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7.40 Role Playing

8.5 Composite Materials

8.30 The Natural History Museum

8.55 Domestic Service

9.20 Behaviour of Functions

9.45 Through the Looking Glass

10.10 Ring of Steel

10.35 Fragments

11.0 Who's Who in the Oceans

11.25 Today's Beef

11.50 Maths: Complex Analysis

12.15 String Quartets

12.40 Ceremony and the Citizen

1.5 Fixing and Floating

1.30 Origins of World War I

1.55 Visual Music

2.20 Barnacle Geese

2.45 Embalmers

starring Ralph Richardson
Celia Johnson , Margaret Leighton Denholm Elliott
Martin Gregory , the elderly vicar of a little Norfolk village, gathers his family together at Christmas. But it proves to be a time for the searching of souls rather than celebration.
Screenplay bv ANATOLE DE GRUNWALD from the play by WYNYARD BROWNE Produced by ANATOLE DE GRUNWALD Directed by GEORGE MORE O'FERRALL
(First showing on British television) . Films: page 19

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Richardson
Unknown:
Celia Johnson
Unknown:
Margaret Leighton
Unknown:
Denholm Elliott
Unknown:
Martin Gregory
Play By:
Wynyard Browne
Produced By:
Anatole de Grunwald
Directed By:
George More O'Ferrall
The Rev Martin Gregory:
Ralph Richardson
Jenny Gregory:
Celia Johnson
Margaret Gregory:
Margaret Leighton
Michael Gregory:
Denholm Elliott
David Paterson:
John Gregson
Richard Wyndham:
Hugh Williams
Aunt Lydia:
Margaret Halstan
Aunt Bridget:
Maureen Delaney
C/Sgt Major:
William Hartnell
Major:
Robert Fleming
Lord B:
Roland Culver

The Prudential Cup England v Pakistan from Headingley West Indies v New Zealand from rrent Bridge. Introduced by FRANK BOUGH from Headingley, PETER WEST from Trent Bridge.
Live coverage of the closing stages of two of today's matches and news of the other games on the last day of the group matches that decide which countries go on to the semi-finals.
Commentators RICHIE BENAUD
JIM LAKER , PETER LOADER
TED DSXTER and EVERTON WEEKES
TV presentation: NICK HUNTER, BILL TAT-LOR, JOHN SHREWSBURY and HUW JONES Producer DAVID KENNING

Contributors

Introduced By:
Frank Bough
Commentators:
Richie Benaud
Unknown:
Jim Laker
Unknown:
Peter Loader
Unknown:
Ted Dsxter
Unknown:
John Shrewsbury
Producer:
David Kenning

Humphrey Lyttelton introduces the last of six programmes recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival. This week features:
The Harald Haeter Trio Xanadu, All Star Quartet and Taj Mahal
Recorded by SWISS TELEVISION
Director JEAN BOVON. Producer DON SAYER

Contributors

Introduces:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Director:
Jean Bovon.
Producer:
Don Sayer

Robert Robinson and Diana Quick in a weekly entertainment based on words past and present with novelist John Masters and in which ' Jogran' and Hiccle ' unite.
With FRANK THORNTON, JOE MELIA
Director MARTIN L. BELL Producer ANTONY ROUSE

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Diana Quick
Unknown:
John Masters
Director:
Martin L. Bell
Producer:
Antony Rouse

Profiles of ten stars. Written and presented by Barry Norman 7: Charles Laughton with personal comments from
Laughton's wife, Elsa Lanchester , who co-starred with him in The Private Life of Henry VIII , Rembrandt and other films; Laughton's brother, R. T. Laugh ton, CBE; Billy Wilder , who directed Witness for the Prosecution; actress Lillian Gish ; writer Christopher Isherwood ; Paul Gregory , Laughton's business manager and the producer of his successful reading tours; actress Shelley Winters , who was Laughton's protegee; and Laughton's biographer, Charles Higham.
Director MARGARET SHARP Producer BARRY BROWN

Contributors

Presented By:
Barry Norman
Presented By:
Charles Laughton
Unknown:
Elsa Lanchester
Unknown:
Henry Viii
Unknown:
R. T. Laugh
Unknown:
Billy Wilder
Unknown:
Lillian Gish
Unknown:
Christopher Isherwood
Unknown:
Paul Gregory
Unknown:
Shelley Winters
Unknown:
Charles Higham.
Producer:
Barry Brown

Introduced by Desmond Lynam featuring
The US Open Golf Chamonship
American Andy North won last year's US Open with a bogey on the final hole and so avoided a three-way play-off with J. C. Snead and Dave Stock-ton. North defends his title in Toledo, Ohio in the toughest competition on the American circuit against mai like Jack Nicklaus ,
Gary Player and Tom Watson. PETER ALLISS , HARRY CARPENTER and the American commentary team describe play in the third round. and International Tennis
Highlights of today's semi-finals in the Stella Artois Men's Grass Court Championships from Queen's Club, London.
The winners go forward to compete in the final for a first prize of £8,500. Commentators DAN MASKELL JOHN BARRETT and BARRY DAVIES including at
11.30* News on 2; Weather
Television presentation:
GOlf AMERICAN BROADCASTING CORPORATIOH Tennis JOHNNIE WATHERSTON Producer JOHN PHILIPS
Editor JONATHAN MARTIN

Contributors

Introduced By:
Desmond Lynam
Unknown:
Andy North
Unknown:
J. C. Snead
Unknown:
Jack Nicklaus
Unknown:
Tom Watson.
Unknown:
Peter Alliss
Unknown:
Harry Carpenter
Commentators:
Dan Maskell
Commentators:
John Barrett
Commentators:
Barry Davies
Unknown:
Johnnie Watherston
Producer:
John Philips
Editor:
Jonathan Martin

starring Charles Laughton with Ella Raines
Rosalind Ivan , Henry Daniell
Charles Laughton , one of the screen's finest artists, performs with infinite delicacy in this Edwardian murder story. He stars as Philip Marshall , amiable, middle-aged manager of a London tobacco shop married to a nagging wife. Lonely and unhappy since his son left home, he falls in love with a younger woman. As his wife refuses a divorce, his thoughts begin turning to murder.
Screenplay by BERTRAM MILLHAUSER Produced by ISLIN AUSTER
Directed by ROBERT SIODMAK
. Films: page 19

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Laughton
Unknown:
Ella Raines
Unknown:
Rosalind Ivan
Unknown:
Henry Daniell
Unknown:
Charles Laughton
Unknown:
Philip Marshall
Unknown:
Bertram Millhauser
Produced By:
Islin Auster
Directed By:
Robert Siodmak
Philip Marshall:
Charles Laughton
Mary Grey:
Ella Raines
John Marshall:
Dean Harens
Simmons:
Henry Daniell
Cora Marshall:
Rosalind Ivan
Mrs Simons:
Molly Lamont
Huxley:
Stanley C Ridges
Merridew:
Raymond Severn
Griswold:
Gerald Hamer
Crummit:
Keith Hitchcock
Mr Packer:
Clifford Brooke
Mrs Packer:
Maude Eburne

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