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8.5 The Man-made World

8.30 Science Fiction

8.55 Kinship and Propinquity

9.20 Mechanics - Rutherford's Atom

9.45 Political Change

10.10 Rail or Road

10.35 Whatever Will Be

11.0 Mars

11.25 Upper Clyde Shipbuilders

11.50 Computing - Examination Tutorial

12.15 St Joan

1.5 The Semi-detached house

1.30 Just an Accident?

starring
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon with Edward Arnold
Agnes Moorehead , Cecil Kellaway The romantic story of a small-town girl who, as the wife of the flamboyant and unscrupulous Major Parkington, becomes a society hostess in the New York of the 1870s.
Screenplay by ROBERT THOEREN and POLLY JAMES
Based en the novel by LOUIS BROMFIELD Produced by LEON GORDON Directed by TAY GARNETT

Contributors

Unknown:
Greer Garson
Unknown:
Walter Pidgeon
Unknown:
Edward Arnold
Unknown:
Agnes Moorehead
Unknown:
Cecil Kellaway
Unknown:
Robert Thoeren
Unknown:
Polly James
Novel By:
Louis Bromfield
Produced By:
Leon Gordon
Directed By:
Tay Garnett
Susie Parkington:
Greer Garson
Major Augustus Parkington:
Walter Pidgeon
Amory Stilham:
Edward Arnold
Aspasia Conti:
Agnes Moorehead
Edward, Prince of Wales:
Cecil Kellaway
Alice, Duchess Brancourt:
Gladys Cooper
Jane Stilham:
Frances Rafferty
Ned Talbot:
Tom Drake
Lord Thornley:
Peter Lawford
Jack Stilham:
Dan Duryea
John Marbey:
Hugh Marlowe
Mattie Trounson:
Selena Royle

Tracks on the Oregon Trail
In the 1970s a new trail has been blazed in Oregon; legislation makes it the most environmentally protected spot in the western world. Modern Oregon was first to clean-up its polluted rivers; first to introduce a 55 mph speed limit; first to require refunds not only on bottles, but on cans too; first to ban the rip-off can cap; first to give fare-free rides on city buses; first to ban poisonous herbicides.

The second in a monthly series for people, especially those in the 16-to-20 age group, who want to see something else on television.
Tonight: Something Else from Birmingham
Eight young people from in and around Birmingham produced this programme. There will be films about Rastafarianism, a black community centre and the problems of being a young Asian, music from The Specials and poems from Linton Kwesi Johnson , a discussion on fashion and - humour?
Made with the help of the COMMUNITY PROGRAMME UNIT

Contributors

Unknown:
Kwesi Johnson

Gavin Millar introduces Renoir's railway murder story, La Bete Humaine, from the Gare St Lazare in Paris and looks at some of his less well-known crime thrillers from the 30s.
Director CHARLES CHABOT Producer GAVIN MILLAR
Tonight's film:
La Bête Humaine starring
Jean Gabin , Simone Simon
Renoir's film version of Emile Zola 's powerful novel about a man haunted by the fear of an inherited vice is one of the screen's great melodramas.
Jacques Lantier distrusts his feelings towards women and lavishes all his affection and pride on the locomotive he drives. One day, he Witnesses a murder on a train and his destiny becomes inextricably linked to the young woman involved.
Written and directed by JEAN RENOIR

Contributors

Introduces:
Gavin Millar
Unknown:
La Bete
Director:
Charles Chabot
Producer:
Gavin Millar
Unknown:
Jean Gabin
Unknown:
Simone Simon
Unknown:
Emile Zola
Unknown:
Jacques Lantier
Directed By:
Jean Renoir
Jacques Lantier:
Jean Gabin
Severine:
Simone Simon
Roubaud:
Fernand Ledoux
Roubaud:
Fernand Ledoux
Flore:
Blanchette Brundy
Dauvergne:
Gerard Landry
Philomene:
Jenny Helia
Mme Victoire:
Colette Regis

with the Royal Opera

The Royal Opera is making an historic first visit to the Far East. It is the largest cultural export ever undertaken by this country and the Company has been a huge success in South Korea and Japan. For their opening night in Tokyo last month the Royal Opera presented their renowned production of Tosco. The performance was given in the presence of HRH The Duke of Kent, accompanied by the Emperor's sister-in-law, HIH Princess Chichibu.

Soldiers, Police Agents, Noble Ladies and Gentlemen, Citizens. THE ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE leader JOHN BROWN
THE ROYAL OPERA CHORUS chorus-master JOHN BARKER Conducted by Colin Davis

Act 1: The Church of Sant' Andrea della Valle

Act 2: Scarpia's Apartment at the Farnese Palace

Act 3: The Fortress of Sant'Angelo

Scenery RENZO MONGIARDINO Costumes MARCEL ESCOFFIER
Production staged by ANDE ANDERSON
Recording made by NHK TV in Tokyo

Contributors

Leader:
John Brown
Chorus-Master:
John Barker
Conducted By:
Colin Davis
Tosca:
Montserrat Caballe
Cavaradossi:
Jose Carreras
Scarpia:
Ingvar Wixell
Angelotti:
Robert Lloyd
Sacristan:
Domenico Trimarchi
Spoletta:
John Dobson
Sciarrone:
Paul Hudson

starring
Liv Ullmann
Eriand Josephson Act 1
Jenny Isaksson is a highly qualified, successful psychiatrist, comfortably married to a gifted colleague and surrounded by 'the good things of life'. While her husband is away at a medical congress, Jenny visits her grandparents - and finds that she cannot cope with the memories that flood back....
Ingmar Bergman s own personal turmoil is reflected in this story of a well-adjusted, capable and disciplined person whose shockingly quick breakdown is followed by an agonising rebirth. The film is divided into four acts; each marking a distinct stage of the disaster and offering separate possibilities for the future.
Written, directed and produced by INGMAR BERGMAN. Films: page 27

Contributors

Unknown:
Liv Ullmann
Unknown:
Eriand Josephson
Unknown:
Jenny Isaksson
Unknown:
Ingmar Bergman
Produced By:
Ingmar Bergman.
Dr Jenny Isaksson:
Liv Ullmann
Dr Tomas Jacobi:
Erland Josephson
Grandpa:
Gunnar Bjornstrand
Grandma:
Aino Taube-Henrikson
Maria:
Kari Sylwan
Mrs Elizabeth Wankel:
Sif Ruud
Dr Erik Isaksson:
Sven Lindberg
Lady:
Tore Segelcke
Dr Helmuth Wankel:
Ulf Johansson
Veronica:
Kristina Adolphson
Mikael Stromberg:
Gosta Ekman

starring and Corpses and clues accumulate in this tale of murder, mystery and old family rituals, but Holmes moves with his usual mathematical precision through the labyrinthine plot aided by the bumbling, indispensable Watson.
Screenplay by BERTRAM MILLHAUSER Based on a story by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Directed by ROY WILLIAM NEILL

Contributors

Unknown:
Bertram Millhauser
Story By:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Directed By:
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes:
Basil Rathbonc
Dr Watson:
Nigel Bruce
Sally Musgrave:
Hillary Brooke
Captain Vickery:
Milburn Stone
Dr Sexton:
Arthur Margetson
Brunton:
Halliwell Hobbes
Lestrade:
Dennis Hoey
Philip Musgrave:
Gavin Muir
Geoffrey Musgrave:
Frederic Worlock

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