A William Wyler Season starring Merle Oberon
Laurence Olivier , David Niven with Flora Robson
Donald Crisp , Hugh Williams Geraldine Fitzgerald
Heathcliff, a half-gypsy orphan boy, is adopted by Earnshaw, owner of Wuthering Heights on the bleak Yorkshire moors. Here he grows up with Cathy, the daughter of the house, and the two fall in love. But their love is doomed to end in tragedy.
Adapted from the novel by EMILY BRONTE Directed by WILLIAM WYLER
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Jonathan Cohen , musical director and pianist, presents his own choice of music and songs.
This week he introduces music from Bach to Bacharach and visits a church where he plays the organ. His guest, JOHN WILBRAHAM , plays an array of trumpets and you are invited to become part of a giant box of whistles with him and the studio audience. Guests:
Kim Goody , John Wilbraham With CO-OPERATION SINGERS and JEFF CRAMPTON , MIKE WARD
PETER BOITA and HENRY MACKENZIE
Lighting DON BABBAGE
Sound ANTHONY PHILPOT
Film editor PAM BOSWORTH
Executive producer CYNTHIA FELGATE Director AVRIL PRICE
The New Breadline
Nearly seven million people in Britain are living on or below the breadline. In other words, they do not always have enough to eat.
Horizon looks at attempts to overcome this trend but none is seen to be the ultimate answer. The problem may lie deeper and, month by month, more and more of us are falling towards the new breadline.
The Blackfriars Dysphasic Group
Their intelligence is unaffected, but the part of the brain that controls speech has been damaged.
BBC2 joins Radio l's In Concert in a simultaneous broadcast. This week: Steel Pulse, XTC
Introduced by PETE DRUMMOND
Director JOHN BURROWES
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
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Robert Robinson introduces Victor Gollancz , Publisher
' A single-minded, dedicated Jewish prophet with a touch of Sam-son.' (MICHAEL FOOT on Victor Gollancz, who died in 1967) Propagandist as well as publisher, Gollancz is probably best known for his Left Book Club with which he aimed to alert Britain to the dangers of Fascism in the 1930s. Taking part: Kingsley Amis
Colin Wilson and Michael Foot
Film editor TONY HEAVEN
Producer SANDRA GREGORY
Series producer PETER FOGES
Introduced by Humphrey Burton ' Cav ' and ' Pag ' from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
The most popular double bill in the history of Italian opera with the world-famous Spanish tenor Placido Domingo singing a principal role in each opera.
Cavalleria Rusticana
(Rustic Chivalry) by MASCAGM After a play by Verga
Sung in Italian: English subtitles
Pagliacci
(The Clowns) by LEONCAVALLO
Sung in Italian: English subtitles
The Royal Opera Chorus chorus-master ROBIN STAPLETON Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, leader MEYER STOLOW conducted by Robin Stapleton
Based on original production directed and designed by FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI
Staged by ANDE ANDERSON , CHARLES HAMILTON English subtitles GILLIAN WIDDICOMBE Directed by BRIAN LARGE
starring Alan Alda as Hawkeye and Mike Farrell as B.J. Dear Peggy
B.J. writes home to his wife ...
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A William Wyler Season starring
Humphrey Bogart , Fredric March Three men have broken out of jail and are looking for a temporary hideout. They choose the suburban house of Dan Hilliard , moving in on the terrified Mrs Hilliard.
Directed by WILLIAM WYLER
