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6.50 17th-century Great Houses
7.40 Evolution: Origins
8.05 Education: What Can I Do?
8.30 Education: Signs of the Times
8.55 Pure Maths: Ideas of Space
9.20 Nuclear Weapons
9.45 Poetry: Blake the Artist
10.10 Calculus: the Binomial Theorem
10.35 Music: Score Reading
11.00Revolutionsandthe Modern State
11.25 Copper: Resources and Reserves
11.50 The Flight of the Eagle
12.15 Special Education: a Dependent Future (1)
12.40 Electronic Design and Signals
1.05 It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
1.30 Modem Art: Artists' Techniques
1.55 Systems Behaviour: Interpretation
2.20 Images of the Third World

starring
James Mason
Danielle Darrieux
Michael Rennie
Turkey, 1944: a mysterious stranger approaches Moyzisch, the German military attache to Ankara, with an offer to supply top-secret Allied documents in return for a fortune in sterling. The stranger is given the code-name 'Cicero' and so begins one of the amazing stories of the Second World War - a true story of ruthless ambition, treachery, love and ultimate betrayal.
Screenplay by MICHAEL WILSON based on the book Operation Cicero by L. C. MOYZISCH
Produced by OTTO LANG
Directed by JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ
● FILMS: page 16

Contributors

Unknown:
James Mason
Unknown:
Danielle Darrieux
Unknown:
Michael Rennie
Unknown:
Michael Wilson
Unknown:
L. C. Moyzisch
Produced By:
Otto Lang
Directed By:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Diello/Cicero:
James Mason
Anna:
Danielle Darrieux
George Travers:
Michael Rennie
Sir Frederic:
Walter Hampden
Moyzisch:
Oscar Karlweis
Colonel Von Richter:
Herbert Berghof
Von Papen:
John Wengraf
Siebert:
A Ben Astar
MacFadden:
Roger Plowden
Morrison:
Michael Pate
Steuben:
Ivan Triesault
Von Papen's secretary:
Hannelore Axman
Da Costa:
David Wolff
SantOS:
Larry Dobkin
Turkish Ambassador:
Nestor Patva
Italian Ambassador:
Antonio Filauri
Japanese Ambassador:
Richard Loo

starring James Garner Lee Remick
When fledgling stockbroker Molly Thatcher is given a mysterious product called Universal Widgets to promote, she is surprised to find financial wheeler-dealer Henry Tyroon only too anxious to help... Love, laughs and larceny abound in this glossy comedy about the high-powered world of Wall Street.
Screenplay by GEORGE J.W. GOODMAN and IRA WALLACH based on a novel by GEORGE J.W. GOODMAN
Produced by MARTIN RANSOHOFF
Directed by ARTHUR HILLER
FILMS: page 16

Contributors

Unknown:
James Garner
Unknown:
Lee Remick
Unknown:
Molly Thatcher
Unknown:
Henry Tyroon
Unknown:
George J.W. Goodman
Unknown:
Ira Wallach
Novel By:
George J.W. Goodman
Produced By:
Martin Ransohoff
Directed By:
Arthur Hiller
Henry Tyroon:
James Garner
Molly Thatcher:
Lee Remick
Ray Jay:
Phil Harris
J Ray:
Chill Wills
Bullard Bear:
Jim Backus
Stanislas:
Louis Mye
Hector Vanson:
John Astin
Leonard:
Elliott Reid
Eloise:
Patricia Crowley
Buddy Zack:
Pat Harrington Jr
J R:
Charles Watts
Thaddeus Whipple:
Vaughn Taylor
Mr Wilson:
Howard McNeer
Fineberg:
Robert Strauss

A view of world history in 13 parts by John Roberts.
6: The Explorers
The Chinese and the Arabs were good sailors, but it was the Europeans who embarked on the great voyages of exploration.
John Roberts describes how Europe mastered the sea in the age of Henry the Navigator, Magellan, Vasco da Gama and Columbus.
What impact did they have on the people and cultures they encountered? Executive producer CHRISTOPHER MARTIN
Director RAY SUTCLIFFE (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Roberts.
Unknown:
John Roberts
Producer:
Christopher Martin
Director:
Ray Sutcliffe

Acoustic Sounds from Africa
In tonight's programme, compelling performances from Baaba Maal and S. E. Rogie illustrate the extraordinary diversity of acoustic music from West Africa. In his native Senegal, Baaba Maal is the idol of the Poular-speaking Toucouleur population. Shortly before forming his electric band Dande Lenol (Voice of the Race) in 1985, he recorded a set of acoustic material with blind guitarist Mansour Seek . The two were recently reunited for one of the most stunning concerts of the year. S. E. Rogie , from Sierra Leone, is the leading exponent of Palm Wine Guitar music which evolved in the clubs and bars of West Africa in the late 1950s and typically deals with the more humorous aspects of love and life.
Production FRANK HANLY , TIM MAY
BOB PORTWAY
Series editors NIGEL FINCH , ANTHONY WALL

Contributors

Unknown:
S. E. Rogie
Unknown:
Dande Lenol
Guitarist:
Mansour Seek
Unknown:
S. E. Rogie
Unknown:
Frank Hanly
Unknown:
Tim May
Unknown:
Bob Portway
Editors:
Nigel Finch

starring Dabney Coleman as 'Slap' Maxwell.
'Slap' senses a little tension when Annie starts smashing his jazz records. Will the semi-biblical parable of Essau, Darlene and the Grapefruit
Tree soothe the marital storm?
Written by JEFFREY LANE
Directed by JAY TARSES

Contributors

Unknown:
Dabney Coleman
Written By:
Jeffrey Lane
Directed By:
Jay Tarses
Judy Ralston:
Megan Gallagher
Annie Maxwell:
Susan Anspach
Dutchman:
Bill Cobbs

In a new and de-regulated universe of ever-expanding media, Clive James is here to make some sense of it all.
With the aid of international experts and personalities on the satellite link, he goes world-wide to test the trends, plunder the programmes, and take a look at what's on, everywhere, right now. Director PIETER MORPURGO
Producer BEATRICE BALLARD

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive James
Director:
Pieter Morpurgo
Producer:
Beatrice Ballard

To celebrate the centenary of the birth of one of the masters of European cinema, film critic Mark Le Fanu introduces two of his most acclaimed works.
Gertrud starring
Nina Pens Rode Bendt Rothe
Gertrud was the last film to be directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and is the culmination of his life's work, epitomising his meticulous and subtle analysis of the undercurrents of sexual relationships.
Since its release in 1965, the film has steadily gained in reputation. Unwilling to take second place in her husband's life, Gertrud seeks fulfilment in an affair with a wild young composer.
Based on the play by HJALMAR SODERBERG
Written and directed by CARL THEODOR DREYER
(A Danish film with English subtitles. First showing on British television. Black and white)
FILMS: page 16

Contributors

Introduces:
Mark Le Fanu
Unknown:
Nina Pens Rode
Unknown:
Bendt Rothe
Directed By:
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Play By:
Hjalmar Soderberg
Directed By:
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Gertrud:
Nina Pens Rode
Gustav Kanning:
Bendt Rothe
Gabriel Lidman:
Ebbe Rode
Erland Jansson:
Baard Owe
Axel Nygren:
Axel Strobye
Kannings' maid:
Vera Gebuhr
Kanning's mother:
Anna Malberg
President:
Eduard Mielche

starring
Johannes Meyer Astrid Holm.
The Master of the House, made in 1925, was the film that made Dreyer's name throughout Europe. A light-hearted essay on male selfishness, it features delightful performances from Astrid Holm as the devoted wife and mother and Johannes Meyer as the thoughtless domestic tyrant.
Screenplay by CARL THEODOR DREYER and SVEND RINDOM from the play by SVEND RINDOM
Directed by CARL THEODOR DREYER. (First showing on British television. Black and white)
Film Club presentation by DAVID THOMPSON
ALSO SHOWING: page 18

Contributors

Unknown:
Johannes Meyer
Unknown:
Astrid Holm.
Unknown:
Johannes Meyer
Unknown:
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Unknown:
Svend Rindom
Play By:
Svend Rindom
Directed By:
Carl Theodor Dreyer.
Presentation By:
David Thompson
Viktor:
Johannes Meyer
Ida:
Astrid Holm
Karen:
Karin Nellemose
Mads:
Mathilde Nielsen

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