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Story: Great Grandpa's Journey by JOHN M. A. LANE Presenters
Floella Benjamin , Andrew Secomne
Pianist NIGEL HESS
Designer CECILIA BRERETON Written by PETER WILTSHIRE Produced by JOHN m. alane
Executive producer CYNTHIA FELGATE

Contributors

Unknown:
John M. A. Lane
Unknown:
Floella Benjamin
Pianist:
Andrew Secomne
Pianist:
Nigel Hess
Designer:
Cecilia Brereton
Written By:
Peter Wiltshire
Produced By:
John M. Alane
Producer:
Cynthia Felgate

The last of four programmes about the history of aviation in the West. „
Swifter than Sound
The rise and fall of Glosters from the Javelin triumph at Farnborough to the closing down and sale of the airfield in 1964. A look at Westlands' growing success in the helicopter world.
The Filton story continued from the first flight of the T.188 supersonic experimental aircraft to the roll-out of the last Concorde. Narrator ROBERT POWELL
Film editor TONY LLOYD-JONES Written and produced by RICHARD ROBINSON

Contributors

Narrator:
Robert Powell
Produced By:
Richard Robinson

continues a season of classic films starring
Corpses and clues accumulate in this tale of murder, mystery and old family rituals, but Holmes moves with his usual mathematical precision through the labyrinthine plot aided by the bumbling, indispensable Watson.
Screenplay by BERTRAM milhauseh , based on a story by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Directed by ROY WILLIAM NEILL Films: page

Contributors

Unknown:
Bertram Milhauseh
Story By:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Directed By:
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes:
Basil Rathbone
Dr Watson:
Nigel Bruce
Sally Musgrave:
Hilary Brooke
Capt Vickery:
Milburn Stone
Dr Sexton:
Arthur Margetson
Brunton:
Halliwell Hobbes
Lestrade:
Dennis Hoey
Philip Musgrave:
Gavin Muir
Geoffrey Musgrave:
Frederic Worlock
Capt Maclntosh:
Olaf Hytten
Major Langford:
Gerald Hamer

Alan Brien , film critic of the Sunday Times and Punch columnist, chooses his heroes-who include Sigmund Freud , Walter Matthau , Eleanor Marx and Orson Welles as Citizen Kane. With the help of film extracts, he talks to Eric Robson about his choice.
Director JOHN kyle e
Producer ROGER burgess

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Brien
Unknown:
Sigmund Freud
Unknown:
Walter Matthau
Unknown:
Eleanor Marx
Unknown:
Orson Welles
Unknown:
Eric Robson
Director:
John Kyle
Producer:
Roger Burgess

Start the weekend here with 35 minutes of live action from Studio A, Manchester, introduced by Robert Elms and Jackie Spreckley.
Music from Blue Rondo a la Turk
Ring in and let us know what you think [number removed]
Lines open during the show until 9.0 pm.
Producer PETER Hamilton
Editor Colin Adams
BBC Manchester

Contributors

Introduced By:
Robert Elms
Unknown:
Jackie Spreckley.
Producer:
Peter Hamiltok
Editor:
Colin Abams.

A Place for Wildlife
In the last of the present series, Angela Rippon makes a winter tour to revisit some of the people whose love of the British countryside, its wildlife and concern for its conservation has become a full-time commitment.
With bird photographer Eric Hos king, wildlife artist Gordon Ben ingfield, nature reserve warden Robin Bovey , naturalist Phil Drabble and Sir Peter Scott , Chairman of the World Wildlife Fund, Angela explores contrasting corners of Britain to find out what we can do to ensure that our native wildlife still has a place in the country.
Written and produced by peter Crawford BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Angela Rippon
Unknown:
Eric Hos
Artist:
Gordon Ben
Unknown:
Robin Bovey
Unknown:
Phil Drabble
Unknown:
Sir Peter Scott
Produced By:
Peter Crawford

Health Care for All?
New medical discoveries and treatments can save more lives and cure more illnesses. But they are also expensive, and not always readily available for every patient.
At a time of economic stringency, how will the National Health Service fulfil its commitment to health care for all? Might it now be forced to choose who to treat, even whose lives to save? And how should the priorities be agreed? Steve Bradshaw reports.
Producer FRANCESCA KIRBY-GREIII Editor PETER IBBOTSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Bradshaw
Producer:
Francesca Kirby-Greiii
Editor:
Peter Ibbotson

by Guy Meredith
Starring Eric Porter as Petersham and Julie Covington as Barbara

An ex-West End playwright, interviewed by a hack-journalist for a railway station biography. How can this turn into a love story?

Contributors

Writer:
Guy Meredith
Sound:
Chick Anthony
Lighting:
Duncan Brown
Designer:
Oliver Bayldon
Producer:
Rosemary Hill
Director:
Michael Hefferernan
Petersham:
Eric Porter
Barbara:
Julie Covington

The Embassy
World Indoor Bowls Championship
The third and fourth quarter-finals and first semi-final will be decided at the Coatbridge Indoor Bowling Club. Commentators dougie DONNEILY
DAVID BRYANT , GRAHAM HOWARD

Contributors

Commentators:
Dougie Donneily
Unknown:
David Bryant
Unknown:
Graham Howard

BBC Two England

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