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starring
Paul Henreid
Michele Morgan
When the five valiant airmen of RAF
Squadron 701 bail out over France, they head for Paris in the hope of an escape route to England.
Their leader, Free Frenchman Paul Lavallier , arranges refuge in a church through his old friend Fr Antoine , and while dodging the Gestapo he encounters a beautiful barmaid called Joan.
Screenplay by CHARLES BENNETT and ELLIS ST JOSEPH
Produced by DAVID HEMPSTEAD Directed by ROBERT STEVENSON
0 FILMS: page 31

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Henreid
Unknown:
Michele Morgan
Unknown:
Paul Lavallier
Unknown:
Fr Antoine
Unknown:
Charles Bennett
Unknown:
Ellis St Joseph
Produced By:
David Hempstead
Directed By:
Robert Stevenson
Joan:
Michele Morgan
Paul Lavallier:
Paul Henreid
Fr Antoine:
Thomas Mitchell
Herr Funk:
Laird Cregar
Mile Rosay:
May Robson
Gestapo agent:
Alexander Granach
Baby:
Alan Ladd
Robin:
Jack Briggs
Splinter:
James Monks
Geoffrey:
Richard Fraser
Janitor:
Paul Weigel
English spy:
John Abbott

He is a hero of the left and an ogre of the right. Many see him as a crusader, asserting the right to work and challenging an authoritarian government. Others view him as a destroyer of the very fabric of parliamentary democracy, a man to be feared and above all defeated.
In this programme the man at the centre of one of the most protracted and bitterly fought coal strikes in history, Arthur Scargill, leader of the miners' union, is Open to Question.
Presented by Hilary O'Neill and Michael MacFarlane.

Contributors

Interviewee:
Arthur Scargill
Presenter:
Hilary O'Neill
Presenter:
Michael MacFarlane
Researcher:
Allan Little
Producer:
David Ross
Executive Producer:
David Martin

The Betrayed
After weeks of careful surveillance of alien operations at a huge oil complex, David Vincent captures a computer tape of extra-terrestrial origin.
However, holding the tape is only the first step in getting it into the right hands.
Directed by JOHN MEREDYTH LUCAS

Contributors

Unknown:
David Vincent
Directed By:
John Meredyth Lucas
David Vincent:
Roy Thinnes
Simon Carver:
Ed Begley
Susan Carver:
Laura Devon
Evelyn Bowers:
Nancy Wickwire
Neal Taft:
Norman Fell
First alien:
Bill Fletcher
Joey Taft:
Victor Brandt
Written by:
John W Bloch

The competition becomes stiffer as 12 of the leading amateur choirs in Britain enter the semi-finals stage of the event which will name the Choir of the Year.
Cliff Morgan introduces six of these choirs, including two youth choirs - only three will go through to the final.
Designer ALAN WRIGHT
Sound supervisor ROY BRADSHAW Lighting JOHN BLACK
Producer HILARY BOULDING Director DAVID BUCKTON BBC Scotland
(Choir of the Year competition in association with Sainsbury's)

Contributors

Introduces:
Cliff Morgan
Designer:
Alan Wright
Unknown:
Roy Bradshaw
Producer:
Hilary Boulding
Director:
David Buckton

The last of six films depicting the lives of three of Britain's wild creatures. Toran, the Dartmoor Pony Part 2 by JOSEPHINE POOLE and JOHN KING
Toran, older and stronger now, lives with the other colts on the fringe of the herd. Although small, he is quick and wily, with an iron will. He constantly challenges the new lead stallion's supremacy. The herd was once led by his father - he will not rest until he has taken his place! Film editor CHRIS WARING Photography SIMON KING Produced by JOHN KING

Contributors

Unknown:
Josephine Poole
Unknown:
John King
Editor:
Chris Waring
Produced By:
John King

A duel of words and wit between Frank Muir
Joanna Lumley , John Dunn and Arthur Marshall
Sue MacGregor , Nicky Henson Referee Robert Robinson Devised by MARK GOODSON Produced and directed by PAUL CIANI

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Joanna Lumley
Unknown:
John Dunn
Unknown:
Arthur Marshall
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Nicky Henson
Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Mark Goodson
Directed By:
Paul Ciani

Ten portraits of Italy today 9: The Sister of Spoleto
Sister Genoveffa Cali has been a nun for 35 years. Her father fought her decision, but she wouldn't be stopped. Becoming a nun was 'like boarding a train to Wonderland'. She has worked with Italian immigrants in Michigan and in a home for the mentally handicapped in Trevi. She acts as a social worker and psychotherapist. And she is now a novice mistress in a small convent outside Spoleto with six young girls in her charge. It's hard for her to be strict. As a novice 'I was always the one to break the rules' she laughs.
Sister Genoveffa Cali hasn't always found the life easy. But today she is serene - and as irrepressible as ever. 'My adventure isn't over yet.'
Narrator Michael Pennington
Book, £12.95 from booksellers

Contributors

Subject:
Sister Genoveffa Cali
Narrator:
Michael Pennington
Writer:
David Willey
Film Cameraman:
Jim Peirson
Film Sound:
Richard Boulter
Film Editor:
Neil Thomson
Series Producer:
Jeremy Bennett
Producer:
Anne Webber

starring
Give and Take
Charity begins at home and not in Korea, as Charles discovers when he's made collection officer. In passing the buck on pleading for bucks, he's forced to resort to bribery and corruption - much more his style!
Directed by CHARLES S. DUBIN

Contributors

Directed By:
Charles S. Dubin
Hawkeye:
Alan Alda
B J:
Mike Farrell
Colonel Potter:
Harry Morgan
Hotlips:
Loretta Swit
Charles:
David Ogden Stiers
Klinger:
Jamie Farr
Fr Mulcahy:
William Christopher

Dario Fo is unique in world theatre. Playwright, actor, clown, teacher and philosopher, he is an international celebrity and his latest farce - Trumpets and Raspberries has joined the record-breaking Accidental Death of an Anarchist as a West End success.
Arena filmed Dario Fo against the background of medieval Italy, working with students in Umbria, at home in Milan and against the colourful backdrop of the Venice Carnival, where he performed his triumphant one-man comic show, Mistero Buffo.
A fascinating portrait (THE TIMES) A breath of fresh air (DAILY MAIL)
Producer ALAN YENTOB
Director DENNIS MARKS

Contributors

Unknown:
Mistero Buffo.
Producer:
Alan Yentob
Director:
Dennis Marks

1914 Veterans Return to the Battlefield
Seventy years ago this week the opening campaign of the First World War was over. A British army had been virtually wiped out in a war which had only just begun.
The old professional army of 1914 which set out to France as the British Expeditionary Force has very few survivors. The luckiest of them are now men in their 90th year. Brian Thompson tells their story.

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Thompson
Film Cameraman:
Keith Massey
Film Editor:
Steve Turner
Producer:
Patrick Hargreves

starring
Kirk Douglas
Edward G. Robinson
Cyd Charisse
The powerful drama of a star on the slide, trying to make a comeback amid a group of cynical Hollywood exiles working in Rome. Kirk Douglas plays the ageing ex-alcoholic, Jack Andrus - with Edward G. Robinson as a legendary film director who is in deep trouble with his latest epic.
Screenplay by Charles Schnee
Based on the novel by Irwin Shaw Produced by John Houseman
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Films: page 31

Contributors

Screenwriter:
Charles Schnee
Novel By:
Irwin Shaw
Producer:
John Houseman
Director:
Vincente Minnelu
Jack Andrus:
Kirk Douglas
Maurice Kruger:
Edward G. Robinson
Carlotta:
Cyd Charisse
Davie Drew:
George Hamilton
Veronica:
Dahlia Lavi
Clara:
Claire Trevor
Press agent:
Erich von Stroheim Jr

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