Comedy starring Buster Keaton
The Mexican authorities are notsurewhattomakeofa
US soldier shipwrecked on their shore - especially when he is identified as the infamous Bluebeard.
Directed by Jaime Salvador ) 1946)
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Drama starring Joan Crawford
A downtrodden housewife leaves home to better herself. But her involvement with a gangster leads to tragedy. With David Brian. Director Vincent Sherman (1950)

Children's stories, songs, pictures and thoughts about the Nativity. Rpt

Musical film bioeraohv of Marilyn Miller , starring June
Haver Gordon MacRae
Ray Bolger
Tracing the remarkable career of the musical-comedy star. With Charlie Ruggles , Rosemary DeCamp. Director David Butler
(1949)

Michael Barry makes his favourite sandwiches.
A Bazal production for BBCtv

Romantic musical starring
Frank Sinatra
Doris Day
The Tuttle sisters are captivated by a brash young songwriter, until their love lives are complicated by a cynical pianist, Barney Sloan. Songs include
Someone to Watch Over Me and One for My Baby. With Gig Young, Ethel Barrymore. Director Gordon Douglas
(1954)

Biblical epic starring
Yul Brynner
Gina Lollobrigida
The story of Solomon, hero of the Israelites' conflict with the Egyptians, and Magda, the cunning Queen of Sheba. With
George Sanders , Marisa Pavan , David Farrar , John Crawford.
Director King Vidor (1959)

How to deal with a whole ham.

Anne Perkins investigates parliamentary committees. Editor JamesLeaton Gray

With Jennie Bond.
(Subtitled)
Weather John Kettley

Arsenal of Democracy
By the late 30s, Americans wanted to believe that the Slump was over. Roosevelt declared that the government was funding projects for people, not war - but it was the defence industry that was to provide the jobs. Last in the series.
Director/Producer Susan Bellows
A Blackside production in association with BBCtv

With guests Lesley Abdela and Maureen Lipman.

Your television and radio are cast as personalities (played by Peter Cook and Josie Lawrence) in this night of themed programmes showing how the two media have competed over the years, and which medium does what best.

To make the most of the evening, as David Attenborough explains in his introduction, you need to have your radio and TV in the same room, so that they can "talk to" each other, although there are times (marked with a dagger) when you can choose between listening and viewing.

There's nostalgia, science, drama and documentary. And linking it all, some lively sparring between the spirits of your radio and television, barely controlled by announcer Peter Donaldson.
Producers Mary Dickinson, Anthony Wall, Alastair Wilson; Series editors Nigel Finch and Anthony Wall

From 8.10 until midnight, timings are approximate.

8.10 The Seven Ages of Radio
Ian McKellen ruminates on the distinct eras of radio broadcasting, characterised as Shakespeare's seven ages of man, with the aid of Professor Asa Briggs.

First: the Infant.
Producer Christopher Bruce

8.20 TV Talk, Radio Rabbit What does the voice reveal?
Producer Nicola Roberts

8.50 The Seven Ages of Radio 2: The Schoolboy.

9.00 Heard But Not Seen
Alistair Cooke, whose weekly epistle has been broadcast on radio since 1946, explains why it is the best medium for him.
Introduced by Mark Tully.
Producer Debbie Geller

9.05 Back to Square One
The story of early radio's method of broadcasting live football, referring to a numbered grid - published in the Radio Times - on which listeners followed the action.
Producer Steve Bendelack

9.25 The Seven Ages of Radio 3: The Lover.

9.35 Sunday Dinner
Family Sunday meals conjure up for many Family Favourites,
Round the Home and The Billy Cotton Band Show.
Producer Diana Mansfield

9.50 The Seven Ages of Radio 4: The Soldier.

10.00 Pirates
On just one estate in east London there are five pirate stations, battling to stay on air. Producer Nigel Finch

10.15 The Seven Ages of Radio 5: The Judge.

10.25 TV Theft, Radio Rip-Off
Does TV steal radio's best comedy ideas? Included in the debate are Frank Muir,
Denis Norden, Armando Iannucci and the voice of Spike Milligan.
Producer John Silver

10.55 The Seven Ages of Radio 6: The Old Man.

11.00 The Spot FX Man
Harold Listings, a frustrated radio technician, takes revenge. Starring Peter Vaughan.
Producer Peter Kavanagh

11.20 The Seven Ages of Radio 7: Senility.

11.30 It's Life, Jim.... t
Nasa scientists are using giant radio antennae to pick up communications from ET.
Producer Fisher Dilke

11.50 The Time Signal t
Dr Carl Dolmetsch finds out why the pips changed pitch.
Producer Fisher Dilke

12.00 The Two Voyages of Donald Crowhurst
The tragic story of the lone yachtsman and his radio.
Producer Jill Evans

12.33am The Shipping Forecast
Live on TV for the first time,
Fisher, German Bight, Dogger
Producer Gerry Pomeroy

Looking at radio and it's history, Dr Carl Dolmetsch finds out why the pips changed pitch.

Concluding BBC2's Arena Radio Night, a drama starring
James Whitmore
Nancy Davis (later Reagan)
Joe and Mary Smith are shaken one night when they hear what seems to be the voice of God coming from their radio. Director William A Wellman (1950)
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