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8.5 St Joan

8.55 Asbestos - A Problem Product

9.20 Maths - Galois Theory

9.35 Maths - Galois Theory

9.45 Reciprocating Engines

10.10 A Case of Common Ownership

10.35 Maths: Complex Analysis

11.0 Conformation in Proteins 2

11.25 Imaging the Eye

11.50 Uses of Biochemistry

12.15 The Handicapped - The Swedish Fokus

12.40 Political Film: The Nightcleaners

1.5 Maths - Differential Equations

The original ' Vitaphone ' sound version of the classic adventure film starring John Barrymore
John Barrymore plays the world's greatest lover with all the swashbuckling style of Fairbanks and the smouldering passion of Valentino in this spectacular film which first used recorded musical accompaniment to great dramatic effect. director ALAN CROSLAND

Contributors

Unknown:
John Barrymore
Unknown:
John Barrymore
Director:
Alan Crosland
Don Juan/Don Jose:
John Barrymore
Adriana Delia Varnese:
Mary Astor
Pedrillo:
Willard Louis
Lucretia Borgia:
Estelle Taylor
Cesare Borgia:
Warner Oland
Donati:
Montagu Love
Rena (Adriana's maid):
Helene Costello
Beatrice:
Jane Winton
Maia (Lucretia's maid):
Myrna Loy
Leandro:
John Roche
Trusia:
June Marlowe

The Sunspot Mystery
Sunspots are mysterious magnetic blemishes on the surface of the sun, many times larger than the earth. They come and go in cycles which last 11 years. Physicists are now diving back into history to see if events on earth correlate with the sunspot cycle.

BBC2 joins the Radio 1 In Concert programme in a simultaneous broadcast for an hour's contemporary rock music.
This week: Elkie Brooks
Introduced by ALAN BLACK
Director TOM CORCORAN
Producer MICHAEL APPLETON
For the best effect viewers with Stereo Radio 1 should turn off TV sound and position their speakers on either side of the screen, but a few feet away. Stereo headphones provide a suitable alternative.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Alan Black
Director:
Tom Corcoran
Producer:
Michael Appleton

A series of ten programmes presenting the history and development of the firearm. 4: Riflemen Form
Introduced by Christopher Roads
Military men did not look on the rifle with much favour in the 18th and early 19th centuries: they preferred the smooth-bore musket. The Kentucky rifle was one of the first rifles to be employed in warfare, in the American War of Independence, but not by regular soldiers. With the arrival of a French design called the Minie", the rifle was finally adopted by the British army as the standard arm of the regular soldier - and proved its worth against the Russians in the Crimean War.
Narrated by DUNCAN CARSE
Film editor DICK ALLEN
Producer PAUL JORDAN

Contributors

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

Robin Ray introduces
Turangaltla Andre Previn , tonight's conductor, describes the Turangalila-Symphony by OLIVIER MESSIAEN as ' with The Rite of Spring, the most important orchestral work of our times.'
This vast hymn to love in all its forms is written for a huge orchestra with an enormous array of percussion. Glittering cascades of exotic sound alternate with great sweeping romantic tunes.
The performance is illustrated with Tantric and Kangara pictures from India, tribal masks and statues from Africa, and paintings from such artists as Marc Chagall , Odilon Redon , Gustave Moreau , Georgia O'Keeffe and Victor Vasarely. With the London Symphony Orchestra leader JOHN GEORGIADIS conducted by Andre Previn with Michel Beroff (piano) and Jeanne Loriod (ondes martenot)
Director BARRIE GAVIN

Contributors

Introduces:
Robin Ray
Unknown:
Turangaltla Andre Previn
Unknown:
Olivier Messiaen
Unknown:
Marc Chagall
Unknown:
Odilon Redon
Unknown:
Gustave Moreau
Unknown:
Victor Vasarely.
Leader:
John Georgiadis
Conducted By:
Andre Previn
Piano:
Michel Beroff
Piano:
Jeanne Loriod
Director:
Barrie Gavin

Starring Mario Adorf, Tilo Pruckner
Bomber and Paganini are a pair of grossly incompetent burglars. Quarrelling as usual while opening a safe, they succeed only in blowing themselves up and wake up in hospital: Bomber blind and Paganini crippled. Disowned by their gang, the two are forced into each other's company for survival.
... sly, artful ... full of gay, subtle humour, many gags, bittersweet melancholy and biting irony ... (die WELT) ... a remarkably vital piece of film-making (TAGESZEITUNG) ... superlatively played by the duo Mario Adorf and Tilo Pruckner
(WEST-DEUTSCHE ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG)
Written and directed by NICOS PERAKIS Films: page 8
(First showing on British television)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mario Adorf
Unknown:
Tilo Pruckner
Unknown:
Mario Adorf
Unknown:
Tilo Pruckner
Directed By:
Nicos Perakis
Bomber:
Mario Adorf
Paganini:
Tilo Prückner
Mona:
Barbara Valentin
Mama Sekulovich:
Hannelore Schoroth
Mina:
Margot Werner
Herr Dobermann:
Heinrich Schweriger
Faker:
Otto Tausig
Lipstick:
Rainer Artenfels
Guest artist:
Hannelore Elsner
The dog:
Baltimore

Tonight from BBC Scotland Current Account
'As a police officer with many years experience, I am still shocked, disheartened and horrified. It is a terrible situation these youngsters are getting themselves into.' John Quinn is a member of a special squad trying to combat glue-sniffing by children in industrial Lanarkshire. Kenneth Cargill joins the squad to investigate the growing problem that has already killed four children in one year and damaged the health of an unknown number of others.
Director BARRY TOOVEY
Series co-ordinator FRANK GILLARD

Contributors

Unknown:
John Quinn
Director:
Barry Toovey
Unknown:
Frank Gillard

The Colgate World
Matchplay Championship Harry Carpenter introduces highlights from the final match played today over the West Course, Wentworth Club, Surrey.
Today's winner is not only the World Matchplay Champion but receives prize money of £30,000.

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Carpenter

starring
Charles McGraw , Marie Windsor
Detective Walter Brown is given the difficult assignment of escorting Mrs Neil , widow of a murdered gangster, from Chicago to Los Angeles by train to testify before a grand jury. But ' The Mob' has other ideas ...
Director RICHARD FLEISCHER

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles McGraw
Unknown:
Walter Brown
Unknown:
Mrs Neil
Director:
Richard Fleischer
Walter Brown:
Charles McGraw
Mrs Neil:
Marie Windsor
Ann Sinclair:
Jacqueline White
Tommy Sinclair:
Gordon Gebert
Mrs Troll:
Queenie Leonard
Kemp:
David Clarke
Densel:
Peter Virgo
Gus Forbes:
Don Beddoe
Jennings:
Paul Maxey

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