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7.40 Foundation Maths: Calculus

8.5 The Clouds

8.30 Pure Maths: Topology

8.55 Industrial Re-location in Birmingham

9.20 Applicant Advisory Programme: 1

9.45 Mitosis

10.10 Curriculum Enrichment Project

10.35 Maths: Dual Cones

11.0 Urban Education: Aiming for the Top?

11.25 At the Hawk's Well

11.50 Resources for a City

12.15 The Concept of Full Employment

12.40 Materials Under Stress

1.5 A Symphony is Recorded

1.30 Emotion

Starring Alan Ladd, Lizabeth Scott, Arthur Kennedy, John Ireland

Colorado territory: 1865. The American Civil War is drawing to a close. But on both sides hatred dies hard. Two men and a woman are caught up in these lawless days of murder and greed. Divided among themselves they face a common enemy: a gang of guerrilla raiders - led by the dreaded General Quantrell.

Films: p 12

Contributors

Director:
William Dieterle
Brett Sherwood:
Alan Ladd
Chris:
Lizabeth Scott
Lane Waldron:
Arthur Kennedy
General Quantrell:
John Ireland
Skee:
Jeff Corey

The BBC2 Serial
From the novel by Angus Wilson dramatised in four parts by Dennis Potter
Starring Dandy Nichols, Michael Bryant and Leslie Dwyer

Wretchedly unhappy, Sylvia has taken to solitary walks. Caught in a thunderstorm, she manages to save a child from a tree struck by lightning.

Contributors

Author:
Angus Wilson
Dramatised by:
Dennis Potter
Producer:
Ken Riddington
Director:
Philip Dudley
Sylvia Calvert:
Dandy Nichols
Shirley Egan:
Kathryn Leigh Scott
Mandy Egan:
Alison Dowling
Timbo Egan:
Philip Bond
Harold Calvert:
Michael Bryant
Arthur Calvert:
Leslie Dwyer
Wilf Corney:
Hugh Sullivan
Ray Calvert:
Tim Morand
Mark Calvert:
Nigel Crewe
Muriel Bartley:
Rosemarie Dunham
Priscilla White:
Gail Grainger
Terry Knowles:
Nigel Winder
Geoff Bartley:
Nicholas McArdle
Judy Calvert:
Rosalyn Elvin
Herbert Raven:
John Cater
Jock Parsons:
Raymond Mason
Chris Milton:
Geoffrey Adams
Lorna Milton:
Fanny Carby
Dr Piggott:
Hilary Minster
Young Sylvia:
Danielle Carson
Sally Bulmer:
Diana King

The first of two special programmes to mark the centenary of the Bayreuth Festival and the opening 100 years ago of the theatre that Wagner designed for the first complete performance of the four operas that make up The Ring.

Written and narrated by John Culshaw, this programme traces the origin and development of the Festival and includes rare archive film of productions over 40 years, and of the Wagner family including Siegfried, Winifred, Wieland and the present director, Wolfgang Wagner.

Singers appearing in the programme include: Jean Cox, Josef Greindl, Gwyneth Jones, Frieda Leider, Max Lorenz, Donald McIntyre, Franz Mazura, Marita Napier, Birgit Nilsson, Anna Reynolds, Karl Ridderbusch, Thomas Stewart
with the Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, conducted by Hermann Abendroth, Karl Elmendorff, Karl Bohm and Horst Stein

(Part 2: tomorrow at 9.0 pm)

Contributors

Writer/Narrator:
John Culshaw
Singer:
Jean Cox
Singer:
Josef Greindl
Singer:
Gwyneth Jones
Singer:
Frieda Leider
Singer:
Max Lorenz
Singer:
Donald McIntyre
Singer:
Franz Mazura
Singer:
Marita Napier
Singer:
Birgit Nilsson
Singer:
Anna Reynolds
Singer:
Karl Ridderbusch
Singer:
Thomas Stewart
Singers/Musicians:
Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival
Conductor:
Hermann Abendroth
Conductor:
Karl Elmendorff
Conductor:
Karl Bohm
Conductor:
Horst Stein
Film Cameraman:
Eugene Carr
Film Recordist:
Bill Chesneau
Film Editor:
Jess Palmer
Film Editor:
Ian Pitch
Producer:
Brian Large

by Sam Selvon

Commonwealth authors explore their changing societies in six new plays.

Trinidad 1949. 'Mass suicide!' shout the Indian residents who want free passage home now that India has its independence. But to a young girl like Kayshee, Trinidad is home - and she must fight her ebullient father in his crazy campaign.

Contributors

Writer:
Sam Selvon
Script Editor:
Alan Seymour
Designer:
Susan Spence
Producer:
Anne Head
Director:
Vivian Matalon
Lalla:
Stefan Kalipha
Seeta:
Mercia Mansfield
Taj:
Peter Straker
Kayshee:
Vikki Richards
Govind:
Madhav Sharma
Ethel:
Janet Bartley
Dr Wilkins:
Clive Arrindell
Demonstrator:
Dino Shafeek

Open Door - through which the public have access to television.

Tonight the Claimants' Union present a programme on the Social Security system. Members from London examine how today's system works. In their view it keeps people passive while leaving them poor.

Made by the Claimants' Union with the co-operation of the BBC's Community Programme Unit.

Starring Roger Smith, Greta Baldwin

Private eye John Rogue is hired by Dr Pettingill, a wealthy psychiatrist, to tail a beautiful girl who he suspects is contemplating suicide.

Films: page 12

Contributors

Director:
Leonard Horn
John Rogue:
Roger Smith
Valerie York:
Greta Baldwin
Dr Pettingill:
Dennis Morgan
Roy Benz:
Edgar Bergen
Detective Lee:
Brian Donlevy
Van Dermot:
Farley Granger
Man in Club:
Richard Arlen
Funeral director:
Jackie Coogan
Police officer:
Johnnie Ray

BBC Two England

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