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Starring Dean Martin Jerry Lewis
A former sports star wants his son, a timid hypochondriac, to join his old college football team. Director Hal Walker ● FILMS: pages 33-40

Contributors

Unknown:
Dean Martin
Unknown:
Jerry Lewis
Director:
Hal Walker

Starring Peter Finch
FILM Mary Ure
A British doctor in the Far East battles to save the natives of his village from the warring factions around them.
Director Ronald Neame • FILMS: pages 33-40

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Finch
Unknown:
Mary Ure
Director:
Ronald Neame
DrAlec Windom:
Peter Finch
Lee:
Mary Ure
Patterson:
Michael Hordern
Anna:
Natasha Parry
Hart Vidal:
John Cairney
George Hasbrook:
Robert Flemyng

A series of personal documentaries giving voice to the wisdom of years.
No Man Is an Island. Anglican priest, environmentalist and campaigner for social change,
John Papworth makes a plea for a return to grass roots democracy. Forsaking the urban desert in which he lives, he takes a voyage to Rathlin
Island, off the coast of Northern Ireland, where a small community of "both religions" live in peace and mutual respect. Here, he finds a model for the independence and self-control he would wish for us all.
Senes producer Peter Lee - Wright
● STEREO: TELETEXT SUBTITLES: p 888

Contributors

Unknown:
John Papworth
Producer:
Peter Lee

Catalonia. Beginning high in the Pyrenees with a camping burner and a local dish of broad beans and bacon, Keith Floyd goes on to sample the culinary delights of Barcelona and brave the heat of a coal-burning kitchen in a 150-year-old restaurant.
Director David Pritchard
Executive producer Robert Page A Lifetime production for BBCtv
0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888 0 BBC GOOD FOOD MAGAZINE: containing recipes from this series, £ 1.25, from newsagents. ● FOOD: page 13

Contributors

Unknown:
Keith Floyd
Director:
David Pritchard

A series of documentaries on British business culture.
TheBigGame. Big companies have been in trouble since the end of the biggest monopoly of them all, the Empire. Now, in an attempt to emulate the great success story of Glaxo, the big companies are acting small. Glaxo chairman,
Sir Paul Girolami , reveals the secret is to be big without being inhuman. Director Malcolm Clark
Executive producer Nicholas Fraser A Panoptic production for BBCtv
0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Paul Girolami
Director:
Malcolm Clark
Producer:
Nicholas Fraser

A series celebrating the role of engineering in modern society. Slippery When Wet. Liquid engineering is the art of making ketchup and toothpaste flow, and understanding the split personality of the detergent molecule. The oil in an engine becomes glass temporarily - but does this mean that glass is a liquid? In Australia, scientists have been watching a substance that drips once every eight years. It's called asphalt. Director James Castle
0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888
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Contributors

Director:
James Castle

Last in the series of debates on controversial topics of public interest. With Trevor Phillips. Executive producer David Cox Editor Will Smith
A Juniper production for BBCtv

Contributors

Unknown:
Trevor Phillips.
Producer:
David Cox

BBC Two England

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