Today's story is "Shaun and the Carthorse," by Charles Keeping

Reporting the world tonight
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Dramatised in two parts by Hugh Leonard
Starring Peter Cushing and Nigel Stock as Dr. Watson
Also starring Gary Raymond as Sir Henry Baskerville, Gabriella Licudi as Beryl Stapleton, Philip Bond as Stapleton

"According to legend, the Baskerville family is haunted by an enormous and fiendish hound whose appearance is an omen of violent death. Sherlock Holmes fears that the life of Sir Henry Baskerville may be in danger. At his request I have accompanied Sir Henry to Baskerville Hall on Dartmoor..."

'An average day's fishing depends on what river you are fishing. I was on the Spey last week and I was averaging 11 pearls a day - 11 saleable pearls I mean - some of them worth £5. You never lose the thrill of getting a pearl that's perfect, unblemished, you know it's a thing of beauty. It's not really the money, it's the beauty and the challenge because it takes you a long time and experience before you can get a pearl like that out of the river.'
The tools of his trade are a glass-bottomed bucket and a cleft ash stick, his job is an eternal treasure hunt - he is Bill Abernethy, the only man in Britain to have on his passport, 'Profession: pearl fisher.'

A season of new feature films, made especially for TV.

Paul Dennison is caught philandering by his wealthy wife once too often. Divorce would break him so he makes other plans...

Albert Lamorisse's breathtaking bird's-eye view of Europe's most beautiful city.
Albert Lamorisse, famous director of The Red Balloon, died on 2 June this year in a helicopter accident while filming a feature-length documentary on Persia. Paris Rediscovered is a fitting tribute - on France's national day - to the man who transformed aerial photography from a technique into an art.
Written and directed by Albert Lamorisse

Talk, argument, people, diversion with Joan Bakewell, Michael Dean, Tony Bilbow, Sheridan Morley