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The Playbus is at the Patch Stop at Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan.
Chloe Ashcroft tells today's story Mr Arbuthnot to the Rescue, illustrated by Rebecca Jelbert. With Adrian Scarborough. A Felgate production for BBCtv (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Chloe Ashcroft
Unknown:
Mr Arbuthnot
Illustrated By:
Rebecca Jelbert.
Unknown:
Adrian Scarborough.

In the first of a new series, Boxpops has a new look. This week's topic is men. Is the image anything like the reality? There are opinions from some of today's male models plus music from Wham, David Bowie and the Weather Girls. Director Penny Ewing Producer Roy Milani

Contributors

Unknown:
David Bowie
Producer:
Roy Milani

Issues of the week set in their regional context and examined at neighbourhood level. Presented by Bruce Parker with Viv Robins reporting from Westminster. Editor Paul Cannon
0 REGIONAL PROGRAMME

Contributors

Presented By:
Bruce Parker
Unknown:
Viv Robins
Editor:
Paul Cannon

lain MacWhirter examines the work of Parliamentary committees and asks how well they do their job. Producer Jenny Davies Editor Lydia Howard
0 CEEFAX SUBTITLES

Contributors

Producer:
Jenny Davies
Editor:
Lydia Howard

Film. Starring Spencer Tracy

Fate strands millionaire's son Harvey Cheyne on a humble fishing schooner.
Films: pages 31-37

Contributors

Based on the novel by:
Rudyard Kipling
Director:
Victor Fleming
Manuel:
Spencer Tracy
Harvey:
Freddie Bartholomew
Disko:
Lionel Barrymore
Mr Cheyne:
Melvyn Douglas
Dan:
Mickey Rooney

Starring Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert

MacIntyre attempts to negotiate a 'fair' price for a new oil refinery with the villagers of Ferness in Scotland. But Ferness can have a strange effect on its visitors.
Producer David Puttnam
Barry Norman: page 31
(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Producer:
David Puttnam
Writer/Director:
Bill Forsyth
Happer:
Burt Lancaster
MacIntyre:
Peter Riegert
Urquhart:
Denis Lawson
Oldsen:
Peter Capaldi
Ben:
Fulton MacKay
Victor:
Chris Rozycki
Marina:
Jenny Seagrove
Stella:
Jennifer Black
Rev Mac:
Christopher Asante
Geddes:
Ricky Fulton

London Division v North Division
The first round of the ADT
Divisional Championship gets under way with defending champions
London playing host to the North. Introduced by Chris Rea , with commentary by Nigel Starmer-Smith . Executive producer Johnnie Watherston

Contributors

Introduced By:
Chris Rea
Commentary By:
Nigel Starmer-Smith
Producer:
Johnnie Watherston

Sketches from the original television series starring
Peter Cook , Dudley Moore
Not only the making of a movie -
Robert Neasden; but also Peter the cobbler having problems with Melanie; not to mention the Alan a 'Dale song. With music from the Dudley Moore Trio. (R) revised

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Cook
Unknown:
Dudley Moore
Unknown:
Dudley Moore Trio.

Japan since 1945.
7: Being Japanese. When new recruits join Japanese companies they expect to stay for life. In return for this security they work long hours and dedicate themselves to the firm, their wives and children taking second place. While other nations work in order to live, the Japanese say they live in order to work. Producer Colleen Toomey
Executive producer Peter Pagnamenta
0 BOOK: same title, £15.00, from booksellers.

Contributors

Producer:
Colleen Toomey
Producer:
Peter Pagnamenta

First showing on network television. Starring Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole

Jack Moniker is a Chicago fireman, burned out and retired after one too many major alarms. He heads for a Caribbean island, where he is persuaded to invest his money in rejuvenating a holiday club.

Films: pages 31-37

Contributors

Director:
Harold Ramis
Jack Moniker:
Robin Williams
Governor Anthony Croyden Hayes:
Peter O'Toole
Barry Nye:
Rick Moranis
Ernest Reed:
Jimmy Cliff
Phillipa Lloyd:
null Twiggy
Prime Minister Solomon Gundy:
Adolph Caesar
Barry Steinberg:
Eugene Levy
Terry Hamlin:
Joanna Cassidy
Voit Zerbe:
Brian Doyle-Murray

BBC Two England

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