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Royal Institution Lectures 4: Simple Signs and Complicated Communications
Animal languages have been developed for no other purpose than to pass information to each other. To be effective, signals must be clear and incapable of being misunderstood - a process called ritualisation. Many striking things animals do, and many of their bright colours, are explained by David Attenborough.

Contributors

Unknown:
David Attenborough.

The first of a new series of concert performances by contemporary artists with Emile Latimer (congas) Eric Oxendine (bass) Paul Williams (guitar)

Contributors

Singer/Guitarist:
Richie Havens
Conga player:
Emile Latimer
Bassist:
Eric Oxendine
Guitarist:
Paul Williams
Sound:
Mike McCarthy
Lighting:
Ritchie Richardson
Designer:
Don Taylor
Producer:
Stanley Dorfman

Reporters: Jeremy James, Jeanne Lachard, John Pitman, Jack Pizzey, Desmond Wilcox, Harold Williamson

This week: Some Like It Hot

'I'm a little scared right now because I've never set myself totally on fire before.'

Stuntman Bob Woodham has 'died' for a living countless times in films like You Only Live Twice, Adam's Woman and Fahrenheit 451. He works with. a team of stuntmen. If it's not Cleopatra or The Guns of Navarone, it's the latest Western, war film or action movie: a 100ft jump from a cliff on to rocks below; a motor bike smashing sidelong into a car at 30 mph; a horse dragging a 'cowboy' along the ground by his foot at 20 mph; a car crash and two men are thrown through a windscreen ablaze.

Who are the stuntmen? How do they do their stunts? Why do they risk their lives for the cinema?

Contributors

Reporter:
Jeremy James
Reporter:
Jeanne Lachard
Reporter:
John Pitman
Reporter:
Jack Pizzey
Reporter:
Desmond Wilcox
Reporter:
Harold Williamson
Subject:
Bob Woodham
Producer:
Brian Trenchard Smith
Editor:
Adam Clapham

Starring 'Tippi' Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker, Martin Gabel, Louise Latham

Marnie, like Psycho, explores the strange world of the unconscious mind in the story of a beautiful compulsive thief whose passions are aroused by thunderstorms and the colour red.

Holiday Films: pages 17-18

Contributors

Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Marnie:
'Tippi' Hedren
Mark Rutland:
Sean Connery
Lil Mainwaring:
Diane Baker
Sidney Strutt:
Martin Gabel
Bernice Edgar:
Louise Latham
Cousin Bob:
Bob Sweeney
Mr Rutland:
Alan Napier
Sam Ward:
S John Launer
Susan Claborn:
Mariette Hartley
Sailor:
Bruce Dern
First detective:
Henry Beckman
Rita:
Edith Evanson
Mrs Turpin:
Meg Wyllie

In this fifth anniversary edition Tony Bilbow and Philip Jenkinson invite viewers to test their knowledge of films and film stars in a celebratory Film Night quiz.
Producer BARRY BROWN
Philip Jenkinson sets RADIO times Christmas film quiz: pages 17-18

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Bilbow
Unknown:
Philip Jenkinson
Producer:
Barry Brown
Producer:
Philip Jenkinson

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