Cancer: Terminal Care
Race for a Gene
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common genetic disorder inherited by boys. Follow events surrounding major scientific breakthroughs in this area.
Gran: Good News
(R)
with Johnny Ball. (R)
Silent Scenes
Schoolchildren express themselves through drama, mime, movement and dance. Producers ROGER KEECH MIKE MURRAY
BBC North East (R)
Ten portraits of Italians
6: The Sicilian Fisherman
Ciccio Longo is nearly 80 and has been fishing the Straits of Messina all his life.
Although factory ships have begun to destroy his way of life, he accepts it with good humour - perhaps because he knows there is very little he can do about it. Narrated by Michael Pennington
Producer JEREMY BENNETT (R)
Weather followed by Ours to Keep
A series of sixfilms Millstones
The Calder Valley in West Yorkshire is scattered with 19th-century textile mills - vast, magnificent and mostly redundant.
'We don't want to keep them as empty monuments, we want to re-use them for the benefit of people who live here today.' Producer MARGARET BENTON (R)
Martin Carthy, Britain's most influential folk guitarist, looks back over his career.
BBC North East
with guest stars
4: Welcome Home, Dear Anna Morrison 's revelation about his wife places Kildare in a dilemma, while Anna forces her husband to face the awful consequences of her illness. (R) (Part 5 tomorrow at 4. 00pm)
... on the Howgill Fells
Wainwright introduces Eric Robson to this neglected group of Cumbrian hills just north of Sedbergh. They begin their exploration on the western fringes of the Howgills, where Wainwright has funded an animal sanctuary.
Executive producer JOHN MAPPLEBECK
Producer RICHARD ELSE
BBC Newcastle (R)
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Ironbridge
Gillian Reynolds goes to the Ironbridge 'living museum'. Director JEREMY MILLS
Producer PATRICIA HOULIHAN (R)
A series about working dogs 4: Running Dogs
Phil Drabble goes greyhound racing.
Producer GEORGE INGER
Series producer PETER CRAWFORD (R)
from Barnsdale
Plant list on Ceefax page 261
also starring
Susan Hayward Dennis O'Keefe
While the war in the Pacific rages, hot-headed 'Wedge'
Donovan fumes: his construction crew out there is not permitted to fight or carry weapons. But Wedge rejects the Navy's solution. Then he makes a tragic mistake, and subsequently helps form the US
Construction Battalions -
CBs - men who can battle as well as build.
Screenplay by BORDEN CHASE and AENEAS MACKENZIE
Produced by ALBERT J. COHEN Directed by EDWARD LUDWIG 0 FILMS: page 16
Eartha Kitt introduces vintage performances, all filmed before the notoriously tough audience of Harlem's famous Apollo Theater. Tonight's show includes classic do-wop from the Delta Rhythm Boys with their version of Duke Ellington's theme tune, Take the 'A' Train; R'n'B crooning from Larry Darnell; piano boogiewoogie from Amos Milburn; side-splitting comedy from the famous double-act Nipsey Russell and Mantan Moreland; and blues with a hint of jazz from Lionel Hampton.
Film cameraman JOHN MCGLASHAN Sound MICHAEL SPENCER
Film editor COLIN KNlJFF
Producer HELEN GALLACHER
Palm Beach
Introduced by Jonathan King In the last of this series of updated repeats, JK visits one of the most wealthy, exclusive and luxurious communities in America.
He goes deep-sea fishing, looks at one of the most expensive cars in the world and searches for alligators in the Everglades.
He also meets outrageous rock star Alice Cooper and perhaps one of the most famous singers of all time, Stevie Wonder.
Producer GORDON ELSBURY
Brass Tacks on Sport
Women now have muscle on and off the court.
That's the view of writer
Adrianne Blue who this week presents a personal report on the role of women in sport.
Kathy Tayler tests the potential of the new
A-level sports exams, while David Taylor takes a break on the graveyard shift - all-night snooker tournaments that could produce the next Steve Davis.
Tonight's Commentary Box guest is Colin Welland.
Studio director ROBERT KHODADAD Series producer MALCOLM BETNEY Editor COLIN CAMERON BBC North West
A drama series in sixparts starring with 4: 1776 - despite the exhilarating and inspiring declaration of independence made by the 13 states, the British have the disorganised American army on the run. Only a desperate measure can revive it, so Washington decides to cross the Delaware River on Christmas night and surprise the enemy in Trenton.
Based on the biography by JAMES THOMAS FLEXNER
Directed by BUZZ KULIK(R)
The Costa del Forth hangs out the bunting for the annual invasion of culture junkies, aka the Edinburgh International Festival. In the first of six programmes Muriel Gray braves the festive mania to report on Oznost (something to do with Australian comedians), dancer/choreographer Michael Clark's new-found interest in Rangers and Celtic football clubs and the return of multi-murderers Burke and Hare to the University's Department of Anatomy. Plus how much it costs to bring your show to the Fringe and much, much more besides.
Directors HAMISH BARBOUR
HILARY BOULDING , ALISTAIR SCOTT JOHN SMITH , JOHN WHISTON Producer KEITH ALEXANDER
with Peter Snow and Donald MacCormick
Structural Power: Exploitation
How are the relationships between the European Communities and the Third World characterised by exploitation ?
Producer JEREMY COOPER
