Presented by Brian Curtois.
The Story of a Farm
Last programme in the series. The Changing View
Tony Harman , who has farmed the same land for more than half a century, looks into the future and at how man might make the best use of the countryside now. Producer LUCY PARKER (R)
Last programme in the series. The two teams from Britain and America have spent the night on a deserted island and now have the problem of returning to the mainland to complete the task of finding and rescuing the defecting biochemist. Introduced by Bernard Falk.
Director BRIAN STRACHAN Producer PHILIP FRANKLIN BBC Pebbte Mill (R)
Opal fever has attracted fortune seekers from all over the world to dig and burrow into the heart of Australia in search of the exquisite and timeless gemstone. With Rena Briand. Producer BOB SAUNDERS Editor ANTHONY ISAACS
Starring and Laughton is the malevolent and tyrannical Captain Bligh, and Gable the increasingly disaffected Mister Christian in this Oscar-winning version of the famous sea saga.
Screenplay by TALBOT JENNINGS ,
JULES FURTHMAN and CAREY WILSON Directed by FRANK LLOYD 0 FILMS: page 17
Greenclaws gets a musical present and, with practice, plays a tune or two.
With Nick Mercer and Stella Goodier.
(R)
The Statue Man
What terrible truth was revealed when Achilles lost his leaf? How do you polish a bronze bust? The answers to these burning questions are revealed when John Lake , the man in charge of cleaning the nation's statues, described his work to Philip Howard. Director SANDRA WAINWRIGHT
Executive producer BRIDGET WINTER (R)
Weather followed by The Four Great
Seasons
Last in the series.
Written and presented by David Bellamy. The Great Autumn
Three of the four seasons have come and gone. Now in the 'great autumn' the dales are once again undergoing a change to make it, for many, a time of concern. (R)
Weather; Regional News and Weather
Boop Oop a Doop and Bimbo's Express. (R)
Barry Hearn once bought billiard balls as a property speculator and ended up dominating the world of snooker. Now he's turned his entrepreneurial activity to boxing and, as he tells Barry Norman , cricket could be next. (R)
(Postponed from 28 November)
Mastercook
A Christmas quiz brimful of practical information, recipes and drinks advice.
Starring and Newly promoted to First
Officer and full of dreams of romantic glory, Jim succumbs to a moment of cowardice during a storm at sea. Dishonoured at the subsequent inquiry, he sets out on a series of adventures in order to redeem himself. A lavish and epic film based on Joseph Conrad 's famous novel.
Written, directed and produced by RICHARD BROOKS
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The Atlantic Coast of France
A detailed look at the holiday areas between the Loire and Gironde rivers. Which are the main resorts? What are their best and worst points? Which is the driest month? How warm is the sea in summer?
And what is there to do?
All you need to know for your holiday planning.
Presented by Penny Junor with John Kettley and Matthew Collins.
Producer JULIE K. BRADSHAW
Executive producer ALAN DOBSON (Details on Ceefax page 619)
0 SCRIPT: guides to the Atlantic
Coast and Brittany are available at £1.80 each or £3.00 for both. Send a crossed cheque (payable to BBC) to [address removed].
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by Tony Haase , Pete McCarthy and Rebecca Stevens.
An education in the hands of a psychopath can be a very dangerous thing.
Starring Robin Driscoll, Tony Haase, Pete McCarthy, Rebecca Stevens and Paul Brooke as Sarge.
'Cruel glasses.'
'Tribune of the people.'
'A breath of fresh air.'
Probably no broadcaster has provoked such varied reactions, figured in so many cartoons or occupied such a prominent place on our television screens for so long as Sir Robin Day.
This special programme to mark Sir Robin's 30 years of broadcasting for BBC Television features many of the memorable moments - controversial, moving, hilarious and unintended - of his career, and many of the famous personalities - including six prime ministers, two American presidents, Fidel Castro, Winnie Mandela, Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise - who've featured one way or another in the 'Grand Inquisitor's' life.
A Fourth Wall production for BBC tv
(Ceefax subtitles)
With Donald MacCormick.
Starring
Denes's father fled Hungary in 1956. His record as an armed revolutionary has over-shadowed his children's prospects but by the mid-1960s Denes seems more interested in girls and rock music than politics.
Gothar's sharp portrait of adolescence, brilliantly photographed by Lajos Koltai , won prizes in Cannes, New York and Chicago and is relevant to today's Hungary.
Screenplay by GEZA BEREMENYI and PETER GOTHAR
Directed by PETER GOTHAR
(In Hungarian with English subtitles)
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