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Network premiere of this family drama starring Joan Crawford Margaret Sullavan
Vivacious nightclub dancer Olivia Riley marries wealthy Henry Linden and then turns her attention to shaking up his stuffy family - until tragedy intervenes.
Director Frank Borzage (B/w); Films: pages 39-45

Contributors

Director:
Frank Borzage
Olivia Riley:
Joan Crawford
Judy Linden:
Margaret Sullavan
David Linden:
Robert Young
Henry Linden:
Melvyn Douglas
Hannah Linden:
Fay Bainter

England (Pakistan
Live coverage from Headingley of the first day's play in the fourth Cornhill Insurance Test match. Commentary by Richie Benaud , Asif Iqbal ,
Ray Illingworth , Jack Bannister and Geoffrey Boycott.
Introduced by Tony Lewis. Television presentation Mike Adley Executive producer Keith Mackenzie ● STEREO

Contributors

Commentary By:
Richie Benaud
Commentary By:
Asif Iqbal
Commentary By:
Ray Illingworth
Unknown:
Jack Bannister
Unknown:
Geoffrey Boycott.
Introduced By:
Tony Lewis.
Unknown:
Mike Adley
Producer:
Keith MacKenzie

An inside view of management and industry.
A Will of Iron. When an old French company involved in heavy industry buys out a similar English company, a battle of contrasting management styles emerges. Producer David Dawson-Pick
Series editor Brian Davies
● TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Producer:
David Dawson-Pick
Editor:
Brian Davies

Series by disabled people about what it feels like to be them.
This Is a Short Film about Melons
Jacqui Duckworth and the conflict when a disabled and able-bodied person share the same body.
0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Jacqui Duckworth

Special Olympic edition of the investigative sports programme presented by John Fashanu.
The Barcelona Olympics open in two days' time with a record number of sports, countries and competitors. But have the Games become too big? And why are a quarter of the world's women barred from competing? Editor David Taylor ● STEREO

Contributors

Presented By:
John Fashanu.
Editor:
David Taylor

Flyingfor Gold. Like humans, the bird world has its champion athletes which exhibit beautiful and fascinating behaviour. But unlike humans, bird Olympians compete for their very existence, not for medals.
BBCtv presentation Pamela Jackson ● TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888 ● NATURE: page 12

Is the Venezuelan island of Margarita really a cut-price Caribbean paradise? Plus comedian Norman Wisdom on his adopted home, the Isle of Man. Presented by Penny Junor and Paddy Haycocks.
Series producer Rachel Hebditch Executive producer Tony Moss ● STEREO

Contributors

Unknown:
Norman Wisdom
Unknown:
Paddy Haycocks.
Producer:
Rachel Hebditch

Tonight's play in the series of solo performances, being shown as part of a retrospective season of his work, stars Alan Bennett himself.
A Chip in the Sugar
A middle-aged man, who lives with his mother, finds her taking up with an old flame. Producer Innes Lloyd
Director Stuart Burge
* TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Bennett
Producer:
Innes Lloyd
Director:
Stuart Burge

First of six programmes providing eyewitness accounts from British writers who travelled in North America in Victorian times. Extracts from their journals, contemporary stills and archive footage reveal that in many ways their opinions still apply today.
The truth is told about crossing the Atlantic, and advice given to tourists and emigrants about the realities of American railroads, steamboats and stagecoaches.

Contributors

Producer:
Charles Miller
Charles Dickens:
Adrian Rawlins
Susanna Moodie:
Carolyn Pickles
Robert Louis Stevenson:
Peter Capaldi
Catherine Parr Traill:
Shona Morris
Anthony Trollope:
Christopher Douglas
Frances Trollope:
Patsy Byrne

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