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A three-act ballet by MARIUS PETIPA with music by LUDWIG MINKUS .
The Kirov Ballet, soon to celebrate its 200th anniversary, prides itself on its preservation of some of the great 19th-century ballets which until recently were hardly known in the West. La Bayadere tells a tragic love story set in legendary India.
Conductor VIKTOR SHIROKOV
In the interval Humphrey Burton talks to Clement Crisp, Dance Critic of the Financial Times.
Production VLADIMIR PONOMAREV and VAKKTANG CHABUKIANI
Television direction by HELENA MACHERET A RUSSIAN TELEVISION production
Presented for BBCtv by JULIA MATHESON

Contributors

Unknown:
Marius Petipa
Music By:
Ludwig Minkus
Conductor:
Viktor Shirokov
Unknown:
Vladimir Ponomarev
Unknown:
Vakktang Chabukiani
Unknown:
Helena MacHeret
Unknown:
Julia Matheson
The Bayadère, Nikia:
Gabriella Komleva
Solor:
Redzhep Abdiev
Gamsatti:
Tatiana Terekhova
Chief Brahmin:
Gennadi Selyutski
Rajah:
Yuri Potemkin

The first of this afternoon's two films starring one of Britain's greatest comedians, Will Hay with John Mills , Basil Sydney
In this hilarious comedy of errors Will Hay plays William Davis , a hack teacher, mistaken for an eminent economics expert. When the real Professor Davys is kidnapped by Nazi spies, the chase becomes frantic as the teacher and his only pupil, Bobby, embark on a rescue operation.
Screenplay by ANGUS MACPHAIL and JOHN DIGHTON
Produced by MICHAEL BALCON
Directed by WILL HAY and BASIL DEARDEN Films: page 11 3.25
The Ghost of St Michael's starring Will Hay with Claude Hulbert , Charles Hawtrey
When St Michael 's School is evacuated to the eerie Dunbain Castle on the Isle of Skye, William Lamb - their new teacher - naturally goes with them. He soon learns that the castle is haunted by the ghost of Mad MacKinnon and that the bagpipes sound when someone is about to die ... This comedy thriller set in war-time Britain is not only one of Hay's funniest films, but also an exciting and often tense murder mystery.
Screenplay by ANGUS MACPHAIL and JOHN DICHTON
Produced by MICHAEL BALCON Directedbymarcelvarnel Films: page 11

Contributors

Unknown:
John Mills
Unknown:
Basil Sydney
Unknown:
William Davis
Unknown:
Angus MacPhail
Unknown:
John Dighton
Produced By:
Michael Balcon
Directed By:
Will Hay
Directed By:
Basil Dearden
Unknown:
Claude Hulbert
Unknown:
Charles Hawtrey
Unknown:
St Michael
Unknown:
William Lamb
Unknown:
Angus MacPhail
Unknown:
John Dichton
Produced By:
Michael Balcon
Professor Davis:
Will Hay
Bobby:
John Mills
Costello:
Basil Sydney
Professor Davys:
Henry Hewitt
Crabtree:
Felix Aylmer
Harman:
Owen Reynolds
Innsbach:
Frank Cellier
Sir John:
Joss Ambler
Will Lamb:
Will Hay
Hilary Tisdaile:
Claude Hulbert
Percy Thorne:
Charles Hawtrey
Dr Winter:
Felix Aylmer
Mr Humphries:
Raymond Huntley
Amberley:
Roddy Hughes
Stock:
Manning Whiley
Sir Ambrose:
Charles Mortimer
Sunshine:
Derek Blomfield
Ritzy:
Clive Baxter
Mrs Wigmore:
Elliot Mason
Jamie:
John Laurie
Procurator Fiscal:
Hay Petrie
Dr Ritchie:
David Keir
McFarlane:
Brefni O'Rorke

After an open-air mass at Manchester and a visit to York, the Pope flies to Scotland for the first Youth Rally of his tour. He'll be greeted in English and Gaelic by almost 50,000 young people at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, home of the Scottish Rugby Union.
Later the Pope drives in procession along one of the most historic routes in Europe - Princes Street -to be greeted by the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. They'll meet at the Assembly Hall in a court-yard dominated by the huge statue of John Knox, founder of the Scottish Reformation more than 400 years ago.
Introduced by David Dimbleby Commentators TOM FLEMING DONNIE B. MACLEOD and FR BILL ANDERSON

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Dimbleby
Commentators:
Tom Fleming
Commentators:
Donnie B. MacLeod
Commentators:
Fr Bill Anderson

Eight programmes about renovating old furniture at home. Presented by ALBERT JACKSON and DAVID DAY
7: Caning and Rushing
Cane and rush have been used for chair seats in Britain for at least 300 years. The weaving methods are simple and easy to do at home.
Film editor AL CELL
Producer RON BLOOMFIELD
0 BETTER THAN NEW: page 81

Contributors

Presented By:
Albert Jackson

by Douglas Adams adapted in six parts from the BBC Radio series, starring the voice of Peter Jones, David Dixon, Simon Jones, Sandra Dickinson, Mark Wing-Davey, Richard Vernon

Zaphod Beeblebrox heads the stolen spaceship Heart of Gold for the legendary planet of Magrathea in the company of his girlfriend Trillian and the two hitch-hikers Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect. Success seems at hand, when one or two problems arise which must be solved. Will they avoid the pursuing nuclear missiles? Will they pull the ship out of its perilous downwards spiral? Will Arthur Dent find any tea on board?

(Repeat)

Contributors

Writer:
Douglas Adams
Producer:
Alan J.W. Bell
Animated Sequences:
Rod Lord
Radiophonic Music:
Paddy Kingsland
Designer:
Andrew Howe-Davies
The Voice of the Book:
Peter Jones
Zaphod Beeblebrox:
Mark Wing-Davey
Trillian:
Sandra Dickinson
Ford Prefect:
David Dixon
Arthur Dent:
Simon Jones
Marvin:
David Learner
Voice of Marvin:
Stephen Moore
Voice of Eddie:
David Tate
Slartibartfast:
Richard Vernon

Moving
Fourth of seven films about the sources of human abilities.
' The only sound parts of me now are my ear-lobes-they're still firm and muscular', says the comedian Terry-Thomas, describing the effects of his disorder of movement. His symptoms are caused by the shortage of a tiny amount of one chemical in his brain.
Dancer Anthony Van Laast and gymnast Jackie Bevan cope with the difficult and exhausting needs of their craft, and their subjective impressions tally with recent discoveries about the way the brain organises movement.
A new-born baby, a monkey who plays video games, and a computer with its own handwriting help to explain theories about the representation of movement in the brain; and a successful brain graft points the way to a possible treatment for brain disorders in the future.
Narrator Colin Blakely
Film cameramen IAN STONE , COLIN MUNN Film sound ALAN COOPER Film editor LES NEWMAN
Research MAX WHITBY , GILL NEVILL
Written and produced by DICK GILLING

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony van Laast
Unknown:
Jackie Bevan
Narrator:
Colin Blakely
Unknown:
Ian Stone
Unknown:
Colin Munn
Unknown:
Alan Cooper
Editor:
Les Newman
Unknown:
Max Whitby
Unknown:
Gill Nevill
Produced By:
Dick Gilling

The second of two parts
Although a spectacular plane crash resulted in serious injuries, Howard Hughes never released his grip on his ever-expanding business empire and his later life saw many triumphs and some tragedies. Overriding all, however, was his increasing phobia about germs.

Contributors

Howard Hughes:
Tommy Lee Jones
Noah Dietrich:
Ed Flanders
Wilbur Peterson:
James Hampton
Katharine Hepburn:
Tovah Feldshuh
Billie Dove:
Lee Purcell
George:
Jim Antonio
Senator Brewster:
Barry Atwater
Jean Peters:
Carol Bagdasarian
Robert Maheu:
Bart Burns
Odium:
Thayer David
Jenks:
Howard Hesseman
Jim Bacon:
Himself
DeMarco:
Peter Dane
Gene Handsaker:
Himself
Senator Ferguson:
William Dozier
RUSS:
Ed Harris
Marvin Miles:
Himself
Vernon Scott:
Ken Scott
Wayne Thomis:
Himself
Mr Hardesty:
Bert Williams

Presenters Peter Snow, John Tusa and Donald MacCormick bring you the major events of the day.
Joan Bakewell has first news of stories from the arts; David Icke and Marshall Lee have the stories from behind the world of sport.
Producers JOHN HOLME , JOHN MAHONEY and TONY HALL
Directors MIKE CATHERWOOD , JOHN WILKINSON Assignment editors
HOWARD ANDERSON and NICK GUTHRIE Deputy editor PAUL NORRIS Editor DAVID LLOYD

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Donald MacCormick
Unknown:
Joan Bakewell
Unknown:
David Icke
Unknown:
Marshall Lee
Producers:
John Holme
Producers:
John Mahoney
Directors:
Mike Catherwood
Directors:
John Wilkinson
Unknown:
Howard Anderson
Unknown:
Nick Guthrie
Editor:
Paul Norris
Editor:
David Lloyd

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