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The final day's play from the Centre Court of the All England Lawn Tennis Club featuring The Finals of the Men's Singles Championship, Ladies' Doubles Championship, Mixed Doubles Championship all the excitement, all the matches, all the news and results... brought to you by BBC outside broadcast cameras.

(See also Grandstand)
(Match of the Day: BBC-2 at 9.0 pm)
(Colour)

with Percy Thrower

The lawn is often the most neglected part of the garden. Percy Thrower is quick to point out that grass is a plant and, like any other plant, requires cultivating and feeding. He demonstrates the various ways in which an area of grass can be improved until it resembles the green velvety carpet of which every gardener dreams.
from the Midlands
(Colour)

Contributors

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

Great Zoos of the world
A grand tour with Anthony Smith

In the last few years zoos have had to better themselves to satisfy the needs of a more demanding, a more discerning, a more critical, and an ever-increasing public. How do the great zoos of the world meet this challenge? In this new series of eight programmes Anthony Smith travels more than 20,000 miles in Europe and America to find out their answers.
Tonight's programme comes from San Diego, which even the world's zoo directors call 'the world's greatest zoo.' But what makes it great? Making a good zoo is not just a matter of dollars or taking advantage of the all-the-year-round Californian climate. A good zoo has to be carefully planned, with roads and trees and gardens, and with the needs of the public and the animals constantly in mind. Nearly three million people visit San Diego every year. They come to see animals-some of which they are unlikely to see in captivity anywhere else in the world-superbly displayed.
from the South and West
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Anthony Smith
Producer:
Barry Paine
Series editor:
Nicholas Crocker

by Honore de Balzac
Dramatised in four parts by David Turner

Eugene has fallen in love with Goriot's daughter Delphine. Desperately in need of money, he has almost agreed to Vautrin's plan for murder.
(Colour)

Contributors

Author:
Honore de Balzac
Dramatised by:
David Turner
Designer:
Michael Young
Producer:
David Conroy
Director:
Paddy Russell
Vautrin:
Andrew Keir
Eugene:
David Dundas
Goriot:
Michael Goodliffe
Gondureau:
Michael Robbins
Poiret:
Michael Bilton
Mlle. Michonneau:
Cynthia Etherington
Delphine:
June Ritchie
Victorine:
Anna Cropper
Mme. Couture:
Betty Cooper
Bianchon:
David Weston
Mme. Vauquer:
Pat Nye
Sylvie:
Patsy Rowlands
Servant:
Piers Rogers
Thgrese:
Elizabeth Digby-Smith
Baron von Nucingen:
Walter Gotell

A series of highly personal films
Sir Con O'Neill looks at Britain Through Foreign Eyes

Sir Con O'Neill is one of Britain's top diplomats - British Charge d'Affaires in Peking, British Ambassador to Finland, and, more recently, British Ambassador to the Common Market. He revisits Belgium, Finland, Sweden, and the Republic of Ireland to illustrate his experiences of Britain's image abroad.
We are liked enormously - for our record in war and for our happy attitude to life. And yet there are doubts - we are losing the world's confidence in our ability to keep our promises in both industrial and political fields. Our casual outlook puts us in danger of losing our status as a successful nation.
Happiness or success - the choice must be made. Sir Con thinks there is only one way to prevent Britain from 'sinking giggling into the North Sea.'
(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Sir Con O'Neill
Executive Producer:
Anthony de Lotbiniere
Director:
Simon Campbell-Jones

Starring Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance, Ludmilla Tcherina, Rita Gam

A Roman centurion on a mission to Constantinople falls into the hands of Attila, King of the Huns, and plays a vital part in averting a treacherous attempt to overthrow the Empire.
(Colour)

Contributors

Screenplay:
Oscar Brodney
Screenplay:
Barre Lyndon
Producer:
Albert J. Cohen
Director:
Douglas Sirk
Marcian:
Jeff Chandler
Attila:
Jack Palance
Princess Pulcheria:
Ludmilla Tcherina
Kubra:
Rita Gam
Paulinus:
Jeff Morrow
Theodosius:
George Dolenz
Astrologer:
Eduard Franz
Ildico:
Allison Hayes

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