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I Comedy starring
Adolphe Menjou
I Carole Landis
Tired of his owners' marital bickerings, a magic Buddha decides he's going to teach them both a lesson. With Mary Astor. John Hubbard. Director Hal Roach (1940)
SEE FILMS pages

Contributors

Unknown:
Adolphe Menjou
Unknown:
Carole Landis
Unknown:
Mary Astor.
Unknown:
John Hubbard.
Director:
Hal Roach

Comedy musical starring Joan Davis
Jack Haley The stars of the famous
Broadway show announce their engagement, but find they have to marry off Jack's unappealing sister first. With Gene Krupa. Directed by Felix E Feist (1945)
SEE FILMS pages 43-48

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Davis
Unknown:
Jack Haley

Subtitled (news)
Followed by "A Human Monster with Inwardly Curved Extremities"?
Such was the description in 1841 of the condition arthrogryposis, which restricts joint movement. This film tells the story of four people born with the illness.

Comic
Agatha Christie detective mystery starring Margaret Rutherford Arthur Kennedy
Miss Marple sees a woman being strangled on a passing train and decides to investigate.
Director George Pollock (1961)
SEE FILMS pages 43-48

Contributors

Unknown:
Agatha Christie
Director:
George Pollock
Miss Marple:
Margaret Rutherford
Dr Quimper:
Arthur Kennedy
Emma Ackenthorpe:
Muriel Pavlow
Mr Ackenthorpe:
James Robertson Justice
Mrs Kidder:
Joan Hickson

Stamp Out Crime. Journalist Jon Ronson plunges into the murky world of the amateur crimefighter in the second of his comedy investigations. Determined to do his bit, he organises a massive star-studded pop initiative. Director Mike Barker
Series producer Neil Crombie

Contributors

Unknown:
Jon Ronson
Director:
Mike Barker
Producer:
Neil Crombie

The acclaimed series of videos shot by young people gets a second airing in Def II. Cheaptalk and Blinker-Blinker.... about two brothers in south London's expanding Portuguese community who just live for music.
Revised rpt

Contributors

Producer:
Robert Tolputt
Series Producer:
Bob Long

Final episode of this three-part satire on politics, starring Phyllis Logan Kevin McNally
Lou's head and heart clash when her old love, Phil, returns. With Barbara Marten , Jack Watson , Tom Watson , Tony Melody, Russell Dixon. Written by Ron Rose
Producer Hilary Salmon Director Carol Wilks

Contributors

Unknown:
Phyllis Logan
Unknown:
Kevin McNally
Unknown:
Barbara Marten
Unknown:
Jack Watson
Unknown:
Tom Watson
Unknown:
Russell Dixon.
Written By:
Ron Rose
Producer:
Hilary Salmon
Director:
Carol Wilks

Big Boy'sTale:
A Profile of Peter McDougall
A look at the career of the hard man of British television drama, who specialises in gritty explorations of violent street culture, during the making of his latest and 25th film, Down among the Big Boys. With contributions from
Billy Connolly , producer
Jeremy Isaacs and Hollywood director John Mackenzie. Director Eleanor Yule
Producer May Miller Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter McDougall
Unknown:
Billy Connolly
Unknown:
Jeremy Isaacs
Director:
John MacKenzie.
Director:
Eleanor Yule

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