Air, air, air, is everywhere,
In the tyres of a car or a gay balloon.
Today's story is "An Afternoon Out" by Judy Whitfield.
Guest storyteller Richard Baker.
(Colour)
In 1891 an impoverished French priest, Berenger Sauniere , discovered four parchments containing a series of ciphered messages hidden beneath the altar of his church in the tiny village of Rennes-le-Chateau. These led him, apparently, to a fortune.
Chronicle tells the story of the clues that he left behind him, and some of the attempts that have been made to follow them up.
Handel's sacred oratorio.
Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor),
Benjamin Luxon (baritone).
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
London Philharmonic Orchestra, leader Rodney Friend, Ian Hare (chamber Organ),
James Lancelot (harpsichord), Arthur Wills (organ), Gordon Webb (solo trumpet) Conducted by David Willcocks
Handel's score is illustrated by the architecture of Ely Cathedral and paintings by Rubens, Murillo, Rembrandt, and Titian.
Specially recorded for television in Ely Cathedral
With Richard Whitmore
Weather
With Percy Thrower from Bampton Manor, Oxon.
Percy Thrower deals with some of the jobs for this weekend.
Adapted in nine parts by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson from Gabriel Chevallier's novel.
Told by Peter Ustinov and starring Micheline Presle, Nigel Green, Hugh Griffith, Dennis Price and Raymond Gerome.
A BBCtv co-production with Bavaria Atelier GMBH, Munich
(Colour)
Introduced by Keith Dewhurst.
Presenting the winner from 2,000 entries for this competition. Denise Robertson's play The Soda-Water Fountain.
The play will be followed by a film profile of the author in her home at Seaham Harbour, Co Durham, where she lives with her husband the assistant harbourmaster, and her nine-year-old son Mark.
The five judges of the competition, Stella Richman, John Hopkins, Colin Welland, Shaun Sutton and Keith Dewhurst, will be in the studio to assess the competition, and to talk about the wider question of opportunities for new writers on television.
John Huston's classic thriller film, starring Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern with Jean Hagen, James Whitmore, Sam Jaffe, John McIntire, Marilyn Monroe.
A successful million-dollar jewel robbery is the dream of every master criminal. Doc Riedenschneider's dream came true, but he failed to take into account the meanest of human frailties - greed.
(This Week's Films: page 9)
