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The first in a short series of Flora Robson films to celebrate her eightieth birthday also starring Eric Portman
The women of Denley, chosen to welcome Eleanor Roosevelt to their village, prepare for the great day with enthusiasm and efficiency. Among them is Mrs Ellis , long-suffering wife of Captain Ellis who clings to the past, drinks and drains their financial resources while she copes with life for both of them.
Flora Robson , one of Britain's most distinguished actresses, portrays a quietly courageous and supportive wife in this film dedicated to the members of Women's Institutes.
Screenplay by WOLFGANG WILHELM JOHN DAVENPORT
Produced by VICTOR HANBURY
Directed by LANCE COMFORT
(First showing on British television)
(Flora Robson is in The Sea Hawk tomorrow afternoon)

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Portman
Unknown:
Eleanor Roosevelt
Unknown:
Mrs Ellis
Unknown:
Flora Robson
Play By:
Wolfgang Wilhelm
Unknown:
John Davenport
Produced By:
Victor Hanbury
Directed By:
Lance Comfort
Captain Ellis:
Eric Portman
Mrs Ellis:
Flora Robson
Margaret Ellis:
Sheila Sim
Lady Mott:
Isabel Jeans
John Tyndale:
Walter Fitzgerald
Geoffrey Winthrop:
Philip Friend
Mrs Mumford:
Marjorie Rhodes
Mrs Tyndalc:
Margaret Withers
Mrs Walsh:
Maire O'Neill
Miss Tracy:
Beatrice Varley

Religion in a Hindu Village
The Hindu religion involves every part of life and this film offers a rare glimpse of its effects on daily activities in a remote North Indian village.
Producer david THOMPSON
A BBC/Open University production

Contributors

Producer:
David Thompson

continues a season of classic films starring
On the London to Edinburgh express the fabulous Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen and its owner killed. Holmes, hired to safeguard the jewel, is faced with several likely suspects, countless red herrings and an attempt on his life.
Screenplay by FRANK GRUBER Produced and directed by ROY WILLIAM NEILL
Films: page 22

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Gruber
Directed By:
Roy William Neill
Actor:
Basil Rathbone
as:
Sherlock Holmes
Actor:
Nigel Bruce
ns:
Dr Watson
Maj Duncan Bleek:
Alan Mowbray
Lestrade:
Dennis Hoey
Vivian Vedder:
Renee Godfrey
Lady Margaret:
Mary Forbes
Train attendant:
Billy Bevan
Prof Kilbane:
Frederic Worlock
Conductor:
Leyland Hodgson
Ronald Carstairs:
Geoffrey Steele
McDonald:
Boyd Davis

Toyah Willcox , B. A. Robertson and Nicky Croydon , Billy Hartman
Colin Jeavons , IVIandy More
Issue five of Dear Heart offers some original advice on keeping hamsters and Super Advice Person helps a bicycle in distress.
Designer ROGER canm
Production jupy WHITFIELD

Contributors

Unknown:
Toyah Willcox
Unknown:
B. A. Robertson
Unknown:
Nicky Croydon
Unknown:
Billy Hartman
Unknown:
Colin Jeavons

with Geoff Hamilton Yhout
The Dutch are known throughout the world as lovers of flowers and plants.
Last year GEOFF HAMILTON visited a typical Dutch home and then went on to the 1981 Aalsmeer
Flower Show, a magnificent spectacle of floral design and colour
Back in England John Easton has designed his garden in Bromley for minimum maintenance using conifers, shrubs and heathers. He is a London stonemason and he demonstrates to Geoff Hamilton how to move heavy stone and lay attractive pathways.
Produced by DENIS W. GARTSIDE BBC Birmingham
BBC videobooks. Mr Smith 's Vegetable
Garden (dbcv 1000), Mr Smith 's Flower
GardeS bbcv 1001) Mr Smith 's Indoor
Garden (bbcv 1002), £37.95 each, from retailers

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoff Hamilton
Unknown:
Geoff Hamilton
Unknown:
Geoff Hamilton
Produced By:
Denis W. Gartside
Unknown:
Mr Smith
Unknown:
Mr Smith
Unknown:
Mr Smith

A Nuclear Tomorrow?
Is nuclear power essential? Is it unavoidable? Is it safe?
Three years after the accident at
Three Mile Island, the American nuclear power industry is still counting the cost in dollars and in the loss of public confidence.
No new American nuclear power stations have been ordered since. In Britain the Government is considering plans to meet the energy demands of the future by spending 115 billion on nuclear power. Steve Bradshaw reports.
Producer FRANCESCA KIRBY-GREEN Editor PETER IBBOTSON

Contributors

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

For the last programme in this short series. Iris, on board SS Canberra, returns to the Mediterranean and the romantic Bay of Naples.
Special guests:
Elena Duran (flute) David Snell (harp) The Light Blues
The Paul Jury Quintet
Musical director LAURIE HOLLOWAY Director DAVE perrottet Producer ken GRIFFIN

Contributors

Flute:
Elena Duran
Harp:
David Snell
Director:
Laurie Holloway
Director:
Dave Perrottet
Producer:
Ken Griffin

Mirror, Mirror on the Ceiling A Look at the World's Best-Known Hotel
The first of three programmes written and narrated by Ian Wooldridge
Visiting archbishops, according to the customer relations man, are particularly fond of the mirrored rooms at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, where you can spend the day in divine reflection or watch a Grand Prix motor race in the car park; have a tennis lesson from Pancho Gonzales , or have a bet on the tables with the highest limits in the world. People have won and lost a million dollars in a single day. They call it Disneyland for adults.
Film editor dick PULL
Producer MICHAEL BEGG

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Wooldridge
Unknown:
Pancho Gonzales
Producer:
Michael Begg

Dramatised by PAULINE MACAULAY from a short story by GERALD DURRELL with and Gerald fancies himself as a bit of a gourmet and a trip to the gastronomic delights of France promises well. His wife Hilary is not so sure; she isn't sure of a lot of things about Gerald just recently, but the menu at the extravagantly recommended ' La Petite Chanson' provides an unexpected solution.
Film editor BILL WRIGHT
Sound DICK BOULTER
Photography REMI ADEFARASIN
Designer IAN RAWNSLEY
Producer TERRY COLES
Director PAUL BAMBOROUGH

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Pauline MacAulay
Story By:
Gerald Durrell
Editor:
Bill Wright
Unknown:
Dick Boulter
Unknown:
Remi Adefarasin
Designer:
Ian Rawnsley
Producer:
Terry Coles
Director:
Paul Bamborough
Gerald:
Anton Rodgers
Hilary:
Judy Cornwell
The Patron:
Brewster Mason
Patron's daughter:
Natalie Caron
Patron's son:
Julian Wadham
Farmworker:
John Serret
Patron's wife:
Joanna Dickens

The Quiz of the News of the Week Richard Stilgoe recalls the last seven days in a lighthearted way with Sue Arnold, David Dimbleby
Miles Kington , Julian Pettlfer
Director amis HUNT
Producer COLIN GODMAN. BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Stilgoe
Unknown:
David Dimbleby
Unknown:
Miles Kington
Unknown:
Julian Pettlfer
Director:
Amis Hunt
Producer:
Colin Godman.

The John Player All
England Championships from Wembley Arena
A record entry, with competitors from 26 nations, once again confirms the All England's status as the major tournament of the year. Nora Perry is again the top seed in both Ladies and Mixed doubles but should have a tough battle with the Chinese who make their first visit to Wembley. Commentators
BARRY DAVIES , DEREK TALBOT
Producer JOHNNIE WATHERSTON
The Badminton Story, paperback £4.50, hardback £6.75, from booksellers

Contributors

Unknown:
Wembley Arena
Unknown:
Nora Perry
Unknown:
Barry Davies
Unknown:
Derek Talbot
Producer:
Johnnie Watherston

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