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Drama starring
Ingrid Bergman Mario Vitale Italy, 1945: a Lithuanian refugee, marries a handsome but simple Italian fisherman. Soon she dreams of escaping. Written, produced and directed by Roberto Rossellini (1950) B/W
FILM REVIEWS pages 47-51

Contributors

Unknown:
Ingrid Bergman
Directed By:
Roberto Rossellini

Documentary series following hopefuls through a year at the Drama Centre in London.
Paul disappears for ten days, a serious breach of discipline. Anthony Hopkins,
Simon Callow and others assess the techniques and torture of the Drama Centre.

(Stereo) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Interviewee:
Anthony Hopkins
Interviewee:
Simon Callow
Director:
John Barnes
Series Editor:
Paul Watson

Mahatma Gandhi once said: "Good travels at a snail's pace; therefore it can have little to do with railways." At the time he condemned trains as tools of British imperialism, but later
Gandhi realised their potential for spreading his own message, as he travelled India.
The use of railways by monarchs and heads of state features in the third part of this series about the development of railways. Filmed in India, Russia and Africa, the programme also includes footage of Prince
Nicholas laying the foundation stone of the Trans-Siberian railway in Vladivostock in and former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda recalling the problems in building the Chinese-backed Tanzania-
Zambia railway in the face of western opposition. Producer Peter Bate
Series producer PeterGrimsdale

Contributors

Unknown:
Mahatma Gandhi
Unknown:
Kenneth Kaunda
Producer:
Peter Bate

The wry investigation of some of life's unanswerables.
Tonight: how can you be stuffed when you die, why do cats show their bottoms while being stroked and do spoilers on family saloon cars serve any purpose? Guests include Jeremy Clarkson, Michael Bogdanov and the Reduced Shakespeare Company. Also featuring Carol Vorderman.
A Celandine production for BBCtv
See This Week page 10

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Clarkson
Unknown:
Michael Bogdanov
Unknown:
Carol Vorderman.
Producer:
Philippe Bassett
Series Editor:
Leela Creswell

Introduced by Robert McKee. Producer Nick Freand Jones
10.55 Bringing Up Baby
Screwball comedy starring
Cary Grant
Katharine Hepburn David Huxley is a quiet professor, content to live out his life among dinosaur bones. But when he encounters society girl Susan Vance and her pet leopard, Baby, his life of peace and order is shattered.
Director Howard Hawks (1938)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Robert McKee.
Producer:
Nick Freand Jones
Unknown:
Cary Grant
Unknown:
Katharine Hepburn
Unknown:
David Huxley
Unknown:
Susan Vance
Director:
Howard Hawks
David Huxley:
Cary Grant
Susan Vance:
Katharine Hepburn
Aunt Elizabeth:
May Robson
Major Applegate:
Charlie Ruggles
Gogarty:
Barry Fitzgerald
Alexander Peabody:
George Irving
Constable Slocum:
Walter Catlett
Dr Lehmann:
Fritz Feld
Mrs Gogarty:
Leona Roberts

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