Starring Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey, Ernest Borgnine, Sheree North
The lively story of the song-writing team of De Sylva, Brown and Henderson.
A haven of peace surrounding the pagoda of an ancient Japanese warrior-ruler.
An award-winning film produced by Ian Mutsu
Peter Scott, founder and director of the Wildfowl Trust, author, broadcaster and artist-naturalist.
Commentary by Hugh Falkus
The pension goes up. In future a single pensioner will live on £6.75 a week - and married couples on £10.90. But how much does money affect 'Life on the Pension'? In any other country the old are respected as 'senior citizens.' Do we do enough for them in this country?
(Last Wednesday's programme)
David Holmes on the political scene
James Burke in Houston introduces highlights of Apollo 16's second day on the moon with comment from the Space Team at Mission Control.
Tonight's review of the season features the flair of Wales, the improvement of Scotland, the frustration of Ireland, the mixture that is France, and the sad decline of England.
(Colour)
Ralph Richardson is 70 this year. As an actor he continues to triumph in the theatre, most recently in "Home" and "West of Suez". Off stage he is a wonderful raconteur and a sharp observer of life, as all his performances suggest.
In this informal portrait, filmed in Bognor where Sir Ralph goes for holidays, and in his own home, he talked to Patrick Garland about his strange childhood by the sea, early days in the theatre, his love of literature and painting, and the wide-ranging interests and hobbies which all contribute to the personality and achievement of this great actor.
(The 750cc knight: see page 11)
(Colour)
A weekly series of concert performances by some of the best entertainers in a wide spectrum of today's musical taste.
This week: Tom Paxton and friends, Mary Travers and John Denver
Songs include What a Friend You Are, Follow Me, Forest Lawn, It Will Come to You Again, Readjustment Blues, Jet Plane and Country Roads.
A second look at masters of their craft and the things they make.
The work of a leading artistcraftsman who turns precious metals into objects of utility and beauty.
by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Dramatised in six parts by Bill Craig
[Starring] James Grant as Ewan Tavendale, Victor Carin as Chae Strachan, Vivien Heilbron as Chris
'Our best friends were out of Kinraddie now. But we had ourselves. And seeing your Ewan grow straight and strong, with that slim body like his father's, it made a strange dizziness go singing in my heart.'
BBC Scotland
Sheridan Morley and Philip Jenkinson look back on 20 years of MGM musicals to coincide with the re-release of a movie soundtrack series of lps including The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, Show Boat and Gigi.
Starring Carol Lynley, Brandon de Wilde, Macdonald Carey, Marsha Hunt
A couple of teenagers faced with the prospect of an illegitimate child decide to solve the problem without recourse to their parents. Known as Blue Jeans in Britain, this sincere and unsensational film was one of the best of the series of teenage dramas which started with Blackboard Jungle.
