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The last of six programmes about the cinema and public opinion.
Don't tell 'em you've come to win the war: the official emphasis in the 1940s was on the common bond between Britain and USA.
Written by NICHOLAS PRONAY
Produced by HOWARD smith

Contributors

Written By:
Nicholas Pronay
Produced By:
Howard Smith

Bells: The Whitechapel Bell Foundry has made some of the most famous bells in the world. Tonight's film shows the process of making a bell from moulding to casting and tuning.
Series producer JOHN READ
Produced by ANNE JAMES

Contributors

Producer:
John Read
Produced By:
Anne James

By satellite
Australia v England from
Perth BOBBY SIMPSON introduces highlights of the fourth day's play. Commentators JIM LAKER , FRANK TYSON
KEITH MILLER and NORMAN MAY

Contributors

Introduces:
Bobby Simpson
Commentators:
Jim Laker
Commentators:
Frank Tyson
Unknown:
Keith Miller
Unknown:
Norman May

from The National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace, for a unique occasion to celebrate the Highgate Diving Club's Golden Jubilee.
Those competing include the triple World Springboard Champion, PHIL BOGGS from the USA, Britain's double gold medallist in the Commonwealth Games, CHRIS SNODE , the Mexican Champion, CARLOS GiRON , and the third ranked American, GREG GARLICH almost certainly the best collection of diving talent ever assembled in this country. Commentators
ALAN WEEKS and BRIAN PHELPS
Producer JOHNNIE WATHERSTON
(Organised by the Highgate Diving Club in association with Debenhams)

Contributors

Unknown:
Phil Boggs
Unknown:
Chris Snode
Unknown:
Carlos Giron
Unknown:
Greg Garlich
Unknown:
Alan Weeks
Unknown:
Brian Phelps
Producer:
Johnnie Watherston

A play by Rhydderch Jones
starring Flora Robson, Charles Williams
Loneliness. Who isn't lonely at some time or another? Mr Lollipop and Miss Morris explore this common bitter-sweet theme in a most unusual way.
BBC Cymru/Wales

Contributors

Writer:
Rhydderch Joxes
Photography:
Ken MacKay
Film Editor:
Bill Mainman
Designer:
Julian Williams
Producer:
John Hefin
Mr Lollipop, MA:
Charles Williams
Miss Morris:
Flora Robson
Miss James:
Petra Davies
Mr Lloyd:
Siõn Probert
Sergeant:
Glyn Owen
Neighbour:
Jackie Skarvellis
Office girl:
Shirley King
Child:
Catrin Evans
Child:
Helen Pritchard
Child:
Stuart Davies

The story of a search
B. Traven is one of the most mysterious figures of the 20th century. He wrote "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and a dozen other fine books which have sold in millions around the world, but no publisher, no agent, and no fellow author ever met him - he has remained the Marie Celeste of literature, a name without an identity.
Nobody knew in what language he wrote. Nobody knew in what country he had been born. Nobody knew if he were one man or several. It was even said that those who sought him were struck down and destroyed. Was this photograph, taken in London in 1923, a picture of Traven? It was certainly a vital clue.

There were rumours that he was really Jack London, mysteriously still alive: that he was an American millionaire; the writer Ambrose Bierce, who had disappeared in Mexico; a German prince. B. Traven's books were first published in German, they were sent from Mexico, the author said he was an American. He boasted that his real name was a secret which no one would ever discover. Until now, no one has.
Robert Robinson and a BBC team followed a trail from Hollywood to the heart of Germany, from Mexico City to Limehouse to trace the life of this mystery man. For the first time the secrets of B. Traven are discovered.

(Preview: page 27)

(The film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre being shown on Thurs at 8.30)

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Robinson
Film Editor:
Geoffrey Botterill
Producer:
Will Wyatt
Subject:
B. Traven

This week: Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Manager?
Why is it that so few women make it to management level where decision-making and responsibility lie - and even fewer to the top? ' They are their own worst enemies - they lack confidence.' ' There is always the risk they'll leave, have babies - and not come back.' ' Many men wouldn't be happy working for a woman.' Those are just a few of the reasons offered by employers. Are they to blame, or is it the women themselves?
On film Yvonne Roberts talks to three women managers and their bosses. They explain how they made it, and discuss whether it is possible to combine a career with a family, and whether there is too high a price to pay for success.
Not every woman necessarily wants to become a boss, but all want the right to choose - and to succeed or fail on their own merits.
Producer VIVIEN LIPSCHITZ Editor TIM SLESSOR

Contributors

Talks:
Yvonne Roberts
Producer:
Vivien Lipschitz
Editor:
Tim Slessor

The Old Grey Whistle Test takes a look at the contemporary rock scene with Anne Nightingale and Bob Harris
In the studio this week 999
Music from the series: record (BEDP 001) cassette (HRMC 6000) from record shops

Contributors

Presenter:
Anne Nightingale
Presenter:
Bob Harris
Musicians:
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Director:
Tom Corcoran
Producer:
Michael Appleton

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