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In the first of four programmes Dennis Skillicorn meets men whose lives are influenced by the sea. He travels to Bembridge to visit the crew of the lifeboat. Across the island at Yarmouth, he talks to Charlie Atrill , in his last year as harbourmaster for over 20 years. And from
Yarmouth he sets out to visit the men of The Needles lighthouse. Film editor BEV AMBROSE Producer JOHN COLEMAN
(Part 2 tomorrow at 5.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dennis Skillicorn
Unknown:
Charlie Atrill
Editor:
Bev Ambrose
Producer:
John Coleman

Written by Miels Malleson and De Witt Bodeen
Based on a story by P. M. Bower
Produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox
FILMS: page 29

Contributors

Writer:
Miles Malleson
Writer:
De Witt BodeenBased on a story By: P. M. Bower
Produced and directed by:
Herbert Wilcox
Sally Maitland:
Anna Neagle
Jim Garrick:
Richard Greene
Betty Maitland:
Nova Pilbeam
Jan Orlock:
Albert Lieven
Madame Orlock:
Lucie Mannheim
Mrs Towchester:
Margaret Rutherford
Lady Maitland:
Marjorie Fielding
German commander:
Valentine Dyall
Admiral:
David Horne
Major Fothergill:
Claude Bailey

Eamonn McCabe , one of Britain's finest sports photographers, talks about how he captures images that reflect the passion and commitment of the sporting scene. Written and narrated by Tony Wilkinson. Producer KEITH LATHAM
Director BOB PORTWAY

Contributors

Unknown:
Eamonn McCabe
Unknown:
Tony Wilkinson.
Producer:
Keith Latham
Director:
Bob Portway

by PETER SPENCE , starring
Designer LAN RAWNSLEY
Producer GARETH GWENLAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Spence
Producer:
Gareth Gwenlan
Audrey:
Penelope Keith
Richard:
Peter Bowles
Marjory:
Angela Thorne
Rector:
Gerald Sim
Arnold Plunkett:
Dennis Ramsden
J J Anderson:
Jonathan Elsom
Brabinger:
John Rudling

The first in a new comedy series written by RAY MANSELL and PAUL BENN
A coach pulls up in the dusty street of a Western town of the 1980s. Jesse James , Butch and The Kid are not the only ones who will ride today into
Designer STEPHAN PACZAI
Produced, directed by' DAVID ASKEY

Contributors

Written By:
Ray Mansell
Written By:
Paul Benn
Unknown:
Jesse James
Designer:
Stephan Paczai
Directed By:
David Askey
Percy James:
Kenneth Cope
Isobel James:
Anne Carroll
Betty James:
Debbie Arnold
Tom Henderson:
John Normington
Rita Henderson:
Shirley Stelfox
Cyril (Butch):
Robert Owen
Henry Price (The Kid):
Gordon Rollings
Bert:
Mike Walling
Jim Turnbull:
Philip Goodhew

This week finds Kelly with a problem - so what's new?
What's new is that Kelly now has his very own production team (and psychiatrist) to help him solve it! Written by KELLY MONTEITH , NEIL SHAND featuring
John Barron , Donald Gee
Enn Reitel , Trudie Styler with LENI HARPER , DAVID MASTERMAN NIKKI KELLY , IAN OLIVER and Pippa Page
Sound JOHN DELANY
Lighting DUNCAN BROWN Designers
JO DAY, MALCOLM THORNTON
Produced, directed by JOHN KILBY t FEATURE: page 22

Contributors

Written By:
Kelly Monteith
Written By:
Neil Shand
Unknown:
John Barron
Unknown:
Donald Gee
Unknown:
Enn Reitel
Unknown:
Trudie Styler
Unknown:
Leni Harper
Unknown:
David Masterman
Unknown:
Nikki Kelly
Unknown:
Ian Oliver
Unknown:
Malcolm Thornton
Directed By:
John Kilby

"They can't live the way I'm living. We do this summer and winter. Them in their comfortable beds with television sets. Live my life, then you'll be somebody - King Dosser, King of the Road, that's me!'
In London alone more than
2,000 people live permanently on the streets. This film is about a group of them. Research MAUREEN LEMIRE Film editor CHRIS WADE Director MICHAEL YORKE
Producer MELISSA LLEWELYN-DAVIES
9 FEATURE: page 84

Contributors

Unknown:
Maureen Lemire
Editor:
Chris Wade
Director:
Michael Yorke
Producer:
Melissa Llewelyn-Davies

Kevin Turvey 's superb vision of 20th-century Redditch which remains to this day the definitive superb vision of 20th-century Redditch.
With contributions from Robbie Coltrane Ade Edmondson
Gwynneth Guthrie and Roger Sloman Written by RIK MAYALL and COLIN GILBERT Designer IAIN MCDONALD Produced and directed by COLIN GILBERT BBC Scotland

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Turvey
Unknown:
Robbie Coltrane
Unknown:
Ade Edmondson
Unknown:
Gwynneth Guthrie
Unknown:
Roger Sloman
Written By:
Rik Mayall
Written By:
Colin Gilbert
Designer:
Iain McDonald
Directed By:
Colin Gilbert

including
SDP Conference Report
The Social Democratic Party, meeting for its annual conference in Buxton, faces important decisions for its future. On the Alliance: how far should co-operation with the Liberals go? On the economy: where to strike the balance between public and private ownership?
Peter Snow and Vincent Hanna report on the day's proceedings at Buxton, with John Tusa and Donald MacCormick in London to assess the news at home and abroad.
Producer ELLJE UPDALE Editor DAVID DICKINSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Vincent Hanna
Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Donald MacCormick
Editor:
David Dickinson

11.45 Kafka and his World
What can we learn about Franz Kafka from the surviving photographs that we have of him and his departed world? This programme examines some of this evidence for the light it throws on metamorphosis.
12.10 The View from Detroit
In 1975 Sir Harold Wilson 's cabinet was faced with the public closure of Chrysler's UK subsidiary. This is a dramatised discussion of Chrysler Corporation's decision-making at that time.

Contributors

Unknown:
Franz Kafka
Unknown:
Sir Harold Wilson

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