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Science for the People
The first of a two-part investigation. This film, made inside the Soviet Union, examines the reality of Soviet science. Are they really going to outstrip the West in science and technology - with a quarter of the world's scientists you'd think they stood a good chance. But once behind the Iron Curtain, the reality looks very different....
Narrator MICHAEL DEAN
Editor GRAHAM MASSEY
Written and produced by JON PALFREMAN
(Part 2: The Race to Ruin will be shown tomorrow at 9.30 pm)

Contributors

Narrator:
Michael Dean
Editor:
Graham Massey
Produced By:
Jon Palfreman

1914-1918; 1939-1945 This morning
Her Majesty The Queen laid her wreath of poppies at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, in memory of all those who died in two World Wars. Commentator TOM FLEMING
Television presentation MICHAEL LUMLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Lumley

London Division v The Australians from Twickenham
THE AUSTRALIANS Will probably field a near Test side for the last major fixture on this part of the tour in England, before going to Ireland for their first International.
The LONDON team, coached by Dave Rollitt , will hope to improve on their performance against the 1979 ' All Blacks' when they lost 18-21.
NIGEL STARMER-SMITH commentates, and brings news and highlights of the weekend's rugby.
Series producer huw JONES
Book, The World of Rugby, £6.25, theme music on Sporting Themes (record REH 348, cassette ZCR 348), from retailers

Contributors

Unknown:
Dave Rollitt
Unknown:
Nigel Starmer-Smith

A digest of the news of the week and other world matters of interest seen by news cameras around the world; the interesting, the picturesque, the important and the dramatic, plus a visual commentary for those who cannot hear. with Kenneth Kendall
Editor RICHARD GAMBLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Kendall
Editor:
Richard Gamble

Presented by Brian Widlake and Valeric Singleton
Britain's most popular business and financial programme. Featuring this week
Young, Gifted and Black?
Why, in multi-racial Britain, are there so few black businesses? With the imminent publication of the Scarman Report into the Brixton riots, NICK CLARKE investigates. And including Moneymaker: making the most of your savings.
Producer EILEEN FITT
Deputy editor ANDREW CLAYTON Editor DAVID LLOYD

Contributors

Presented By:
Brian Widlake
Unknown:
Nick Clarke
Producer:
Eileen Fitt
Editor:
Andrew Clayton
Editor:
David Lloyd

On the Edge of Paradise
The Caribbean is one of the world's great tropical paradises. Its lush greenery, coral reefs, sparkling seas and sands attract a growing number of tourists - particularly to the tiny islands of the West Indies, like Barbados and St Lucia. But behind the idyll the islands are struggling to survive. A complex web of life is becoming unstable: this paradise is balanced on a knife-edge.
Narrated by HUGH SYKES
Film editor BETTY BLOCK
Film cameraman KROV MENUHIN
Written and produced by TONY EDWARDS Series editors PETER JONES , ANTHONY ISAACS BBC Bristol
The World About Us 1982 Wildlife Calendar, £1.99 (rec price) from retailers

Contributors

Produced By:
Tony Edwards
Editors:
Peter Jones

La Bohème by PucciNi (sung in English)
In the first of four programmes the distinguished opera singer Sir Geraint Evans gives guidance to young singers in the portrayal of operatic characters. La Bohème-the tragic story of doomed love between Mimi and the Bohemian Rodolfo - must be one of the most popular and moving operas of all time, and Sir Geraint shows how, by constant attention to detail - by thinking through the character-performances can be dramatically convincing as well as musically satisfying; with HELEN LAWSON as Mimi GORDON CHRISTIE as Rodolfo JENNIFER RHYS-DAVIES as Musetta MARTIN NELSON as Colline KEITH LATHAM as Marcello PHILLIP GUY-BROMLEY as Schaunard RICHARD SUART as Benoit
Scenes staged by CHRISTOPHER RENSHAW Repetiteur INGRID SURGENOR Costumes CELIA PYE
Sound HARRY THOMAS. Lighting OLIVER DYER Designer PAULINE HARRISON Producer DAVID BUCKTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Bohemian Rodolfo
Unknown:
Helen Lawson
Unknown:
Mimi Gordon Christie
Unknown:
Rodolfo Jennifer Rhys-Davies
Unknown:
Musetta Martin Nelson
Unknown:
Colline Keith Latham
Unknown:
Marcello Phillip Guy-Bromley
Unknown:
Richard Suart
Unknown:
Christopher Renshaw
Repetiteur:
Ingrid Surgenor
Repetiteur:
Costumes Celia Pye
Unknown:
Sound Harry Thomas.
Unknown:
Oliver Dyer
Designer:
Pauline Harrison
Producer:
David Buckton

Germany Under the British
A series of five programmes which looks at British rule in Germany after the Second World War.
Written by PATRICK O'DONOVAN Narrated by Leo McKern
2:A Strange Enemy Country
The fighting is over. The British settle down in a country and among a people about which they know almost nothing. Official attitudes are hostile. British and Germans will not mix.
Life for the British is segregated, privileged and a far cry from ' austerity Britain '. But the luxury among the ruins puts a strain on the occupiers as well as the occupied. And in a country where the cigarette is the only real currency, few are untainted by corruption. But as time goes by. both sides begin to discover each other as human beings rather than stereo-
I types. Strangers have become neighbours.
I Among those taking part:
Queenie Evans, Audrey Siddell Mechtild Meyer-Rix
Anthea Boy , Lance Pope
Doris Longstaff , Dr Schnapp Sir Vaughan Berry
Film editor GEOFFREY BOTTERILL Producer PATRICIA MEEIIAN

Contributors

Written By:
Patrick O'Donovan
Unknown:
Leo McKern
Unknown:
Audrey Siddell
Unknown:
Mechtild Meyer-Rix
Unknown:
Anthea Boy
Unknown:
Lance Pope
Unknown:
Doris Longstaff
Editor:
Geoffrey Botterill
Producer:
Patricia Meeiian

Presenter Jeremy James Commentator JOHN BEARD
Approaching the halfway mark of this first-ever televised bridge tournament, the UK appears to hold a commanding lead. Can the USA put themselves back in the running for the trophy? The players:
For the UK: Pat Davies , Nicola Gardener , Jeremy Flint and Claude Rodrigue
For the USA: Matthew Granovetter , Neil Silverman , Jackie Mitchell and Gail Moss
Designer CHRIS ROBILLIARD Director JILL MARSHALL
Producer PETER BAZALGETTE

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy James
Commentator:
John Beard
Unknown:
Pat Davies
Unknown:
Nicola Gardener
Unknown:
Jeremy Flint
Unknown:
Claude Rodrigue
Unknown:
Matthew Granovetter
Unknown:
Neil Silverman
Unknown:
Jackie Mitchell
Unknown:
Gail Moss
Designer:
Chris Robilliard
Director:
Jill Marshall
Producer:
Peter Bazalgette

A serial in ten parts Part 4 by KEN TAYLOR
Lucrezia awaits the annulment of her marriage and the birth of her baby in a remote convent. Juan is dead; Lucrezia does not know that Cesare arranged the murder. because of a mistaken belief that Juan had made her pregnant.
* Ceejax subtitles on page 270

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Taylor

with Claudio Cassinelli Lisa Harrow
Rodolfo, a young writer, becomes a temporary resident at a convent in Rome in order to help a Polish priest write his war memoirs. He quickly gets to know its strange community of exiles, and eventually finds himself in conflict with the forceful Sister Geraldine, the spiritual director of the convent.
Screenplay by DAMIANO DAMIANI FABRIZIO ONOFRI , AUDREY NOIIRA Produced by ANIS NOHRA
Director DAMIANO DAMIANI. Films: page 19 (First showing on British television)

Contributors

Unknown:
Claudio Cassinelli
Unknown:
Lisa Harrow
Unknown:
Damiano Damiani
Unknown:
Fabrizio Onofri
Unknown:
Audrey Noiira
Produced By:
Anis Nohra
Director:
Damiano Damiani.
Sister Geraldine:
Glenda Jackson
Rodolfo:
Claudio Cassinelli
Emily:
Lisa Harrow
Fr Borelli:
Adolfo Celi
Mgr Polacco Badensky:
Arnoldo Foa
Mgr Meitner:
Rolf Tasna
Mgr Salvi:
Duilio Del Prete
Prince Ottavio:
Gabriele Lavia
Bishop Marquez:
Francisco Rabal

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