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England v Pakistan from Lord's
Fifth day
The Rise and Fall of a Persian Empire
Of the Seven Sisters, the giants who controlled the world's oil supplies for half a century, five are all-American, one is mainly Dutch. But one sister is British, through and through. She is British Petroleum, the country's biggest corporation by far and, as taxpayers, we own 46 per cent of the business. How did she manage to survive and grow rich in such a ruthless and predatory family? This, the first of nine films, traces the history of BP from its birth in the Persian desert, through its oil-rich days, to the Arab takeovers in the Gulf; and it introduces some of the men who must carve a future for the company.
Assistant producer JONATHAN CRANE
Written and produced by TREVOR PHILPOTT (Repeat. The Lift to the 30th Floor tomorrow at 6.20 pm)
with Sally James and David Soul
Editor PETER HERCOMBE. BBC Birmingham
with subtitles, followed by Weather
A series of short stories by P. G. WODEHOUSE
Today Paul Eddington tells Sir Agravaine
Everybody assumes the Knights of the Round Table were models of physical strength and beauty. Alas! There were exceptions.
Producer ANGELA BEECHING Director CHRISTINE SECOMBE
A series of seven programmes
From The Assembly Rooms, Derby, Gerald Harrison introduces BBC2's brass band knockout competition. Programme 4: Round 1
West of England Champions, Camborne Town Band, conducted by DEREK GREENWOOD , battle it out for a place in the second semi-final and a chance to win£l,500against Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band. current Yorkshire Champions, conducted by WALTER HARGREAVES. with guest supporters
Fern Britton and Judith Stamper
Judges Lt-Col Trevor L. Sharpe , MVO, OBE, Bernard Keeffe
Sound NEIL MURRAY
Lighting GORDON WHITE
Designers BRYAN ELLIS , TOM YARDLEY JONES Producer KEN griffin
The last of six programmes
Another chance to see the show in which Paul Daniels entertains in his own special fashion and introduces his remarkable guests: Rob Murray with his ' Human Billiard Table '
Karah Khavak and Company with their crocodiles and alligators Miss Maty and her amazing acrobatics
Musical director KEN JONES
Programme associate ALl BONGO Director JOHN HUGHES
Produced by JOHN FISHER
The second of two programmes
Situations: Pete Sayers reminds us of the situations we sometimes find ourselves in. Pete's guest is the singer and marathon runner Stephanie Lawrence.
Sound ADRIAN BISIIOP-LAGGETT Lighting DICKIE HICHAM Designer PHIL ROBERSON Producer RICK GARDNER
A series of personal views from the Third World
The Wide World of Y. K. Pao
Thirty years ago Sir Yue-Kong Pao , an exile from mainland China living in British Hong Kong, decided, as he says, 'to go shipping'.
' My father said to me, " You have no knowledge of shipping. You may lose your shirt," but remembering the insecurity of life in China when I was a child, I decided only to invest in ' movable assets'. That's why I went on the high seas.'
Known to his friends as Y.K.', Pao is now the biggest independent shipowner in the world, bigger than Onassis or Niarchos. His story is also a story of the Third World, for he represents the new spirit of enterprise that has made South-East Asia the one real growth area in the Third World today. It could be argued that the future of this part of the world depends as much on his kind of initiative and business skill as it does on those who fight the cause of the poor and dispossessed.
Film cameraman MIKE SPOONER Film recordist JOHN HORE
Film editor TREVOR WILLIAMSON Assistant producer DINAH LEE Producer RICHARD TAYLOR Series editor
ANTHONY ISAACS
An article linked with thts programme is in THE LISTENER dated 12 August
The Cornhill Insurance Test Series
England v Pakistan from Lord's
Fifth day: highlights
Presenters Peter Snow, John Tusa and Donald MacCormick
Joan Bakewell has first news of stories from the arts; David Icke and Marshall Lee have the stories from behind the world of sport.
