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Twelve explorations with Professor W. G. Hoskins 1: Ancient Dorset
How did the English landscape begin? And how much of mans earliest imprint on the landscape is still visible? Professor Hoskins leads us to the lonely heaths, remote valleys and quiet villages and towns of Dorset to show how eenerations of men and women have shaped the ancient landscape.
Film editor CLARE DOUGLAS
Producer PETER JONES

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor W. G. Hoskins
Editor:
Clare Douglas
Producer:
Peter Jones

The last of ten films in which Magnus Magnusson explores the Viking world.
Here King Harold is Killed
1066- the Battle of Hastings -a date and an event etched on the mind of the English-speaking world Less familiar is the convoluted series of events which led to the death of Harold of England and the vital role the Vikings played in this real-life saga. with Colin Blakely
Music by JACK POINT
Series adviser PROFESSOR p. h. SAWYER Producer RAY SUTCLIFFE
Series producer DAVID COLLISON

Contributors

Unknown:
Magnus Magnusson
Unknown:
Colin Blakely
Music By:
Jack Point
Producer:
Ray Sutcliffe
Producer:
David Collison

The Sumerian Voyage of Thor Heyerdahl
A series of four programmes 1: The Garden of Eden
With his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947 Thor Heyerdahl showed how prehistoric man, 4,000 years ago, could have crossed a world ocean. Now, building on the experience of Kon-Tiki and his Ra voyages, Heyerdahl sets out to show that man not only drifted across the sea but was master of his own destination by being able to navigate.
Four handsome films, (DAILY TELEGRAPH) Undoubtedly an epic series. (TIME OUT) Written, produced by BRUCE NORMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Thor Heyerdahl
Unknown:
Thor Heyerdahl
Produced By:
Bruce Norman

The classic cliff-hanger serial starring Ray ' Crash ' Corrigan Chapter 3: Arena of Death
Crash reaches Sharad, High Priest of Atlantis and mortal enemy of the evil Unga Khan , only to find himself locked in mortal combat... s

Contributors

Unknown:
Unga Khan

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This week's theme: Processions Canaletto (1697-1768)
The Basin of St Mark 's on Ascension Day
Reproduced by gracious permission of Her Majesty The Queen
Written and narrated by JOHN HALE
Director HUMPHREY BURTON i This painting is currently on view at the Queen's Gallery, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
St Mark
Unknown:
John Hale
Director:
Humphrey Burton

The second of four programmes Barry John - Rugby Union Footballer
' The King ' of the Welsh valleys. A prince among fly-halves who bedazzled the opposition and entranced the world of rugby.
Barry John talks to Frank Keating about his glorious days in rugby a decade ago.
(Tony Jacklin - tomorrow at 8.25 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry John
Talks:
Barry John
Unknown:
Frank Keating
Unknown:
Tony Jacklin

starring Dreams
Pressures mount on the 4077th, as the team operates on over 200 casualties in 33 hours. As Hawkeye says, the war ' has tattooed our brains with this ugliness '.
Written by ALAN ALDA , JAMES JAY RUBINFLIER Directed by ALAN ALDA

Contributors

Written By:
Alan Alda
Written By:
James Jay Rubinflier
Directed By:
Alan Alda
Hawkeye:
Alan Alda
B J Hunnicutt:
Mike Farrell
Col Potter:
With Harry Morgan
Hotlips:
Loretta Swit
Charles:
David Ogden Stiers
Klinger:
Jamie Farr
Fr Mulcahy:
William Christopher

A series of four films 3: Sponooch
When HOT gossip burst upon an unsuspecting public they became, almost overnight, the most famous and successful dancers in the business. But for five of the original group it was not enough. They left Hot Gossip and formed their own group - SPONOOCH.
They struggle to be independent, democratic and uncompromising, trying to elevate their reputation and their cultural credibility. Over six months the film follows their attempts to find the work, the money and the management that will enable them to keep on trying.
(Final part tomorrow at 9.55 pm)

You can't afford a holiday this year - can you? The self-help show tells of inner city kids going on holiday in spite of everything: Islington families take a field in Suffolk and mix with the villagers, while handicapped children go to a holiday camp in Bognor. Presenter Jeni Barnett
A COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES UNIT production

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeni Barnett

BBC Two England

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