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Digging Up the Future
Could we change the course of some diseases? Or reclaim moor-lands for agriculture? What's happening to the sea-level? New methods of studying the long-dead past can advise-and warn us-about the future.
Narrator PAUL VAUGHAN
Quite remarkable (SUNDAY TIMES) Editor BRUCE NORMAN
Producer ROBIN BOOTLE

Contributors

Narrator:
Paul Vaughan
Editor:
Bruce Norman
Producer:
Robin Bootle

El Condor
Narrated by David Attenborough One of the largest and most spectacular flying birds in the world is the Andean condor.
For two years an American biologist Jerry McGahan and his wife Libby travelled throughout the most inhospitable parts of Peru and Colombia to film this giant bird - and its spiritual but often hazardous relationship with the people of the Andes.
Filmed by JERRY MCCAHAN
Presented by MICHAEL SALISBURY
Series editors ANTHONY ISAACS and CHRISTOPHER PARSONS (Bristol)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Attenborough
Unknown:
Jerry McGahan
Unknown:
Jerry McCahan
Presented By:
Michael Salisbury
Editors:
Anthony Isaacs
Editors:
Christopher Parsons

from London's Talk of the Town Introduced by Kenneth Williams starring
From Japan Itojo Kumano From The Ukraine
The Tschaika Cossacks
From France Michel and Renata From India Bablu Mallik
ALYN AINSWORTH
AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Script KENNETH WILLIAMS. PETER ROBINSON Designer STEVE BROWNSEY Producer ERNEST MAXIN

Contributors

Introduced By:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Alyn Ainsworth
Script:
Kenneth Williams.
Script:
Peter Robinson
Designer:
Steve Brownsey
Producer:
Ernest Maxin

The second part of a film celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Arnold Schoenberg presented by Alexander Goehr
2: In Defence o/ Culture, 1914-51 with the BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader BELA DEKANY conductor
Pierre Boulez LONDONSINFONIETTA conducted by David Atherton with Gerald English (speaker) DELME STRING QUARTET Michel Beroff (piano)
The words of Schoenberg spoken by ALFRED BURKE Narrator LYNDON BROOK
Film editor PETER WEST Director BARRIE GAVIN
A co-production of BBCtv and RM Productions (Munich)
BBC Music Guide, Schoenberg Chamber Music, 45p, from bookshops

Contributors

Presented By:
Alexander Goehr
Leader:
Bela Dekany
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Conducted By:
David Atherton
Unknown:
Gerald English
Piano:
Michel Beroff
Spoken By:
Alfred Burke
Narrator:
Lyndon Brook
Editor:
Peter West
Director:
Barrie Gavin

The story of George Sand by Harry W. Junkin in seven parts
Starring Rosemary Harris
also starring Joyce Redman, Lewis Fiander, Cathleen Nesbitt

Aurore Dupin, who later became known as George Sand, was one of the most successful French novelists of the 19th century.

Contributors

Writer:
Harry W. Junkin
Incidental music composed by:
Anthony Isaac.
Designer:
Don Homfray
Producer:
Pieter Rogers
Director:
Waris Hussein
Aurore - George Sand:
Rosemary Harris
Madame Dupin de Francueil:
Cathleen Nesbitt
Sophie Dupin de Francueil:
Joyce Redman
Casimir Dudevant:
Lewis Fiander
Jules Sandeau:
Leon Vitali
Hippolyte Chatiron:
Jonathan Newth
Abbe Deschartres:
Peter Graves
Stephane de Grandsagne:
David Warbeck
Ursule Josse:
Marina McConnell
Madame Devray:
Yvonne Manners
Marie:
Shirley Cheriton
Pianist:
Ilan Rogoff
Maurice (aged 5):
Wayne Burton
Maurice (aged 9):
Tim Desmond
Solange (aged 3):
Iona Christie

A series made specially for audiences in the BBC Regions and now seen countrywide.
Tonight: The Rock of Fergus (BBC Northern Ireland)
Throughout the year tourists and holidaymakers throng the ramparts of Carrickfergus Castle. Built in 1180 by John de Courcy , the castle, during its turbulent history, has attracted others who have left more permanent records of their visit.
Narrator Michael Duffy Also taking part
Deirdre O'Callaghan , The Robert Armstrong Memorial Pipe Band and The Pattersons
Producer GEORGE HEWARDIN. Director MATT CARBUTH

Contributors

Unknown:
John de Courcy
Narrator:
Michael Duffy
Unknown:
Deirdre O'Callaghan
Producer:
George Hewardin.
Director:
Matt Carbuth

People Make Television
Wapping Parents' Action Group
'We don'want E65,000 houses - we want our landings cleaned. We don'want marinas - we want playgrounds for our kids. We don'need multi-storey car parks -we want a decent bus service.'

BBC Two England

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