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starring Laurel and Hardy Stan and Ollie provide hilarious moments as would-be bandits in this version of a classic comic opera. Some of the best-known musical numbers are retained, but the duo dominate as servants to the notorious bandit chief.
Adapted by JEANTE MACPHERSON from the comic opera by AUBER
Produced by HAL ROACH
Directed by HAL ROACH and STAN LAUREL

Contributors

Unknown:
Hardy Stan
Adapted By:
Jeante MacPherson
Produced By:
Hal Roach
Directed By:
Hal Roach
Unknown:
Stan Laurel
Stanlio:
Stan Laurel
Olivero:
Oliver Hardy
Fra Diavolo:
Dennis King
Lady Pamela:
Thelma Todd
Lord Rocburg:
James Finlayson
Zerlina:
Lucille Brown
Lorenzo:
Arthur Pierson
Matteo:
Henry Armetta

starring
Brian Cant and Floella Benjamin in an entertainment of comedy, jokes and music
Delia Morgan
Keith Woodhams and guest for this week Tony Robinson and Jonathan Cohen with the Play Away Band
Designergwenevans
Musical director JOHNATHAN COHEN Producer jomn SMITH
Series producer ANN REAY

Contributors

Unknown:
Floella Benjamin
Unknown:
Delia Morgan
Unknown:
Keith Woodhams
Unknown:
Tony Robinson
Unknown:
Jonathan Cohen
Director:
Johnathan Cohen
Producer:
Ann Reay

concludes the series starring one of Hollywood's most outstanding actresses
with Claude Rains

To save her brother from scandal, Fanny Trellis marries wealthy stockbroker Job Skeffington. The marriage is soon threatened by Fanny's succession of lovers and when her brother is killed in action, her indifference to her husband turns to open contempt.

Films: p.17

Contributors

Writer/Producer:
Philip G. Epstein
Writer/Producer:
Julius J. Epstein
Director:
Vincent Sherman
Fanny Trellis:
Bette Davis
Job Skeffington:
Claude Rains
George Trellis:
Walter Abel
Trippy Trellis:
Richard Waring
Dr Byles:
George Coulouris
Fanny Jr:
Marjorie Jordan

Presented by Jeremy James
Commentary by Jeremy Flint (Bridge Correspondent, The Times)
The final programme of the series sees the winner of the tournament emerge, and the Pridays have a small tete-d-tete.
Southampton v Bristol
The club pairs are aided by experts Jane and Tony Priday plus Irving Rose and Victor Mollo
Director LINDA MCCARTHY
Producer PETER BAZALGETTE
The hands in this programme can be seen during the week on Ceefax p 258
Grand Slam Bridge Set. £6.90 from booksellers

Contributors

Presented By:
Jeremy James
Commentary By:
Jeremy Flint
Commentary By:
Tony Priday
Producer:
Peter Bazalgette

In the fourth programme of this series, four talented young conductors get to grips with one of the masterworks in the orchestral repertoire:
BEETHOVEN'S 'Eroica' Symphony
Zubin Mehta takes a masterclass on the Scherzo and Finale with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, of which he is music director, and the Rubin Academy Orchestra of Tel-Aviv University. with student conductors
GISELE BUKA BEN-DOR ISRAEL EDELSON , FELIX KRUGLIKOV and MOTTIMIRON
Narrator BERNARD KEEFFE
Videotape editor PETERFRANCIS Executive producer RAM EVRON Producer RODNEY CREENBUG
A Jerusalem Music Centre production in association with BBCtv

Contributors

Unknown:
Zubin Mehta
Conductors:
Gisele Buka Ben-Dor Israel Edelson
Conductors:
Felix Kruglikov
Producer:
Rodney Creenbug

In June 1974 transmissions of the controversial series, "The Family" came to an end. But life had to go on for the Wilkins of Reading.
Many thought the publicity and the curiosity that the series produced would destroy them; that television had perpetrated its greatest intrusion.
True or false?
This final, specially shot film tells of the eventful years that followed the original transmission. It portrays what in fact did happen to the Wilkins, after those few brief weeks of fame.

Contributors

Film Editor:
Jim Duffy
Producer:
Paul Watson

Cries of thousands of wintering wild geese echo across our estuaries and lochs. With the first signs of spring they depart northwards to their nesting grounds in the high Arctic. Narrator DOUGLAS LEACH
Presented by ROBIN PRYTHERCH BBC Bristol

Contributors

Narrator:
Douglas Leach
Presented By:
Robin Prytherch

starring
Max Von Sydow Julie Harris
Richard Harris
A lush, epic adaptation of James Michener 's famous novel. Max von Sydow stars as the rigid puritan missionary who attempts to impose his view of civilisation on the idyllic life of the Hawaiian islanders.
Screenplay by DALTON TRUMBO DANIEL TARADASH Based on the novel by JAMES A. MICHENER Produced by WALTER MIRISCH Directed by GRORGE ROYHILL

Contributors

Unknown:
Max von Sydow
Unknown:
Julie Harris
Unknown:
Richard Harris
Unknown:
James Michener
Unknown:
Max Von
Unknown:
Dalton Trumbo Daniel
Novel By:
James A. Michener
Produced By:
Walter Mirisch
Directed By:
Grorge Royhill
Abner Hale:
Max von Sydow
Jerusha Bromley:
Julie Andrews
Rafer Howorth:
Richard Harris
Charles Bromley:
Carroll O'Connor
Abigail Bromley:
Elizabeth Cole
Charity Bromley:
Diane Sherry
Mercy Bromley:
Heather Menzies
Reverend Thorn:
Torin Thatcher
John Whipple:
Gene Hackman
Emmanuel Quigley:
John Cullem
Abraham Hewlett:
Lou Antonio
Queen Malana JOCELYN:
La Garde

What You Need
A down-and-out finds a pedlar who gives him just what he needs for the future, but not the knowledge of what it holds.
The Four of Us are Dying
Harry Townes as Arch Hammer
Arch Hammer can look like anyone he wants to-a talent that gives him dreamlike freedom-until it becomes a nightmare.
What You Need written by ROD SERLING Directed by ALVIN GANZER The Four of us are Dying Written by ROD SERLING Directed by JOHN BRAHM
(Blackandwhite)

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Townes
Written By:
Rod Serling
Directed By:
Alvin Ganzer
Written By:
Rod Serling
Directed By:
John Brahm
Fred Renard:
Steve Cochran
Pegott:
Ernest Truex

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