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Barrie Gill and Gordon Wilkins
with Maxwell Boyd, Michael Frostick and Judith Jackson

Leave the car at home and go by bus. That is the idea behind a scheme at Runcorn in Cheshire to persuade motorists it's easier and more sociable to use public transport. Does the plan work?

Do spectators at motor racing circuits get a fair deal? Tonight The Hon Gerald Lascelles announces far-reaching proposals to make Silverstone the centre of motor sport in Britain, and the programme examines how other countries in Europe cope.

Contributors

Presenter:
Barrie Gill
Presenter:
Gordon Wilkins
Reporter:
Maxwell Boyd
Reporter:
Michael Frostick
Reporter:
Judith Jackson
Director:
Tony Salmon
Producer:
John Mills
Producer:
Richard Tilling
Editor:
Brian Robins

by Dennis Potter
Starring Frank Finlay as Casanova, Norman Rossington as Lorenzo, David Swift as Valenglart and Ania Marson as Anne Roman-Coupier

Casanova sadly reflects that his sensuous desire for a beautiful girl has in fact destroyed her life.

Contributors

Writer:
Dennis Potter
Designer:
Peter Seddon
Producer:
Mark Shivas
Director:
John Glenister
Casanova:
Frank Finlay
Lorenzo:
Norman Rossington
Valenglart:
David Swift
Anne Roman-Coupier:
Ania Marson
Madame Morin:
Jean Holness
Man in coach:
Norman Tyrrell
Damiens:
Simon Barclay
Tiretta:
Richard Dennis
Madame Lenoir:
Claire Davenport
'La Lambertini':
Jo Anderson
Mlle de la Mare:
Sarah Benfield
Whore:
Enid Burton
Whore:
Julie Desmond
Whore:
Sue Bond
Violinist:
Norman McGlen
Messer Grande:
Victor Baring
Constable:
Alfred Hoffman
Constable:
Ray Marioni
Cristina:
Zienia Merton
Barberina:
Christine Noonan
Rose:
Julia Cornelius
Manon:
Brigid Erin Bates
Anna:
Caroline Dowdeswell
Genoveffa:
Lyn Yeldham
Colombina:
Rowan Wylie
Arlecchino:
Tim Thomas

Presented by Rene Cutforth

Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz was Hitler's Successor as Head of the Third Reich, Commander in Chief of the German Navy and the key figure in the Battle of the Atlantic. Churchill believed the outcome of the battle would decide the outcome of World War II. Tonight Doenitz explains how vital to victory was the code-breaking expertise of the
German Navy.

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Rene Cutforth
Interviewee:
Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz
Based on the book by:
David Kahn
Director:
Stuart Harris
Writer/Producer:
Bruce Norman

BBC Two England

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