halls, 'til a Gaiety Girl she became she dazzled the Lords who sat in the stalls, and won herself wealth and acclaim.
(Colour)

Contributors

Screenplay:
C. Denis Freeman
Based on the novel by:
Caryl Brahms
Based on the novel by:
S.J. Simon
Director:
Brian Desmond Hurst
Producer:
Hugh Stewart
Trottie True:
Jean Kent
Lord Landon:
James Donald
Maurice Beckenham:
Hugh Sinclair
Joe Jugg:
Bill Owen
Bouncie:
Lana Morris
Sid Skinner:
Andrew Crawford
Marquis of Maidenhead:
Michael Medwin
Duchess of Wellwater:
Irene Browne

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