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Starring Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood
with James Robertson Justice, Gordon Jackson

Ealing Studios won international recognition with this spirited comedy, shot on the remote Hebridean island of Barra.
It is 1943, and the island of Todday is an island of despair. Everyone's spirits are at zero - Todday is without whisky, the water of life. Then a shipwreck brings hope when the islanders learn that the cargo is whisky. But finders cannot always expect to be keepers.
Written by COMPTON MACKENZIE and ANGUS MACPHAIL
Produced by MICHAEL BALCON
Directed by ALEXANDER MACKENDRICK
(Black and White).
Films; page 27

Contributors

Written By:
Compton MacKenzie
Captain Paul Waggett:
Basil Radford
Mrs Waggett:
Catherine Lacey
Sergeant Odd:
Bruce Seaton
Peggy Macroon:
Joan Greenwood
Joseph Macroon:
Wylie Watson
Catriona Macroon:
Gabrtelle Blunt
George Campbell:
Gordon Jackson
Mrs Campbell:
Jean Cadell
Dr McLaren:
James Robertson Justice
The Biffer:
Morland Graham
Sammy MacC')drum:
John Gregson
Roderick MacBurie:
James Woodburn
Old Hector:
James Anderson
Constable Macrae:
Jameson Clark
Angus MacCormac:
Duncan MacRae

In the first of four programmes recorded at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama before an audience of music students, the cellist Jacqueline du Pre takes a Masterclass on the work which, above all others, she made particularly her own: the Elgar cello concerto. with FAYE CLINTON and CHRISTINE JACKSON accompanist
CLIFFORD BENSON
Lighting BURT OATEN Sound JEFF BAKER
Director KEITH CHEETHAM

Contributors

Unknown:
Faye Clinton
Accompanist:
Christine Jackson
Accompanist:
Clifford Benson
Unknown:
Jeff Baker
Director:
Keith Cheetham

Investigates, Discovers. Questions This week: The Police We Deserve?
Are they still the best and most even-handed police in the world? Or are they becoming increasingly authoritarian and heavy-handed with the ' hallowed' rights of the individual? .
To the police it often seems that the rest of us want it both ways; we deplore increasing crime, vandalism and villains who get-away-with-it. But at the same time, we complain about each and every alleged erosion of our traditional liberties ...With three Chief Constables and three critics, Desmond Wilcox examines the delicate balance, in a democracy, between police efficiency and individual freedom.
Studio director ROSALIND GOLD Producer DESMOND LAPSLEY Editor TIM SLESSOR

Contributors

Unknown:
Desmond Wilcox
Producer:
Desmond Lapsley
Editor:
Tim Slessor

Richard Duckenfield previews the 1979 BBC2 Floodlit Competition, which begins next Tuesday, and looks back at some of the highlights of last season's competition. Also Eric Ashton , the Great Britain coach, and Alex Murphy , former Great Britain coach now with Salford, have a critical look at the Test Matches during the recent tour of Australia.
Producer KEITH PHILLIPS. BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Duckenfield
Unknown:
Eric Ashton
Unknown:
Alex Murphy
Producer:
Keith Phillips.

The second of two special concerts This week: Ricki Lee Jones featuring highlights of her performance at the Dominion Theatre, London, on 9 September 1979.
Introduced by Anne Nightingale
Television presentation by MICHAEL APPLETON

Contributors

Unknown:
Ricki Lee Jones
Introduced By:
Anne Nightingale
Presentation By:
Michael Appleton

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