Programme Index

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7.40 Problem Identification Game

8.5 Hockett's Design Features

8.30 Technology - Mechanics

8.55 Systems Modelling

9.20 Pure Maths - Topology (1)

9.45 Engineering Mechanics

10.10 Computing - Algorithms

10.35 Science Foundation Course

11.0 Cyclobutadiene

11.25 Journey into Frequency Space

11.50 Chemistry of Carbon Compounds

12.15 In the Dock

12.40 The Concept of Mind

1.5 Maths - Numerical Methods

1.30 The Suez Crisis

Fritz Lang Season starring
Marlene Dietrich
Arthur Kennedy Mel Ferrer
Cowboy Vern Haskell , determined to avenge the death of his fiancée, searches for the trail that will lead him to the mysterious ' Chuck-a-Luck'.
Fritz Lang's offbeat Western stars the glamorous Marlene Dietrich as saloon singer turned ranch owner, Altar Keane.
Director FRITZ LANG Films: page 11

Contributors

Unknown:
Fritz Lang
Unknown:
Marlene Dietrich
Unknown:
Arthur Kennedy
Unknown:
Mel Ferrer
Unknown:
Cowboy Vern Haskell
Director:
Fritz Lang
Altar Keane:
Marlene Dietrich
Vern Haskell:
Arthur Kennedy
Frenchy Fairmont:
Mel Ferrer
Beth:
Gloria Henry
Baldy Gunner:
William Frawley
Maxine:
Lisa Ferraday
Chuckna-Luck dealer:
John Raven
Geary:
Jack Elam
Wilson ::
George Reeves
Preacher:
Frank Ferguson

with Brian Cant
' Standby studio ... and start the clock ..." These are familiar words to actors working in television. BRIAN takes them as his starting point for a programme of collected views on the job of being an actor.
He is joined on stage by Amanda Barrie and David Wood
Musical director JONATHAN COHEN
Script contributors DAVID WOOD , BRIAN CANT
Musicians SPIKE HEATLEY, FRED ADAMSON , JIMMY HASTINGS
Designer KEN LEDSHAM
Executive producer CYNTHIA FELGATE
Director AVRIL PRICE
Producer ANN REAY
Play Away, songs and games from the programme, record (rec 244) £1.95, or cassette (MRMC 003) £1.95; Bang on a Drum, songs from Play Away and Play School, record (REC 242) £1.95; or cassette (MRMC 004) il.95, from record shops

Contributors

Unknown:
Amanda Barrie
Unknown:
David Wood
Director:
Jonathan Cohen
Unknown:
David Wood
Unknown:
Brian Cant
Musicians:
Spike Heatley
Unknown:
Fred Adamson
Unknown:
Jimmy Hastings
Designer:
Ken Ledsham
Producer:
Cynthia Felgate
Director:
Avril Price
Producer:
Ann Reay

Mr Meek's Pipe Dream
The chance discovery of an ancient clay pipe on Cardiff's foreshore inspired railwayman Clem Meek to start a new hobby; one which would give substance to his day-dreams and provide him with a basis for a personal philosophy.
Director RICHARD LEWIS
Executive producer JENNIFER JEREMY

Contributors

Director:
Richard Lewis
Producer:
Jennifer Jeremy

The Mystery of King Arthur and his Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table has hung on the wall of Winchester Castle for at least 600 years. Was there really a King Arthur and could this be his famous table? Did the Knights of the Round Table sit here? The results of a four-month scientific study provide intriguing answers.

BBC2 joins the Radio 1 In Concert programme in a Simultaneous Broadcast for an hour's contemporary rock music. This week
Graham Parker and the Rumour
Introduced by KID JENSEN
Director TOM CORCORAN
Producer MICHAEL APPLETON

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Parker
Introduced By:
Kid Jensen
Director:
Tom Corcoran
Producer:
Michael Appleton

A film series starring
The General Flipped at Dawn
General Steele, a new area commander, visits the 4077th. An all-out attack by the entire enemy forces would seem fairly harmless by comparison.

Contributors

Hawkeye:
Alan Alda
Trapper John:
Wayne Rogers
Colonel Blake:
McLean Stevenson
Radar:
Gary Burghoff
Major Frank Burns:
Larry Linville
Hotlips:
Loretta Swit

A series made specially for the BBC regions and now seen for the first time throughout the country. Tonight from BBC East
In a Country Churchyard:
The Voice That Breathed O'er
Little Stonham ...
A century ago the peace of Little. Stonham, in Suffolk, was shattered by a dispute between a parson and his flock. To sing or not to sing? That was the question and the quarrel was taken to court.
Ronald Fletcher tells the story with the help of the people of Little Stonham.
Director CHRISTOPHER LEWIS ProducerDOUGLAS SALMON
Series co-ordinator FRANK GILLARD

Contributors

Director:
Christopher Lewis
Producer:
Douglas Salmon
Unknown:
Frank Gillard

starring Luc Simon
Laura Duke Condominas
The tragic love story of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere is recreated with Gallic intensity in Robert Bresson's latest film which won the International Critics' Award at Cannes.
Director ROBERT BRESSON. Films: page 11 (First showing on British television)

Contributors

Director:
Robert Bresson.
Sir Lancelot:
Luc Simon
Queen Guinevere:
Laura Duke Condominas
King Arthur:
Vladimir Antolek-Oresek
Sir Gawain:
Humbert Balsan
Sir Mordred:
Patrick Bernard
SirLionel ARTHUR:
De Montalembert

Robin Ray introduces the first programme in a new season of great musical occasions
The Rostropovich-Bernstein Gala Concert
Mstislav Rostropovich , the great Russian cellist, is 50 tomorrow. BBC television celebrates the occasion with a concert recorded in the Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris.
ROSTROPOVICH plays
Schumann's Cello Concerto and Bloch's Schelomo with the French National Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein The programme also includes Milhaud's Le Boeuf sur Ie Toit
The interplay of personality between soloist and conductor has rarely been revealed more fascinatingly.
(THE GUARDIAN)
Director HUMPHREY BURTON
A RADIO FRANCE/UNITEL production
(Rostropovich plays Bach: R3, Fri, 3.25)

Contributors

Introduces:
Robin Ray
Unknown:
Mstislav Rostropovich
Conducted By:
Leonard Bernstein
Director:
Humphrey Burton

from Birmingham
China, the holders of the Swaythling Cup and the Corbillon Cup, are expected to dominate both these team competitions. Experts believe the Chinese players have developed a ' 'mystery' bat which the Europeans claim is unplayable. Tonight's action features the European challenge to the Asian dominance in the team events. Hungary and England are drawn in the same pool as China. Yugoslavia and Sweden are drawn against Japan and Korea. Introduced by TONY GUBBA
Commentators PETER WALKER and ALAN RANSOME
TV presentation BOB DUNCAN and JOHN SHREWSBURY. Editor PAUL LANG
Organised by the ETTA in conjunction with Norwich Union

Contributors

Introduced By:
Tony Gubba
Commentators:
Peter Walker
Commentators:
Alan Ransome
Unknown:
Bob Duncan
Unknown:
John Shrewsbury.
Editor:
Paul Lang

Fritz Lang Season , starring
Glenn Ford , Gloria Grahame with Lee Marvin , Alexander Scourby
An honest cop takes on the Mob -and a corrupt police force-in his efforts to track down his wife's murderers.
Director FRITZ LANG
. Films: page 11

Contributors

Unknown:
Fritz Lang Season
Unknown:
Glenn Ford
Unknown:
Gloria Grahame
Unknown:
Lee Marvin
Unknown:
Alexander Scourby
Director:
Fritz Lang
Dave Bannlon:
Glenn Ford
Debby Marsh:
Gloria Grahame
Katie Bannion:
Jocelyn Brando
Mike Lagana:
Alexander Scourby
Vince Stone:
Lee Marvin
Bertha Duncan:
Jeannette Nolan

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