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7.40 Foundation Maths: Algorithms

8.5 Hamlet

8.30 Maths: Turing Machines

8.55 Traffic Plan for Norwich

9.20 Social Class

9.45 Fetal Physiology

10.10 Self-Concept

10.35 Maths: Differential Equations

11.0 Urban Education: The Educative Community

11.25 A Poet and Politics

11.50 Ideas for the Future

12.15 The Corporate Economy

12.40 Beating the Bogie

1.5 Development of the Piano

1.30 Development of Brain and Behaviour

1.55 Statistics: Sampling

2.20 Teaching Mechanisms

Starring John Bennett, Megs Jenkins, Maxwell Shaw

Mr Figg the barber regales his customers with tales of his happy family life and Jewish traditions. The tales are far from the truth but the only witness to the reality of Mr Figg's life is his dumb friend, Dober.

Films: page 8

Contributors

Director:
Casper Wrede
Mr Figg:
John Bennett
Mrs Werner:
Megs Jenkins
Dober:
Maxwell Shaw
Mr Lister:
John Graham
Willy:
Trevor Peacock
Lennie:
David Franks
Marilyn:
Judi Bloom
Mother:
Dilys Hamlett
First customer:
Eric Thompson
Mr O:
Wensley Pithey
Second customer:
Barry Keegan
Boy:
Matthew Peters

England v The West Indies from Old Trafford.

The final session of play on the third day.

Introduced by Peter West

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter West
Commentator:
Richie Benaud
Commentator:
Jim Laker
Television Presentation:
David Kenning
Television Presentation:
Bill Taylor

Introduced by Melvyn Bragg

The eminent American novelist has just received the Pulitzer Prize for his most recent novel, Humboldt's Gift.

In an exclusive interview, Melvyn Bragg talks to him about his book and career.

The programme includes dramatisations by Andrew Davies from Humboldt's Gift.

Contributors

Presenter/Interviewer:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewee/Author:
Saul Bellow
Adapted by:
Andrew Davies
Producer:
Ben Rea
Editor:
Bill Morton
Charlie Citrine:
Richard Pasco
Naomi:
Betsy Blair
Denise:
Caroline Blakiston
Humboldt:
Marius Goring
Renata:
Gayle Hunnicut
Kathleen:
Gayle Osborne
Urbanovitch:
Bill Reimbold
Barman:
Bob Sessions

A series of five plays

[Starring] Ian Holm as David Garrick, Diana Quick as Peg Woffington

After a triumphant season acting together in Dublin, David Garrick and Peg Woffington admire each other almost as much as they admire themselves. Returning to the London of George II they become lovers, but the strain of their stage work soon begins to tell...

(Repeat)
(Next week: The Statue and the Rose - Charles Stewart Parnell and Katherine O'Shea)

Contributors

Producer:
Rosemary Hill
Director:
Ronald Wilson
David Garrick:
Ian Holm
Peg Woffington:
Diana Quick
Hallam:
Basil Dignam
Macklin:
John Stratton
Kitty Clive:
Sheila Brennan
Mrs Tracy:
Elizabeth Stewart
Fleetwood:
Jeremy Clyde
Susanna Cibber:
Celestine Randall
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams:
Neil Stacy
Samuel Johnson:
Christopher Benjamin

Sport Special
Introduced by Tony Gubba, featuring highlights of:

The Open Championship from Royal Birkdale
The last day of the Open with a first prize of £7,500.

England v The West Indies
The third day's play from Old Trafford.

The Davis Cup
Singles action on the last day from this European Zone 'B' Semi-final.

Show Jumping from Hickstead
The Lambert and Butler Tankard is the featured event on the third day of the July meeting.

The BBC Book of Golf, £1.30, from bookshops

Contributors

Presenter:
Tony Gubba
Commentator (Golf):
Harry Carpenter
Commentator (Golf):
Henry Longhurst
Commentator (Golf):
Peter Alliss
Commentator (Golf):
Mark McCormack
Commentator (Golf):
Dave Thomas
Commentator (Cricket):
Peter West
Commentator (Cricket):
Richie Benaud
Commentator (Cricket):
Jim Laker
Commentator (Tennis):
Dan Maskell
Commentator (Tennis):
Bill Knight
Commentator (Show jumping):
Dorian Williams
Commentator (Show jumping):
Raymond Brooks-Ward
Television Presentation (Golf):
A.P. Wilkinson
Television Presentation (Golf):
Richard Tilling
Television Presentation (Golf):
Fred Viner
Television Presentation (Cricket):
David Kenning
Television Presentation (Cricket):
Bill Taylor
Television Presentation (Tennis):
Bob Duncan
Television Presentation (Show jumping):
Johnnie Watherston
Presented by:
John Philips
Producer:
Mike Murphy

Starring Pier Angeli, John Ericson
with Patricia Collinge, Richard Bishop, Peggy Ann Garner, Ralph Meeker, Bill Mauldin

GI Philip Quas meets and falls in love with Teresa, a beautiful Italian girl, during World War II, and the young couple marry. But they face major problems when Philip's possessive mother meets her son's young wife.

Films: page 8

Contributors

Director:
Fred Zinnemann
Teresa:
Pier Angeli
Philip:
John Ericson
Philip's mother:
Patricia Collinge
Philip's father:
Richard Bishop
Susan:
Peggy Ann Garner
Sgt Dobbs:
Ralph Meeker
Grissom:
Bill Mauldin
Teresa's mother:
Ave Ninchi
Sgt Brown:
Edward Binns
Frank:
Rod Steiger

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