Starring Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward
with Richard Egan, John Justin, Agnes Moorehead

Susan Hayward gives a full-blooded performance as a head-strong Irish girl in this action-packed story set in South Africa around the turn of the century.
This Week's Films: page 11

American actor Richard Benjamin talks about his film career which began with Goodbye Columbus in 1969 followed by other successes in Catch 22, Diary of a Mad Housewife, Portnoy's Complaint and The Last of Sheila.

Philip Jenkinson: page 11

Some brightly coloured moths produce silk for the cocoon in which they undergo their final metamorphosis. One species in particular has been used by Man for the production of silk, and the story of this sericulture is as intriguing as the natural history of the moths themselves.
(from Bristol: first shown in The World About Us)

A series featuring a selection of BBCtv programmes viewers have particularly asked to see again. Tonight: In Concert featuring The Trinidad Philharmonic Steel Orchestra conducted by Raymond Shaw

Jack Pizzey reports on an amateur production of The Sound of Music.

introduced by Nigel Starmer-Smith
Japan play their last match in Wales against a side which features Welsh star Gareth Edwards at the National Rugby Stadium at Cardiff Arms Park.

(Colour)

An anthology for October, highlighting some of the month's events in music, theatre, visual arts, books and film.
Introduced by Melvyn Bragg
Among the main events:

The Sound of Brass
This week the Arts Council is discussing a claim for grant aid from the National Youth Brass Band: Second House listens to the-arguments-and the music.
In the studio, the National Championship winners direct from their success at the Royal Albert Hall.

Illusion in Nature and Art
Does the eye see what is real or what the mind tells it to see? How much do we teach it to lie? The ICA in London have set up an exhibition in which scientists and artists have pooled their knowledge to try and answer these questions. Keith Albarn, who has put the exhibition together, will demonstrate some of the classic examples of illusion and how the eye can be deceived.
Introduced by Edwin Mullins

Don McLean
I was a lonely teen-age broncin' buck,
With a pink carnation and a pick-up truck
But I knew I was out of luck The day the music died.
The lyrics of Don McLean's most famous song, 'American Pie,' which sums up the recent history of pop music in America.
At the start of his British tour, Don McLean sings some new songs.

A Long Drawn-out Trip
A cartoon film drawn, devised and directed by Gerald Scarfe: a series of sketches recording Scarfe's personal impressions of Los Angeles on a six-week visit, and featuring many of the best-known American folk heroes, from history, from Hollywood, and from contemporary life.
The Scarfe face mob: pages 3 and 4; Creative loafing: page 4

Written, conceived and performed by John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Also appearing Connie Booth, Herman Rabbit
A Bavaria Atelier GMBH, Munich production for WDR
Schnapps with everything: page 4

by Charlotte Bronte
Dramatised in five parts by Robin Chapman
[Starring] Michael Jayston as Rochester and Sorcha Cusack as Jane

Jane has become governess to Adele, Mr Rochester's ward. Returning home after a long absence, Rochester has fallen from his horse and sprained his ankle. Jane helped him, unaware of his identity.

Starring Glenn Ford, Valli, Claude Rains
with Oscar Homolka, Cedric Hardwicke, Lloyd Bridges

Six climbers, six lives - and six different reasons for climbing one of the most treacherous Alpine peaks.
This Week's Films: page 11