10.35-11.0 Closedown

Starring Robert Young, Randolph Scott

Pioneer telegraph builders set out to string the cables westward from Omaha to Salt Lake City despite renegade Southerners.
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by Dorothy L. Sayers
Adapted in five parts by Anthony Steven
With Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter

'Stay out of this!' Wimsey is warned by the accused... but the warning comes too late - even for Peter Wimsey.
(First shown on BBC1)

A series of seven films about aspects of their past made by seven European countries.

A Revolution and its aftermath
Written by Patrick Nuttgens
This film, the British contribution to the series, re-examines the impact of the Industrial Revolution and its legacy in the cities of the North, and questions whether the idea of Jerusalem, Blake's Promised City, still holds a meaning today.
Commentary spoken by Alan Dobie

The Fijians travel to Ireland for the first time for the third match of their short tour. Their hosts at Lansdowne Road on this occasion are Leinster who last season in their match against the All Blacks failed by the narrowest of margins to win a memorable victory.
Introduced by Nigel Starmer-Smith

TV presentation by Radio Telefis Eireann

(Colour)

Alan and Joan Root are best known for their film portraits of African wildlife, but their home at Lake Naivasha has also been the base for a two-year-old animal venture of another kind. High in the mountain forests of Kenya live shy and beautiful antelopes known as bongos. Filming these rare animals led to a major operation to establish breeding groups.
(from Bristol)

Starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland

The children of vaudeville old-timers determine to put on their own show despite opposition.
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Starring Victor Mature, Betty Grable, Carole Landis

When a beautiful young actress is murdered her agent becomes the centre of a frightening persecution by a vindictive policeman.
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