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with Peter Alliss
A series of ten programmes for those who want to take up golf and for golfers who want to improve their game. And an opportunity for everyone to watch top players demonstrate their skills. 5: The Short Game
Producer GORDON MENZIES BBC Scotland

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Alliss
Producer:
Gordon Menzies

The classic Western series set in a wild part of Wyoming Territory in the years after the Civil War starring
Siege at Jubilee
Jess is deputised to escort bank robber Hobey DeVon to trial on a stagecoach bound for Laramie. He soon finds that all the passengers' lives are endangered when
Devon's former gang plan to ambush the stage. Their only hope is to trust the robber.
Written by ROD PETERSON
Directed by LESLEY SELANDER

Contributors

Unknown:
Hobey Devon
Written By:
Rod Peterson
Directed By:
Lesley Selander
Slim Sherman:
John Smith
Jess Harper:
Robert Fuller
as Daisy Cooper:
Spring Byington
Hobey DeVon:
Lin McCarthy

Bob Willis , ex-England cricket captain and fanatical Bob Dylan fan, talks to Steve Blacknell about his collection and why, since he was 13, he has been officially named
Robert George Dylan Willis.
Elton John and Van Morrison also get a look in from the archives.
Director JAMES WYNN
Producer JON PLOWMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Willis
Unknown:
Bob Dylan
Unknown:
Steve Blacknell
Unknown:
Robert George Dylan Willis.
Unknown:
Elton John
Unknown:
Van Morrison
Director:
James Wynn
Producer:
Jon Plowman

This week David Hepworth and Mark Ellen introduce live music from The Style Council and Green on Red, one of the most exciting groups to emerge from the new wave of Los Angeles garage bands.
Andy Kershaw flies to Dublin to check out the music scene there, and Nils Lofgren , currently with Bruce Springsteen 's E Street Band, drops in for a chat.
David Bowie 's new video is premiered and Hindsight features Ry Cooder from 1973. Richard Skinner surveys today's new charts and the Video Vote number is [number removed]
Producers JOHN BURROWES TREVOR DANN
Director DAVID G. CROFT
Editor MICHAEL APPLETON

Contributors

Unknown:
David Hepworth
Unknown:
Mark Ellen
Unknown:
Andy Kershaw
Unknown:
Nils Lofgren
Unknown:
Bruce Springsteen
Unknown:
David Bowie
Unknown:
Ry Cooder
Unknown:
Richard Skinner
Producers:
John Burrowes
Producers:
Trevor Dann
Director:
David G. Croft
Editor:
Michael Appleton

... at the Golden Rose Festival
No sooner back from the States Jonathan King is off on his travels again broadening his horizons to Europe - and Montreux. In the first of two special programmes from the Swiss resort, he reports on the 25th anniversary of the Golden
Rose of Montreux, and looks at some of the winning entries in this premier international festival of TV light entertainment.
Among the contenders is the BBC's own Paul Daniels.
Join JK with the stars and programme-makers of the world.
Compiled and researched by COLIN MARCHANT
Production MICHAEL HURLL
(In Jonathan next report, on Bank Holiday Monday, he looks at some of the most unusual and bizarre examples of light entertainment around the world.)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Daniels.
Unknown:
Colin Marchant
Unknown:
Michael Hurll

continues the season by one of Hollywood's greatest film-makers starring
Griffin O'Neal Teri Garr Raul Julia
Danny, son of the World's
Greatest Escapologist , has inherited his father's talents. When he decides to use them to discover the mystery of his father's death, nothing will ever be quite the same again. This enchanting film was made at Coppola's Zoetrope Studios and is a characteristic blend of fantasy and movie magic.
Screenplay by MELISSA MATHISON and STEPHEN ZITO based on the novel by DAVID WAGONER
Produced by DOUG CLAYBOURNE and BUCK HOUGHTON
Directed by CALEB DESCHANEL
(First showing on British television) 0 FILMS: page 29

Contributors

Unknown:
Griffin O'Neal
Unknown:
Teri Garr
Unknown:
Raul Julia
Unknown:
Melissa Mathison
Unknown:
Stephen Zito
Novel By:
David Wagoner
Produced By:
Doug Claybourne
Directed By:
Caleb Deschanel
Stu Quinones:
Raul Julia
Danny Masters:
Griffin O'Neal
Mayor Quinones:
Desiderio Arnaz
Arlene:
Teri Garr
Aunt Sibyl:
Joan Hackett
Uncle Burke:
Gabriel Dell
Vernon:
John P Ryan
Sandra:
Elizabeth Daily
Fritz M:
Emmet Walsh
Magic shop owner:
Jackie Coogan
Cop at mayor's office:
Hal Williams
Neighbour:
Helen Page Camp
Newspaper editor:
David Clennon
Sax player:
Harry Caesar
Turnkey:
Huntz Hall

John Tusa Peter Snow and Donald MacCormick with Jenni Murray and Ian Smith present the reports and interviews that matter with the analysis that counts.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Peter Snow
Unknown:
Donald MacCormick
Unknown:
Jenni Murray
Unknown:
Ian Smith

11.30 Lightning Does Strike Twice!
Why are lightning conductors pointed and placed as high as possible? Why is a car the safest place to be in an electrical storm? Physics has the answers.

11.55 The Passover Among Yemeni Jews
Because of their isolation, the Yemeni Jews have kept many of the most ancient practices of Judaism untouched. This film was shot during Passover 1976, and a family re-created the 'Seder' meal.

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