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Starring Doris Day, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson

Nobody wants to direct a film with Jack Carson, so he tries to direct it himself, and attempts to make a star of an unknown waitress - the young Miss Day - in the process.
(This Week's Films: page 9)

Contributors

Director:
David Butler
Dennis Morgan:
null Himself
Jack Carson:
null Himself
Judy Adams:
Doris Day
Arthur Trent:
Bill Goodwin
Secretary:
Jacquellne Dewitt

An entertainment for children with Brian Cant
[and] Chloe Ashcroft, Derek Griffiths, Jonathan Cohen, Spike Heatley, Alan Rushton

(Colour)

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Cant
Performer:
Chloe Ashcroft
Performer:
Derek Griffiths
Musician:
Jonathan Cohen
Musician:
Spike Heatley
Musician:
Alan Rushton
Scriptwriter/Director:
Anne Gobey
Producer:
Ann Reay
Executive Producer:
Cynthia Felgate

Far out in the North Atlantic lives a community often isolated by dense fog or furious storms - the Faroe islanders. Many of them lead a way of life that has remained unchanged for centuries.
(from Bristol)
[Repeat]

Contributors

Narrator:
Joss Ackland
Photography/Director:
Douglas Fisher
Presented by:
Ned Kelly

After their dramatic and exhilarating draw against the All Blacks last month, Ireland today begin their quest for this season's International Championship honours.
England are hoping to rediscover the form which earned them their startling victory over South Africa in Johannesburg last summer.
Commentator at Lansdowne Road, Dublin: Cliff Morgan

(Colour)

Contributors

Commentator:
Cliff Morgan
Series Producer:
Alan Mouncer

by Leo Tolstoy
a second chance to see this dramatisation in 20 parts by Jack Pulman

Gradually Moscow came back to life and people returned to the city. Among those returning were Maria and Natasha, and also Pierre - who told Maria of his growing love for Natasha.

(Shown last Thursday)
(Colour)

Contributors

Author:
Leo Tolstoy
Dramatist:
Jack Pulman

A live entertainment for Saturday, presenting a mixture of music, plays, poetry, prose, comedy, films, the visual arts - and a few surprises.
Introduced by Joe Melia with a little help from John Bird.
Among the main events:

Henry VIII's Missing Wife
There is no existing authenticated portrait of Catherine Howard, Henry VIII's fifth wife.
Barbara Tate has recently painted a likeness of this little-known queen, which she will show in the Full House studio, with some of her other paintings.

Ravel's Septet
Harp, flute, clarinet and a string quartet combine in Maurice Ravel's "Introduction and Allegro", played by Osian Ellis, Richard Adeney, Gervase De Peyer and The Gabrieli String Quartet.

Can Anyone Smell Gas?
Linda Polan presents her own very personal one-woman show.
"Take me, take me as I am
My face has been around
Maybe not pretty, but profound.
With wrinkles you get sensuality
So take me as I am, it's all me."
Written by Andrew Davies with music by Tony Hatch

Ted Walker
lives in his native Sussex. He is not a regional writer, but the poems he introduces and reads tonight reflect a strong sense of place and the importance of roots.

10.0 Family
In the middle 60s bands like Family were an 'underground' adolescent cult. Good musicianship, careful song-writing and a highly individual vocal style have made the group popular now with a very wide audience. Family are:
Roger Chapman (vocals), Tony Ashton (keyboards), Jim Cregan (bass), Rob Townsend (drums), Charlie Whitney (guitar)

A Fair Day's Work by Peter Ransley
With Glynn Owen as Norman, Nicholas Pennell as David, Michael Hawkins as Gerald, Jo Rowbottom as Sandra, John Moore as the Sad Man
'He's on expenses you see, well I'm on expenses - who isn't on expenses! But I own my own company, whereas he works for one of the giant ones where nobody feels he owns anything and everybody spends it.'

Contributors

Presenter:
Joe Melia
Performer:
Joe Bird
Presenter (Henry VIII's Missing Wife):
Barbara Tate
Harpist (Ravel's Septet):
Osian Ellis
Flautist (Ravel's Septet):
Richard Adeney
Clarinetist (Ravel's Septet):
Gervase De Peyer
Musicians (Ravel's Septet):
The Gabrieli String Quartet
Writer (Can Anyone Smell Gas?):
Andrew Davies
Music (Can Anyone Smell Gas?):
Tony Hatch
[Actress]:
Linda Polan
Presenter/Poet:
Ted Walker
Singer (Family):
Roger Chapman
Keyboardist (Family):
Tony Ashton
Bass (Family):
Jim Cregan
Drummer (Family):
Rob Townsend
Guitarist (Family):
Charlie Whitney
Writer (A Fair Day's Work):
Peter Ransley
Norman:
Glyn Owen
David:
Nicholas Pennell
Gerald:
Michael Hawkins
Sandra:
Jo Rowbottom
The Sad Man:
John Moore
Director:
Vernon Lawrence
Producer:
Naomi Capon
Producer:
Michael MacIntyre
Producer:
Tony Cash
Assistant Editor:
Tony Staveacre
Editor:
Bill Morton

Match your musical wits against Joyce Grenfell, Bernard Levin, Robin Ray
Guest musician: Hephzibah Menuhin
Chairman Joseph Cooper

(Colour)

Contributors

Panellist:
Joyce Grenfell
Panellist:
Bernard Levin
Panellist:
Robin Ray
Guest musician:
Hephzibah Menuhin
Chairman:
Joseph Cooper
Producer:
Walter Todds
Director:
Denis Moriarty

Starring Jane Russell
with Richard Egan, Joan Leslie, Agnes Moorehead

The story of an ambitious woman's struggle to attain wealth and social position, staged against the panorama of wartime Honolulu.
(This Week's Films: page 9)

Contributors

Director:
Raoul Walsh
Mamie Stover:
Jane Russell
Jim:
Richard Egan
Annalee:
Joan Leslie
Bertha Parchman:
Agnes Moorehead
Jackie:
Jorja Curtright
Harry Adkins:
Michael Pate
Captain Sumac:
Richard Coogan

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