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From the Man Alive series, nothing succeeds like excess in the Indian film industry. In Bombay, Hollywood of the East, heroic heroes battle furiously with villainous villains - everything is larger than life.
Reporter Jack Pizzey
Producer JENNY BARRACLOUGH

Contributors

Reporter:
Jack Pizzey
Producer:
Jenny Barraclough

Introduced by James Cameron
A series of films featuring the rediscovered work of amateur cameramen and ' home movie' makers of the 20s and 30s.
MAJOR ARTHUR WILLIAM GILL loved his native Cornwall and in 1938 he turned his cine camera on to the ancient customs, traditional ceremonies and antique working tin-mines that he feared would soon disappear for ever.
Series producer DAVID COLLISON
Presented by PAUL JORDAN

Contributors

Introduced By:
James Cameron
Unknown:
Major Arthur William Gill
Producer:
David Collison
Presented By:
Paul Jordan

When the international architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed his 'prairie style house' for a Chicago industrialist it heralded a new era in domestic architecture. This programme considers Wright's organisation of space, his choice and use of materials and the influence of the 'prairie house' on building design.

A BBC/Open University production

Contributors

Producer:
Edward Hayward

Last of 14 programmes from the books by JAMES herriot.
Big Steps and Little 'Uns - Adapted by TERENCE DUDLEY
Siegfried, James and Tristan all cope characteristically with the final threat to Skeldale House ...
Music by JOHNNY PEARSON Producer BILL SELLARS
Directed by TERENCE DUDLEY

Contributors

Adapted By:
Terence Dudley
Music By:
Johnny Pearson
Producer:
Bill Sellars
Directed By:
Terence Dudley
James Herriot:
Christopher Timothy
Siegfried Farnon:
Robert Hardy
Tristan Farnon:
Peter Davison
with:
Carol Drinkwater
Harold Carter:
Ted Moult
Simon Turner:
Stephen Dudley
Fred:
Joe Figg
Helen:
Carol Drinkwater
Mrs Hall:
Mary Hignett
Arnold Summergill:
Charles West
Miss Thompson:
Anna Turner
Emma Turner:
Lynne Ross
Suzie Clark:
Samantha Smith
Dr Raczinski:
Valerie Sarruf
Wilf Henderson:
Arnold Peters

Tempers are frayed in the General Purposes Office over new security measures. Eddie encounters opposition in pursuit of 'local democracy - local accountability'.

Contributors

Serial written and devised by:
Phil Redmond
Film Cameraman:
Peter Hall
Film Recordist:
Stan Nightingale
Designer:
Paul Munting
Producer:
Brian Spiby
Director:
Jeremy Summers
Derek Haslett:
Ian Thompson
Postman:
Roger Owen
Brian Sanders:
Eric Dodson
House manager:
Tim Faulkner
Tony Dwyer:
Andrew Byatt
Ted Davies:
Roger Walker
Stephanie Langham:
Moira Brooker
Les Patterson:
Gordon Gostelow
Tom:
Walter Sparrow
Maureen Galbraith:
Gillian Bailey
Gary Lewis:
Jamie Cresswell
Brenda:
Carol Kaye
Martin Trowbridge:
John Barcroft
Joyce Harding:
Helen Bourne
Medical officer:
Roy Spencer
Mike Palmer:
Paul Alexander
Lawrence Gilchrest:
Peter Halliday
Amanda Peters:
Veronica Sowerby
Eddie Morgan:
Ian Redford

The Politics of Poverty
A four-part film series presented by Professor David Donnison examining the realities of low-income living and their political and social impact.
3: The Samaritan's Tale explores the freelance do-gooders and pressure groups who operate outside the state's official social security system. We meet Doris Pargeter , who runs a home for mentally handicapped adults in Margate.
Film editor LOUIS MILLER
Producer DAVID HANINGTON. BBC Scotland

Contributors

Presented By:
David Donnison
Unknown:
Doris Pargeter
Producer:
David Hanington.

Bob Langley goes way down yonder and accompanies the Chris Barber Band to New Or. leans, the jazz shrine. This unique musical excursion by British jazz-men through the historic and infamous French Quarter, along the Mississippi on the steamboat Natchez, with concerts at Tipitinas and the Fairmont, also includes conversation with jazz pianist Dr John and legendary drummer
Freddie Kohlman. r
Film cameraman MICHAEL WILLIAMS Producer TONY RAYNER
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Langley
Unknown:
Freddie Kohlman.
Unknown:
Michael Williams
Producer:
Tony Rayner

A musical celebration of Sir William Walton 's 80th birthday from his home on the Isle of Ischia, and from Manchester's new music studio.
Executive producer KEN STEPHINSON Producer ALAN WALSH
(Russell Harty will be back in London next Tuesday)
(A tribute to Sir William Walton by Andre Previn appears in next week's RADIO TIMES)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir William Walton
Producer:
Ken Stephinson
Producer:
Alan Walsh
Unknown:
Russell Harty
Unknown:
Sir William Walton
Unknown:
Andre Previn

A duel of words and wit between Frank Muir
Sue Lawley, Jack Tinker and Arthur Marshall
Maureen Lipman , Roy Marsden Referee Robert Robinson
Call My Bluff devised by MARK GOODSON and BILL TODMAN Directed by ALAN j. w. BELL Producer PAUL CIANI

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Jack Tinker
Unknown:
Arthur Marshall
Unknown:
Maureen Lipman
Unknown:
Roy Marsden
Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Mark Goodson
Unknown:
Bill Todman
Directed By:
Alan J. W. Bell
Producer:
Paul Ciani

A Forty Minutes documentary series in seven parts, filmed at Harefield Hospital. 1: Waiting for a Heart
John Haines is in a critical condition. Unless a donor heart becomes available, he will die. When the call comes from Harefield, the Haineses hurry to the hospital. But before their arrival, the heart is withdrawn.
John Haines is one of a long waiting list of (mostly) men, whose lives are ebbing away for want of a heart. But after eight barren weeks, the chance of life is offered to a patient with 'b positive' blood.
Mr Magdi Yacoub prepares two patients from his B+ waiting list: Bruce Anderson (51) and Vaju Manek (50) - both men desperately ill. As they are bathed and shaved, tests are made to decide whose body-tissue better matches the heart, which has been taken from a young road-accident victim. With all the data at his command, Mr Yacoub has only a short time to decide who will get a new lease of life, and who will have to eke out his 'living death'.
Film cameraman PAT O'SHEA Film recordist RON crabb
Film editor CHRISTINE GARNER
Executive producer ROGER MILLS Producer LOUISE PANTON

Contributors

Unknown:
John Haines
Unknown:
Mr Magdi Yacoub
Unknown:
Bruce Anderson
Unknown:
Vaju Manek
Unknown:
Mr Yacoub
Editor:
Christine Garner
Producer:
Louise Panton

' Go to the villages: that is India, therein lies the soul of India '
(MAHATMA GANDHI)
In the week of the opening of the Festival of India, Prafulla Mohanti , author and writer, presents a unique portrait of an Indian village.
Born the youngest son of a peasant family in Nanpur, 200 miles south of Calcutta, he is now based in London but each year returns to his village where life is measured by the sun, where peace and simplicity co-exist with poverty and suffering.
This profile offers a rare insight into the lives of its people; the astrologer, the barber, the priest and the widow are among those who talk of their hopes, fears and beliefs and describe a way of life which has developed over the centuries and which Mohanti believes still has meaning today.
Film cameraman NIGEL WALTERS Executive producer BILL MORTON 9 HELP! page 91

Contributors

Unknown:
Prafulla Mohanti
Unknown:
Nigel Walters
Producer:
Bill Morton

Today the voters of Glasgow Hillhead go to the polls in what is being seen as one of the most important by-elections of this Parliament. John Tusa in London introduces this election edition ot Newsnight, specially extended to carry the live declaration of the result and first interviews with the winners and losers. As the programme goes on the air Vincent Hanna at the count in Glasgow will have news of a constituency poll taken today forecasting the result of this crucial contest. Peter Snow , with the help of the BBC's graphics computer, will explain the current political tendencies and forecasts which are part of every election evening. Robin Day in London and BBC Scotland's political correspondent James Cox at the count in Hillhead, chair discussions with leading politicians.
Directors JOHN Wilkinson , TOM gutteridge Producers DAVID DICKINSON , TOM ROSS Editor RONALD NEIL

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Vincent Hanna
Unknown:
Peter Snow
Unknown:
James Cox
Directors:
John Wilkinson
Producers:
David Dickinson
Producers:
Tom Ross
Editor:
Ronald Neil

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