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starring Doris Day, James Garner

Doris Day, as a doctor's wife, accepts an offer to appear in 'Happy Soap' commercials on television, and finds life as a 'soap queen' more demanding than she imagined. James Garner plays the hapless husband who sees more of his wife on the billboards than by the fireside.

(This Week Films: page 11)
(Colour)

Contributors

Screenplay:
Carl Reiner
Producer:
Ross Hunter
Producer:
Martin Melcher
Director:
Norman Jewison
Beverly Boyer:
Doris Day
Dr Gerald Boyer:
James Garner
Mrs Fraleigh:
Arlene Francis
Gardiner Fraleigh:
Edward Andrews
Old Tom Fraleigh:
Reginald Owen
Olivia:
Zasu Pitts
Mike Palmer:
Elliott Reid
Woman:
Alice Pearce
Maggie Boyer:
Kym Karath
Andy Boyer:
Brian Nash
Mrs Goethe:
Lucy Landau
Dr Taylor:
Paul Hartman
Billings:
Hayden Rorke
Stokely:
Alex Gerry
Van Camp:
Robert Gallagher
Miss Thompson:
Anne Newman

by Ivan Turgenev
A second chance to see this dramatisation in four parts by Denis Constanduros

Arkady has taken a letter to Anna, and is staying there.
(Shown last Sunday)
(Colour)

Contributors

Author:
Ivan Turgenev
Dramatised by:
Denis Constanduros
Bazarov:
James Laurenson
Piotr:
Michael Bilton
Pavel:
John Bennett
Fenichka:
Lyndell Rowe
Nikolai:
Anthony Bate
Arkady:
David Wood
Katya:
Sarah Craze
Anna:
Rosemary Nicols
Princess Natasha:
Jean Anderson
Doctor:
Roy MacReady
Dr Bazarov:
Basil Dignam
Arina:
Anna Wing

A series about human beings selecting human beings: narrated and produced by Roger Mills

The search for a top man to fill a top job. It begins 18 storeys up on Madison Avenue, New York. An American and a Canadian are analysing a situation vacant - in Margate, England. After that - they'll find the man to fill it. But the very last man to hear of the appointment is the man who will be 'appointed.'

(First shown on BBC1)
(Colour)

Contributors

Narrator/Producer:
Roger Mills
Director:
Alan Bell

Introduced by Sheridan Morley
A preview of music from the film version of Fiddler on the Roof.
Philip Jenkinson shows scenes of vintage Women's Lib.

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheridan Morley
Presenter:
Philip Jenkinson
Producer:
Barry Brown
Editor:
Rowan Ayers

Starring Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Valentina Cortesa

The setting is the San Francisco fruit market where corruption and violence are routine.
(This Week's Films: page 11)

Contributors

Director:
Jules Dassin
Nick Garcos:
Richard Conte
Figlia:
Lee J. Cobb
Polly:
Barbara Lawrence
Rica:
Valentina Cortesa
Slob:
Jack Oakie
Ed:
Millard Mitchell
Pete:
Joseph Pevney

BBC Two England

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