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starring and A group of foreigners, stranded in Hungary during the 1959 uprising, are detained by a Russian officer who suspects one of them is Hungarian.
Screenplay by GEORGE TABORI Produced and directed by ANATOLE LITVAK
* FILMS: page 23

Contributors

Unknown:
George Tabori
Directed By:
Anatole Litvak
Major Surov:
Yul Brynner
Diana Ashmore:
Deborah Kerr
Deverill:
Robert Morley
Harold Rhinelander:
E G Marshall
Paul:
Jason Robards

A report on the First Global Convention of People of Indian Origin in New York.
Plus illustrator and designer Anita Chowdry .
Presented by Shyama Perera and Krishnan Guru-Murthy . Producer PAUL SEN
Editor NARENDHRA MORAR

Contributors

Designer:
Anita Chowdry
Presented By:
Shyama Perera
Presented By:
Krishnan Guru-Murthy

First of five films shown this week as a tribute to the great Hollywood actress, who died earlier this month.
Also starring Paul Heinreid as Jerry, Claude Rains as Dr Jaquith

In this classic romantic drama Davis plays Charlotte Vale, a dowdy and repressed woman who, after a nervous breakdown, undergoes psychiatric treatment, emerging transformed.
(Black and White) ("The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" tomorrow at 12 noon)
Profile on Bette Davis: p23

Contributors

Producer:
Hal B. Wallis
Director:
Irving Rapper
Charlotte Vale:
Bette Davis
Jerry:
Paul Heinreid
Dr Jaquith:
Claude Rains

The Making of an Astronomer Patrick Moore is joined by Professor Peter Willmore and Dr Ken Elliott.
Videotape editor DAVE RIXON Producer PIETER MORPURGO

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Moore
Unknown:
Professor Peter Willmore
Unknown:
Dr Ken Elliott.
Editor:
Dave Rixon
Producer:
Pieter Morpurgo

Grand Prix
David Vine introduces highlights of the afternoon sessions in today's semi-finals from the Hexagon, Reading.
Commentators: Ted Lowe
Jack Kamehm , Clive Everton. Summariser: John Spencer. Television presentation
KEITH PHILLIPS and PETER HAYWARD Executive producer KEITH MACKENZIE

Contributors

Commentators:
Ted Lowe
Unknown:
Jack Kamehm
Unknown:
Clive Everton.
Unknown:
John Spencer.
Unknown:
Keith Phillips
Unknown:
Peter Hayward
Producer:
Keith MacKenzie

Presented by Antoine de Caunes.
Including singer Chris Isaak , Joe Strummer plus the sounds of Carmel and Soul II Soul.
Titles JEAN BAPTISTE MONDINO Director PETER STUART Executive producers
ALEX BERGER and TIM NEWMAN An NB de C production

Contributors

Presented By:
Antoine de Caunes.
Singer:
Chris Isaak
Singer:
Joe Strummer
Unknown:
Jean Baptiste Mondino
Director:
Peter Stuart
Unknown:
Alex Berger

introduced by Judith Mackrell ,dance critic of The Independent.Tonight: the Royal Danish Ballet present a double bill from Denmark. Airs by Paul Taylor , the American choreographer, is based on music by Handel.
For My Daughter, by Robert North , is based on Janacek's piano cycle On an Overgrown Path and takes as its theme the composer's touching memories of a daughter who died young.
Directed by THOMAS GRIMM
Danmarksradio and ZDE Germany productions

Contributors

Introduced By:
Judith MacKrell
Unknown:
Paul Taylor
Unknown:
Robert North
Directed By:
Thomas Grimm

'Deary boy, you are out of your mind. This woman will annihilate you, she will grind you to a fine powder and blow you away.' Director
Joseph Mankiewicz recalls the warning he was given by a colleague when he offered Bette Davis the lead role in All about Eve.
As a tribute to Bette Davis , who died earlier this month,
Arena is showing again a programme that includes an interview filmed prior to her 75th birthday. With great candour, she discusses a career that spanned a turbulent half century and included not only two Oscars and ten nominations but also years in the wilderness.
Contributors: Anne Baxter , Geraldine Fitzgerald ,
Olivia de Havilland and Joseph Mankiewicz. Narrator Ian Holm.
Series editors ANTHONY WALL and NIGEL FINCH (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Joseph Mankiewicz
Unknown:
Bette Davis
Unknown:
Bette Davis
Unknown:
Anne Baxter
Unknown:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Unknown:
Olivia de Havilland
Narrator:
Joseph Mankiewicz.
Narrator:
Ian Holm.
Narrator:
Nigel Finch

Clive James makes sense of the new and deregulated universe of media. On the satellite link experts and personalities help him take a critical look at what's on everywhere. Alan Coren joins Clive in the studio.
Director DOMINIC BRIGSTOCKE Producer BEATRICE BALLARD

Contributors

Unknown:
Clive James
Unknown:
Alan Coren
Producer:
Beatrice Ballard

starring
Accidental Groom
Unable to prove her US citizenship and faced with deportation, Ms Frick turns to Tarkington, the object of her unrequited love. Created by MEL BROOKS and ALAN SPENCER

Contributors

Unknown:
Ms Frick
Unknown:
Mel Brooks
Unknown:
Alan Spencer
Ms Frick:
Cloris Leachman
Reginald J Tarkington:
Harvey Korman

Rothmans Grand Prix David Vine introduces highlights of the semi-finals from the Hexagon, Reading. Television presentation
KEITH PHILLIPS and PETER HAYWARD Executive producer KEITH MACKENZIE

Contributors

Introduces:
David Vine
Unknown:
Keith Phillips
Unknown:
Peter Hayward
Producer:
Keith MacKenzie

Crime in the Streets
G. Cabrera Infante introduces the second in a season of tough 50s thrillers.
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond and In 1920s New York, novice hoodlum Jack Diamond befriends a dancing teacher to provide himself with alibis. His first theft lands him in jail and he leaves determined to rob only those who cannot call the police - namely other thieves.
Written by JOSEPH LANDON.
Produced by MILTON SPERLING
TV presentation DAVID THOMPSON
0 FILMS: page 23

Contributors

Introduces:
G. Cabrera Infante
Unknown:
Jack Diamond
Written By:
Joseph Landon.
Produced By:
Milton Sperling
Unknown:
David Thompson
Legs Diamond:
Ray Danton
Alice:
Karen Steele

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