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with Robert Hardy

October 21, 1805: That morning, Nelson's ships sighted Napoleon's fleet off Cape Trafalgar. By the end of the day, Britain had lost her greatest sailor.
Today, the collection of Nelsonia at The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, The Portsmouth Royal Naval Museum and on HMS Victory are a link with Britain's past.

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Hardy
Title Music:
Major Trevor L. Sharpe
Script:
Michael Kerr
Producer:
Ken Griffin

Britain has over 100,000 registered charities, from a bishop's bequest for almshouses for decayed spinsters to campaigns for better housing and homosexual law reform. Nobody knows the total amount raised or how some of them spent it. The Money Programme looks at Britain's good causes.
Presented by Brian Widlake
with Paul Griffiths, David Taylor and Robert McKenzie

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Widlake
Reporter:
Paul Griffiths
Reporter:
David Taylor
Reporter:
Robert McKenzie
Producer:
Peter Dunkley
Editor:
John Dekker

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

A four-part film starring

Renaissance Italy - a magnificent backcloth to Renato Castellani's lavish reconstruction of Leonardo da Vinci's life.
In the first episode, the young Leonardo joins Botticelli and Perugino in the thriving workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio.
Written and directed by Renato Castellani
English commentary written and spoken by Edwin Mullins

Contributors

Writer/Director:
Renato Castellani
Commentary Writer/Narrator:
Edwin Mullins
Leonardo da Vinci:
Philippe Leroy
Francesco Melzi:
Carlo Simoni
Francis I:
Riad Gulmia
Leonardo, aged 5:
Mario Mazzoni
Ser Piero:
Glauco Onurato
Uncle Francesco:
Carlos de Carvalho
Verrocchio:
Mario Molli
Ludovico, Il Moro:
Giampiero Albertini

Ferocious, sensual, Bacchic rites, ecstatic Christian martyrdom, Moslem prostrations, rosary beads passing through fingers-ways in which the senses are used in religion. Man experiences through sight, touch, hearing and smell. He can delight in or suppress the senses, but rejects them at his peril. This film explores how men of all religions celebrate and deny the body in the search for God.

Contributors

Writer/Narrator:
Patrick O'Donovan
Reader:
Eileen Atkins
Reader:
Michael Hordern
Film Cameraman:
John McGlashan
Film Sound:
Bob Roberts
Film Editor:
Peter Evans
Producer:
Shirley du Boulay

with Barry Askew
This programme includes a film report on the sixth Comic Mart, a rummage sale of old comics. In the studio: Frank Bellamy, the artist who draws 'Garth' in the Daily Mirror and the Daily Record, and who used to draw for Eagle.
Modest strip artist: page 4

Contributors

Presenter:
Barry Askew
Guest:
Frank Bellamy
Producer:
Will Wyatt

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