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Continuing the Russian Season, another opportunity to see three one-act ballets by MARIUS PETIPA danced by the soloists and corps de ballet of the Maly Ballet Company and the children of the world-renowned Vaganova Dance Academy, from the Maly The'atre, Leningrad. Harlequinade: music by DRIGO
The story of how Harlequin outwits Columbine's father with the help of a good fairy. The Cavalry Bivouac Music by ARMSHEIMER
Rural tranquillity is interrupted by much flirtation and pulling of rank when a troop of Hussars call in on the girls of an Austrian village.
Paquita (Act III) 'Le Grand Pas Classique': music by MINKUS
A show-case for fine dancing in Petipa's classical style. conductor ALEXANDER ANISIMOV
Introduced by Humphrey Burton
Interval comments in London by Dame Ninette de Valois , founder of the Royal Ballet, and David Vaughan , ballet critic and historian.
Television direction by HELENA MACHERET A RUSSIAN TELEVISION production

Contributors

Conductor:
Alexander Anisimov
Introduced By:
Humphrey Burton
Unknown:
Dame Ninette de Valois
Unknown:
David Vaughan
Unknown:
Helena MacHeret

Coventry v Bristol
Traditionally this is one of the most important club matches in England. However, with Mike Raf ter of Bristol the only player from either side to appear in the English trial, both clubs now have the task of rebuilding their teams. Bristol's record this season is far superior to Coventry's, having scored almost twice as many points; however, on their home ground Coventry have produced some excellent performances.
Commentator at Coundon Road NIGEL STARMER-SMITH
Producer HUW JONES

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Raf

features The Men's World Cup from Kitzbühel, Austria.
The classic Hahnenkamm races are a highspot in the winter sports season - even in the Olympic year. The Downhill on the difficult ' Streif ' course always produces some of the year's most dramatic sporting action, while the Slalom is traditionally one of the most testing - even for the world's best. Commentator DAVID VINE
TV presentation by the AUSTRIAN TV SERVICE
Editor JONATHAN MARTIN

Contributors

Editor:
Jonathan Martin

A digest of the news of the week and other world matters of interest seen by news cameras around the world: the interesting, the picturesque, the important and the dramatic; plus a visual comment tary for those who cannot hear. with Kenneth Kendall
Editor RICHARD GAMBLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Kendall
Editor:
Richard Gamble

Peter Hobday reports on the people and the events that affect your money, your savings and your business affaira.
Paul Barry examines the corner stone of the Conservative Government's economic policy - the money supply. When High Street banks are free of direct government control, does any government have the power to control the amount of money in the economy?
Editor PAUL ELLIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Paul Barry
Editor:
Paul Ellis

NEW LOOK TO THE WEEKEND
A duel of words and wit between
Frank Muir
Gabrielle Drake
Christopher Cazenove and Arthur Marshall Sinead Cusack Ian Ogilvy Referee
Robert Robinson
Call My Bluff devised by MARK GOODSON and BILL TODMAN Director
ALAN BELL Producer
JOHNNY DOWNES

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Gabrielle Drake
Unknown:
Christopher Cazenove
Unknown:
Arthur Marshall
Unknown:
Sinead Cusack
Unknown:
Ian Ogilvy
Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Mark Goodson
Unknown:
Bill Todman
Director:
Alan Bell
Producer:
Johnny Downes

NEW LOOK TO THE WEEKEND
Narrated by David Attenborough
In this new eight-part series, DAVID ATTENBOROUGH goes to Indonesia, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam and India; countries where the world's most ancient religions and art-forms have miraculously survived into the 20th century, and where today they persist with strengthened vitality as an indispensable part of daily life. 1:The World of Shadows
In remote corners of Indonesia's vast archipelago of 13,000 islands, the Ancient Peoples ' maintain a belief in the spirits of nature
. and the ghosts of their ancestors, whom they strive to please with sacrificial rights and the erection of megaliths - finely tapered obelisks, massive stone slabs, and enormous stone tables and chai seats for spirits of the dead.
Research LAURIEN BERKELEY SUE HAYCOCK
Film editor STEPHEN EVANS Produced by MICHAEL MACINTYRE 4

Contributors

Unknown:
David Attenborough
Unknown:
David Attenborough
Unknown:
Laurien Berkeley
Unknown:
Sue Haycock
Editor:
Stephen Evans
Produced By:
Michael MacIntyre

The world-renowned Welsh tenor sings a programme of ballads, songs, operetta and grand opera with guest Isobel Buchanan (soprano).
BBC Cymru/Wales

Contributors

Tenor:
Stuart Burrows
Soprano:
Isobel Buchanan
Orchestra conducted by:
Robin Stapleton
Designer:
Michael Wright
Producer:
Hywel Williams

by Jane Austen, dramatised by Fay Weldon in five parts.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. When Mr Bingley comes to live in the neighbourhood, Mrs Bennet considers him the rightful property of one of her five unmarried daughters.

Contributors

Author:
Jane Austen
Dramatised by:
Fay Weldon
Music composed by:
Wilfred Joseph
Studio Lighting:
Dave Sydenham
Script Editor:
Betty Willingale
Designer:
Barbara Gosnold
Producer:
Jonathan Powell
Director:
Cyril Coke
Miss Elizabeth Bennet:
Elizabeth Garvie
Mr Darcy:
David Rintoul
Mr Bennet:
Moray Watson
Mrs Bennet:
Priscilla Morgan
Miss Jane Bennet:
Sabina Franklyn
Miss Charlotte Lucas:
Irene Richard
Mr Bingley:
Osmund Bullock
Miss Caroline Bingley:
Marsha Fitzalan
Miss Lydia Bennet:
Natalie Ogle
Miss Mary Bennet:
Tessa Peake-Jones
Sir William Lucas:
Peter Howell
Lady Lucas:
Elizabeth Stewart
Miss Kitty Bennet:
Clare Higgins
Mr Hurst:
Edward Arthur
Mrs Hurst:
Jennifer Granville
Captain Denny:
Andrew Johns

NEW LOOK TO THE WEEKEND
The dramatic and turbulent years of the Watergate crisis as seen by one man - John Dean. In 4 parts. Part 2 starring
May 1972. John Dean 's relationship with Mo is in difficulties and she leaves for Los Angeles. The implications of the Washington Post story about the Watergate break-in begin to cause serious problems for the White House staff, particularly when the Justice Department indicts not only the burglars but also White House aides Howard Hunt and Gordon Liddy.
Written by STANLEY GREENBERG
Based on the books Blind Ambition by JOHN DEAN and Mo by MAUREEN DEAN Executive producer DAVID SUSSKIND Directed by GEORGE SCIIAEFER

Contributors

Unknown:
John Dean.
Unknown:
John Dean
Unknown:
Howard Hunt
Unknown:
Gordon Liddy.
Written By:
Stanley Greenberg
Unknown:
John Dean
Unknown:
Maureen Dean
Producer:
David Susskind
Directed By:
George Sciiaefer
John Dean:
Martin Sheen
H R Haldeman:
Lawrence Pressman
John Ehrlichman:
Graham Jarvis
Maureen Dean:
Theresa Russell
Richard M Nixon:
Rip Torn
Charles Shaffer:
Ed Flanders
John Mitchell:
John Randolph
Charles Colson:
Michael Callan
G Gordon Liddy:
William Daniels
J Edgar Hoover:
Logan Ramsey
Richard Kleindienst:
William Windom
Ronald Ziegler:
James Sloyan
Jeb Stuart Magruder:
Christopher Gcest
Howard E Hunt:
James Greene
Donald Segretti:
Fred Grandy
Herbert Kalmbach:
William Schallert
Robert Mardian:
Peter Mark
Henry Petersen:
Edward Mallory

covering motor-racing's Formula 1 World Championship.
The Argentine Grand Prix
Satellite coverage from Buenos Aires of tonight's race which opens the 1980 season. As usual there are some new cars, and some drivers have changed teams. World Champion JODY SCHECKTER and the aggressive GILLES VILLENEUVE remain with Ferrari, while ALAN JONES is joined at Williams by CARLOS REUTEMANN , British hopes rest on JOHN WATSON (McLaren), while Ireland's DEREK DALY joins Tyrrell. Commentators
MURRAY WALKER and JAMES HUNT
Editor JONATHAN MARTIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Jody Scheckter
Unknown:
Gilles Villeneuve
Unknown:
Alan Jones
Unknown:
Carlos Reutemann
Unknown:
John Watson
Unknown:
Derek Daly
Unknown:
Murray Walker
Unknown:
James Hunt
Editor:
Jonathan Martin

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