I Starring Lillian Gish
Timothy Bottoms
When Hambone the dog becomes separated from his elderly mistress Hillie at New York Airport, he begins an exciting and incredible adventure in search of his beloved owner. As the fearless animal treks across America he enlists the aid of various canines and kind-hearted humans in an extraordinary journey. himself Hambone
Written by SANDRA K. BAILEY
MICHAEL MURPHEY and JOEL SOISSON Produced by GARRY GILLINGHAM Directed by ROY watts
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'Rummy' had won both the 73 and 74 Grand Nationals. He finished second in the following two years. So to 1977 with new jockey Tommy Stack.
(R)
A Match to Remember France v Australia
Nigel Starmer-Smith and Chris Rea look back on the outstanding match of the first World Rugby Cup. It was magnificent. A tingling, nerve-racking match between co-favourites Australia and European
Champions France, with the result in doubt until the last moments.
TV presentation ABC Producer huw jones
Weather followed by Showreel 07
Sue Robbie continues the presentation of a selection of the semi-finalists. In this programme, the animator Bob Godfrey comments on some of the entries. (e)
Regional News and Weather
concludes a season of films featuring the dancing and acting talents of Fred Astaire , who died earlier this year. Today also starring Ginger Rogers
Ginger leads Fred a merry dance in this light, fantastic frolic, as the elusive lady with whom he falls in love, only to be spurned because she thinks he is a gigolo. One of the most famous of the Astaire/Rogers films, with a spectacular finale featuring The Continental.
Screenplay by GEORGE MARION JR . DOROTHY YOST and EDWARD KAUFMAN from the musical Play by DWIGHT TAYLOR
Music and lyrics by COLE PORTER Produced by PANDRO S. BERMAN Directed by MARK SANDRICH
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The Gateway Masters Bowls Tournament from Beach House Park,
Worthing. The winner of this second semi-final has a chance at a first prize of £5,500. Commentators
DAVID VINE. DAVID RHYS JONES Producer JOHNNIE WATHERSTON
starring
Ceddie, a normal 8-year-old
American boy living with his widowed mother, suddenly finds he has become the sole heir of an English title and fortune.
Screenplay by BLANCHE HANALIS based on the novel by FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
Produced by NORMAN ROSEMONT Directed by JACK GOLD
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Tarka's Troubled Water Sixty years after
HENRY WILLIAMSON wrote Tarka the Otter, the river on which this masterpiece was set is in a mess. In 1980, the waters of the River Torridge were the second cleanest in the country - a haven for otters and salmon alike. Now, in just seven years, they have become some of the most filthy. Ian Breach journeys along this troubled river to discover why it is so sick. Cameraman MALCOLM BALDWIN Film editor JUSTIN SMITH
Director JOHN HAYES-FISHER Producer HOWARD PERKS
Music by Maurice Ravel Poem by Colette
The second of two Ravel operas in new productions from the Glyndebourne Festival Opera to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the composer's death. This tender and ironic fantasy tells the story of a mischievous child and the revenge exacted on him by his broken playthings.
The staging is by the award-winning team of theatre director Frank Corsaro and author and illustrator
Maurice Sendak.
Sung in French with English subtitles.
Dancers COLLEEN BARSLEY
PAULO LOPES. NIGEL NICHOLSON Glyndebourne Chorus chorusmaster IVOR BOLTON
MEMBERS OF TRINITY
BOYS CHOIR
London Philharmonic
Orchestra led by DAVID NOLAN conducted by Simon Rattle Choreographer JENNY WESTON
Stage lighting ROBERT ORNBO and KEITH BENSON
Film animator and slide designer RONALD CHASE
English subtitles
GILLIAN WIDDICOMBE
Video effects DAVE JERVIS
Television sound GRAHAM HAINES
Television lighting ALAN WOOLFORD Producers
ROBIN SCOTT and DENNIS MARKS Directed for television by TOM GUTTERIDGE
(in association with IBM International Trust)
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.
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starring
Sam Waterston Haing S. Ngor with John Malkovich Julian Sands
Craig T. Nelson Cambodia 1973:
American journalist
Sidney Schanberg and his guide Dith Pran work out of war-torn Phnom Penh. The Khmer
Rouge armies enter the city, welcomed with open arms, and foreign journalists become the targets of hatred. Schanberg and his colleagues are rounded up and look certain to be executed ...One of the most powerful and admired recent British films, this re-creation of an extraordinary true story won three Academy Awards.
Screenplay by BRUCE ROBINSON Produced by DAVID PUTTNAM Directed by ROLAND JOFFE
(First showing on British television)
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Daniel Barenboim plays Beethoven's
Sonata No 11, Op 22.
Directed by JEAN-PIERRE PONNELLO
Produced by METROPOLITAN. MUNICH (R) Book, 'Beethoven Piano Sonatas' by Denis Matthews , £2.95 from booksellers
continues the season of films starring the legendary actress.
Tonight also starring Charles Boyer
For
Countess Marie Walewska , like many patriotic Poles, Napoleon Bonaparte is the knight in shining armour who could save them from the Cossacks.
But the Emperor, when he visits Poland, is disinclined to chase Cossacks and much more interested in pursuing the countess. The Polish nobles urge her to make 'the supreme sacrifice' to save her country, thus beginning one of history's great love stories.
Screenplay by SAMUEL HOFFENSTEIN
SALKA VIERTEL and S. N. BEHRMAN Produced by BERNARD H. HYMAN Directed by CLARENCE BROWN
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