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Taking a look at legends.
8: The Pedlar of Swaffham with George the Computer and UK-9 and children from South Greenhoe Middle School, Swaffham.
Theme music ALEC DANKWORTH Producers PETER CHARLTON and RICHARD SIMKIN

Contributors

Music:
Alec Dankworth
Producers:
Peter Charlton
Producers:
Richard Simkin

Why did a Jewish girl go on a 25-hour fast?
With Mark Chatterton , Susan Leong and Sara Sugarman. Director CELIA BONNER Producer JUDY MERRY BBC North West

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Chatterton
Unknown:
Susan Leong
Unknown:
Sara Sugarman.
Director:
Celia Bonner

Last of the series which takes a look back at memorable moments on TV.
This week: Are You Dancin'? In the street with Mick and Dave, a pas de deux with Miss Piggy and a rumba with Roobarb.
Boogie on down with Boxpops!
Producer ROY MILANI
Executive producer ERIC ROWAN

Contributors

Producer:
Roy Milani
Producer:
Eric Rowan

An updated edition of Wednesday's Reportage with all the latest developments in the stories covered.
There's the final result of the phone poll, your views on some of the issues covered plus breaking stories from the worlds of fashion, sport, music and news.
Producers MICHAEL SPENCER and EMMA WILLIS (R)revised (First shown in 'DEF ID

Contributors

Producers:
Michael Spencer
Producers:
Emma Willis

Isobel Ward, Simon Barnes and Chris Davies present this programme that challenges assumptions about disability. With sign language and subtitles.
Producer CHRISTOPHER HUTCHINS

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Barnes
Unknown:
Chris Davies
Producer:
Christopher Hutchins

Harry Carpenter looks at the sporting headlines and the more unusual stories of 1959. Billy Wright gained his 100th cap for England against
Scotland. Elton John's uncle, Roy Dwight , broke his leg after scoring a goal in the FA Cup final. Oxo won the Grand National. Both Wimbledon singles titles were won by South Americans. 1959 was the year the Ml opened; the hovercraft arrived; Harold Macmillan led the Tories to victory in the general election; and Mrs T was first elected to Parliament! Producer JEFF GODDARD

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Carpenter
Stories Of:
Billy Wright
Unknown:
Roy Dwight
Unknown:
Harold MacMillan
Producer:
Jeff Goddard

Starring and Mistakenly hired to impersonate himself in an off-Broadway satirical revue, a billionaire is persuaded by the obvious talents of the leading lady to join the cast incognito. With Bing Crosby , Gene Kelly and Milton Berle as his tutors he can pass as a performer, but winning the heart of the alluring Amanda is another matter.
Produced by JERRY WALD
Directed by GEORGE CUKOR
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Contributors

Unknown:
Bing Crosby
Unknown:
Gene Kelly
Unknown:
Milton Berle
Produced By:
Jerry Wald
Directed By:
George Cukor
Amanda:
Marilyn Monroe
Jean-Mark Clement:
Yves Montand
Howard Coffman:
Tony Randall
Tony Danton:
Frankle Vaughan
John Wales:
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Oliver Burton:
David Burns
Dave Kerry:
Michael David
Lily Nyles:
Mara Lynn
Abe Miller:
Dennis King Jr
Lamont:
Joe Besser

Featuring
Barbarians v All Blacks from Twickenham.
Bennett, Williams, Pullin, Dawes, David, Quinnell, Edwards - that series of passes ended in one of the greatest tries in rugby football when the BaBas beat the All Blacks in Cardiff in 1973. Barbarian matches against the All Blacks seem to create the chemistry for such tries. With so much talent in both teams this game should be no exception. Chris Rea introduces today's programme from the official dinner at the Hilton Hotel.
Commentators: Bill McLaren and Bill Beaumont. Executive producer
JOHNNIE WATHERSTON

Contributors

Introduces:
Chris Rea
Commentators:
Bill McLaren
Commentators:
Bill Beaumont.
Unknown:
Johnnie Watherston

Jools Holland discusses the week's new singles with four diverse panellists who pronounce the judgment 'hit or miss'. A mystery guest adds intrigue.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jools Holland
Director:
Phil Chilvers
Series Producer:
Sharon Ali

The top stories in and behind the news from the worlds of business, finance and economics - reporting and analysis from Britain's leading business programme. Reporters: Robin Aitken ,
Peter Eustace , Tom Maddocks , John Pennycate ,
Michael Robinson and Nisha Steyn. Deputy editor
ALAN HAYDN GRIFFITHS Editor DAVID NISSAN

Contributors

Reporters:
Robin Aitken
Unknown:
Peter Eustace
Unknown:
Tom Maddocks
Unknown:
John Pennycate
Unknown:
Michael Robinson
Unknown:
Nisha Steyn.
Unknown:
Alan Haydn Griffiths

Amazon: the Flooded Forest Narrated by Anthony Hopkins.
The second of two films about one of the most extraordinary areas of the Amazon rainforest. After six months of flooding, the waters drain away to reveal once again the forest floor. Many strange creatures take up new homes. Fish, concentrated into small pools, attract a host of predators, and on sandy beaches giant turtles hurry to lay and hatch their eggs before the flood returns. Executive producer MICHAEL ROSENBERG
Series editor MIKE SALISBURY A Partridge Films production forBBCtv
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Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Hopkins.
Producer:
Michael Rosenberg

In the months when the UN ratifies its convention on the rights of the child,
Ludovic Kennedy introduces a second series of ten five-minute programmes on prisoners of conscience, beginning tomorrow. He also reviews what happened to last year's prisoners.
Written by CAROLINE MOOREHEAD Produced by REX BLOOMSTEIN
(The first programme is tomorrow at 7.55pm)
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Contributors

Introduces:
Ludovic Kennedy
Written By:
Caroline Moorehead
Produced By:
Rex Bloomstein

A remarkable Soviet television documentary, shown tonight for the first time in Britain, which investigates Stalin's crimes and the betrayal of the Russian Revolution.
Reflecting the new spirit of glasnost, the film releases a flood of memories as survivors of momentous events bear witness to their experiences. A group of old-guard Revolutionaries reminisce and argue in Red Square, their stories highlighted by rare historical newsreel. Interspersed throughout the film, historians and writers debate the significance of the Stalin dictatorship.
Introduced by Peter Frank , senior lecturer in Soviet
Government and Politics at
Essex University
Directed by IGOR BELYAEV
TV presentation by LINDSAY DAVIES (Russian dialogue with English subtitles)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Peter Frank
Directed By:
Igor Belyaev
Presentation By:
Lindsay Davies

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan : The Brightest Star in Qawwali
In July of this year, on the day when Muslims the world over were celebrating the Festival of Little Id, Rhythms of the World filmed an extraordinary open-air concert at Smallheath Park in the heart of Birmingham's Asian community. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the great star of Qawwali religious praise music and one of the world's most remarkable singers, led the celebrations. With his group, he demonstrated the continuing power of musical tradition that stretches back over 800 years.
Director UDAYAN PRASAD

Contributors

Unknown:
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Director:
Udayan Prasad

Starring and When Chicago teenager
Ren MacCormack arrives in Bomont, only the local girls seem glad to see him. The adults view him as outside contamination, because Bomont is a pure town - books are burned, rock 'n' roll is out and dancing is banned. But when you 'gotta dance' you don't mind if you shake things up a little ... Featuring top ten hits including Let's Hear Itfor the Boy, Holding Out for a Hero and Footloose.
Screenplay by DEAN PITCHFORD Directed by HERBERT ROSS a FILMS: page 22
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Contributors

Unknown:
Ren MacCormacK
Unknown:
Dean Pitchford
Directed By:
Herbert Ross
Ren:
Kevin Bacon
Ariel Moore:
Lori Singer
Reverend Moore:
John Lithgow
Vi Moore:
Dianne Wiest
Willard:
Christopher Penn
Rusty:
Sarah Jessica Parker

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