Starring Anthony Steel, Donald Sinden
with Anna Maria Sandri, Andre Morell, Ralph Truman, Donald Pleasence

During the Western Desert campaign of 1942 a young British Officer finds himself among the Bedouin tribes.
(This Week's Films: page 9)

Third day
The final two hours' play from Old Trafford
Introduced by Peter West

Oil is coming to Aberdeen. Will it turn into a boom town at the price of the old way of life, or not?

David Holmes on the political scene

'I could have gone to the devil very, very easily when I was young. I had quite the wrong impulses.'
But at 77, Mrs Dorothea Woodward-Fisher has gladdened many a heart; and to everyone on the river she is known affectionately as 'Mother Thames.'
Meeting Mother Thames... is an illuminating experience. Inebriating even... She is a great swell, a rip, a nut. Her clothes, her caps, her cigarette, her silver, her style, her soul are dashingly individual... (Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian)

Written and narrated by John R. Hale
"If you knew how everybody hates you your hair would stand on end. You are alone and the rest of the world is against you."
Those are the words of an enemy of Venice four centuries ago. Now she is no longer without friends but in her greatest days she was one of the powers of Europe. From her reedy islands huddling in the lagoon she extended her empire right across the Mediterranean. She brought to Europe great wealth and uncountable treasure - but at the heart of this rich and gorgeous city lay an exceptional genius for tranquillity - an achievement she was never to pass on. In this new programme in the Chronicle series John Hale sets out to tell the story of the rise of this unique Republic whose citizens called her 'La Serenissima.'

A weekly series of concert performances
This week: Joni Mitchell
(This Week's Sounds: page 11)

Performing pigeons, racing pigeons and fancy pigeons of all shapes and colours - the result of years of highly selective breeding.

by Henry James
A second chance to see this dramatisation in six parts by Jack Pulman
Starring Cyril Cusack as Bob Assingham, Daniel Massey as Prince Amerigo, Gayle Hunnicutt as Charlotte, Barry Morse as Adam Verver, Jill Townsend as Maggie, Kathleen Byron as Fanny Assingham

Fanny has smashed the Golden Bowl saying she considers Charlotte and the Prince above suspicion. Maggie now faces the Prince with the remains of the Bowl.
(Shown last Thursday)

Sheridan Morley talks to film producer Ned Sherrin and previews three of his forthcoming films: Rentadick, Up the Front, and The Garnett Saga.

Philip Jenkinson shows vintage films requested by viewers.