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6.50 Geology of the Alps: 1)

7.15 The Agora of Athens

7.40 Through the Looking Glass

8.5 Popular Television: 2: Realism

8.55 Working for Love

9.20 Pienza: A Renaissance City

9.45 Chemistry: On the Scent

10.10 Pure Maths: Dodecahedral Group

10.35 Maths Methods: Catenaries

11.0 Studying with the Open University

11.25 Handicapped in the Community

11.50 Technology: Power Amplifier

12.15 The Normal Distribution

12.40 Modern Art: Monuments

1.5 Education: Travelling with Dignity

1.30 Water Fit to Drink?

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starring
Zachary Scott Betty Field
The first of two films made by the great
French director Jean Renoir during his
Hollywood years. The story tells of the struggle for survival by migratory worker Sam Tucker and his family as they fight against seemingly impossible odds in their new environment.
Based on the novel by GEORGE SESSIONS PERRY
Produced by DAVID L. LOEW and ROBERT HAKIM
Written and directed by JEAN RENOIR
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The Diary of a Chambermaid starring
Paulette Goddard Burgess Meredith Francis Lederer
Celestine arrives at the luxurious country estate of the Lanlaires to be their chambermaid. She discovers a world of secret liaisons and power struggles from which she is determined to profit.
Based on the novel by OCTAVE MIRBEAU
Produced by BENEDICT BOGEAUS and BURGESS MEREDITH
Written and directed by JEAN RENOIR
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Contributors

Unknown:
Zachary Scott
Unknown:
Betty Field
Director:
Jean Renoir
Unknown:
Sam Tucker
Novel By:
George Sessions Perry
Produced By:
David L. Loew
Produced By:
Robert Hakim
Directed By:
Jean Renoir
Unknown:
Paulette Goddard
Unknown:
Burgess Meredith
Unknown:
Francis Lederer
Novel By:
Octave Mirbeau
Produced By:
Benedict Bogeaus
Directed By:
Jean Renoir
Sam Tucker:
Zachary Scott
Nona Tucker:
Betty Field
Devers:
J Carrol Naish
Granny:
Beulah Bondi
Daisy:
Jean Vanderwilt
Jot:
Jay Gilpin
Harmie:
Percy Kilbride
Ma:
Blanche Yurka
Tim:
Charles Kemper
Finley:
Norman Lloyd
Doctor:
Jack Norworth
Bartender:
Nestor Paiva
Lizzie:
Estelle Taylor
Becky:
Noreen Roth
Party girl:
Dorothy Granger
Celestine:
Paulette Goddard
Joseph:
Francis Lederer
Mauger:
Burgess Meredith
Lanlaire:
Reginald Owen
Madame Lanlaire:
Judith Anderson
Georges:
Hurd Hatfield
Rose:
Florence Bates
Louise:
Irene Ryan

John Smith as Slim Sherman Robert Fuller as Jess Harper Spring Byington as Daisy Dennis Holmes as Mike with John Anderson as Leo Stephen Barringer as Skip Bad Blood
Written by FRED FREIBERGER and HERMAN MILLER
Directed by JOE KANE (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Smith
Unknown:
Jess Harper
Unknown:
Daisy Dennis Holmes
Unknown:
John Anderson
Unknown:
Leo Stephen Barringer
Written By:
Fred Freiberger
Written By:
Herman Miller
Directed By:
Joe Kane

Who Built Stonehenge?
Merlin the magician, the Romans, the Mycaeneans, or men from outer space....?
Colin Renfrew , Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge, unveils the real builder. Narrator Paul Vaughan Written and produced by DOMINIC FLESSATI
Horizon editor ROBIN BRIGHTWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Renfrew
Narrator:
Paul Vaughan
Produced By:
Dominic Flessati
Editor:
Robin Brightwell

Scenes from this morning's military spectacle in London, at which HM The Queen took the salute on Horse Guards Parade when the Colour of the First Battalion Scots Guards was trooped.
Also recordings after the parade when The Queen rode at the head of her Guards as they marched down The Mall; the fly-past by nine Tornado F2s and the traditional appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace by members of the Royal Family. Commentator Tom Fleming Producer IAN SMITH

Contributors

Commentator:
Tom Fleming
Producer:
Ian Smith

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8.30 Caribbean Journey
Linton Kwesi Johnson takes a trip home to Jamaica and files a personal report on the long-standing relationship between the Caribbean and the mother country.

9.0 Medley
Calypso from Trinidad's Mighty Bomber, dancing from Nicaragua, Jamaican Bob Marley's 'Could you be loved', Grenadian poet Abdul Malik, and the original 'Peanut vendor' by Rita Montener and Her All-Girl Orchestra.

9.20 Poetry
The celebrated West Indian poet Derek Walcott joins Linton Kwesi Johnson and Guyanese prodigy Fred D'Aguiar to debate the range and impact of Caribbean poetry.
With filmed readings from C.L.R. James, Edward Braithwaite, Michael Smith and Mervyn Morris

10.20 Ska
Out of the archives, a skanking delight from Kingston's Sombrero Club, 1964. Featuring Prince Buster, Toots and the Maytals and Jimmy Cliff

10.40 The Latin Caribbean
Darcus Howe interviews leading Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes and Trinidadian historian John La Rose on the exotic and often bloody story of the Caribbean.

10.55 Maytime on the Mosquito Coast
Despite the dangers and deprivations of war, the people of Bluefields, Nicaragua, still find time to do the Lambeth Walk and dance Maypole. Bluefields, on Nicaragua's east coast, is named after a notorious 17th-century pirate and its stormy past has provided it with a culture which is an anomalous amalgam of Spanish, British, American, Amerindian and African. Arena takes you down 'The Secret River' to this curious corner of the Caribbean.

12.0 Calypso and Carnival
Fuentes, La Rose and Howe are joined in the studio by this year's Calypso King David Rudder who tells the true story of the 'Trinidad Trinity' - calypso, steel pan music and carnival. With performances from The Mighty Bomber, Arrow The Renegades and David Rudder himself.

12.40am Whicker's Caribbean World
From the BBC treasure chest, Alan Whicker explores the forgotten comers of the Caribbean, where he meets the Pocomaniacs of Jamaica, the Redlegs of Barbados, and the last of the Caribs.

1.10 Latin Sound
Filmed on his recent visit to London, Panamanian salsa star and politician Ruben Blades talks to Linton Kwesi Johnson about Latin music today, ranging from established stars like Cuba's Celia Cruz to the latest contender Wilfredo Vargas, currently taking New York by storm.

1.45 God's Chillun
A bedtime treat from 1936: the GPO Film Unit present the Caribbean through the words of W.H. Auden and the music of Benjamin Britten.

Arena production team JULIAN HENRIQUES, HELEN GALLACHER, CHARLIE PATTINSON, DIANA MANSFIELD, MAUREEN MCMUNN, SARAH LLEWELYN, ANNIE MENDELSSOHN
Videotape editor ROY DEMERY
Studio director WENDIE KNIGHTON
Producer MARY DICKINSON
Editors ANTHONY WALL and NIGEL FINCH
Feature: page 82 and Info: page 77

Contributors

Unknown:
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Unknown:
Bob Marley
Unknown:
Abdul Malik
Unknown:
Rita Montener
Unknown:
Derek Walcott
Unknown:
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Unknown:
Fred D'Aguiar
Unknown:
Edward Brathwatte
Unknown:
Michael Smith
Unknown:
Mervyn Morris
Unknown:
Jimmy Cliff
Unknown:
Darcus Howe
Unknown:
Carlos Fuentes
Unknown:
John La Rose
Unknown:
David Rudder
Unknown:
David Rudder
Unknown:
Alan Whicker
Talks:
Ruben Blades
Unknown:
Linton Kwesi
Unknown:
Celia Cruz
Unknown:
Wilfredo Vargas
Unknown:
W.H. Auden
Unknown:
Benjamin Britten.
Unknown:
Julian Henriques
Unknown:
Helen Gallacher
Unknown:
Charlie Pattinson
Unknown:
Diana Mansfield
Unknown:
Maureen McMunn
Unknown:
Sarah Llewelyn
Unknown:
Annie Mendelssohn
Editor:
Roy Demery
Director:
Wendie Knighton
Director:
Nigel Finch

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