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Every year over 4,000 Portuguese immigrants from Madeira seek employment on Jersey. They are a vital part of the island's economy. Chris Denham reports on the relationship between the people of these two islands.
Producer Gary Johnson (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Denham
Producer:
Gary Johnson

Starring Will Hay
Benjamin Stubbins 's law practice isn't doing at all well until a rich American gangster notices that
Stubbins's office is above a bank.
Director William Beaudine
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Contributors

Unknown:
Benjamin Stubbins
Director:
William Beaudine
Benjamin Stubbins:
Will Hay
Goldie Kelly:
Gina Malo
DuAe Wilson:
Hartley Power
Willie:
Graham Moffatt
Sir Roger Wimpleton:
H F Maltby
Lady Margaret Wimpleton:
Norma Varden
Barbara Stubbins:
Peggy Simpson

The magazine programme that challenges able-bodied perceptions of disability. With subtitles and sign language interpretation. Presented by Isobel Ward, Simon Barnes and Chris Davies.
Producer Christopher Hutchins
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Contributors

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

Under the Cave Hill. Joe McWilliams was evacuated to Rostrevor during the Second World War. When he returned to Belfast the streets seemed even more desolate compared with the beauty of the Mournes. The programme visits Joe's boyhood haunts and adult stamping ground. Producer Tony McAuley

Contributors

Unknown:
Cave Hill.
Unknown:
Joe McWilliams
Producer:
Tony McAuley

Weather followed by The Aristocrats
The Marquis de Ganay. The chateau of Courances, home of the de
Ganay family for 100 years, is one of the most beautiful in France. The wealth tax forces the de Ganays to open their home to the public and Robert Lacey finds the family in the last hectic days before the grand opening, tying down the candlesticks and roping off the dining room.
Producer Ruth Jackson (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Lacey
Producer:
Ruth Jackson

Starring
Keith Michell
Adrienne Corri
Sickened by the monstrous behaviour of her husband, leader of the infamous Hellfire Club, Lady Netherden leaves home with her small son Jason. Years later when
Jason returns to claim his title and inheritance, he finds that his villainous cousin Thomas has stolen his estate and his name.
Directors Robert S Baker and Monty Berman
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Contributors

Unknown:
Keith Michell
Unknown:
Adrienne Corri
Unknown:
Monty Berman
Jason:
Keith Michell
Isabel:
Adrienne Corri
Yvonne:
Kai Fischer
Thomas:
Peter Arne
Timothy:
David Lodge
Lord Netherden:
Andrew Faulds
Lady Netherden:
Jean Lodge
Jason Jr:
Martin Stephens
Sir Hugh:
Francis Matthews

If you'd like to improve your French, then this is the series for you.
Toulouse. Dariane Lorian joins a French darts team and visits a local market to buy raspberries. Producer Frank Ash
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Contributors

Producer:
Frank Ash

This special edition brings the first report from Kashmir since the Indian government banned foreign broadcasters. In the Kashmir valley, Muslims have resorted to guerrilla war in pursuit of a separate state.
Young men and women are braving death from cold and hunger to cross to the section of Kashmir held by Pakistan. East reports from both sides of the divide.

A series of eight films about Britain from 1945-51.
Making Do. If anything, in the first years of peace, life gets harder.
There is more rationing and more queueing. Snoek, whalemeat and even roast beaver enter the British diet. The black market flourishes, and so does the spiv. But people are growing tired of controls and protest is led by a militant group - the Housewives' League. Producer Peter Grimsdale
Executive producer Angela Holdsworth (R)

Contributors

Producer:
Peter Grimsdale
Producer:
Angela Holdsworth

A series of six personal views by Jonathon Porritt.
4: Industrial Features. The former director of Friends of the Earth looks at some of the steps being taken in America for getting industry back in balance with the natural world. His conclusions are discussed by Sir Peter Parker , chairman of Rockware Glass,
Bryan Gould , Labour environment spokesman, and Peter Morgan , director general of the Institute of Directors. Producer Bryn Brooks
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Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathon Porritt.
Unknown:
Sir Peter Parker
Unknown:
Bryan Gould
Unknown:
Peter Morgan

Dave Spector reports from Tokyo on the range of dating shows on Japanese television. James talks to the founder of the World Couch Potato Movement by satellite, and is joined in the studio by comedienne Victoria Wood.
(R)

Contributors

Presenter:
Clive James
Reporter:
Dave Spector
Guest:
Victoria Wood
Director:
Dominic Brigstocke
Producer:
Beatrice Ballard

Six Artists on Drawing
'To turn the world on its head' is one of the main functions of art according to Mike Wilks whose work reveals an obsessively inventive mind governed by cool, unrelenting logic. Producer Dick Foster
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Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Wilks
Producer:
Dick Foster

Personal reflections on the best of 20th-century architecture in Britain. Writer Gillian Darley examines the award-winning David Mellor Cutlery Factory in the Peak District. Director Terry Braun
Producer Clare Paterson (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gillian Darley
Unknown:
David Mellor
Director:
Terry Braun
Producer:
Clare Paterson

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