Starring Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen, Arlene Dahl
with Keenan Wynn, Gloria de Haven

Fred Astaire and Red Skelton join in this star-packed and colourful MGM musical based on the lives of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, the great song-writing team of the twenties.
Among the many songs included are 'Who's sorry now?,' 'You are my lucky star,' 'My sunny Tennessee,' and the title song 'Three little words.'
(This Week's Films, by Philip Jenkinson: page 14)

A review of the political week
David Holmes recalls the highlights in the Houses of Parliament and reports on the part played by government in the lives of us all.

with Percy Thrower from Hodnet Hall, Shropshire
Once again Gardeners' World returns to these famous gardens, which were created almost single-handed by the late Brigadier A. G. W. Heber-Percy.
Next week Percy Thrower goes to a different part of Hodnet Hall's very extensive gardens, which are open to the public throughout the summer

"Racked by a growing awareness that I must soon decide whether or not I can go on in the face of the actual situation. What a bloody awful decision - to chuck it in at this stage, what a bloody awful decision..."

Donald Crowhurst's log-book, 15 November 1968, two weeks after setting out on the Round-the-World yacht race. Why then had he got himself into this situation? And why did the attempted solution end in his disappearance?
Tonight's documentary supplies the answers, using the tapes, films, and logs recorded by Crowhurst and found in his abandoned boat on 10 July 1969.

Donald Crowhurst's logs read by: Michael Jayston
Commentary written and read by Paul Foot
(From Bristol)
(A Story of Our Time - The Two Voyages of Donald Crowhurst: Thursday at 8.0, Radio 4 - except Wales. 'The hopeful start... and the tragic end': page 6)

Earlier today at St Andrews, Fife-home of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club - one of the 140 golfers who last Wednesday set out on the quest for the title became this year's Open Champion.
The man and his achievement, and the attempts of those who tried and failed, introduced from St Andrews by Harry Carpenter

with Robert Erskine

The last programme of the present series shows how the habit of collecting antique works of art has its own history.

Starring Val Doonican
with special guests The Edwin Hawkins Singers, Les Farfadets, Ethna Campbell
The Gillian Lynne Dancers
The Adam Singers
Directed by Cliff Adams

Three plays by Don Shaw

Val is in her mid 30s and a victim of the loneliness of suburbia. She is still reasonably attractive but her youth is seeping away. Her marriage to Reg has reached stalemate, and when she meets a young aspiring pop singer she sees an opportunity of recapturing a little of her past when she used to sing around the Midland clubs. But it is not to work out that way.

Introduced by Tommy Vance
featuring:
Alan Bown, whose membership remains unchanged, five years after their formation, yet they have the ability to stay ahead of musical trends.
Justine, three boys and two girls, whose music is described in their publicity handout, as 'young, gentle, and refreshing.'
Together with Steeleye Span, who have ex-Fairport Convention bassist Ashley 'Tyger' Hutchings as a member.

Starring Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg with Mylene Demongeot

A wealthy Parisian widower and his teenage daughter Cecile live a life of uninterrupted pleasure, but when her father plans to marry an attractive widow Cecile devises a cruel plan to drive away the older woman.
Otto Preminger's version of Francoise Sagan's most famous novel features Jean Seberg, his discovery for St Joan.
(Philip Jenkinson: page 14)