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starring Humphrey Bogart Sylvia Sidney , Eddie Albert with Sig Rumann , Joan Leslie
In the first of this Humphrey Bogart double-bill, Bogart plays the tough and unscrupulous owner of the Coster Circus , who makes local hero Matt Varney his new lion-tamer in this drama of the world of sawdust and tinsel.
Screenplay FRED NIBLO JR, BARRY TRIVERS Directed by RAY ENRIGHT
. Films: pace 25

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Bogart
Unknown:
Sylvia Sidney
Unknown:
Eddie Albert
Unknown:
Sig Rumann
Unknown:
Joan Leslie
Unknown:
Humphrey Bogart
Unknown:
Coster Circus
Unknown:
Matt Varney
Directed By:
Ray Enright
Nick Coster:
Humphrey Bogart
Flo Lorraine:
Sylvia Sidney
Matt Varney:
Eddie Albert
Hoffman the Great:
Sig Rumann
Mary Coster:
Joan Leslie
Doc:
Cliff Clark
Snapper:
Charley Foy
Tex:
Frank Wilcox
Arch:
John Ridgely

starring Brian Cant , who invites you to join his guests in an entertainment of comedy and music. with Floella Benjamin
Christopher Beeny , Kim Goody Jonathan Cohen and the Play Away Band
Musical arrangements by JONATHAN COHEN Designer ANDRÉE WELSTEAD HORNBY Director JOHN SMITH Producer ANN REAY

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Cant
Unknown:
Floella Benjamin
Unknown:
Christopher Beeny
Unknown:
Kim Goody
Unknown:
Jonathan Cohen
Arrangements By:
Jonathan Cohen
Director:
John Smith
Producer:
Ann Reay

starring
Humphrey Bogart , Eleanor Parker Bogart takes to the air in this story of the hazardous early days of supersonic flight. As hardened, veteran bomber-pilot Matt Brennan he is eventually persuaded into trying a new baling-out device.
Screenplay by LIAM O'BRIEN and VINCENT EVANS Produced by ANTHONY VEILLER Directed by STUART HEISLER
. Films: page 25

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Bogart
Unknown:
Eleanor Parker
Unknown:
Matt Brennan
Unknown:
Liam O'Brien
Unknown:
Vincent Evans
Produced By:
Anthony Veiller
Directed By:
Stuart Heisler
Matt Brennan:
Humphrey Bogart
Jo Holloway:
Eleanor Parker
Leland Willis:
Raymond Massey
Carl Troxell:
Richard Whorf
Major Hinkle:
James Brown
General Hewitt:
Roy Roberts
Bostwick:
Morris Ankrum
Mrs Willis:
Fay Baker

The Martini Championships from The National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace
Three of this year's Olympic gold medallists, IRINA KALININA and ALEKSANDR PORTNOV from the USSR, and MARTINA JASCHKE from East Germany, are among what must be the best entry for any diving event held in the world this year. Other leading contenders include GREG LOUGANIS , the World Highboard Champion from the USA, our own double Commonwealth gold medallist, CHRIS SNODE , plus, for the first time in this country, the Chinese team. Commentators
ALAN WEEKS, BRIAN PHELPS
Producer JOHNNIE WATHERSTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Aleksandr Portnov
Unknown:
Martina Jaschke
Unknown:
Greg Louganis
Unknown:
Chris Snode
Producer:
Johnnie Watherston

A look at the week's television presented by Ludovic Kennedy , who discusses Oppenheimer (BBC2), Panorama (BBC1) and The Good Companions (ITV), with James Burke , Dr Miriam Stoppard and playwright Michael Hastings.
Sue Peacock examines medicine on television in this week's Did You See ... ? viewers' quiz.
Also, cameraman Philip Bonham -Carter who made his directorial debut in Première IV.
Director ANN FREER
Producer JOHN ARCHER

Contributors

Presented By:
Ludovic Kennedy
Unknown:
James Burke
Unknown:
Dr Miriam Stoppard
Unknown:
Michael Hastings.
Unknown:
Philip Bonham
Producer:
John Archer

Fifth of eight programmes in which 16 international champion darts players compete for the BBC2 Bullseye trophy, Quarter-finals
John Lowe v Cliff Lazarenko Eric Bristow v Bobby George
Four England players meet in the first two quarter-finals tonight. Both matches are repeats of meetings in the 1980 World Championship when CLIFF LAZARENKO knocked out JOHN LOWE early in the competition, and ERIC BRISTOW and BOBBY GEORGE were finalists. John Lowe and Bobby George , will be out to avenge their defeats. Introduced by PETER RURVES Commentators
SID WADDELL , TONY GREEN
Directors NICK HUNTER , MIKE ADLEY
Producer KEITH PHILLIPS. BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
John Lowe
Unknown:
Cliff Lazarenko
Unknown:
John Lowe
Unknown:
Eric Bristow
Unknown:
Bobby George
Unknown:
John Lowe
Unknown:
Bobby George
Introduced By:
Peter Rurves
Unknown:
Sid Waddell
Directors:
Nick Hunter
Directors:
Mike Adley
Producer:
Keith Phillips.

Welsh Centenary Season England and Wales v Scotland and Ireland from Cardiff Arms Park
In the presence of HM
The Queen, top players from the home countries will be out to put on a superb show. After New Zealand's unbeaten tour, it will be a chance to put into practice some of the lessons in forward play that humbled Welsh rugby. NIGEL STARMER-SMITH commentates and brings news of other big matches. Organised by the Welsh Rugby Union in association with Rediffusion Director DEWI GRIFFITHS
Series producer huw JONES

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Starmer-Smith
Director:
Dewi Griffiths

This film in two parts is based on the true life-story of a young Italian boy, Anteo Zamboni, and is dedicated to his memory.

The time is 1926, the place is Bologna, and Mussolini has been virtually master of Italy for four years. However, he has not totally eliminated all opposition and a scapegoat becomes necessary.

Directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi
English version directed by Michael Bakewell for World Wide Sound London
Produced by Antea Coop Cin for RAI

including from 9.15-9.20 Interval

Contributors

Director:
Gianfranco Mingozzi
English version directed by:
Michael Bakewell
Producer (RAI):
Antea Coop Cin
Boy:
Franco Lotterio
Ettore:
Claudio Cassinelli
Aunt:
Lina Sastri
Brother:
Benedetto Simonelli
Father:
Luigi Casellato
Mother:
Mara Mariani
Friend:
Olivia Casadei
Sister:
Giuseppina Matteotti
Professor:
Filippo de Gara
Gunsmith:
Ferdinando Orlandi

Second of four plays celebrating the works of the late David Mercer
Starring Alan Badel as Father, Jill Bennett as Anna, John Osborne as Werner, Isabel Dean as Mother, Esmond Knight as Helmut

Werner Reger , a young German officer in World War II, prepares to test a new parachute for the benefit of his Fuhrer. As he moves through the morning routine and out to the tower for the jump his mind travels in flash-backs over the conflicts of his childhood and youth.
(Black and white)
(First shown in 1968)

Contributors

Writer:
David Mercer
Producer:
Tony Garnett
Director:
Anthony Page
Father:
Alan Badel
Anna:
Jill Bennett
Werner:
John Osborne
Mother:
Isabel Dean
Helmut:
Esmond Knight
Klaus:
Drewe Henley
Koepfer:
Barry Jackson
Werner as a child:
Frank Barry
Corporal:
John J Carney
Werner as a boy:
Richard Stroud
Sergeant:
Norman Jones
Officer:
Desmond Perry
Anna's boy:
Marc Karlin
Schacht:
Lionel Hamilton
Frau Schacht:
Molly Hewitt
Waiter:
Leslie Noyes
Holz:
Lindsay Anderson
Paratroops:
Barry Dupres
Paratroops:
Royston Farrell
Paratroops:
Sylvester Morand
Paratroops:
Victor Munt
Paratroops:
David Christie Murray
Paratroops:
Stephen Whittaker

takes a look at the contemporary rock scene with Anne Nightingale. In the studio this week Dire Straits and The Motels with films, album tracks, interviews, news and reviews.
Director JOHN BURROWES
Producer MICHAEL APPLETON
A new record (same title, BELP 017) and cassette (ZCF 017), from record shops

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Nightingale.
Director:
John Burrowes
Producer:
Michael Appleton

The classic sci-fi series exploring the boundaries of man's inner self when faced with alien forces in time and space.
Children of Spider County starring
Lee Kinsolving , Kent Smith
Four of America's leading young scientists vanish simultaneously. Investigations reveal some peculiar data. A fifth man, the only non-scientist, holds the key to the mystery and he's in jail on a murder charge.
Written by ANTHONY LAWRENCE Produced by JOSEPH STEFANO Created by LESLIE STEVENS

Contributors

Unknown:
Spider County
Unknown:
Lee Kinsolving
Written By:
Anthony Lawrence
Produced By:
Joseph Stefano
Unknown:
Leslie Stevens

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