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An introduction to the social sciences

The position of women in our society has changed radically in the last 50 years. What has brought this change about and how real is it?
Introduced by Derek Hart
(Linked with Radio 3, Study: Fridays. 7.10 pm. For further details see page 62)

Contributors

Presenter:
Derek Hart
Producer:
Howard Smith

An 'incomplete' word game
In a display of unparalleled lexicological dexterity, words are built up letter by letter and the two teams accuse each other of inadvertently completing words or of having no word to complete.
Bill Grundy, Sheila Hancock, Anthony Oliver
encounter
Henry Livings, Billie Whitelaw, Colin Gordon
In the chair Brian Redhead
(from Manchester)

Contributors

Panellist:
Bill Grundy
Panellist:
Sheila Hancock
Panellist:
Anthony Oliver
Panellist:
Henry Livings
Panellist:
Billie Whitelaw
Panellist:
Colin Gordon
Chairman:
Brian Redhead
Director:
John C Miller
Devised and produced by:
Vivian A. Daniels

Presenting each week some of the international jazz stars recorded at Europe's Number One Jazz Club.

Tonight Ronnie Scott introduces The Gary Burton Quartet, The Bill Coleman-Buddy Tate Quintet, Buddy Rich and his Orchestra
(All artists appear by arrangement with Harold Davison Ltd)

Contributors

Presenter:
Ronnie Scott
Musicians:
The Gary Burton Quartet
Musicians:
The Bill Coleman-Buddy Tate Quintet
Musicians:
Buddy Rich and his Orchestra
Title Music:
Francy Boland
Associate Producer:
Vernon Lawrence
Production:
Terry Henebery

Dramatised by Gerald Savory
With Daphne Slater as Margery Bishop, Graham Crowden as Bill Marsh, Arthur Pentelow as Charlie Bishop, Ann Castle as Janet Lascelles, Mark Edwards as Gerry Morton

Margery Bishop falls in love with Gerry Morton, a man much younger than herself. She feels she must confess this to her husband - but Virtue is not always its own reward - or is it?

Contributors

Author:
W. Somerset Maugham
Dramatised by:
Gerald Savory
Dance music played by:
The Temperance Seven
Costumes:
John Bloomfield
Script Editor:
Andrew Brown
Designer:
Tony Abbott
Producer:
Verity Lambert
Director:
John Davies
Margery Bishop:
Daphne Slater
Bill Marsh:
Graham Crowden
Charlie Bishop:
Arthur Pentelow
Janet Lascelles:
Ann Castle
Gerry Morton:
Mark Edwards
London club waiter:
Arnold Ridley
Coroner:
Kenneth Edwards

A film musical starring Doris Day, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson

Nobody wants to direct a film with Jack Carson, so he tries to direct it himself, and attempts to make a star of an unknown waitress - the young Miss Day.
With guest appearances from many of Warner Brothers' top stars Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Sydney Greenstreet, Danny Kaye, Patricia Neal, Eleanor Parker, Ronald Reagan, Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman

Contributors

Screenplay:
Jack Rose
Screenplay:
Mel Shavelson
From a story by:
I. A. L. Diamond
Producer:
Alex Gottlieb
Director:
David Butler
Dennis Morgan:
Dennis Morgan
Jack Carson:
Jack Carson
Judy Adams:
Doris Day
Arthur Trent:
Bill Goodwin
Secretary:
Jacqueline de Witt
Himself:
Gary Cooper
Herself:
Joan Crawford
Jeffrey Bushdinkle, the Groom:
Errol Flynn
Himself:
Sydney Greenstreet
Himself:
Danny Kaye
Herself:
Patricia Neal
Herself:
Eleanor Parker
Himself:
Ronald Reagan
Himself:
Edward G. Robinson
Herself:
Jane Wyman

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