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The daredevil comedian of Hollywood's Golden Age stars in Never Weaken
Harold in top comic
- form plays a lovelorn lad convinced that his girl has jilted him. His decision to end it all results in a breathtaking muddle nine storeys up.
Why Worry?
As a rich hypochondriac on a visit to Latin America, Harold remains oblivious to revolutionary chaos as he tries to cure a friendly giant's toothache.
Directed by FRED NEWMEYER and SAM TAYLOR
Produced for television by BOB HOAG
(Black and white)
(A Sailor Made Man and Grandma s Boy tomorrow at 10. 45am)
0 FILMS: page 19

Contributors

Directed By:
Fred Newmeyer
Directed By:
Sam Taylor
Television By:
Bob Hoag

Barbecue Three
After the traditional
Southfork fight comes the traditional Southfork barbecue. As the oil producers confront J.R., will family loyalty triumph over brotherly hatred?
Written by ARTHUR BERNARD LEWIS
Directed by LEONARD KATZMAN !

Contributors

Written By:
Arthur Bernard Lewis
Directed By:
Leonard Katzman
Miss Ellie:
Barbara Bel Geddes
J R:
Larry Hagman
Sue Ellen:
Linda Gray
Bobby:
Patrick Duffy
Pamela:
Victoria Principal
Actor:
Cliff Kenkercheval
Lucy:
Charlene Tilton
Ray:
Steve Kanaly
Donna:
Susan Howard
Clayton:
Howard Keel
Afton:
Audrey Landers
Rebecca:
Priscilla Pointer
Dusty:
Jared Martin
Katherine:
Morgan Brittany
Marilee Stone:
Fern Fitzgerald
Holly Harwood:
Lois Chiles ;
Mickey:
Timothy Patrick Murphy

A See-Saw programme with Iain Lauchlan and Jane Hardy

Fingermouse learns to play the piano, but is rudely interrupted by Drat the Rat. Drat wants to sing as well, but Fingermouse decides to look for a better singer among his friends on the river bank.
(R)

Contributors

Music-man:
Iain Lauchlan
Puppeteer:
Jane Hardy
Music:
Richard Brown
Puppets:
Joanne Cole
Graphics:
Clare Beaton
Producer:
Michael Cole

The Plunderers
The treasure trail 'is the murder of man's history and it's a tragedy.'
History is murdered in the search for buried treasure, not just gold and silver, but fractured pots and broken statues, the highly saleable relics of past civilisations. Meet curators, smugglers, dealers and indignant archaeologists anxious to preserve intact the evidence of the past.
Controversy continued with the announcement by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, of the million dollar purchase of the Euphronios Vase - the so-called 'hot pot'. The trail leads from New York to the Etruscan hills in Italy, to meet tomb robbers, policemen and a man who fakes pots for a living. Reporter John Percival
Executive producer PAUL JOHNSTONE Producer JULIA CAVE (R) including at
3.10 News and Weather
4.5 News and Weather
Regional News and Weather

Contributors

Reporter:
John Percival
Producer:
Paul Johnstone

The last of 12 episodes
The Shrew has kidnapped Silas and Jasper. Although the Shrew's partner, Baldrian, has promised to help the boys, they are held prisoner on the Shrew's old barge.
(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Silas:
Patrick Bach
Godik:
Lucki Molocher
Shrew:
Ingeborg Lapsien
Mr Sandal:
Hans-Helmut Dickow
Mrs Sandal:
Evelyne Pianka
Jasper:
Armin Schawe
Anna:
Jeannette Granval
Teacher:
Gunter Meisner
Baldrian:
Andre Raffard
Toby:
Benoit Serre
Jones:
Jacques van Dooren
Belinda:
Valerie Quenessen

The giant panda is one of the world's best-loved creatures, but also one of the most threatened. There could be as few as 1,000 left in the wild, mist-covered mountain forests of China.
In this Newsround special John Craven reports from behind the 'bamboo curtain' on a unique joint project between the World Wildlife Fund and the Chinese government to save this rare animal from extinction. He visits Wolong breeding and research centre in the heart of the panda's homeland in this special programme - the first of its kind by a television team from the West.
(R)

Contributors

Reporter:
John Craven
Executive Producer:
Eric Rowan
Director:
Nick Heathcote

Introduced by DESMOND LYNAM with DAVE MOORCROFT
DALEY will have done for the day by 6.40; 47.02 BST if the organisers and the champ are on time. There'll be a resume of what one hopes has been a nice day for him, and a look at the prospects in the steeplechase and the Men's 5,000m.
Commentators
DAVID COLEMAN
RON PICKERING , STUART STOREY BRENDAN FOSTER and KEVIN COSGROVE

Contributors

Introduced By:
Desmond Lynam
Unknown:
Dave Moorcroft
Unknown:
David Coleman
Unknown:
Ron Pickering
Unknown:
Stuart Storey
Unknown:
Brendan Foster
Unknown:
Kevin Cosgrove

Clive Jermain 's play
The Best Years of Your Life was first shown in May 1986 to great critical and popular acclaim, and repeated last night on BBC2.
Adrian Shergold , the play's director, interviewed Clive three times last year; first during the making of the play, then just after the play was shown, and finally last December - the end of an extraordinary year for a young man living with a threatening and incurable illness.
With remarkable frankness, Clive talked of the play and its impact, but also about himself, his life and cancer. 'If by anything I say or convey I can help somebody understand that people with terminal illnesses aren't contagious ... if it makes cancer easier to accept, then it will have been worthwhile.'
Produced by MARIA HANNON and ADRIAN SHERGOLD
9 FEATURE: page 16

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive Jermain
Unknown:
Adrian Shergold
Produced By:
Maria Hannon
Produced By:
Adrian Shergold

A selection of outstanding episodes from the hit
American television series. Starring with and introduced by Orson Welles
The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice
A murder case that has remained unsolved for 40 years piques the interest of the bickering bloodhounds. And 'discussion' on sexism finds Maddie and David sleeping on the mystery and featuring in their own dreams as two desperate lovers. Written by DEBRA FRANK and CARL SAUTTER Directed by PETER WERNER (R)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Orson Welles
Written By:
Debra Frank
Unknown:
Carl Sautter
Directed By:
Peter Werner
Maddie:
Cybill Shepherd
David:
Bruce Willis
Ms Dipesto:
Allyce Beasley

The Koran
To most people, Islamic fundamentalism means fighting in the Middle East. But the second of two programmes on the subject finds a milder Islamic variety existing in Britain.
An organisation called Young Muslims UK lives by a faith that is progressive rather than aggressive.
Narrator Robin Ellis
Film editor JOHN WILKINSON Director STEPHEN WALKER Producer OLGA EDRIDGE

Contributors

Narrator:
Robin Ellis
Editor:
John Wilkinson
Director:
Stephen Walker
Producer:
Olga Edridge

with Chris Denham
From Dublin to Lorient: a leg of the Round Europe race with one of Britain's top international yachtsmen.
The America's 's Cup Challenge: an early preview of potential runners and riders.
The Ultimate Goal: how Gary Lineker's mum finds a new life just a dream away.
Feeling the Need for Speed: windsurfers chasing records in the Canaries.
Old Gaffers and Gigs: a regatta at the first Falmouth International Marine Festival.
Film editor ROD THOMAS
Assistant producer GARY JOHNSTON Producer RONA CHRISTIE BBC Plymouth

Contributors

Producer:
Gary Johnston
Producer:
Rona Christie

Presented by Peter Snow Donald MacCormick and Adam Raphael
International reports by David Sells , Charles Wheeler

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Snow
Presented By:
Donald MacCormick
Unknown:
David Sells
Unknown:
Charles Wheeler

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