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Gharbar goes musical today, and for the next three weeks. Artists appearing today:
RAJAB AU sings a ghazal .
USTAD AMJAD ALI KHAN playing sarod
PUSHPA HANS sings a ghazal
MINOO PURSHOTTAM sings a Punjabi song and ALAMGIR a folk song
Producer BISH MEHAY
Executive producer ASHOK RAMPAL BBC Pebble Mill

JOHN PUTTER discusses the revolutionary nature of Beethoven's 5th Symphony: on a purely musical level, because of the way in which its themes are closely related to the opening ' motto and on an extra-musical level, because of the kind of drama created.
Producer ROBERT PHILIP
A BBC/Open University production

Contributors

Unknown:
John Putter
Producer:
Robert Philip

from the Royal Albert Hall , London
Ray Moore introduces highlights from the Schools Prom and talks to some of the youngsters from all over the country who took part. In the third programme of the series, he visits St Paul 's Primary School and Helenswood Girls Comprehensive School in Hastings, where he meets harpsichord soloist Clare Booth Jones.
Presented by music FOR YOUTH In conjunction With COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCI Assistant producer MICHAEL KERR Producer KEN GRIFFIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Unknown:
St Paul
Producer:
Michael Kerr
Producer:
Ken Griffin

Ten films in which Magnus Magnusson explores the Viking world. 8: The Ultimate Outpost
Erik's son, Leif the Lucky, is the first European known to have stood on the North American continent, after his epic westward voyage from Greenland in search of fabled 'lands of the West'. with JEREMY KEMP , DANIEL MASSEY DENNIS EDWARDS , BEN KINGSLEY
Music by JACK POINT
Series adviser PROFESSOR P. H. SAWYER Producer RAY SUTCLIFFE
Series producer DAVID COLLISON

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Kemp
Unknown:
Daniel Massey
Unknown:
Dennis Edwards
Unknown:
Ben Kingsley
Music By:
Jack Point
Unknown:
Professor P. H. Sawyer
Producer:
Ray Sutcliffe
Producer:
David Collison

Paul Heiney and Lucie Skeaping with news and features plus vital information for everybody going on holiday this summer.
Holiday currencies - what's your pound worth today? ' Traffic Jam of the Week '. Buy it there or take it with you? A weekly guide to the cost of typical holiday purchases. Weather facts and forecasts from Jim Bacon , including Britain's sunniest resorts this week.
Studio director JULIET MAY Producer ROGER MACDONALD
Executive producer ALAN DOBSON BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Heiney
Unknown:
Lucie Skeaping
Unknown:
Jim Bacon
Producer:
Roger MacDonald
Producer:
Alan Dobson

Abbe Louis Mahuas is a remarkable man. Parish priest of the village of Landaul in Brittany, he ministers to the faithful - just a handful at weekday Mass, a packed church on Sundays. For 30 years he has enjoyed teaching science at the church school where he was once a pupil himself.
But Louis Mahuas is even more Breton than French. The revival of his native Celtic language and culture is the passion of his life. And the villagers of Landaul have caught his enthusiasm. In traditional Breton costume, they sing and dance at the rural fete which lasts all day and most of the night...

"A flavoursome taste of Gallic life from this distinguished series" (Daily Express)
"A tender portrait" (Daily Mail)

Contributors

Subject:
Abbe Louis Mahuas
Narrator:
Michael Dean
Film Cameraman:
Ian Stone
Producer:
Edward Mirzoeff

A Newsnight Special
'An awful wilderness in the solitude of the ocean', was how one early explorer described Ascension. Yet today this tiny island, one of the remotest places on earth, is vital to Britain's strategy in the Falklands. Five hundred servicemen now have to be stationed there to keep open the 8,000-mile air link between Britain and the Falklands. In this updated version of films first shown on Newsnight, Robert Harris reports on life on Ascension and on the daily hazards involved in re-supplying the Falklands.
Film cameramen KEITH BURTON , TERRY DOE Film sound MERVYN BROADWAY
Film editors PAUL BATES , PAUL WILLEY Director TOM ROBERTS

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Harris
Unknown:
Keith Burton
Editors:
Paul Bates
Editors:
Paul Willey
Director:
Tom Roberts

starring George Melly with John Chilton 's Feetwarmers
The exuberant jazz entertainer GEORGE MELLY performs on stage in his inimitable style numbers that include Cole Porter 's 'Let's do it' and Hoagy Carmichael 's ' Small fry' - and is joined by his special guest, the great tap dancer Will Gaines.
Recorded at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
Musical director JOHN CHILTON Sound BARRIE HAWES
Lighting JOHN STERLING
Designer BARRY NEWBERRY Producer SIMON BETTS

Contributors

Unknown:
John Chilton
Unknown:
George Melly
Unknown:
Cole Porter
Unknown:
Hoagy Carmichael
Unknown:
Will Gaines.
Director:
John Chilton
Unknown:
Barrie Hawes
Unknown:
John Sterling
Designer:
Barry Newberry
Producer:
Simon Betts

Over the Easter weekend, the Wembley Arena once again became home for Britain's fans who flood in every year for the International Festival of Country Music. David Allan introduces the musical highlights, and talks briefly to a couple of the personalities involved. Tonight's first of six programmes features: Ed Bruce
Tom Gribbin
Ronnie Prophet Wendel Adkins and Tammy Wynette
Festival organiser MERVYN CONN Lighting JOHN KING
Directors SIMON BETTS
DAVE PICKTHALL , DAVE ROSS Producer DAVE PERROTTET

Contributors

Introduces:
David Allan
Unknown:
Ed Bruce
Unknown:
Tom Gribbin
Unknown:
Ronnie Prophet
Unknown:
Wendel Adkins
Unknown:
John King
Directors:
Simon Betts
Unknown:
Dave Pickthall
Unknown:
Dave Ross
Producer:
Dave Perrottet

11.45 Something in the Air
Cracks in aeroplanes are not uncommon. but when the crack's in the forging which holds the wings on. then solving the problem Is more urgent.
12.10 IATA
Leading airlines co-ordinate their tares policy, routes and standards through lATA. But this body has developed new roles through Its unique status as an International agency.

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