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helps you plan your weekend by previewing daytime programmes of special interest from the Open University. This week's selection includes Images of Cities and A Profile of Charles Ives.
A BBC/Open University production

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Ives.

Starring George Sanders, Sally Gray

Picking up a wounded man on a country road, the Saint is led into a web of international intrigue, high finance and low chicanery.

Screenplay by Lynn Root and Frank Fenton, from the Leslie Charteris story "The Million Pound Day"

Films: page 15

Contributors

Screenplay:
Lynn Root
Screenplay:
Frank Fenton
From the story "The Million Pound Day" by:
Leslie Charteris
Producer:
William Sistrom
Director:
John Paddy Carstairs
Simon Templar:
George Sanders
Penny:
Sally Gray
Dugan:
David Burns
Teal:
Gordon McLeod
Lang:
Henry Oscar
Kusella:
Ralph Truman

The lonely lochs and shores of Uist, where nature's rhythms are mirrored in the lives of the Hebridean Crofters.
Narrator DOUGLAS LEACH
Photography ALAN MCGREGOR Film editor BERNARD ROUGHTON Presented by KEITH HOPKINS BBC Bristol

Contributors

Narrator:
Douglas Leach
Narrator:
Photography Alan McGregor
Editor:
Bernard Roughton
Presented By:
Keith Hopkins

with Peter Powell in Manchester
Music from Spandau Ballet and Spyder and the debut appearance for Sheffield band Ton Tons Macaute. Dick Witts takes his own personal look at art, arts and artistes, and Honor Wilson reports on the news, stories and issues of the week.
Director JULIET MAY
Producer PETER HAMILTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Powell
Unknown:
Dick Witts
Unknown:
Honor Wilson
Producer:
Peter Hamilton

Ludovic Kennedy discusses the Open Door programme Why Their News is Bad News (BBC2), The Hard Word (Thames) and the profile of Richard Burton (BBC1) with Anne Robinson, Alan O'Toole and Sir Huw Wheldon.

Plus a profile of Sianel Pedwar Cymru - the Welsh Channel 4 - which achieved its target audience after only two months.

Contributors

Presenter:
Ludovic Kennedy
Panellist:
Anne Robinson
Panellist:
Alan O'Toole
Panellist:
Sir Huw Wheldon
Assistant Producer:
Chris Faran
Assistant Producer:
Stephen Garrett
Film Editor:
Kevin Loader
Studio Director:
Clare Paterson
Producer:
John Archer

from
Barnsdale Geoff Hamilton explains his plans for a garden on which he promises not to spend more than £2 a week; Mary Spiller sows vegetables that can be started on the windowsill, in the greenhouse or under cloches; and Roy Lancaster suggests some winter flowering shrubs.
Production assistant jr< LAUGHTON Producer
JOHN KENYON. LJC Pebble Mill
For deaf viewers there is additional information on No Need to Shout. Ceefax page 169

Contributors

Unknown:
Barnsdale Geoff Hamilton
Unknown:
Mary Spiller
Unknown:
Roy Lancaster
Unknown:
John Kenyon.

The second of seven programmes by Carla Lane
Starring Geoffrey Palmer and Caroline Blakiston with Hetty Baynes, Gay Wilde

Contributors

Writer:
Carla Lane
Studio Lighting:
Ron Bristow
Designer:
Brian Ellis
Producer/Director:
Sydney Lotterby
Leo:
Geoffrey Palmer
Alice:
Caroline Blakiston
Jane:
Hetty Baynes
Alison:
Gay Wilde
Bruce:
Roger Booth
Larry:
David Beames
Justin:
Michael Deeks
Candy:
Linda James

by WILLIAM TREVOR , starring
It is the autumn of 1981 and in Southern Ireland Canon Moran's wife has just died. Three of h daughters come to the funeral, but his youngest and favourite daughter, Deidre stays away ...
Producer ALAN SHALLCROSS
Directed by RODNEY BENNETT

Contributors

Unknown:
William Trevor
Directed By:
Rodney Bennett
Canon:
Christopher Casson
Deidre:
Moran And Mary Larkin
Harold:
With Robert Hamilton
Slattery:
Thom Delaney
Emma:
Finnuala O'Shannon
Thomas:
Luke Kelly
Linda:
Nell Brennan
John:
Doyne Byrd
Una:
Liza Flanagan
Carley:
Eamonn Jones
Mrs Davies:
Brigid MacKay
Mrs O'Neill:
Marjorie Hogan
Mr Willoughby:
Harry Webster

JOHN TUSA , PETER SNOW and DONALD MACCORMICK
With JOAN BAKEWELL and LINDA ALEXANDER present the reports and interviews that matter with the analysis that counts.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Donald MacCormick
Unknown:
Joan Bakewell
Unknown:
Linda Alexander

starring Jerzy Stuhr
Danielak, a young man in the entertainment business is ruthless and ambitious. He wants to be Master of Ceremonies at the gala ball inaugurating both the opening of a new hotel and the town's 500th anniversary celebrations. Danielak will do literally anything to achieve his aim, and corruption and graft are recognised features of the Polish socialist system. To further his ambitions, Danielak tries to sell his girlfriend ...
Written and directed by FELIKS FALK A Polish film with English subtitles Films: page 15

Contributors

Unknown:
Jerzy Stuhr
Directed By:
Feliks Falk
Danielak:
Jerzy Stuhr
Mela:
Slawa Kwasniewska
Lasota:
Wiktor Sadecki
Romek:
Michael Tarkowski
Iza:
Ewa Kolasinska
Danielak's brother:
Ryszard Kotys
Przybylski:
Jerzy Kryszak
Manager:
Alfred Freudenheim
Ula:
Jana Svandova
Official from the Dept of Culture:
Boguslaw Sobczuk

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