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Caribbean Cruise. Anne Gregg reports from the Sovereign of the Seas - the world's largest passenger cruise-ship - on a week's cruise around the eastern Caribbean, departing from Miami and calling at Labadee in Haiti, San Juan in Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Island of St Thomas.
Series producer Patricia Houlihan

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Gregg

A series of balloon flights. Today, Sue Beardsmore and the BBC balloon discover history from the air. From the past: a 15th century moated castle at Kirby Muxloe in Leicestershire; the King's Oak at
Boscobel House in Shropshire; and the Queen's Sconce at Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire. From the future: an unidentified flying object in a millionaire's back garden. Producer David Nelson (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sue Beardsmore
Unknown:
Kirby Muxloe
Producer:
David Nelson

Vintage American comedy.
Mama Loves Mambo. While Alice and Trixie take dancing classes an irate Ralph and Ed get a lesson in marriage.

Contributors

Ralph Kramden:
Jackie Gleason
Ed Norton:
Art Carney
Alice Kramden:
Audrey Meadows
Trixie Norton:
Joyce Randolph

Starring
Ginger Rogers , Robert Ryan
The Second World War: when Jo's husband is sent overseas with the US Army, she and three friends decide to pool their resources and rent a house together. The four little suspect that their lives will never be the same again.
Director Edward Dmytryk
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Contributors

Unknown:
Ginger Rogers
Unknown:
Robert Ryan
Director:
Edward Dmytryk
Jo Jones:
Ginger Rogers
Chris Jones:
Robert Ryan
Barbara:
Ruth Hussey
Helen Stacey:
Patricia Collinge
Manya:
Mady Christians
Doris:
Kim Hunter
Mrs Henderson:
Jane Darwell
Jo's mother:
Mary Forbes
Mike:
Richard Martin

A series exploring new discoveries in the world of history and archaeology under water.
The City under the Sea. One of the greatest sunken cities lies in the New World, across the Atlantic. Port Royal, Jamaica, was the centre for pirates and buccaneers who raided Spanish galleons bound for Europe, laden with treasures.
Under the leadership of the famous pirate Captain Morgan, Port Royal came to be known as the Sodom and Gomorrah of the New World, the wickedest city on earth. Today divers are uncovering the town street by street, house by house. Narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith . Written and produced by Derek Towers Series editor Bruce Norman (R) 0 CEEFAX SUBTITLES

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Produced By:
Derek Towers
Editor:
Bruce Norman

A 91-part epic Indian drama.
30: Yudhishtira's brothers decide to accompany him to Varnavat and they ask their mother Kunti to go with them. She agrees. Shakuni and Duryodhana are overjoyed at this news, for now they can get rid of the whole family. However, Vidhur is very suspicious. He sends his spies to Varnavat to investigate.

Contributors

Yudhishtira:
Gajendra Chauhan
Actor:
Kunti Nazneen
Shakuni:
Gufi Paintal
Duryodhana:
Puneet Issar
Vidhur:
Virendra Razdan

Starring
John Mills , Bernard Lee Richard Attenborough
In 1940 more than 338,000 men were taken off Dunkirk beach in an operation that has become a legend of the Second World War. This epic film re-creates the evacuation.
Director Leslie Norman
0 FILMS: pages 39-47

Contributors

Unknown:
John Mills
Unknown:
Bernard Lee
Unknown:
Richard Attenborough
Director:
Leslie Norman
Binns:
John Mills
Charles Foreman:
Bernard Lee
Holden:
Richard Attenborough
Mike:
Robert Urquhart
Barlow:
Ray Jackson
Dave Bellman:
Meredith Edwards
Military spokesman:
Anthony Nicholls
Jouvet:
Michael Shillo
Frankie:
Sean Barrett
Diana:
Maxine Audley
Flanagan and Allen:
Themselves
Lt Lumpkin:
Kenneth Cope
Medical Officer:
Lionel Jeffries

Production of the exclusive
Hispano Suiza cars stopped more than 50 years ago - today it is rare to even see one in public. Willie Rushton and a Top Gear team accompanied 40 of them on a nostalgic visit to their native Spain. Producer Tony Rayner

Contributors

Unknown:
Willie Rushton
Producer:
Tony Rayner

By Richard Wagner.
GOtterdammerung, Act 3. The final part of Wagner's epic music-drama. The curse of the ring has not yet fully run its course. The old world must be destroyed before the ring is returned to the Rhinemaidens.
To introduce this final act,
Enoch Powell and tenor Robert Tear offer opposing views on Wagner's vision of apocalypse. (soprano) (soprano) (mezzo-soprano) (tenor)(bass) (bass-baritone) (soprano)
Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch.
Stage director Nikolaus Lehnhoff BBCtv presentation David Stevens and Donald Sturrock
An NHK (Japan) production
0 SIMULTANEOUS BROADCAST: with Radio 3.

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Wagner.
Unknown:
Enoch Powell
Tenor:
Robert Tear
Conducted By:
Wolfgang Sawallisch.
Director:
Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Unknown:
David Stevens
Unknown:
Donald Sturrock
Woglinde:
Julie Kaufman
Wellgunde:
Angela Maria Blasi
Flosshilde:
Brigit Calm
Siegfried:
Rene Kollo
Hagen:
Matti Salminen
Gunther:
Hans Günter Nocker
Gutrune:
Lisbeth Balslev (soprano)
Brünnhild:
Hiidegard Behrens

Another chance to see last week's episode of David Lynch 's soap noir. Starring Kyle MacLachlan Michael Ontkean
7: For one resident Laura Palmer is brought shockingly back to life, but a witness to her murder leaves blood on the doughnuts.
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Contributors

Unknown:
David Lynch
Unknown:
Kyle MacLachlan
Unknown:
Michael Ontkean
Unknown:
Laura Palmer
Agent Dale Cooper:
Kyle MacLachlan
Sheriff Truman:
Michael Ontkean
Catherine Martell:
Piper Laurie
Josie Packard:
Joan Chen
Shelly Johnson:
Mädchen Amick
Bobby Bnggs:
Dana Ashbrook
Benjamin Home:
Richard Beymer
Donna Hayward:
Lara Flynn Boyle
Audrey Home:
Sherilyn Fenn
William Hayward:
Warren Frost
Norma Jennings:
Peggy Lipton
James Hurley:
James Marshall
Ed Hurley:
Everett McGill
Pete Martell:
Jack Nance
Leland Palmer:
Ray Wise
Sarah Palmer:
Grace Zabriskie
Lawrence Jacoby:
Russ Tamblyn
Madeleine Ferguson:
Sheryl Lee
Leo Johnson:
Eric Da Re
Hank Jennings:
Chris Mulkey
Nadine Hurley:
Wendy Robie

Starring
Richard Gere , Diane Lane
Welcome to the Cotton Club, where the lords of the underworld hobnob with the cream of society. Francis Coppola 's dazzling kaleidoscope of romance, dance, music and murder vividly evokes the America of the jazz age.
FILMS: pages 39-47
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Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Gere
Unknown:
Diane Lane
Unknown:
Francis Coppola
Dixie Dwyer:
Richard Gere
Vera Cicero:
Diane Lane
'Sandman' Williams:
Gregory Hines
Ula Rose Oliver:
Lonette McKee
Owney:
Madden Bobhoskins
Dutch Schultz:
James Remar
Vincent Dwyer:
Nicolas Cage

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