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Five films about the fascinations, frustrations and the working environment of professional engineers. 2: MIKE NEALE whose conference on flexible couplings attracted world participation and a Brighton civic reception.
Research MARY SPRENT
Producer MICHAEL GARBOD

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Neale
Producer:
Michael Garbod

Six programmes about the cinema and public opinion in the 1940s.
2: That Malignancy in our Midst The Fifth Column was a popular subject in the cinema during the Second World War.
Written by NICHOLAS PRONAY
Produced by HOWARD SMITH

Contributors

Written By:
Nicholas Pronay
Produced By:
Howard Smith

1797-1828
2: Friends and Frustrations - 1816-1821
Tonight's programme includes the songs ' To
Music ' and ' The Trout' and part of the D major
Violin Sonatina. With members of The Songmakers' Almanac Felicity Lott (soprano)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Richard Jackson (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) and Maureen Smith (violin) Narrator DEREK JACOBI
Script devised by GRAHAM JOHNSON
(Tomorrow at 5.40 pm: Troubled Years, 1822-1825)

Contributors

Soprano:
Felicity Lott
Tenor:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Baritone:
Richard Jackson
Piano:
Graham Johnson
Piano:
Maureen Smith
Narrator:
Derek Jacobi
Unknown:
Graham Johnson

A series of five episodes by MICHAEL ABBENSETTS starring Norman Beaton 4: Royston's Day
'Dey hate I. I jus' 16 years old and dey hate I.' Young Royston takes a black view of his future.
Theme tune MATUMBI
Designer IAN ASHURST. Producer
PETER ANSORGE. Directed by ALEX MARSHALL BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Abbensetts
Unknown:
Norman Beaton
Unknown:
Young Royston
Designer:
Ian Ashurst.
Unknown:
Peter Ansorge.
Directed By:
Alex Marshall
Desmond:
Trevor Butler
Royston:
Vincent Taylor
Foster:
Graham Weston
Miss May:
Rosa Roberts
Walter Isaacs:
Joe Marcell
Everton Bennett:
Norman Beaton
Kate Morris:
Sheila Kelley
Hortense Bennett:
Corinne Skinner-Carter
Marcus:
Wayne Laryea
Ranjanaa:
Nalini Moonasar
Shelley:
Maggi-Ann Lowe
Mr Renton:
John Main

A seven-part series based on the life of the famous naturalist.
4: Can any mountains, any continent, withstand such waste?
In September 1833 Darwin set out to cross the Argentine pampas, heading for Buenos Aires. Immediately he found himself in the midst of a bitter struggle between the local Indians and the forces of General Rosas, who were engaged in a policy of extermination. ' I was made vividly aware of the relentless struggle for existence going on around me. Who would have believed, in a Christian country, that such atrocities could be committed? '
Script by ROBERT REID
Music by WILFRED JOSEPHS Costumes by REG SAMUEL
Associate producer NED KELLY DirectorMARTYN FRIEND
Producer CHRISTOPHER RALLING (For cost see Friday at 6.0 pm)

Contributors

Script By:
Robert Reid
Music By:
Wilfred Josephs
Costumes By:
Reg Samuel
Producer:
Ned Kelly
Director:
Martyn Friend
Producer:
Christopher Ralling
Charles Darwin:
Malcolm Stoddard
Captain FitzRoy:
Andrew Burt

starring John Alderton
Adapted from the stories
Of P. G. WODEHOUSE by DAVID CLIMIE 4: The Luck of the Stiflhams
Signature tune RAYMOND JONES
Incidental music RONNIE HAZLEHURST Designer DAPHNE SHORTMAN
Produced by GARETH GWENLAN

Contributors

Unknown:
John Alderton
Stories Of:
P. G. Wodehouse
Unknown:
David Climie
Unknown:
Raymond Jones
Music:
Ronnie Hazlehurst
Designer:
Daphne Shortman
Produced By:
Gareth Gwenlan
Adolphus ' Stiffy ' Stiffham:
John Alderton
Lady Geraldine Spettisbury:
Liza Goddard
The Earl of Wivelseombe:
Leslie Sands
Bellhop:
David Healy
Hotel manager:
Paul McDowell
Butler:
John Rudllng
Mortuary Macabre:
Joseph Iles

This week: The Baby Business

'This was the only way we could get children - and we would gladly pay twice as much.' So say one American couple who, after ten years of trying to adopt through registered agencies, finally turned to a 'baby-broking' lawyer and bought a boy and girl for $16,000.

Jeanne la Chard talks to girls who supply the baby market, couples who have bought babies, surrogate mothers who conceive born-to-order children, and the middle men - the baby-brokers. And the problem is not confined to America - it exists in this country too.

Contributors

Reporter:
Jeanne la Chard
Producer:
Ruth Jackson
Editor:
Tim Slessor

for the BBC2 Trophy Hull KR v Widnes
In this last quarter-final Hull KR, the holders of the Floodlit Trophy, meet Widnes, the League Champions, in what should be a classic match. Hull KR are having a great season under the guidance of GB captain Roger Millward, who showed his class against Halifax in the last round.
Widnes have many great players including skipper Reg Bowden and GB winger Stuart Wright, and will be strong opponents, but Hull KR are an extremely difficult side to beat on their home ground. Highlights of the whole match played earlier this evening at Craven Park.
Commentator EDDIE WARING
Producer KEITH PHILLIPS BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Hull Kr
Unknown:
Craven Park.
Commentator:
Eddie Waring
Producer:
Keith Phillips

1797-1828
In Schubert's lifetime only one public concert was entirely devoted to his own music: it included
Piano Trio in E flat major, Op 100 played in this programme by Beaux Arts Trio
MENAHEM PRESSLER (piano) ISIDORE COHEN (violin)
BERNARD GREENHOUSE (cello)
Tonight's performance was recorded in the elegant Upper Hall of the Signet Library, Edinburgh
Sound RON ALLAN
LightingJAMES MAIDEN ProducerJAMES HUNTER
(Tomorroiv at 11.5 pm: Alfred Brende plays the Wanderer Fantasy)

Contributors

Programme By:
Beaux Arts
Piano:
Menahem Pressler
Violin:
Isidore Cohen
Cello:
Bernard Greenhouse
Unknown:
Ron Allan
Unknown:
James Maiden
Producer:
James Hunter
Unknown:
Alfred Brende

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