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Story: The Great Boffo written and illustrated by FRANK DICKENS Presenters:
Chloe Ashcroft , Jon Glover
Pianist HARRY HAYWARD Designer ROGER CANN
Written and directed by ALBERT BARBER Producer ANNE GOBEY
Executive producer CYNTHIA FELGATE

Contributors

Illustrated By:
Frank Dickens
Unknown:
Chloe Ashcroft
Pianist:
Jon Glover
Pianist:
Harry Hayward
Designer:
Roger Cann
Directed By:
Albert Barber
Producer:
Anne Gobey
Producer:
Cynthia Felgate

A short series of award-winning industrial films on scientific and technological subjects. Industrial Design Picture to Post
An imaginative approach to the work of postage stamp designers and their techniques. Winner of British Film Academy Award and British Industrial Film Festival for the best short film (1869)
A POST OFFICE film

A series made for audiences in the BBC regions and now seen throughout the country.
Tonight from BBC Scotland
The Bay City Rollers
It's been the year of the ROLLERS, according to their official fan club magazine. It's been a year of chart-topping records and golden discs, of praise and criticism, of bouquets and brickbats.
Kenneth Cargill reports on the pop phenomenon from Edinburgh -discovered, moulded and managed by a former potato merchant from Prestonpans, TAM PATON.
Director COLIN camerox Producer DAVID MARTIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Cargill
Unknown:
Tam Paton.
Director:
Colin Camerox
Producer:
David Martin

A new Monday-night adventure series starring teaming up as town-tamers on the fun-crazy golden mile of Old San Francisco. Tonight: The Dawson Marker
Poker chips are Cash Conover's stock-in-trade but the one he and Jeff use to gain acceptance into a group of plotters is likely to be the last they stake.

Contributors

Jeff Cable:
William Shatner
Cash Conover:
Doug McClure
Garrison:
John Rubinstein
Sarah:
Udana Power
Dawson:
Billy Green Bush
Williams:
Spencer Milligan
Moose:
Richard Kiel
Thumbs:
Dave Turner

based on the novels of ANTHONY TROLLOPE The BBC2 Serial
Written for television in 22 parts by SIMON RAVEN starring
Susan Hampshire Philip Latham
Bonteen and Phineas are now implacable enemies. After their argument at the Beargarden Club, Bonteen was murdered on his way home.
Part 14
Producer MARTIN LISEMORE
Director RONALD WILSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Raven
Unknown:
Susan Hampshire
Unknown:
Philip Latham
Producer:
Martin Lisemore
Director:
Ronald Wilson
Glencora:
Susan Hampshire
Plantagenet:
Philip Latham
Phineas Finn:
Donal McCan
Lord Chiltern:
John Hallam
Barrington Erle:
Moray Watson
Supt Worth:
Antony Carrick
Mr Gresham:
Robin Bailey
Duke of St Bungay:
Roger Livesey
Mr Monk:
Bryan Pringi E
Marie Goesler:
Barbara Murray
Magistrate:
Christopher Banks
Violet Chiltern:
Mel Martin
Laura Kennedy:
Anna Massey
Adelaide Palliser:
Jo Kendall
Lord Brentford:
Lockwood West
Mrs Meager:
Sheila Fay
Mrs Bonteen:
Tune Whitfield
Lizzie:
Sarah Badel
Bonteen's maid:
Veronica Doran
Mr Lovibond:
Benjamin Whitrow
Mr Chaffanbrass:
Peter Vaughan
Lord Chief Justice:
Carleton Hobbs
Sir Gregory Grogram:
John Phillips
Clerk of the Court:
David Morrell
Lord Fawn:
Derek Jacobi

Presented by Barbara Myers
Each week Inside Medicine examines the latest issues from the world of hospitals and doctors, diseases and cures, patients and policy.
Director HILARY HENSON
Executive producer KARL SABBAGH Producer JOHN MANSFIELD Preview: page 17

Contributors

Presented By:
Barbara Myers
Director:
Hilary Henson
Producer:
Karl Sabbagh
Producer:
John Mansfield

A series of ten programmes 2: Ars Gratia Artis
Introduced by Christopher Roads
In the 16th and 17th centuries, while the gun was evolving from match-lock through wheel-lock to flint-lock, firearms became a prime vehicle for artistic decoration-the guns of the time are often exquisitely embellished and, naturally enough, worth thousands and thousands of pounds today. In salesrooms, in private collections, in museums, fine guns bear witness to the skill and artistry of their makers in centuries gone by. Narrated by DUNCAN CARSE
Film editor DICK ALLEN Producer PAUL JORDAN

Contributors

Introduced By:
Christopher Roads
Editor:
Dick Allen
Producer:
Paul Jordan

A Question of Survival with Magnus Magnusson
Erudite, witty, entertaining argument is used to ensure the survival of one of three balloonists, all of whom are historical characters, represented by students from Universities and Colleges. The balloonists are:
CHARLES ORMROD defending
Lord Byron PAUL SAMUELS defending
Oscar Wilde
LAURENCE WAXMAN defending Geoffrey Chaucer The Judges:
Robert McKenzie , Annette Crosbic
Director PETER MASSEY Producer BILL WRIGHT

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Ormrod
Unknown:
Lord Byron Paul Samuels
Unknown:
Oscar Wilde
Unknown:
Laurence Waxman
Unknown:
Geoffrey Chaucer
Unknown:
Robert McKenzie
Unknown:
Annette Crosbic
Director:
Peter Massey
Producer:
Bill Wright

BBC Two England

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