Arts: The Albert Memorial
Starring
Johnny Weissmuller
Brenda Joyce
Tarzan lands an unexpected catch - a beautiful mermaid.
Director Robert Florey 0 FILMS: pages 41-50
Family drama starring Bette Davis
A petulant literary giant forces an entire family to wait on him. With Ann Sheridan , Monty Woolley andJimmyDurante. DirectorWilliam Keighley
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Starring
Jeffrey Hunter
Siobhan McKenna
A portrayal of the birth, life and death of Jesus Christ. Director Nicholas Ray ● FILMS: pages 41-50
The Ironbridge "living museum" in Shropshire. (Rpt;
Animation.
Animation.
Cartoon fun.
This award-winning opera by Harrison Birtwistle is set in Arthurian times and is based on the medieval epic poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. This was the innovative opera that, last year, brought a disembodied talking head and full-frontal male nudity to the Royal Opera House. The opera is directed by Di Trevis, designed by Alison Chitty and introduced by Jeremy Isaacs. During the interval, a discussion between Birtwistle and librettist David Harsent.
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Elgar Howarth
Television director Peter Maniura
Producer Stephany Marks
(Stereo)
Atlantic Inferno. The World
Navy is undergoing exercises in the Atlantic. Will Scott be able to cope with his responsibilities? 0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888
Close Encounters of the European Kind
Third of five programmes looking at how the EC is taking control of Britain's environment.
Bankrupt Seas. North Sea cod and haddock are on the verge of extinction and EC quotas mean that European fishermen have to throw back nearly half of their catch. Julian Pettifer examines why fishermen from Shetland and Spain agree that Europe's fishing policy is unsatisfactory. Producer Ann Hawker
Senes producer Grant Mansfield
Rossini's choral work, which combines operatic drama with deeply felt religious emotions, is given to celebrate the bicentenary of the composer's birth. Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos conducts the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with Christine Weidinger (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-sop), David Maxwell Anderson (tenor) and Roderick Earle (bass). Given in St David's Hall, Cardiff.
Director Andrew Quick
Concert sponsored by Fairclough Building
This week, a visit to
Beechgrove, a Scottish garden where the display of bedding plants is lavish. Plus
John Brookes 's series on garden design, and a look at how to make the garden safer. A Catalyst production for BBCtv 0 GARDENING: page 14
Three films which take a journey through the rich musical heritage of Argentina.
The story begins just south of Buenos Aires in the Pampas. This is the land of the gaucho - the solitary hero on his horse, the symbol of Argentinian identity. Today the gaucho might seem to be more a figure of legend than reality, yet just a few miles from the Argentinian capital men and horses keep this tradition alive. With guitar and songs the gauchos continue to tell stories of their lives, their horses and their land.
Director Jana Bokova says: "The gaucho is not just a man on his horse living rough. He represents freedom within his own culture. His music and poetry became part of Argentina's classic 19th-century literature. But today the gaucho is in decline."
(Part 2 can be seen tomorrow)
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A short season of films by the French director
Bertrand Tavernier opens with the first showing on network television of this poignant story of family love, starring
Dirk Bogarde , Jane Birkin It tells of the preoccupation of a convalescent father with his neglected daughter, and was shot largely in English.
(The season continues tomorrow with Tavernier's latest. "The Undeclared War") * FILMS: pages 41-50
Cult film directed by and starring
Jack Webb
A re-creation of the 20s complete with bootlegging, speakeasies and jazz.
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