Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,803 playable programmes from the BBC

The Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship The Final
Two weeks ago the 24 best players in the world set out on what, for two of them, would be a marathon 14 days of concentrated matchplay snooker. Today these two players have a maximum of 17 frames to play before one of them not only collects a cheque for E15,000 but also claims the title of World Champion.
DAVID VINE introduces live coverage of the morning's eight-frame session.
Commentators TED LOWE
JACK KARNEHM , CLIVE EVERTON
Producers NICK HUNTER , RICHARD TILLING BILL TAYLOR , KEITH PHILLIPS

Contributors

Commentators:
Ted Lowe
Unknown:
Jack Karnehm
Producers:
Nick Hunter
Producers:
Richard Tilling
Producers:
Bill Taylor
Producers:
Keith Phillips

A triple bill of classic comedies

Swiss Miss
Starring Laurel and Hardy
with Delia Lind, Walter Woolf King, Eric Blore
The best-laid schemes of mousetrap salesmen Stan and Ollie go awry once too often, and they become galley-slaves at an alpine holiday hotel straight out of a musical comedy where Laurel helps Hardy to lose his heart to the heroine.
Produced by Hal Roach
Directed by John G. Blystone

at 2.15
Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Starring W.C. Fields
with Pauline Lord, Zasu Pitts, Kent Taylor
The joys, hopes and sorrows of Mrs Wiggs and her five children who struggle for existence in their patchwork shack on the wrong side of the railway tracks.
Screenplay by WILLIAM SLAVENS MCNUTT and JANE STORM from the play by ALICE HEGAN RICE and ANNE CRAWFORD Produced by DOUGLAS MACLEAN Directed by NORMAN TAUROG

at 3.30
Professor Beware
Starring Harold Lloyd
with Phyllis Welch, Raymond Walburn, William Frawley
Egyptologist Professor Dean Lambert is the proud possessor of nine ancient tablets narrating the tragic story of two Egyptian lovers. The final tablet has been broken and Lambert's greatest ambition is to learn its contents.
Screenplay DELMER DAVES. JACK CUNNINGHAM based on a story by CRAMPTON HARRIS , FRANCIS M. and MARION B. COCKRELL Produced bv HAROLD LLOYD Directed by ELLIOTT NUGENT
. Films: page 19

Contributors

Unknown:
Delia Lind
Unknown:
Walter Woolf King
Unknown:
Eric Blore
Produced By:
Hal Roach
Directed By:
John G. Blystone
Unknown:
Pauline Lord
Unknown:
Zasu Pitts
Unknown:
Kent Taylor
Unknown:
Mrs Wiggs
Unknown:
William Slavens McNutt
Play By:
Alice Hegan Rice
Produced By:
Douglas MacLean
Directed By:
Norman Taurog
Unknown:
Harold Lloyd
Unknown:
Phyllis Welch
Unknown:
Raymond Walburn
Unknown:
William Frawley
Unknown:
Delmer Daves.
Story By:
Crampton Harris
Story By:
Marion B. Cockrell
Unknown:
Harold Lloyd
Directed By:
Elliott Nugent
Mr Stubbins:
W C Fields
Mrs Wiggs:
Pauline Lord
Miss Hazy:
Zasu Pitts
Bob Redding:
Kent Taylor
Lucy:
Evelyn Venable
Billie:
Jimmy Butler
Mr WiggS:
Donald Meek
Professor Lambert:
Harold Lloyd
Jane Van Buren:
Phyllis Welch
Judge James:
Raymond Walburn
Jerry:
Lionel Stander
Snoop Donlan:
William Frawley

from Hickstead Highlights of < the Everest show jumping weekend.
It all started with the thrills and spills of the Hickstead Cross Country and built to yesterday's spectacular Grand Prix.
In all E25,000 prize money has been won and naturally all the stars of show jumping were here to take their share. Introduced by RAYMOND BROOKS -WARD Commentators
DORIAN WILLIAMS
HUGH THOMAS
Producer JOHNNIE WATHERSTON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Raymond Brooks
Unknown:
Dorian Williams
Unknown:
Hugh Thomas
Producer:
Johnnie Watherston

A film starring
Marlon Brando , Karl Malden Sonora, 1880. After a daring bank robbery Rio and ' Dad' Longworth are trapped by the Mexican police. Escaping on their only horse, Longworth promises to return with fresh mounts, but takes the gold and lets his partner down. Rio endures five years in a rat-infested jail thinking only of revenge ... Marlon Brando directed and stars in this tense, psychological Western shot on the spectacular Californian coast.
Screenplay GUY TROSPER, CALDER WILLING-HAM
Based on the novel The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones by CHARLES NEIDER Produced by FRANK P. ROSENBERG
Directed by MARLON BRANDO . Films: p 19

Contributors

Unknown:
Marlon Brando
Unknown:
Hendry Jones
Produced By:
Frank P. Rosenberg
Directed By:
Marlon Brando
RiO:
Marlon Brando
'Dad' Longworth:
Karl Malden
Louisa:
Pina Pellicer
Maria:
Katy Jurado
Bob Amory:
Ben Johnson
Lon:
Slim Pickens
Modesto:
Larry Duran
Harvey:
Sam Gilman
Howard Tetley:
Timothy Carey
Bank teller:
Elisha Cook

BBC Two England

About BBC Two

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More