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Comedy set in I 19th-century England, starring
Katharine Hepburn
A woman tries to win her sweetheart back on his return from war.
Director George Stevens (1937)
B/W
FILM REVIEWS pages45 48

Contributors

Unknown:
Katharine Hepburn
Director:
George Stevens

I I Drama based on the I I classic novel.
Starring W C Fields
Freddie Bartholomew
David Copperfield 's happy life with his adoring mother suddenly changes.
Director George Cukor (1935)
B/w
BARRY NORMAN 'S CHOICE see page 44

Contributors

Unknown:
Freddie Bartholomew
Unknown:
David Copperfield
Director:
George Cukor
Unknown:
Barry Norman
Mr Micawber:
Wcfields
Young David:
Freddie Bartholomew
Davida as a man:
Frank Lawton
Mr Murdstone:
Basil Rathbone
Dora:
Maureen O'Suluvan
Dan Peggotty:
Lionel Barrymore

Wilderness expert Ray Mears reveals some of his favourite forays into British woods and fields. First shown as part of the countryside series Tracks. Producer Kathryn Moore
Series producer Colette Foster
Stereo Subtitled

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Mears
Producer:
Kathryn Moore

Paddy Haycocks visits Jamaica, Alison Goldie goes to Morocco and comedian Gordon Kennedy seeks out Britain's b and bs.
With Penny Junor. ProducerClareSillery
Series producer Liz Warner Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Paddy Haycocks
Unknown:
Alison Goldie
Unknown:
Gordon Kennedy

Concluding the true story of a man who wanted to be a woman.
Desperate Measures. Julia Grant begins the long and difficult struggle to obtain a sex-change operation. Series producer David Pearson
Subtitled

Contributors

Unknown:
Julia Grant
Producer:
David Pearson

A Cinderella Story. Shopping is booming in Northern Ireland, houses are cheap. The second of these programmes about the unintended consequences of the Troubles looks at some of the surprising economic factors.
Director Geoffrey Smrth ; Series producer Nick Catliff Stereo Subtitled
Followed by Video Nation Shorts Subtitled

Contributors

Director:
Geoffrey Smrth
Producer:
Nick Catliff

In the basement of an old Presbyterian church in the Botanic district of south Belfast, comedians are giving a different slant to the Troubles. It is a few hundred yards from Loyalist Sandy Row and Nationalist Ormeau Road, both scenes of recurrent sectarian violence.
The club usually plays to full houses, with local comics sharing the bill with visiting guest stars. But for tonight's performance all the acts are from the province. There's
Patrick Kielty and his balaclava, Sony Radio Award-winners the Hole in the Wall Gang, Jake Junior, Owen O'Neill, John Byrne and Kevin McAleer. They are used to working in clubs where the exact political complexion of the audience is at first a mystery, adding an edge to their comedy. Director Gerry Stembridge
Executive producer Paul Evans
(The Hole in the Wall Gang can also be heard on Radio 4 tomorrow at 11.00pm.)

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Kielty
Unknown:
Jake Junior
Unknown:
Owen O'Neill
Unknown:
John Byrne
Unknown:
Kevin McAleer.
Director:
Gerry Stembndge
Producer:
Paul Evans

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