The towns that inspired Thomas Hardy.
Quiz with Paul Coia.
Starring
David Niven
Margaret Leighton
Caught up in the French Revolution, terrified aristocrats have only one hope of escaping the guillotine - 'that damned elusive pimpernel'.
Wnters/Producers/Directors ;; Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
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A report on the problem of rural homelessness.
Highlights from the 120th
Championship.
With Ian Wooldridge.
Animation.
A look at the work of the RSPB.
Followed by Westminster reports
A Castle on the Map. How 4 a home became a tourist attraction.
Followed by Titchmarsh's Travels
The Irish pilgrim trail.
Barrel-organ music.
and Regional News; Weather
Highlights of this year's
European championships.
Starring
Richard Widmark
Bella Darvi
Professor Montel, an atomic scientist, vanishes while en route from Paris to Vienna.
His disappearance is linked with communist activities in the Arctic Circle and the arrival of Adam Jones , late of the US Navy, at a mysterious meeting in Tokyo.
Director Samuel Fuller 0 FILMS: pages 33-40
Life in Britain, France and Germany from 1900-50 seen through the eyes of amateur film enthusiasts.
Don 't just Stand There
1905-46. How did the early home-movie buffs experiment with their new toy, find something interesting to film, and capture movement in the frame? This film reveals for the first time the ingenuity behind what became known as 'the people's art'. Narrated by Ray Brooks.
Producer Michael Kuball
A Third Eye production for BBCtv
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Second of a six-part series about unusual and eccentric
Americans. Heretics
For Patricia and Barbara convent-life exposed a world that they could not in conscience support. And when they took on the might of the male-dominated hierarchy of the Catholic Church the pair became the targets of abuse. Today, they are open in their demands for the ordination of women, abortion, and their right to dissent. Director Mark Samels
Executive producer Paul Watson
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Tense thriller starring
Ryan O'Neal Bruce Dern
Isabelle Adjani
Cold, ruthless and utterly professional, this driver is the best getaway man in the business. Tough, and equally professional, is a detective determined to get his man.
Ryan O'Neal and Bruce Dern play characters on opposite sides of the law, each with a sneaking admiration for the other, and each out to win. See panel left.
Written and directed by Walter Hill 0 FILMS: pages 33-40
Francine Stock with the background to the day's top news stories.
The off-beat music and arts show puts Scottish Ballet in the spotlight, meets the couple who have taken tartan from the biscuit tin to the fashion world and seeks out the elusive Picts. Plus music from
Irish maestro Christy Moore. Presented by Richard Jobson. Director Eleanor Yule
Producer Christina Macaulay
Stand By Your Banner!
