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Starring Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Lizabeth Scott

An ageing football star would like to retire, but his wife has a high standard of living which she wants to keep.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Charles Schnee
Producer:
Robert Sparks
Director:
Jacques Tourneur
Pete Wilson:
Victor Mature
Anne:
Lucille Ball
Liza Wilson:
Lizabeth Scott
Tim McCarr:
Sonny Tufts
Lenahan:
Lloyd Nolan
Argus:
Paul Stewart
'Scoop' Spooner:
Jack Paar
Penny McCarr:
Jeff Donnell
Howard Vollmer:
Art Baker
Bill Holloran:
Gordon Jones

starring Pat O'Brien , Walter Slezak A private investigator is hired by an oil company to recover a map for which two men have already died.
Screenplay by MARTIN RACKIN Directed by TED TETZLAFF
Films: page 20

Contributors

Unknown:
Pat O'Brien
Unknown:
Walter Slezak
Play By:
Martin Rackin
Directed By:
Ted Tetzlaff
Dan Hammer:
Pat O'Brien
Molinar:
Walter Slezak
Maxine:
Anne Jeffreys
Pop:
Percy Kilbride
Walter Gredson:
Jerome Cowan
Rues:
George Girot
Dominiques:
Jason Robards
Hasso:
Marc Krah

The Mount Wilson Observatory
The great 100-inch reflecting telescope on Mount Wilson, in California, was completed in 1917. Mount Wilson Observatory is still in full use. In this programme Patrick Moore visits the Observatory, and talks to some of the astronomers who are working there.
Film editor KEITH RAVEN
Producer PIETER MORPURGO

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Moore
Editor:
Keith Raven
Producer:
Pieter Morpurgo

A ten-part series in Modern Greek for beginners. Learn a little Greek and discover something about the Greek way of life. with Chris Serle and Katia Dandoulaki 3: Asking the Way
The plateia: centre of the Greek village; and the Greek Orthodox Church: its role in Greek society, especially at Easter time.
Consultant DAVID A. HARDY
Film editor RICHARD SIDWELL
Assistant producer MARY SPRENT Producer TERRY DOYLE
For information about opportunities to learn Greek in your area contact: England and Wales: Broadcast Support Services [number removed]: Northern Ireland: Media Follow-up 0[number removed]: Scotland: Network [number removed].
Book (same title), cassettes and records from booksellers

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Serle
Unknown:
Katia Dandoulaki
Unknown:
David A. Hardy
Producer:
Terry Doyle

Presented by Jeremy James
Commentary by Jeremy Flint
(Bridge Correspondent, The Times) The climax of the battle between St John's Wood 'A' and Manchester comes this evening. Which club will go through to the semi-finals? As usual the club pairs are aided by four experts: JANE AND TONY PRIDAY plus IRVING ROSE and VICTOR MOLLO.
Director LINDA MCCARTHY
Producer PETER BAZALGETTE
The hands in the programme con be seen during the week on Ceefax page 258

Contributors

Presented By:
Jeremy James
Commentary By:
Jeremy Flint
Commentary By:
Victor Mollo.
Director:
Linda McCarthy
Producer:
Peter Bazalgette

An extended series of cinema vérité documentary films. The Family
A series of 13 programmes. In 1974 producer Paul Watson introduced to television the Wilkins of Reading. 7: Christopher Wilkins is 9, a normal little boy, yet for some he has become the centre for moralising concern after his mother's admission that he is the child of an extramarital affair.
Directors FRANC RODDAM, PAUL WATSON

Contributors

Producer:
Paul Watson
Unknown:
Paul Watson

by JOHN GAY with Roger Daltrey in JONATHAN MILLER 'S new production of this ballad opera, the theatrical hit of the 18th century.
Cast in order of appearance:
ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS Leader
ELIZABETH WILCOCK Musical director
John Eliot Gardiner
Assistant musical director PAUL DANIEL Music arranged by JEREMY BARLOW and JOHN ELIOT GARDrNER
Choreography SALLT GILPIN
A BBCtv production in association with RM ARTS
Make-up artist EILEEN MAIR
Costume designer ALUN HUGHES Sound RICHARD CHUBB and MARTIN RIDOUT
Lighting DENNIS CHANNON Designer
DAVID MYERSCOUGH-JONE8 Produced and directed by JONATHAN MILLER

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Daltrey
Unknown:
Jonathan Miller
Leader:
Elizabeth Wilcock
Director:
John Eliot Gardiner
Director:
Paul Daniel
Arranged By:
Jeremy Barlow
Arranged By:
John Eliot
Artist:
Eileen Mair
Designer:
Alun Hughes
Designer:
Martin Ridout
Unknown:
Dennis Channon
Designer:
David Myerscough-Jone8
Directed By:
Jonathan Miller
Beggar:
Bob Hoskins
Player:
Graham Crowden
Peachum:
Stratford Johns
Filch:
Gary Tibbs
Mrs Peachum:
Patricia Routledge
Polly Peachum:
Carol Hall
Macheath:
Roger Daltrey
Ben Budge:
Gawn Grainger
Matt of the Mint:
Anthony Pedley
Jemmy Twitcher:
Ken Stott
Crook-Fingered Jack:
Don Estelle
Wat Dreary:
Richard Suart
Robin of Bagshot:
Tim Brown
Nimming Ned:
Leslie Sarony
Harry Paddington:
Peter Spraggon
Drawer:
Derek Deadman
Mrs Coaxer:
Jeannie Crowther
Dolly Trull:
Elayne Sharling
Mrs Vixen:
Kay Stonham
Betty Doxy:
Iris Saunders
Jenny Diver:
Isla Blair
Mrs Slammekin:
Lucie Skeaping
Suky Tawdry:
Paddy Navin
Molly Brazen:
Jacqueline Davis
Lockit:
Peter Bayliss
Lucy Lockit:
Rosemary Ashe
Jailer:
John Benfield
Mrs Trapes:
Gaye Brown

You're travelling through another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind.... Time Enough at Last starring
Burgess Meredith as Henry Bemis
Bookworm Henry Bemis Is bullied by his wife and his boss who are annoyed by his love of the printed word. Having sneaked off to the vaults of the bank where he works to read, he emerges to find the world a very different place.... The Chance to Dream starring „
Richard Conte as Edward Hall John Larch as Dr Rathmann Edward Hall is an insomniac but then so would you be - if you had his dreams!
Time Enough to Last
Written by ROD SERLING Directed by JOHN BRAHM
The Chance to Dream
Written by CHARLES BEAUMONT Directed by ROBERT FLOREY

Contributors

Unknown:
Burgess Meredith
Unknown:
Henry Bemis
Unknown:
Bookworm Henry Bemis
Unknown:
Richard Conte
Unknown:
Edward Hall
Unknown:
John Larch
Unknown:
Dr Rathmann Edward Hall
Written By:
Rod Serling
Directed By:
John Brahm
Written By:
Charles Beaumont
Directed By:
Robert Florey

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