Programme Index

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6.50 Systems: Docklands Light Railway

7.15 The Plough and the Hoe: 2

7.40 Psychology: The TV Studio

8.5 Public Place and Private Space

8.30 Modelling Planetary Motion

8.55 Emperor Augustus: Portrait and Image

9.20 Reaching the Community

9.45 Moving Muscles

10.10 Chemistry: Transition Metals

10.35 Art in Italy: The Villa Famesina

11.0 Abortion: Penumbras and Emanations

11.25 Design: Learning from Experience

11.50 The Civilisation of the Crowd

12.15 Maths: Complex Series

12.40 Product Design: The Topper

1.5 Changing Countryside: Views of a Valley

1.30 Modern Art: Cubism

1.55 Organic Chemistry

Korchnoi v Nunn
At the end of round eight in the OHRA tournament from
Brussels, Korchnoi and Nunn are sharing second place with Nigel Short ; Kasparov is well on his way to winning the tournament outright, so the drama is in the struggle for second place. Jeremy James introduces this week's match between the veteran Viktor Korchnoi who seemingly always runs into time trouble, and England's John Nunn. Commentary Bill Hartston Videotape editor JOHN PAROUSSI Producer WENDY STURGESS
The moves are on Ceefax page 268

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Short
Introduces:
Jeremy James
Unknown:
Viktor Korchnoi
Unknown:
John Nunn.
Editor:
John Paroussi
Producer:
Wendy Sturgess

The first of two films to celebrate the 80th birthday next week of Britain's foremost actor Laurence Olivier. Also starring Merle Oberon
Ralph Richardson
Stranded by fog in an overcrowded London hotel,
Leslie invades the bedroom of a young lawyer. She 'steals' his bed, his pyjamas and his breakfast and disappears leaving a message, 'From Lady X'. This screwball comedy, lavishly produced and shot in colour, follows the romantic adventures and misadventures of Leslie and Logan until the inevitable happy ending.
Screenplay by LAJOS BIRO
ARTHUR WIMPERIS. IAN DALRYMPLE
Based on the play Counsel's Opinion by GILBERT WAKEFIELD
Produced by ALEXANDER KORDA Directed by TIM WHELAN and at 4.20
Pride and Prejudice starring
Laurence Olivier Greer Garson
One of Olivier's finest Hollywood performances was in this adaptation of Jane Austen 's famous comedy of romance and manners. He co-stars with two of cinema's great leading ladies in this classic film.
Screenplay by ALDOUS HUXLEY. JANE MURFIN Based on HELEN JEROME 'S dramatisation of JANE AUSTEN 's novel
Produced by HUNT STROMBERG Directed by ROBERT z LEONARD
0 IN THE PICTURE: page 29

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurence Olivier.
Unknown:
Merle OBEron
Unknown:
Ralph Richardson
Unknown:
Lajos Biro
Unknown:
Arthur Wimperis.
Unknown:
Ian Dalrymple
Unknown:
Gilbert Wakefield
Produced By:
Alexander Korda
Directed By:
Tim Whelan
Unknown:
Laurence Olivier
Unknown:
Greer Garson
Unknown:
Jane Austen
Unknown:
Aldous Huxley.
Unknown:
Jane Murfin
Unknown:
Helen Jerome
Unknown:
Jane Austen
Produced By:
Hunt Stromberg
Directed By:
Robert Z Leonard
Leslie:
Merle OBEron
Logan:
Laurence Olivier
Lord Mere:
Ralph Richardson
Lady Mere:
Binnie Barnes
Lord Steele:
Morton Selten
Slade:
J H Roberts
Saunders:
Gertrude Musgrove
Waiter:
Gus McNaughton
Mr Darcy:
Laurence Olivier
Elisabeth:
Greer Garson
Jane:
Maureen O'Sullivan
Mrs Bennet:
Mary Boland
Mr Bennet:
Edmund Gwenn
Lady Catherine de Bourgh:
Edna May Oliver
Miss Bingley:
Frieda Inescort
Mr Bingley:
Bruce Lester
Mr Collins:
Mel Ville Cooper

The last of five programmes La fiesta de San Fermin
Andrew Sachs and Manuel drive to Pamplona, where the population doubles for the famous bull-running fiesta. Andrew consults
Hemingway, finds out who San Fermin was, walks the bull-running route with an expert, buys some presents in a market, stays away from the bullfight, but nevertheless triumphs in the bullring. Then he takes his leave on the shores of the Atlantic at San Sebastian.
Language consultant DEREK UTLEY Film cameraman DAVID SWAN Film editor JOHN KEENAN
Production assistant suzy MILLER Producer BERNARD ADAMS (e)
(Complementary radio programme tomorrow Radio 4 VHFjFM, 5.30pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Utley
Unknown:
David Swan
Editor:
John Keenan
Producer:
Bernard Adams

BBC2 joins Radio 3 in stereo for this evening's concert from the Dome, featuring music by two of Scandinavia's greatest composers: Sibelius and Nielsen. with James Galway (flute) and Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducting the Finnish
Radio Symphony Orchestra Introduced by Michael Berkeley
Part 1 begins with Symphony No 6 by Sibelius - the most serene of his symphonies, written in 1923. Three years later Nielsen composed his Flute Concerto, whose humorous touches have been described by ROBERT SIMPSON as being 'of the profoundest and most sympathetic kind'.
8.55* Interval
The 21st Brighton Festival - Bigger and Better Than Ever 'We think we have something for everyone', says the artistic director
GAVIN HENDERSON. Michael Berkeley takes his pick from more than 500 attractions on offer. Producer JULIA MATHESON
9.15* Part 2
Symphony No 5 by Sibelius represents the composer at his noblest. After the premiere in 1919, its thrilling final climax became identified in Finland with the nation's liberation after the First World War.
Sound VIC GODRICH (BBC2) JAMES HAMILTON (Radio 3) Lighting ALAN WOOLFORD
Directed by PETER MANIURA (Nielsen) RODNEY GREENBERG (Sibelius) (Presented in association with TSBTrustcard)
(Sibelius's other symphonies can be heard on Radio 3 throughout the week)
A simultaneous broadcast with Radio 3. Viewers with stereo Radio 3 may wish to turn off TV sound and position their speakers on either side of the screen, but a few feet away. Stereo headphones provide a suitable alternative.

Contributors

Flute:
James Galway
Flute:
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Introduced By:
Michael Berkeley
Unknown:
Robert Simpson
Unknown:
Gavin Henderson.
Unknown:
Michael Berkeley
Producer:
Julia Matheson
Unknown:
Alan Woolford
Directed By:
Peter Maniura
Unknown:
Rodney Greenberg

Dramatised in three parts by PHILIP BROADLEY with Richard Morant and Sheila Burrell
1: Harriet Vane is invited to the annual 'Gaudy' of her old Oxford college ...
Music composed and arranged by JOSEPH HOROvrrz
Producer MICHAEL CHAPMAN Director MICHAEL SIMPSON
* CEEFAX SUBTITLES

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Broadley
Unknown:
Richard Morant
Unknown:
Sheila Burrell
Unknown:
Harriet Vane
Arranged By:
Joseph Horovrrz
Producer:
Michael Chapman
Director:
Michael Simpson
as Lord Peter Wimsey:
Edward Petherbridge
as Harriet Vane:
Harriet Walter

Ludovic Kennedy presents his selection of the week's television and, with his studio guests, reviews:
Bob Says Opportunity Knocks (BBC1), The Ritz (BBC2) and Crossroads (ITV)
Also there is a special profile of Biddy Baxter , editor of Blue Peter. Producer CHARLES MILLER

Contributors

Unknown:
Ludovic Kennedy
Unknown:
Biddy Baxter
Unknown:
Blue Peter.
Producer:
Charles Miller

starring
Elizabeth Taylor Laurence Harvey
Originally scarred by her childhood experiences with men,
Gloria decides that they will never 'use' her again - 'I pick the man, he doesn't pick me.' Her highly successful career as a model makes this eminently possible. One day she encounters the handsome and wealthy Weston Liggett and both their lives are thrown off course. This feature won Elizabeth Taylor her first Academy Award.
Screenplay by CHARLES SCHNEE and JOHN MICHAEL HAYES
Produced by PANDRO s. BERMAN Directed by DANIEL MANN
0 FILMS: page 29

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Taylor
Unknown:
Laurence Harvey
Unknown:
Weston Liggett
Unknown:
Elizabeth Taylor
Unknown:
Charles Schnee
Unknown:
John Michael Hayes
Produced By:
Pandro S. Berman
Directed By:
Daniel Mann
Gloria:
Elizabeth Taylor
Weston:
Laurence Harvey
Steve Carpenter:
Eddie Fisher
Emily Liggett:
Dina Merrill
Mrs Wandrous:
Mildred Dunnock
Mrs Thurber:
Betty Field
Bingham Smith:
Jeffrey Lynn

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