The master comedian from the golden age of silent comedy in excerpts from the films that thrilled and entertained a generation. More heart-stopping moments from Harold on a rickety scaffold high above the city streets in Feet First, followed by another form of danger - battling with customers at the sales in Safety Last.
Television version written by PETER DURSTON
Produced by BOB HOAG (R)
Chris Serle finds some golden moments in the largest film and videotape library in the world, aided by a team of square-eyed researchers.
Today he looks at animals. Guest Johnny Morris looks back at Animal Magic. A group of journalists discover why they say 'don't work with animals'.
Jimmy Ellis tells how he overcame his fear of birds in One by One.
From Look there's the Galapagos iguana, and from Blue Peter there's the St Bernard dogs.
There's even Gertie the rhino from Travellers' Tales with Armand and Michaela Denis. Assistant producer kina MURRAY (R)
starring
Yul Brynner
Gina Lollobrigida A spectacular epic production of the conflict between the - Egyptians and the Israelites, with Yul Brynner as Solomon and Gina Lollobrigida as the queen who is convinced that her feminine charms are stronger weapons than military might.
Screenplay by ANTHONY VEILLER PAUL DUDLEY and GEORGE BRUCE
Based on a story by CRANE WILBUR Produced by TED RICHMOND Directed by KING VIDOR
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Cardiff v The Barbarians
The traditional Easter fare served up by these two famous clubs guarantees a full house at the Cardiff Arms Park to enjoy the quality of the rugby and the occasion. Commentator
DAVID PARRY-JONES Director dewi GRIFFITHS
Series producer HUW JONES
Second of two programmes To
Rio Clare Francis and her crew aboard ADC Accutrac continue their lonely and dramatic voyage through the southern oceans.
This remarkable film record was shot by the yacht's crew as they followed their route marked by icebergs, snow and the legendary Cape Horn, across the bottom of the world to Rio de Janeiro. After seven months away from home waters, they finally reach Portsmouth to complete 27,000 miles of racing under sail.
Producer BOB SAUNDERS (R)
Melvyn Tan plays
Bach Harpsichord Concerto in D minor (BWV 1052) Gillian Weir and Nicholas Kraemer play
Bach Harpsichord Concerto in c (BWV 1061)
The Raglan Baroque Players director NICHOLAS KRAEMER leader MONICA HUGGETT Sound STUART STEVENSON Lighting JAMES MAIDEN Producer MIKE NEWMAN BBC Scotland
The Big Six by ARTHUR RANSOME dramatised by MICHAEL ROBSON
Norfolk 1932
When Dick and Dot arrive back in Norfolk at the start of a new holiday, they discover that the 'Death and Glory' boys are PC Tedder's prime suspects in an outbreak of criminal activity. They have a lot of adventures before the real villains are unmasked.
....Producer JOE WATERS
Director ANDREW MORGAN (R)
In 1896 a young housewife from Hackney made a remarkable journey into the Amazon jungle. LIZZIE HESSEL survived treacherous rapids, hostile Indians and appalling conditions on her way to the remote Bolivian location where her husband was to manage a rubber estate. The adventure-packed 4,000-mile voyage took 13 months and Lizzie became the first
European woman to travel so far up the Amazon.
Maria Aitkin follows in her footsteps and finds the journey no less challenging, as she treks through some of the wildest country on earth to the exact spot where Lizzie lived like a queen among the rubber barons. Her quest brings a fascinating insight to Amazonia, interweaving her modern journey with a dramatised reconstruction of Lizzie's original trip. Photography JOHN HOOPER
Associate producer TONY MORRISON Film editor DAVID ELLIOTT Produced and directed by LAVINIA WARNER
* FEATURE: page 82
* CEEFAX SUBTITLES
Introduced by Tony Soper with lain Guest Wild London
Tomorrow Ken Livingstone relinquishes control of a vulnerable city marsh. Its future is now in doubt. Can London's creatures prosper without the GLC?
Is There Life After DDT? After the wildlife deaths of the 60s, the second generation of pesticides was thought to be safer. But there's still a price to pay.
Editor ROBIN HELUER. BBC Bristol
The last of six programmes recorded at the Royal Festival Hall, London celebrating the appointment of Andre Previn as Music Director of the RPO. Vladimir Ashkenazy is the soloist in the television premiere of Previn Piano Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra leader BARRY GRIFFITHS conducted by Andre Previn 'There is enormous excitement in writing a concerto that will do justice to the virtuosity of an artist of the calibre of Ashkenazy. He simply went right ahead and booked a date for the premiere before I'd written a single note.'
The concerto is preceded by a performance of Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Sound VIC GODRICH
Lighting STAN SNAPE
Producer HERBERT CHAPPELL
by Hugh Stoddart
starring Suzanne Burden with Tom Bell, Jack Shepherd, Michael Gough.
Jessica's promising debut as a young artist is shattered by a sudden violent death. She escapes into a restless succession of journeys. Encounters on the way bring humour, some comfort, but also danger.
(Feature: page 10 and Films: page 19)
Starring Billy Dee Williams
with Clifton Davis, Margaret Avery
The story of the famous pianist and composer who achieved his greatest fame posthumously when his music was used for The Sting and it was awarded an Oscar, and two years later he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize. But during his lifetime his experiences led him from honky-tonk dives, to passing fame and a relentless struggle to have his major work - an opera - staged.
(First showing on British television)
Films: page 19