Today's story is "Rescuing a Sheep"
Written and told by Norman Tyrrell
A series of seven films on the threatened natural environment of Britain and its chances of survival.
Some of the chemicals developed for insect pest control have proved to be a mixed blessing.
Introduced by Peter B. Stone with Dr. K. Mellanby, Dr. D.A. Ratcliffe, N.E. Williams
Reporting the world tonight Peter Woods and the reporters and correspondents, at home and abroad, of BBC News
and Weather
by Liam O'Flaherty
Adapted by Hugh Leonard
Tonight's play is a fictional reconstruction of the murder of Kevin O'Higgins, a leading Irish politician who was gunned down on his way to Mass one Sunday morning in 1927. O'Flaherty, in his novel from which this play is adapted, explores the mind of a man who would perpetrate such a crime. The Assassin's anti-hero threw Ireland into an uproar. His motive is more than revenge and, in settling a debt, he understood that he had a far more personal one to settle with his God.
The survivors of the Daily Mirror World Cup Rally were due to reach the Aztec Stadium in Mexico City two days ago. Over 140,000 in prize money was waiting for the winners at the end of six weeks and 16,000 miles of motoring through Europe and South America.
Tonight's programme covers the battle among the high peaks of the Andes between the French Citroens and the British Leyland Triumphs and Ford Escorts, the closing stages in the tropical forests of Central America, and the spectacular drive to the finish through the streets of Mexico City.
A new series of outstanding feature films from more than 20 different countries
This week - from Poland starring Andrzej Lapicki, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Elzbieta Czyzewska
A middle-aged film director, trying to repeat a former success, lapses into indecision when he loses his leading man.
Andrzej Wajda's semi-autobiographical film marks his own comeback and raises many theories about his complex relationship with the actor Cybulski who actually died under the wheels of a train.
Michael Dean looks back over the week with William Rushton, James Cameron and other people, other views
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