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Highlights of last week's events at Wembley 4rena - from Shires to shetlands, from international show jumping to the Fony Club games. Plus the emotional ending of the show - The Cavalcade.
Introduced by DAVID VINE
Commentators DORIAN williams
RAYMOND BROOKS - WARD, HUGH THOMAS
Producer JOHNNIE WATHERSTON

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Vine
Unknown:
Raymond Brooks
Unknown:
Hugh Thomas
Producer:
Johnnie Watherston

starring
Robert Aida , Joan Leslie
This lavish movie biography of one of America's greatest popular composers continues this short season of Warner Bros musicals. The story follows Gershwin from his impoverished childhood, through his years of success until his untimely death. Many of Gershwin's greatest compositions are featured-most notably his Piano Concerto, performed by his friend and associate Oscar Levant as a climax to the film.
Screenplay by HOWARD KOCH and ELLIOT PAUL , based on the story by SONYA LEVIED Produced by jcsse L. LASKY Directed by IRVING RAPPER
. Films: page 25

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Aida
Unknown:
Joan Leslie
Unknown:
Oscar Levant
Unknown:
Howard Koch
Unknown:
Elliot Paul
Story By:
Sonya Levied
Produced By:
Jcsse L. Lasky
Directed By:
Irving Rapper
George Gershwin:
Robert Alda
Julie Adams:
Joan Leslie
Christine Gilbert:
Alexis Smith
Max Dreyfus:
Charles Coburn
Lee Gershwin:
Julie Bishop
Ira Gershwin:
Herbert Rudley
Prof Frank:
Albert Basserman
Mr Gershwin:
Morris Carnovsky
Mrs Gershwin:
Rosemary de Camp
Buddy De Sylva:
Eddie Marr
Ravel:
Oscar Loraine
Walter Damroach:
Hugo Kirchoffer
Oscar Levant:
Himself

Presented by Brian Widlake and Valerie Singleton
Week by week The Money Programme team report on the stories and issues - in and out of the headlines - that most affect our jobs, earnings, family budgets and national prosperity.
Reporters PAUL BARRY
NICK CLARKE , JOHN WATKINSON
Editor DAVID LLOYD

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Widlake
Presented By:
Valerie Singleton
Reporters:
Paul Barry
Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Unknown:
John Watkinson
Editor:
David Lloyd

The Trouble with Evolution ...
Why have the crocodile, horseshoe crab and other ' living fossils ' stayed much the same while other creatures continue to evolve alongside them? Why are there so many gaps in the fossil record? How did the elephant get its trunk?
John Maynard Smith , Stephen Jay Gould and Ted Steele examine these and some other intriguing puzzles of evolution that still worry biologists today. From the Central American jungle to a Welsh lead mine; the cliffs of Beachy Head to the Henry VII chapel in Westminster, the film looks for some of the answers and asks if there is a serious alternative to Darwinism.
Narrator HUGH SYKES
Film editor NIGEL ASHCROFT
Written and produced by NEIL CLEMlNSON Series editors
PETER JONFS and ANTHONY ISAACS BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
John Maynard Smith
Unknown:
Stephen Jay
Unknown:
Ted Steele
Unknown:
Henry Vii
Editor:
Nigel Ashcroft
Produced By:
Neil Clemlnson
Unknown:
Peter Jonfs

In the first of two programmes, the vivacious Spanish-born harp virtuoso Marisa Robles works with two gifted young harpists on the charming Theme, Variations and Rondo Pastorale attributed to Mozart. RACHEL MASTERS and SUSIE BEDDOW are the pupils, and some of the earliest problems in learning this fascinating instrument are demonstrated by Marisa Robles ' nine-year-old daughter
Grania Hyde-Smith .
Sound ADRIAN STOCKS
Lighting HENRY BARBER
Designer ROCHELLE SELWYN
Producer RODNEY GREENBERG
(Tomorrow : Marisa Robles works on the Impromptu Op 86 by Faure, 10.15 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Marisa Robles
Unknown:
Susie Beddow
Unknown:
Marisa Robles
Unknown:
Grania Hyde-Smith
Unknown:
Henry Barber
Designer:
Rochelle Selwyn
Producer:
Rodney Greenberg
Unknown:
Marisa Robles

continues a season celebrating Hollywood's ' new wave' directors of the 70s. Starring
Bruce Dern , Barbara Feldon
Thirty-three girls arrive in Santa Rosa, California. Their single aim - to be crowned ' Young American Miss '. Their strongest determination-to smile! Michael Ritchie presents a devastating portrait of the beauty parade ' business ' in America and lampoons numerous aspects of the West Coast's social and economic life. His film combines hilarious satire with a serious view of contemporary American society, the result-one of the most enjoyable films in this season of recent American movies.
Screenplay by JERRY BELSON
Produced and directed by MICHAEL RITCHIE (First showing on British television) Films: page 25

Contributors

Unknown:
Bruce Dern
Unknown:
Barbara Feldon
Unknown:
Michael Ritchie
Unknown:
Jerry Belson
Directed By:
Michael Ritchie
' Big Bob ' Freelander:
Bruce Dern
Brenda DiCarlo:
Barbara Feldon
Tommy French:
Michael Kidd
Wilson Shears:
Geoffrey Lewis
Andy DiCarlo:
Nicholas Pryor
Connie Thompson:
Colleen Camp
Robin Gibson:
Joan Prather
Shirley Tolstoy:
Denise Nickerson
Doria Houston:
Annette O'Toole
Maria Gonzales:
Maria O'Brien
Karen Love:
Melanie Griffith
Judy Wagner:
Kate Sarchet

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