10.35 Consumer Decisions - Semi Detached

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World Challenge Cup Canada v Wales
Eighteen of the worlds best players representing their countries will be competing over the next nine days for the title of World Team Champions as well as £35,000 in prize money.
Last year Wales won the inauKural championship and their team TERRY GRIFFITHS , DOUG MOUNTJOY and RAY REARDON , IS back defending the title. They have a tough first match in Group A against Canada, represented by World Champion CLIFF THORBURN ,
BILL WERBENIUK and KIRK STEVENS. Live coverage of the first frame of the first match:
Kirk Stevens v Doug Mountjoy
Introduced by David Vine from the New London Theatre. Commentators TED LOWE
JACK KARNEHM
CLIVE EVERTON
Summarisers JOHN PULMAN REX WILLIAMS
Producers NICK HUNTER HAZEL LEWTHWAITE ,

Starring John Howard Davies, Robert Newton

At the age of 11, Tom Brown is sent to Rugby school, then under the headmastership of Dr Arnold. He soon makes a firm friend in East - and a dangerous enemy in Flashman, the school bully.
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On a day trip from Earth by time-machine are DENISE COFFEY
DR GARRY HUNT and TOBY FREEMAN Argonds: CHARMIAN GRADWELL
CHRISTOPHER LEAVER , IAN MESSITEE and MOIRA STUART

Starring Alec Guinness and John Howard Davies
A magnificent version of Dickens' immortal story of an innocent orphan, forced into the company of thieves and cut-throats.
(Black and white)
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Challenge Cup: Canada v Wales
Further coverage of today's match

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Cardiff v The All Blacks from the National Rugby Ground, Cardiff Arms Park
Led by GRAHAM MOURIE, the All-
Blacks' start their short tour ot Wales at the scene of many 'of their great matches. Their only defeat by Cardiff was in 1953. British Lions Gareth Davies , Terry Holmes and Alan Phillips provide Cardiff with a core of skill and ability which could easily disrupt the visitors. Commentator NIGEL STARMER-SMITH
Director DEWI GRIFFITHS Series producer HUW JONES

starring Rene Kollo
Ljuba Welitsch , Erzebet Hazy
A film of the popular operetta Grdfin Mariza with music by EMMERICH KALMAN
Libretto by julius BRAMMER and ALFRED GRUNWALD
The operetta is set on a magnificent estate in Hungary complete with wild horses, loving servants and a full gypsy orchestra. Romani is owned by the beautiful Countess Mariza. Tassilo, an impoverished Count, has been working as her bailiff for some time, but they have never met. As the story opens Mariza is about to pay a rare visit to Romani to celebrate her engagement to a fictitious fiance, in order to deter her numerous admirers.
Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Chorus of the Vienna Operetta conducted by Wolfgang Ebert Introduced by NIGEL DOUGLAS
Sung in German, English sub-titles by LEONIE COHN
Executive producer FRITZ BUTTENSTEDT Directed by EUGEN YORK A beta film production

or Nothing Succeeds Like Failure

Another chance to see Arena's celebration of the art of failing. Self-confessed failures David McGillivray and Stephen Pile meet - Geoff O'Neill, author of 519 unpublished songs; Miriam Hargrave, veteran of 39 driving tests; Lt-Cmdr Bill Boaks who has lost his deposit at 21 by-elections; Jan Taigen, who scored no points whatsoever in the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest.
Reginald Bosanquet reads from the Book of Heroic Failures, and J. R. Ewing meets his match.
"Off beat, very funny..." (EVENING NEWS)
"Some of the best flops ever" (DAILY MIRROR)
"Doomed to success" (THE TIMES)
"...tears clouded my eyes" (THE GUARDIAN)

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World Challenge Cup Canada v Wales
DAVID vine introduces highlights of the match that was continued this evening at the New London Theatre.

Rockpalast
Twice a year WDR Television in Germany stage a marathon rock concert which is transmitted live over the Eurovision network. Tonight Whistle Test joins them for part of 'Rockpalast' featuring The Police.
Director TOM CORCORAN
Producer MICHAEL APPLETON