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The last of three programmes Running Wild
Narrated by Ron Pickering Wild horses and wild kids - what can they possibly have in common . . ?
America's prison population doubled in ten years. Today, one out of every 600
Americans is in a prison cell - and a high proportion of the inmates are juveniles.
Now, in a courageous scheme devised by a far-seeing group of pioneers in the West, wild mustangs and even wilder kids, some of them with 14 year sentences, are getting to know each other - the hard way. There are startling benefits for them both. Producer BOB SAUNDERS
Series editor ANTHONY ISAACS

Contributors

Unknown:
Ron Pickering
Producer:
Bob Saunders
Editor:
Anthony Isaacs

Water-lilies
Most of Britain's flowering plants live on dry land, but water-lilies are exceptions. Michael Jordan reveals the secrets of their success. Producer SARA FORD
Executive producer JOHN SPARKS (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Jordan
Producer:
John Sparks

Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London Part 1: Janacek Sinfonietta Sir John Pritchard , chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, launches the 93rd season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts with one of this century's most festive works. Janacek's last and greatest orchestral work grew from a commission for a fanfare into a massive celebration of the newly-independent Czech nation.

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Unknown:
Sir John Pritchard

Sir Michael Tippett 's two oratorios A Child of our Time and The Mask of Time span nearly half a century in which he has returned again and again to the universal themes of time and history.
Tonight he looks back over 50 years as a composer in a violently changing world.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Michael Tippett

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

starring
Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway.
The collaboration between producer Lewton and director Tourneur produced some memorable RKO movies, including masterworks in the horror genre, of which the original version of "Cat People" remains the most potent.
Oliver, a young New Yorker, falls in love with Irena, a Serbian-born fashion designer, whom he meets at the Central Park Zoo. But Irena is haunted by a bizarre past involving the occult and bestial worship, which threatens those who approach her with death and destruction.

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Contributors

Irena Dubrovna:
Simone Simon
Oliver Reed:
Kent Smith
Dr Judd:
Tom Conway
Alice:
Jane Randolph
Commodore:
Jack Holt
Carver:
Alan Napier
Miss Plunkett:
Elizabeth Dunne
Blondie:
Mary Halsey
Zoo keeper:
Alec Craig
Cat woman:
Elizabeth Russell
Mrs Agnew:
Dot Farley
Minnie:
Teresa Harris
Bus driver:
Charles Jordan
Taxi driver:
Don Kerr
Mrs Hansen:
Betty Roadman
Screenplay:
Dewitt Bodeen
Producer:
Val Lewton
Director:
Jacques Tourneur

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