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Two classic comedies from the team of director George Cukor, writers Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin and stars Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.
Starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn with Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell, David Wayne, Jean Hagen

Wronged wife Doris Attinger sets out to gun down her unfaithful husband - and sets in motion a chain of events that threatens the hitherto perfect marriage of lawyers Adam and Amanda Bonner!

Contributors

Director:
George Cukor
Unknown:
Ruth Gordon
Unknown:
Garson Kanin
Adam Bonner:
Spencer Tracy
Amanda Bonner:
Katharine Hepburn
Doris Attinger:
Judy Holliday
Warren Attinger:
Tom Ewell
Kip Lurie:
David Wayne
Beryl Caighn:
Jean Hagen
Olympia La Pere:
Hope Emerson
Grace:
Eve March

starring
Spencer Tracy , Katharine Hepburn with Aldo Ray
Mike Conovan , a sports promoter with somewhat illegal connections, becomes interested in Pat Pember ton, a lady golfer with talent but no faith in herself. Mike has faith, however-he plans to turn her into a super athlete.
Director GEORGE CUKOR
Films: page 7

Contributors

Unknown:
Spencer Tracy
Unknown:
Katharine Hepburn
Unknown:
Aldo Ray
Unknown:
Mike Conovan
Unknown:
Pat Pember
Director:
George Cukor
Mike Conovan:
Spencer Tracy
Pat Pemberton:
Katharine Hepburn
Davie Hucko:
Aldo Ray
Collier Weld:
William Ching
Barney Grau:
Sammy White
Spec Cauley:
George Matthews
Mr Beminger:
Loring Smith
Mrs Beminger:
Phyllis Povah

Five programmes in which leading potters show their techniques. Presented by MICHAEL CASSON
2: Throwing
DAVID LEACH throws porcelain on a kick wheel, MICHAEL CASSON throws stoneware on a power wheel; with a look at some ancient pottery from Greece and China.
Producer DAVID HARGREAVES Director ANNA JACKSON

Contributors

Presented By:
Michael Casson
Unknown:
David Leach
Unknown:
Michael Casson
Producer:
David Hargreaves
Director:
Anna Jackson

Kim Debenham is keeper on a stretch of one of the finest trout rivers in Britain, the River Test.
Last year JOHN CHERRINGTON spent a summer's day with him, learning about the river, the fish that live in it, and how Kim Debenham manages both for those fishermen who are privileged to cast a fly in this beautiful place.
Producer JOHN KENYON. BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Kim Debenham
Unknown:
John Cherrington
Unknown:
Kim Debenham
Producer:
John Kenyon.

The story of the 1975 Cricket Season
John Arlott recalls memories of a vintage summer and introduces highlights of a year that saw cricket's first World Cup, the three fastest bowlers in the world, the emergence of DAVID STEELE as an English folk hero, a streaker at Lord's, and sabotage at Leeds.
Producer DAVID KENNINC
Book: Armchair Cricket 1975, fl.25, from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
John Arlott
Unknown:
David Steele

based on the novels of ANTHONY TROLLOPE: The BBC2 Serial written for television in 22 parts by SIMON RAVEN , starring
Plantagenet Palliser and Lady Gleneora M'Cluskie hardly know each other; already their affections are otherwise engaged. Soon, however, social and political forces will combine to change their lives: pt 1
Producer MARTIN LISE MORE
Director HUGH DAVID (Repeat!
The series has no pretensions to being anything more than a consistently entertaining story (FINANCIAL TIMES)

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Raven
Producer:
Martin Lise More
Director:
Hugh David
Susan Hampshire,:
Philip Latham
and as The Duke of Omnium:
Roland Culver
Plantagenet Palliser:
Philip Latham
Countess of Midlothian:
Fabia Drake
Marchioness of Auld Reekie:
Sonia Dresdel
Lady Glencora:
Susan Hampshire
Burgo Fitzgerald:
Barry Justice
Duke of Omnium:
Roland Culver
Mr Fothergill:
John Nettleton
Major Domo:
Kenneth Benda
Dolly Longstaffe:
Donald Pickering
George Vavasor:
Gary Watson
Lady Dumbello:
Rachel Herbert
Alice Vavasor:
Caroline Mortimer
Lady Hartletop:
Edith Savile
Alice's maid:
Lynn Smith
Archbishop:
Alan Judd
John Vavasor:
John Glyn-Jones
Kate Vavasor:
Karin MacCarthy
John Grey:
Bernard Brown
Fencing instructor:
Martyn Jacobs
Mr Bott:
John Stratton
Barrington Erie:
Moray Watson
Duke of St Bungay:
Roger Livesey

starring with Walter Pidgeon , Joseph Cotten Martin Balsam , Dean Jagger
A feature film reconstructing one of the most sensational crimes and trials of the century.
Original teleplay by j. P. MILLER Producer and director BUZZ KULIK

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Pidgeon
Unknown:
Joseph Cotten
Unknown:
Martin Balsam
Unknown:
Dean Jagger
Unknown:
J. P. Miller
as Bruno Hauptmann:
Anthony Hopkins
as Charles Lindbergh:
Cliff de Young
Judge Trenchard:
Walter Pidgeon
Dr John F Condon:
Joseph Cotten
Edward J Reilly, Counsel for the Defence..:
Martin Balsam
Arthur Koehler:
Dean Jagger
Governor Hal Hoffman:
Laurence Luckinbill
Det-Sgt Finn:
Tony Roberts
David Wilentz, Prosecuting Attorney..:
David Spielberg
Fred Huisache:
Keenan Wynn
Anne Morrow Lindbergh:
Sian Barbara Allen
Violet Sharpe:
Denise Alexander
Harry Wolfe:
Frank Marth
Col Schwarzkopf:
Peter Donat
John Hughes Curtis:
Robert Sampson
Dr Shoenfeld:
Joseph Stern
Betty Gow:
Kate Woodville

Richard Baker introduces the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Willi Boskovsky and members of the VIENNA STATE OPERA BALLET in a concert of music by the Strauss family recorded in Vienna on New Year's Day.
Choreography by GERLINDE DILL Director HERMAN LANSKE
Recorded by courtesy of Austrian TV

Contributors

Introduces:
Richard Baker
Conducted By:
Willi Boskovsky
Choreography By:
Gerlinde Dill
Director:
Herman Lanske

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