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The Little Boy and the Big Fish Written by MAX VELTHUIJS Presenters JULIE STEVENS
CAROL CHELL , JOHNNY BALL
Book, Play School, Play Ideas 2, 75p, from bookshops. The Tale of a Donkey's Tail and Other Stories from Play School, record (REC 232) or cassette (MRMC 045), Bang on a Drum, songs from Play School and Play Away, record (REC 242), or cassette (MRMC 004), from record shops

Contributors

Written By:
Max Velthuijs
Presenters:
Julie Stevens
Unknown:
Carol Chell

2.30 Round Oak Stakes (Handicap) (5f)
3.0 Horris Hill Stakes (Group 3) (7f 60yds)
Top two-year-old Derrylin seeks to end the season on a winning note and underline his classic potential.
3.30 Embassy Premier Chase (Qualifier) (2Jm)
4.0 Wyld Court and Tom Masson Trophy Hurdle (2m 100yds)
Introduced by JULIAN WILSON
Commentators PETER O'SULLEVAN
JIMMY LINDLEY , RICHARD PITMAN
Television presentation by DENNIS MONGER

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Masson
Introduced By:
Julian Wilson
Commentators:
Peter O'Sullevan
Unknown:
Jimmy Lindley
Presentation By:
Dennis Monger

Down in the Caves
Caves are essential to the maintenance of life on a coral reef. Not only do they have their own, sometimes bizarre inhabitants but other animals depend on caves for rest and security.
Producer DAVID CORDINGLEY A BBC/NDR co-production

Contributors

Producer:
David Cordingley

Michael Charlton and Charles Wheeler present news and opinion, with Richard Kershaw and David Sells
Newsreader Peter Woods
Assistant editors PETER IBBOTSON and MIKE BROADBENT Editor TONY CRABB

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Charlton
Unknown:
Charles Wheeler
Unknown:
Richard Kershaw
Unknown:
Peter Woods
Unknown:
Mike Broadbent
Editor:
Tony Crabb

Rainbow's End by ALAN PLATER
Albert's resistance is broken by a smooth-talking salesman. He soon has a colour telly, a stereo, a fishing rod and a mountain of debts. We consider his case with the aid of Eugene Geasley
Christine Hargreaves , Dave Hill Philip Jackson , Sylveste McCoy
Polly Warren and an audience from Manchester. Master of Ceremonies
BRIAN TRUEMAN
Producer JOHN RADCLIFFE Director MICHAEL TAYLOR

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Plater
Unknown:
Eugene Geasley
Unknown:
Christine Hargreaves
Unknown:
Dave Hill
Unknown:
Philip Jackson
Unknown:
Sylveste McCoy
Unknown:
Polly Warren
Unknown:
Brian Trueman
Producer:
John Radcliffe
Director:
Michael Taylor

by Alan Bennett
Six directors make their debuts as television drama film-makers
Mam likes to make the weekly visit to Grandad into a proper little outing...

Contributors

Writer:
Alan Bennett
Film Editor:
Ken Pearce
Film Cameraman:
Tony Pierce-Roberts
Script Editor:
Louis Marks
Designer:
Moira Tait
Producer:
Innes Lloyd
Director:
Brian Tufano
Dad:
John Comer
Geoff:
Philip Jackson
Mam:
Frances Goodall
Grandad:
Michael Atha
First male nurse:
Bert Oxley
Second male nurse:
Robbie Platts
First old man:
Dennis Lawes
Second old man:
Stan Richards
Woman with dog:
Elizabeth Dawes

starring
Kathryn Grayson , Gordon MacRae Sigmund Romberg 's famous operetta about El Khobar , a mysterious Robin Hood leader of the Riffs. In this version, Kathryn Grayson plays the General's daughter who is taken hostage first by an anthropologist in disguise and then by villainous Sheik Youssef.
Director BRUCE HUMBERSTONE Films: page 13

Contributors

Unknown:
Kathryn Grayson
Unknown:
Gordon MacRae
Unknown:
Sigmund Romberg
Unknown:
El Khobar
Leader:
Robin Hood
Unknown:
Kathryn Grayson
Unknown:
Sheik Youssef.
Director:
Bruce Humberstone
Margot:
Kathryn Grayson
Paul Bonnard/El Khobar:
Gordon MacRae
Capt Fontaine:
Steve Cochran
Yousseff:
Raymond Massey
Benjy:
Dick Wesson
Azuri:
Allyn McLerie
Gen Birabeau:
Ray Collins
Hassan:
Paul Picerni
Mindar:
Frank Dekova
Lachmed:
William Conrad
Neri:
Trevor Bardette
Lt Duvalle:
Mark Dana

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