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The Embassy
World Professional Championship from The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Seventh Day
ALEX HIGGINS , WILLIE THORNE , BILL WERBENUIK and DAVID TAYLOR should all be playing their second-round matches this morning.
In fact, the only certainty today is that TONY KNOWLES will finish his first-round match this afternoon, thus completing the first 16 matches. STEVE DAVIS , beaten by Knowles in the first round last year, should be playing on the next table as he starts round two. DAVID VINE has all the details as he introduces coverage of all these matches.
Commentators TED LOWE
JACK KARNEHM and CLIVE EVERTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Alex Higgins
Unknown:
Willie Thorne
Unknown:
Bill Werbenuik
Unknown:
David Taylor
Unknown:
Tony Knowles
Unknown:
Steve Davis
Commentators:
Ted Lowe
Unknown:
Jack Karnehm

The State Express Classic from the West Hants Club, Bournemouth
Further coverage of this afternoon's matches from the Centre Court.
Introduced by BARRY DAVIES.
Commentary DAN MASKELL , JOHN BARRETT , MARK COX, PAUL HUTCHINS

Contributors

Introduced By:
Barry Davies.
Unknown:
Dan Maskell
Unknown:
John Barrett
Unknown:
Paul Hutchins

The origins and development of Banbury, Chipping Campden and Hallaton show the characteristics and functions of English market towns in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Producer PATRICIA HODGSON
A BBC/Open University production (RpO

Contributors

Producer:
Patricia Hodgson

A film starring George Sanders and Lynn Bari
Gay Lawrence , alias the Falcon, or is it Philip Marlowe - since this adventure takes its story line from Chandler's Farewell My Lovely. The detective is called upon to deal with blackmailers and a fake fortune-telling racket. Naturally, he does it with a suave skill, only hindered by his romantic encounters along the way.
Screenplay by LYNN HOOT and FRANK FENTON Producer HOWARD BENEDICT Director IRVING REIS

Contributors

Unknown:
George Sanders
Unknown:
Lynn Bari
Unknown:
Gay Lawrence
Unknown:
Philip Marlowe
Play By:
Lynn Hoot
Unknown:
Frank Fenton
Producer:
Howard Benedict
Director:
Irving Reis
The Falcon:
George Sanders
Ann:
Lynn Bari
O'Hara:
James Gleason
Goldy Locke:
Allen Jenkins
Diana:
Helen Gilbert
Moose Malloy:
Ward Bond
Bates:
Edward Gargan
Jessie:
Anne Revere
Jerry:
George Cleveland
Grimes:
Harry Shannon
Marriot:
Hans Conried

Presented by Ludovic Kennedy who discusses the Play for Today - Shall I Be Mother? (BBC1), Raphael (BBC2), a trilogy of films about the painter and his works, and the drama series Shackleton (BBC2) with Barbara Kahan , director of the Gatsby Project, and Caroline Elam , assistant editor of the Burlington Magazine. Plus a look back over 20 years of situation comedy, from the days when Steptoe and Son and Till Death Us Do Part revolutionised family entertainment, to new ideas for sitcoms now.
Assistant producer CAROL OWENS Director KEVIN LOADER Producer chris mohr

Contributors

Presented By:
Ludovic Kennedy
Unknown:
Barbara Kahan
Unknown:
Caroline Elam
Producer:
Carol Owens
Director:
Kevin Loader

from
Barnsdale Geoff Hamilton deals with a problem in the lawn, Mary Spiller recommends treatment for bulbs after flowering, and Graham Rice plants tubs and baskets to get the earliest possible flowering.
Producer john KENYON BBC Pebble Milt

Contributors

Unknown:
Barnsdale Geoff Hamilton
Unknown:
Mary Spiller
Unknown:
Graham Rice

Introduced by Jonathan King who this week moves from New York to Los Angeles...
Features include Hollywood movies, interviews with Charlton Heston and Cagney and Lacey, showbiz gossip and the latest American pop videos.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan King
Interviewee:
Charlton Heston
Interviewee:
Sharon Gless
Interviewee:
Tyne Daly
Producer:
Gordon Elsbury
Executive Producer:
Michael Hurll

by PETER LOWE with and headmaster: 'You are the only pupil, since we turned comprehensive, to achieve distinction in the er-in a way that is - how can I put it? .
PETER: . In the cultural milieu, Sir? ' headmaster : ' Er - loosely, yes.'
Lighting DUNCAN BROWN Designer VIC Meredith
Script editor BRENDA REID Producer INNES LLOYD Director MIKE VARDY

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Lowe
Editor:
Brenda Reid
Producer:
Innes Lloyd
Director:
Mike Vardy
Charles, headmaster of a com prehensive school:
Freddie Jones
Peter:
Robert Burbage

The Embassy
World Professional Championship from The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
The first round is over, and tonight's second-round matchs are in progress. If the form book is any guide then ALEX HIGGINS , the holder, should be celebrating his second win in this Championship. But many Champions have found survival difficult in The Crucible. Ask STEVE DAVIS , TERRY GRIFFITHS , JOHN SPENCER ; all three did not survive even to this stage when they were Champions!

Contributors

Unknown:
Alex Higgins
Unknown:
Steve Davis
Unknown:
Terry Griffiths
Unknown:
John Spencer

in the company of David Hepworth and Mark Ellen , takes its own look at the rock scene.
With studio guests Pale Fountains and Big Country
On video Neil Young
Director TOM CORCORAN
Producer Michael APPLETON

Contributors

Unknown:
David Hepworth
Unknown:
Mark Ellen
Unknown:
Neil Young
Director:
Tom Corcoran
Producer:
Michael Appleton

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