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Six programmes introduced by CLIFF MORGAN and CARWYN JAMES 4: The Springbok and the Puma
The Springboks's contribution to the development of the game has been enormous; but will their place be taken by Argentina?
Producer DEWI GRIFFITHS BBC Cymru/Wales

Contributors

Introduced By:
Cliff Morgan
Unknown:
Carwyn James
Producer:
Dewi Griffiths

The Treasure of Porto Santo
In 1724, a Dutch merchant ship sank off the Madeiras. A year later, an English diver, John Lethbridge , performed amazing feats of salvage. But how? Belgian diver Robert Stenuit reconstructed Lethbridge's ' diving engine ' to produce an intriguing historical detective story and a new development in underwater archaeology.
This film was a spectacular event for TV and produced with considerable courage. (DAILY EXPRESS) Producer RAY SUTCLIFFE
Editor BRUCE NORMAN
(A new series of Chronicle begins am Tuesday at 8.10 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Lethbridge
Unknown:
Robert Stenuit
Producer:
Ray Sutcliffe
Editor:
Bruce Norman

South of Scotland v The All Blacks The Scottish District Champions, the South, play the New Zealanders in the second match of the All Blacks short tour to England and Scotland. Only 11 months ago Graham Mourie and his Grand Slam winning side left these shores but they will be welcomed back to an area renowned for its rugby strength and skills.
Introduced by NIGEL STARMER-SMITH Commentator at Hawick
BILL MCLAREN
Series producer BILL TAYLOR

Contributors

Introduced By:
Nigel Starmer-Smith
Unknown:
Bill McLaren
Producer:
Bill Taylor

begins a short season of films for all the family, starring
Dan Dailey , Diana Lynn
Thirteen-year-old Tad Bayliss runs away from the ill-run Springville Orphanage and is rescued by 'Doc' Tilbee and his assistant Enoch. The duo run a ' 'medicine' show from a horse-drawn wagon - visiting small towns and county fairs. One day they discover that Tad has a beautiful voice ...
Screenplay by IRVING WALLACE Produced by ALBERT J. COHEN Directed by DOUGLAS SIRK
(First showing on British tv). Films: p 27 Followed by Rugby League results

Contributors

Unknown:
Dan Dailey
Unknown:
Diana Lynn
Play By:
Irving Wallace
Produced By:
Albert J. Cohen
Directed By:
Douglas Sirk
'Doc ' Tilbee:
Dan Dailey
Zerelda Wing:
Diana Lynn
Chilton Corr:
Hugh O'Brian
Clara Brink:
Carole Mathews
Enoch Jones:
'Fat Man' Crothers
Pete McCoy:
Rhys Williams
Tad Bayliss:
Chet Allen

On Thursday 24 October, 1929, Winston Churchill visited the New York Stock Exchange and described the scene as 'one of surprising calm'. During that day 13 million shares were traded, Friday saw similar heavy trading, and on Monday the real disaster began. Ten thousand million dollars were knocked off the value of shares... the Wall Street Crash had happened.
Peter Hobday reports on the events of those calamitous days 50 years ago, and considers with Professor Milton Friedman and Professor Kenneth Galbraith the causes of the crash, and whether it could happen now.

Contributors

Reporter:
Peter Hobday
Guest:
Professor Milton Friedman
Guest:
Professor Kenneth Galbraith
Producer:
Bruce Todd
Editor:
Paul Ellis

Lawrence of Arabia Didn't Come Down this Far
Most of us dream of making a fortune, one day. Tony Hutchin son, a carpenter from Newcastle, set out to find his crock of gold in the Arabian Gulf, at the end of a one-year contract. This film tells Tony's story, starting with his last weekend at home with his wife and children, and following his first three weeks in his new job.
But it's also the story of Kuwait, the tiny desert emirate which is one of the richest countries in the world. In July Kuwait is at its hottest. They say it's so hot you can listen to the sound of your own brains boiling inside your skull. And TONY HUTCHINSON had to start working in that heat, in a foreign land, with a strange language and a different way of life.
Commentary written and narrated by JONATHAN RABAN
Film cameraman KEN lowe Film sound DENNIS PANCHEN Film editor GRAHAM SHIPHAM Producer JULIAN COOPER Series editors
ANTHONY ISAACS , MICHAEL ANDREWS

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Hutchin
Unknown:
Tony Hutchinson
Unknown:
Jonathan Raban
Producer:
Julian Cooper
Unknown:
Anthony Isaacs
Unknown:
Michael Andrews

A Money Programme Special
The collapse of share prices on Wall Street in October 1929 marked the moment when the wealthy and well-to-do were really affected by the economic depression that was sweeping across Europe and the United States. And in the years that followed Americans experienced the end of the Great American Dream.
Kenneth Harris talks to Americans from all walks of life , about their memories of those tumultuous days.
Film editor JOHN NASH Producer JOHN WALKER Editor PAUL ELLIS
,The Crash of 29 is on R4UK, 10.15 pm)

Contributors

Talks:
Kenneth Harris
Editor:
John Nash
Producer:
John Walker
Editor:
Paul Ellis

A series of three programmes: 2
The 20s and 30s saw ever-increasing ocean travel. The Bremen took the Blue Riband on her maiden voyage in 1929 and Germany re-emerged as a strong challenger on the North Atlantic. The French replied with the Normandie and Britain shrugged off the Depression with the maiden voyage of the Queen Mary.
Robert Wall continues the story of the liners and those who sailed on them until 1939 when the sinking of the French liner Paris was a grim omen of things to come.
(First shown on BBC South) (Part 3 tomorrow at 7.50 pm)

by GEORGE and WEEDON GROSSMITH dramatised in nine parts by BASIL BOOTHROYD
8: I have a bad sausage, with miserable repercussions.
Costume KIRSTIE COLAM
Lighting ALAN HENDERSON Designer DAVID MACKENZIE Producer ROSEMARY HILL Directea by BILL HAYS

Contributors

Unknown:
Basil Boothroyd
Unknown:
Kirstie Colam
Unknown:
Alan Henderson
Designer:
David MacKenzie
Producer:
Rosemary Hill
Unknown:
Bill Hays
Pooter:
Terrence Hardiman
Carrie:
Sheila Steafel
Lupin:
Richard Willis
Sarah:
Ann Beach
Pitt:
Ian Sharp
Perkupp:
John Welsh
Gowing:
James Grout
Cummings:
Timothy Bateson

Pete Seeger is perhaps more responsible than anyone else for the vogue of folk music in America. His songs 'Where have all the flowers gone ' and ' If I had a hammer' have become anthems and express his acute sense of social justice. Today he uses his music to help raise money for causes in which he believes.
In June of this year, to support his campaign to clean up the River Hudson, he sang at a local water-side concert and at a professional music festival before 16,000 people. Among his guests are Taj Mahal John Hartford, Hedy West
Photography NIGEL WALTERS Sound MIKE TURNER
Film editor DAVID GLADWELL
Executive producer HERBERT CHAPPELL Director GEOFFREY BAINES

Contributors

Unknown:
Pete Seeger
Editor:
David Gladwell
Producer:
Herbert Chappell
Director:
Geoffrey Baines

Canada 1837. Revolution against the British turns to fighting: the rebels are at war with well-trained British soldiers, in a struggle they cannot win. The fight for freedom is seen through the eyes of the beautiful and passionate Julie Lambert.
Screenplay MARCEL LEFEBVRE , GILLES ELIE Produced by CLAUDE HEROUX
Directed by DENIS HEROUX. Films: page 27 (A French-Canadian film with English sub-titles). (First showing on British TV)

Contributors

Unknown:
Julie Lambert.
Unknown:
Marcel Lefebvre
Unknown:
Gilles Elie
Produced By:
Claude Heroux
Directed By:
Denis Heroux.
Julie:
Christine Olivier
Simon:
Daniel Pilon
Mr Lambert:
Jean Duceppe
Victor:
Frederic de Pasquale
Laura:
Mylene Demongeot

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