(to 7.20)
with subtitles, followed by Weather
A series of five wildlife films by the award-winning cameraman Simon King , who spent a year observing landscape, habitat and animals in the south of England. In his own unique style, Simon presents an intimate view of the countryside as it changes through the seasons: a film chronicle of English wildlife, secret yet accessible, familiar yet mysterious.
1:Downland
Filmed and narrated by Simon King
Film editor TONY WILLIAMS
Producer JOHN KING
Selections from the exploits of a team of daring undercover agents.
Starring Peter Graves as Jim Phelps, Martin Landau as Rollin Hand, Barbara Bain as Cinnamon, Greg Morris as Barney, Peter Lupus as Willy
An influential cardinal is to be kept alive only long enough for a look-alike actor to emulate his mannerisms, and endorse the evil General Zepke as dictator of his country. The IMF must put the bite on the Plan with an elaborate charade that has Rollin with an unusual cross to bear... (R)
The second of three thrillers.
Tonight starring Van Johnson
Vera Miles , CecilParker When Phillip Hannon , a wealthy and successful
Playwright, overhears plans for a kidnapping, he cannot persuade the police to act or believe him. Hannon begins to follow up the sinister trail of clues himself. There's one major problem - Hannon is blind and soon at the mercy of the criminals ...
Screenplay by NIGEL BALCHIN Based on a novel by PHILIP MACDONALD
Produced by HENRY EPHRON
Directed by HENRY HATHAWAY * FILMS: page 17
by Lord Boothby
In the second of three programmes the recollections of the long political career of the late
Lord Boothby, a Member of Parliament for 34 years, are continued. He talked to Andrew Boyle about the lead up to the Second
World War, his time in the political wilderness as an anti-appeaser during the Chamberlain era, his secret mission on the outbreak of war to secure much-needed weapons for the British
Army, and the 'Czech Gold Affair', which nearly saw the end of his political life.
Film editor ALAN MARTIN
Producer JOHN WALKER (R)
Presented by Paul Heiney
The weekly holiday magazine The Resort Report:
Kathy Rochford goes to Tangier in Morocco, the ancient gateway to Africa. Weatherman Jim Bacon comments on the summer so far, and forecasts what's in store for the weekend.
Matthew Collins on special assignments.
And the British holiday - each week viewers talk about their summer holiday.
Plus traffic news and the late availability bargains. The Travel Show
Information Line -
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Studio director SUE LOCHEAD
Executive producer ALAN DOBSON BBC Manchester
'Blue Moon Detective Agency. We'll solve your problems ... once we've solved ours.' Starring
Atlas Belched
Do the big guys always win? Maddie accepts an offer for Blue Moon from hot shot sleuth Lew Lasalle, but Addison has a thing about independence. Drowning his sorrows in a bar, David meets Phil West, a man with a problem over some very powerful telephone numbers, and together they make a stand for the little man ... and woman.
Written by ROGER DIRECTOR
Directed by CHRISTIAN NYBY n
with Bob Langley Malcolm McKeag and Sue King
'Formula 40' action as a new class of international multihull racing comes to Britain; for the dinghy enthusiast, a demonstration by Dick Batt of computer graphics aiding the traditional craft of sail-making; and as competitors start to arrive at Holme Pierrepont for the World
Rowing Championships, a profile of Beryl Crockford,
Britain's top female rower. Plus another round of the Making Waves competition to win a weekend for two in the Channel Islands to see the Guernsey International
Powerboat Championships. Directors DIANE REID
FRAN GROVES. CHRIS WRIGHT Producer TONY RAYNER
BBC Pebble Mill
Peter Snow
Donald MacCormick and Olivia O'Leary present the reports and interviews that matter with the analysis that counts.
Ian Smith and Jenni Murray with a round-up of the news from home and abroad. Producers
JANA BENNETT. TIM GARDAM
MARK THOMPSON. DIANA MORTON Directors JAMES GOULD
JOHN WILKINSON CHRIS FOX Assignment editors
NICK GUTHRIE. ADRIAN MILNE Deputy editor TIM ORCHARD Editor RICHARD TArr
11.40 Weekend Outlook
Weekend Outlook helps you plan your weekend by previewing daytime programmes of special interest from the OU. This week's selection includes Museum of Modern Art, New York and Birds: An Experimental Approach.
A BBC/Open University production
Each Easter pilgrims from Greece and Cyprus flock to the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. This film follows the procession of sacred gifts and the celebration of the Eucharist.
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