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England v New Zealand
The haunting Maori melody ' Now is the hour sung by thousands of Welshmen at Cardiff Arms Park, is the traditional farewell to a New Zealand Touring Team.
England captain BILL BEAUMONT will be hoping the Twickenham crowd has much to sing about as the All Blacks play the last match of their short tour of Scotland and England. Introduced from Twickenham by NIGEL STARMER-SMITH Commentator BILL MCLAREN
Series producer BILL TAYLOR

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Starmer-Smith
Commentator:
Bill McLaren
Producer:
Bill Taylor

continues a short season of films for all the family.
Today starring Red Skelton Lucille Ball , Gene Kelly
Night-club singer May Daly Is determined to marry for money, and she has plenty of offers from her millionaire admirers. There are also plenty of less well-off suitors - among them composer Alec Howe whom she loves -just to complicate her life. Naturally, all ends happily in this song-filled screen version of the Broadway show, which features a sumptuous fantasy sequence in the Court of Louis XV.
Screenplay by IRVING BRECHNER Produced by ARTHUR FREED Directed by ROY DEL RUTH
(First showing on British television) Films, page 25

Contributors

Unknown:
Red Skelton
Unknown:
Lucille Ball
Unknown:
Gene Kelly
Unknown:
Alec Howe
Play By:
Irving Brechner
Produced By:
Arthur Freed
Directed By:
Roy Del Ruth
Louis Blore:
Red Skelton
King Louis:
Skelton
May Daly:
Lucille Ball
Mme Du Barry:
Lucille Ball
Alec Howe Black Arrow:
Gene Kelly
Ginny:
Virginia O'Brien
Charlie:
'Rags' Ragland
Rami, the Swami Taliostra:
Zero Mostel
Due de Choiseul:
Donald Meek

A digest of the news of the week and other matters of interest seen by news cameras around the world, plus a visual commentary for those who cannot hear. With Angela Rippon
Editor RICHARD GAMBLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Angela Rippon
Editor:
Richard Gamble

Peter Hobday reports on the people and the events that affect your money, your savings and your business affairs.
Each week in The Money Programme there are reports from companies in the news, and on how decisions that their bosses make affect jobs, prices and future prospects.
Deputy editor CLIVE SYDDALL Editor PAUL ELLIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Editor:
Clive Syddall
Editor:
Paul Ellis

Conducted and introduced by Owain Arwel Hughes with Elizabeth Vaughan
Stephen Roberts .
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra leader RAYMOND OVENS the Scottish Philharmonic Singers and the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union
Produced by JOHN VERNON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Owain Arwel Hughes
Unknown:
Elizabeth Vaughan
Unknown:
Stephen Roberts
Leader:
Raymond Ovens
Produced By:
John Vernon

The great German conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler died 25 years ago on 30 November. In this film, first shown in 1971, his dilemma as an artist in Nazi Germany is set against his supreme achievements as a musician. ,
With contributions from
Daniel Barenboim. Boleslaw Barlog Frau Elisabeth Furtwangler Szymon Goldberg
Jascha Horenstein , Hans Keller Yehudi Menuhin , Gareth Morris Narrator RICHARD BEBB
A BAVARIAN TELEVISION production bv FLORIAN FURTWANGLER. English version written and produced by DAVID BUCKTON

Contributors

Conductor:
Wilhelm Furtwangler
Unknown:
Daniel Barenboim.
Unknown:
Boleslaw Barlog
Unknown:
Frau Elisabeth Furtwangler
Unknown:
Szymon Goldberg
Unknown:
Jascha Horenstein
Unknown:
Hans Keller
Unknown:
Yehudi Menuhin
Narrator:
Gareth Morris
Unknown:
Florian Furtwangler.
Produced By:
David Buckton

by VERA BRITTAIN
An autobiography 1913-1925 Dramatised in five parts by ELAINE MORGAN
4: 1917. Vera was nursing in Malta when news came that Victor was blinded and Geoffrey killed in France. She returned to England, determined to marry Victor, but his condition suddenly worsened.
Music composed and conducted by GEOFFREY BURGON
Studio lighting DAVE SYDENRAM Script editor BETTY WILLINGALC Designer SALLY HULKE
Producer JONATHAN POWELL
Directed by MOIRA ARMSTRONG

Contributors

Unknown:
Vera Brittain
Unknown:
Elaine Morgan
Conducted By:
Geoffrey Burgon
Unknown:
Dave Sydenram
Editor:
Betty Willingalc
Designer:
Sally Hulke
Producer:
Jonathan Powell
Directed By:
Moira Armstrong
Vera Brittain:
Cheryl Campbell
Sister Milroy:
Frances Tomelty
Edward Brittain:
Rupert Frazer
Mr Brittain:
Emrys James
Mrs Brittain:
Jane Wenham
Lady Oliver:
Thelma Whiteley
Sally:
Jane Booker
Etaples VAD:
Susan Bovell
Roland Leighton:
Peter Woodward
Geoffrey:
Geoffrey Burridge
Victor Richardson:
Michael Troughton
Mr Richardson:
Kenneth Gilbert
German orderly:
Gideon Kolb
German patients:
Eric de Groot
German patients:
Robert von Kapengst
German patients:
Douglas Stark
Padre:
Willy Bowman
Innkeeper:
John Serret
Australian officer:
Terence Creasy
St Judes sister:
Bella Emberg
St Judes VAD:
Ginnette Clarke

starring
Peter Boyle
Dennis Patrick
Joe is a factory worker with a range of prejudices to rival Alf Garnett. When he meets wealthy executive Bill Compton who had, in a rage. just killed the drug-pusher responsible for corrupting his daughter, Joe is impressed rather than shocked. Shown tonight in a TV version, this powerful and influential American film centres on the strange alliance that develops between the two men.
Screenplay by NORMAN WEXLER Produced by DAVID GIL
Director JOHN G. AVILDSEN
(First showing on British television Films: page 25

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Boyle
Unknown:
Dennis Patrick
Unknown:
Alf Garnett.
Unknown:
Bill Compton
Unknown:
Norman Wexler
Produced By:
David Gil
Director:
John G. Avildsen
Joe Curran:
Peter Boyle
Bill Compton:
Dennis Patrick
Melissa Compton:
Susan Sarandon
Joan Compton:
Audrey Caire
Mary Lou Curran:
K Callan
Frank RUSSO:
Patrick McDermott

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