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Drama starring Cary Grant
Carole Lombard
An embittered wife refuses to release her husband from their unhappy marriage. Director John Cromwell (1939)
FILM REVIEWS pages 45-50

Contributors

Unknown:
Cary Grant
Unknown:
Carole Lombard
Director:
John Cromwell

Drama starring
James Cagney Tokyo, 1930s: reporter Nick Condon exposes a Japanese plot to invade China. With Sylvia Sidney , Wallace Ford.
Director Frank Lloyd (1945) B/W (Angels with Dirty Faces: tomorrow4.00pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
James Cagney
Reporter:
Nick Condon
Unknown:
Sylvia Sidney
Unknown:
Wallace Ford.
Director:
Frank Lloyd

Western starring James Garner in the role he made famous in the TV series of the 50s and 60s.

New Mexico, 1880: a wild card is introduced into the schemes of charming con men
Bret Maverick and his brother Bart when their nephew Ben arrives on the scene.
(1978)

Contributors

Director:
Hy Averback
Bret Maverick:
James Garner
Bart Maverick:
Jack Kelly
Ben Maverick:
Charles Frank
Nell:
Susan Blanchard
Poker Alice:
Susan Sullivan
Vinnie:
George Loros
Judge Crupper:
Eugene Roche

Continuing the series on the ingenious use of building materials around the world.
Concrete Realities. Despite Frank Lloyd Wright 's structure in Los Angeles - part temple, part baronial hall - concrete high-rise housing in Britain has become a metaphor for social deprivation.
Narrated by Tom Baker. Producer DickFoster
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Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Lloyd Wright
Unknown:
Tom Baker.

The third of an eight-part series goes on a tour of the murky world of the cheat.
Guide Derek Hatton - who has suffered from accusations of sharp practice himself - talks to cricketers, rugby players, footballers, even bridge players, and discovers that drawing the line between gamesmanship, minor misdemeanours and outright cheating can be hazardous. Executive producer Tony Moss
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Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Hatton
Producer:
Tony Moss

Drama starring
Greer Robson New Zealand, 1932: teenager Kate Marshall runs away to find her father and on the road teams up with another fugitive.
Director Sam Pillsbury (1987)
FILM REVIEWS pages45-50

Contributors

Unknown:
Greer Robson
Unknown:
Kate Marshall
Director:
Sam Pillsbury
Kate Marshall:
Greer Robson
Patrick “Pat” Dawson:
Peter Phelps
Detective Wallace:
Marshall Napier
Spooner:
Ian Brackenbury Channell
Helen:
Dono: Ghrees
Barbara:
Sue Curnow
Des:
Peter Dennett

In the series that asks guests to name the people and things they hate the most,
Nick Hancock talks to comedian Jo Brand and discovers that her list includes The Magic Roundabout, the Mona Lisa and the year 1975.
A Hat Trick production for BBCtv

Followed by The Jupiter Collision
A daily series of animations on this week's planetary activity.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Talks:
Nick Hancock
Unknown:
Jo Brand
Director:
John F D Northover
Producer:
Lissa Evans

Brenda Blethyn gives solo performance as Eileen, a woman whose memories of her passion for a young American sustain her through her loneliness and grief at the death of her Down's syndrome daughter.
This independent production for BBC Wales is the second of three specially commissioned plays from Welsh writers and directors new to TV drama, for the series Wales Playhouse. The writer, Frank Vickery , is better known for his home-grown comedies of the valleys, while the director, Lowri Gwilym , had worked in documentaries.
Series producer Richard J Staniforth A Teliesyn production for BBC Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
Brenda Blethyn
Unknown:
Frank Vickery
Director:
Lowri Gwilym
Producer:
Richard J Staniforth

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