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Excerpts from films that thrilled and entertained a generation.
Late for his own wedding, Harold tries to get his boozy friends to the ceremony in For Heaven's Sake; then, as a super-slick cowboy he outshoots all gunslingers in Billy Blazes , Esq.
Television version written by PETER DURSTON
Produced by BOB HOAG
A series in 11 parts
Old Chinese proverb says: he who mixes monkey business with pleasure liable end up making people laugh. As in the bizarre adventures of Tripitaka and his boon companions Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy. The Most Monstrous Monster
Or how a soft-hearted unicorn monster, in pursuit of the love of a human girl, reveals the demon in her and brings out the human in himself.
Music by MICKY YOSHINO
Directed by KASUO IKEHIRO
English version directed by MICHAEL BAKEWELL for WORLD WIDE SOUND LONDON, English adaptation by DAVID WEIR Produced by NTV KOKUSAI HOEI
Don't Buy It if You Don't Like It
Has a shop assistant ever persuaded you to buy something you don't really want or need?
Speak for Yourself aims to help you use English effectively in all sorts of everyday situations.
Presenters INDIRA joshi , BURT KWOUK , ISLA ST CLAIR, MARINA SIRTIS and TREVOR THOMAS help you to cope firmly but politely with the pressures of shopping.
Scriptwriter NETTIE LOWENSTEIN Consultant DENISE GUBBAY
Directors SUSANNA CAPON , JEREMY ORLEBAR Producer BARBARA DERKOW
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including sub-titles for the hard-of-hearing, followed by Weather
A play in two parts by Willy Russell
Now that Dad has left, it's up to Sammy to look after the family as best he can. But that means money and that means playing truant from school with his mate Rolo!
The first of 16 programmes
Presented by Angela Rippon , who joins up again with her team of country broadcasters to explore the character of the British country-side-its landscape and wildlife, its customs and crafts, its everyday activities - past and present. The Vale of Llangollen
Following the course of the River Dee and the canal down through Llangollen, Angela and Bernard
Price trace the effect of water and waterways on this beautiful valley.
Traditionally the river powered the mills and narrow boats carried their produce: today the water-wheels stand idle and tourists are the only cargo.
Meanwhile, local naturalists
David Job and Neville Pierce-Jenkins explore the surrounding hills, where on the steep limestone escarpments overlooking the valley, abandoned quarry faces present a cross-section through time. Spanning the head of the valley, Thomas Telford 's famous aqueduct survives as a monument to the great era of the canal and a symbol of man's impact on the rugged landscape of North Wales,
Researcher PETER AUSTIN Producer ROBIN HELLIER
Series producer PETER CRAWFORD BBC Bristol
The Most Powerful Job in the World?
Next Tuesday, America goes to tne polls to elect the next President of the United States. It's often described as the most powerful job in the world, although its powers and limitations were drawn up in the different world of 1789. Are the President's powers wide enough to handle the economic and political problems of the late 20th century? Have President Carter's difficulties arisen just from his policies or also from the restrictions of the Presidency? And how would a Reagan White House try to overcome them?
Donald MacCormick reports from Washington.
Producer ADRIAN MILNE Editor PETER UBOTSon
The first of seven programmes by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson starring Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell
by Stephen Poliakoff
Starring Peggy Ashcroft with Michael Kitchen
On a packed night tram through Germany, Peter finds himself sitting with a beautiful American girl and an extraordinary old Viennese lady The journey's meetings and events are not at all what the young Englishman wants or expects.
An informed account of what's happening in the world.
The Wightman Cup from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Tonight's matches are the third singles and the first doubles.
Introduced by DAVID VINE Commentators
DAN MASKELL , JOHN BARRETT
Producersand JOHN PHILIPS
JOHNNIE WATHERSTON and JOHN PHILIPS
Jane Walmsley with late-night conversation and music from the Greenwood Theatre, London.
Director PHILIP CHILVERS
Producer FRANCES WHITAKER