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starring
Alastair Sim Fay Compton
In the first of two films starring the incomparable Alastair Sim , an eccentric practical joker dies, leaving a fortune to each of four relatives - on various conditions. The exploits the relatives have to undertake in order to inherit provide plenty of comic situations.
Screenplay by MICHAEL PERTWEE and JACK DAVIES
Produced and directed by MARIO ZAMPI Films; page 9

Contributors

Unknown:
Alastair Sim
Unknown:
Fay Compton
Unknown:
Alastair Sim
Unknown:
Michael Pertwee
Unknown:
Jack Davies
Directed By:
Mario Zampi
Deniston Russell:
Alastair Sim
Agnes Russell:
Fay Compton
Simon Russell:
Guy Middleton
Herbert Russell:
George Cole
Henry Russell:
Hugh Griffith
Lucille Grayson:
Beatrice Campbell
Sir Charles Robson A:
E Matthews
Elizabeth Robson:
Joyce Grenfell
Sheila Wilcott:
Eleanor Summerfield
Gordon Webb:
John Laurie

starring Alastair Sim with Joyce Grenfell
Hermione Baddeley , George Cole
With St Trinians on the verge of bankruptcy, Miss Fritton is delighted to receive a new pupil - the daughter of a wealthy race-horse owner. The chance to back a likely winner is just what the girls of St Trinians are looking for, but even they have difficulty in getting their favourite first past the winning post ...
Screenptay by FRANK LAUNDER
SIDNEY GILLIAT and VAL VALENTINE Produced by FRANK LAUNDER , SIDNEY GILLIAT Directed by FRANK LAUNDER Films: page 9

Contributors

Unknown:
Alastair Sim
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Unknown:
Hermione Baddeley
Unknown:
George Cole
Unknown:
Frank Launder
Unknown:
Sidney Gilliat
Produced By:
Frank Launder
Produced By:
Sidney Gilliat
Directed By:
Frank Launder
Miss Millicent Fritton/Clarence Fritton:
Alastair Sim
PWSgt Ruby Gates:
Joyce Grenfell
Flash Harry:
George Cole
Miss Drownder:
Hermione Baddeley
Miss Waters:
Betty Ann Davies
Miss Brimmer:
Rente Houston
Miss Wilson:
Beryl Reid
Miss Dawn:
Joan Sims
Arabella:
Vivienne Martin

Twenty programmes for beginners in Italian, featuring film specially shot in Italy and presented in the studio by Lilly Lembo Lambert and Enrico Verdecchia
Some revision, probably needed after the Christmas break, and a look at the work of a local craftsman.

Book (same title), £5.50; records or cassettes, £3.34 each; tutors' notes £3.00 from booksellers

Contributors

Presenter:
Lilly Lembo Lambert
Presenter:
Enrico Verdecchia
Studio Director:
Paula Gilder
Producer:
Maddalena Fagandini

The return of the programme that brings together BBC2's The Old Grey Whistle Test and Radio 1's In Concert for a regular series of 12 TV rock concerts with stereo sound.
This week:
Mari Wilson and the Wilsations on stage at the Regal Theatre, Hitchin
For the best effect, viewers with stereo Radio 1 should turn off TV sound and position their speakers on either side of the screen, but a few feet away. Stereo headphones are an alternative.

Contributors

Singers:
Mari Wilson and the Wilsations
Director:
Tom Corcoran
Producer:
Michael Appleton

Fred Emery , with two guest questioners from Fleet Street, goes behind the headlines to cross-examine the men and women whose decisions influence our lives.
Director jan FAIRER
Producer JAMES HOGAN
Executive producer PETER KENYATTA

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Emery
Producer:
James Hogan
Producer:
Peter Kenyatta

An oratorio by MENDELSSOHN from St David 's Hall, Cardiff Felicity Lott (soprano)
Helen Watts (contralto) Robert Tear (tenor)
Benjamin Luxon (baritone) Owen Webb (treble) Ardwyn Singers director HELENA BRArmwAiTE Cardiff Polyphonic Choir director RICHARD ELFYN JONES Swansea Bach Choir director JOHN HUGH THOMAS
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra leader DESMOND BRADLEY conducted by Andrew Davis Introduced by BRIAN KAY
Sound GEOFF ATKINS
Executive producer J. MERVYN WILLIAMS Director KENNETHCORDEN
For the best effect, viewers with stereo Radio 3 should turn off TV sound and position their speakers on either side of the screen, but a few feet away. Stereo headphones are an alternative.

Contributors

Unknown:
St David
Contralto:
Helen Watts
Baritone:
Benjamin Luxon
Baritone:
Owen Webb
Director:
Richard Elfyn
Director:
John Hugh Thomas
Leader:
Desmond Bradley
Conducted By:
Andrew Davis
Introduced By:
Brian Kay
Introduced By:
Sound Geoff Atkins
Producer:
J. Mervyn

A film in four acts starring
Liv Ullmann , Erland Josephson
Act 1: Jenny Isaksson is a highly qualified, successful psychiatrist, comfortably married to a gifted colleague. While her husband is at a medical congress, Jenny visits her grandparents - and finds that she cannot cope with the memories that flood back ...
Ingmar Bergman 's own personal turmoil is reflected in this story of a breakdown followed by an agonising rebirth. Each act marks a distinct stage of the disaster and offers separate possibilities for the future.
Written, directed and produced by INGMAR BERGMAN. Films: page 9
A Swedish film with English subtitles

Contributors

Unknown:
Liv Ullmann
Unknown:
Erland Josephson
Unknown:
Jenny Isaksson
Unknown:
Ingmar Bergman
Produced By:
Ingmar Bergman.
Dr Jenny Isaksson:
Liv Ullmann
Dr Tomas Jacobi:
Erland Josephson
Grandpa:
Gunnar Bjornstrand
Grandma:
Aino Taube-Henrikson
Maria:
Kari Sylwan
Mrs Elizabeth Wankel:
Sif Ruud
Dr Erik Isaksson:
Sven Lindberg

with special guests
Kiri Te Kanawa and Robin Ray
Also featuring MAUREEN WILSHIRE NOLA HAYNES , HELEN JENKINS ERICA LYNLEY , CHRISSY MONK and VICTORIA SHELLARD
Choreography NORMAN MAEN
Musical director ALYN AINSWORTH Designer JAN SPOCZYNSKI
Production YVONNE LITTLEWOOD (Repeot)

Contributors

Unknown:
Kiri Te Kanawa
Unknown:
Robin Ray
Unknown:
Maureen Wilshire
Unknown:
Nola Haynes
Unknown:
Helen Jenkins
Unknown:
Erica Lynley
Director:
Alyn Ainsworth
Designer:
Jan Spoczynski
Unknown:
Yvonne Littlewood

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