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Story: A Little Sqtiirt of Oil Works Wonders by PAULINE EASTMAN Presenters
Carol Chell , David Hargrcaves
Musician MICHAEL OMER Designer JOHN BRISTOW
Written and directed by MARTINFISHER Producer ANNE GOBEY
Executive producer CYNTHIA FELGAYE

Contributors

Presenters:
Carol Chell
Presenters:
David Hargrcaves
Presenters:
Musician Michael Omer
Designer:
John Bristow
Producer:
Cynthia Felgaye

The Lawn Tennis Championships
BBC outside broadcast cameras bring you the pick of the matches on the Centre Court and No 1 Court direct from the All England Club. With commentaries from
DAN MASKELL , PETER WEST JOHN BARRETT , ANN JONES and BILL THRELFALL
In the Wimbledon studio HARRY CARPENTER provides a complete check on the latest news and results on the fifth day of these world-famous Championships.

Contributors

Unknown:
Dan Maskell
Unknown:
Peter West
Unknown:
John Barrett
Unknown:
Ann Jones
Unknown:
Bill Threlfall
Unknown:
Harry Carpenter

with Robert Erskine
A series of 13 programmes about 25 centuries of coins.
11: Desperate Measures
Charles I's coins show vividly bow the King fared in his war with Parliament.
Directed by JOHN BURROWES
Produced by BETTYWHIYE

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Erskine
Directed By:
John Burrowes

from Clacks Farm with Peter Seabrook and Arthur Billitt A lot of activity in the vegetable plot, with particular emphasis on winter greens. Geoffrey Amos gives advice on chrysanthemums. and Arthur and Peter are at work on the lawn and amongst the roses.
Producer JOHN KENYCN BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Seabrook
Unknown:
Arthur Billitt
Unknown:
Geoffrey Amos

from the books by James Herriot
adapted by Johnny Byrne
A serial in 13 episodes starring Christopher Timothy as James Herriot and Robert Hardy as Siegfried Farnon
with Peter Davison and Carol Drinkwater

The practice in Darrowby goes from strength to strength - not so James's private life. Tristan decides to remedy matters, and arranges a double blind date...

(BBC Birmingham)
(First shown on BBC1)

Contributors

Author:
James Herriot
Adapter:
Johnny Byrne
Theme music:
Johnny Pearson
Producer:
Bill Sellars
Director:
Peter Moffatt
James Herriot:
Christopher Timothy
Siegfried Farnon:
Robert Hardy
Tristan Farnon:
Peter Davison
Helen Alderson:
Carol Drinkwater
Mrs Hall:
Mary Hignett
Sister Louisa Rose:
Jessica Spencer
Mr Plenderleith:
James Bree
Mrs Plenderleith:
Gabrielle Daye
Connie:
Jean Harrington
Brenda:
Eileen Waugh
Mr Wyatt:
Michael Holt
Gypsy girl:
Julie Ibbotson
Gypsy boy:
Nicholas Wright
Mr Worley:
Nicholas McArdle
Richard Edmundson:
Norman Mann
Head waiter:
David Davenport
Dance band:
Ernie Tomasso
Dance band:
Jeanne Tomasso
Dance band:
Paul Ripley

The first of 18 excerpts from this curate's diary, dramatised by .TAMES ANDREW HALL
An Angel Satyr Walks These Hills
A programme .so certain to be excellent that I can cancel all subsequent engagements for the sheer pleasure of watching it. (BEKNY GREEN)
Producer ROSEMARY HILL
Directed by rrreit HAMMOND

Contributors

Francis Kilvert:
Timothy Davies
James Jones:
Mervyn Johns
Mr Hordern:
Emrys James

from the Manor House Hotel, Moretonhampstead.
Peter Alliss plays golf and talks with well-known people.
His guest today is Dan Maskell , OBE, who talks of a life in tennis that took him from a ball boy at Queen's Club to coach to the Royal Family and an international reputation as a TV commentator.
TV presentation ALASTAIR SCOTT
Producers DAVID KENNING , 4. A.P. WILLINSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Dan Maskell
Unknown:
Alastair Scott
Producers:
David Kenning
Producers:
A.P. Willinson

Charlie Chaplin in two more classic comedies.
In Shoulder Arms, as a new recruit in World War I, Charlie dreams of the perils and adventures that await him at the front. an escapedIn The Pilgrim, prisoner, Charlie manages to become a respected man of God for a few hilarious hours
Written and directed by CHARLES CHAPLIN . Films: page 13
(The next Salute to Chaplin is on Sunday: A Dog's Life)

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlie Chaplin
Directed By:
Charles Chaplin
The French girl:
Edna Purviance
American sergeant:
Sidney Chaplin
The Kaiser:
Sidney Chaplin
German officer:
Henry Bergman
American bartender:
Henry Bergman
American officier:
Albert Austin
German soldier:
Albert Austin
Sergeant in camp:
Tom Wilson
The girl:
Edna Purviance
The mother:
Kitty Bradbury
The deacon:
MacK Swain
The elder:
Loyal Underwood
The boy:
Dinky Dean
His mother:
May Wells
Her husband:
Sidney Chaplin

BBC Two England

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