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The first of this morning's two films starring John Barrymore
Two children inspire their father to regain his self-respect. With Peter Holden and Virigina Weidler. (1939)
FILM REVIEWS pages 35-39

Contributors

[Actor]:
John Barrymore
[Actor]:
Peter Holden
[Actress]:
Virigina Weidler
Director:
Garson Kanin

John Barrymore and bandleader Kay Kyser play themselves in this story where Shakespeare meets swing. Director David Butler (1941)
FILM REVIEWS pages 35-39

Contributors

Unknown:
John Barrymore
Unknown:
Kay Kyser
Director:
David Butler

Crime drama starring Robert Young
On trial for his life, Larry Ballentine is given the chance to explain his story.
With Susan Hayward , Jane Greer. Director Irving Pichel (1947)
FILM REVIEWS pages 35-39

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Young
Unknown:
Larry Ballentine
Unknown:
Susan Hayward
Unknown:
Jane Greer.
Director:
Irving Pichel

Adventure starring Chuck Connors
Luke Halpin
When young Sandy Ricks rescues an injured dolphin from a Florida Keys reef he makes a lifelong friend. However, Sandy's fisherman father believes Flipper is a threat to his family's livelihood.
Director James B Clark 1963)
FILM REVIEWS pages 35-39

Contributors

Unknown:
Chuck Connors
Unknown:
Luke Halpin
Unknown:
Sandy Ricks
Director:
James B Clark
Porter Ricks:
Chuck Connors
Sandy Ricks:
Luke Halpin
Martha Ricks:
Kathleen Maguire
Kim Parker:
Connie Scott

Last in the series on the use of building materials.
Forging Ahead. Iron, steel and glass have transformed our cities and challenged traditional concepts of what a house should be. A suspended house of glass in Sussex has an elemental feel, while Mies van der Rohe's villa near Chicago is distinctly avant-garde. Producer Dick Foster
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Oooh Aaah Cantonal
The sports documentary series has picked an unusual first team of literary stars, the On the Line Poets' XI, and sent them on tour to celebrate their sporting heroes and pen their own lines on the big sporting events which have hit the back pages this summer. They cover subjects from Navratilova's farewell to the professional circuit to a child's eye view of school sport.
Executive producerTony Moss
EditorVyvSimson

Romantic drama starring
Faye Dunaway
Richard Widmark
In turn-of-the-century
America: independent spinster Love Simpson causes a scandal in the sleepy Southern town of Cold Sassy when she decides to accept the proposal of elderly E Rucker Blakeslee -just three weeks after the death of his first wife.
Director Joan Tewkesbury (1989)
FILM REVIEWS pages 35-39

Contributors

Unknown:
Faye Dunaway
Unknown:
Richard Widmark
Unknown:
Love Simpson
Unknown:
Rucker Blakeslee
Director:
Joan Tewkesbury
Love Simpson:
Faye Dunaway
E Rucker Blakeslee:
Richard Widmark
Will Tweedy:
Neil Patrick Harris
Loma:
Frances Fisher
Mary Willis:
Lee Garlington
Hoyt:
John Jackson
Clayton McAllister:
Jay O Sanders
Effie Belle Tate:
Jo Harvey Allen
Camp:
Ken Strong

In the series where guests list what they hate the most.
Actress and writer Maureen Lipman nominates, among other things, Channel 4's late-night youth show The Word, leggings, and Dixon of Dock Green. With Nick Hancock.
Director John F D Northover
Producer Lissa Evans
A Hat Trick production for BBCtv
Followed by Video Nation Shorts
A second week of short films about Northern Ireland.
Subtitled

Contributors

Unknown:
Maureen Lipman
Unknown:
Nick Hancock.
Producer:
Lissa Evans

Three times a week for the next three weeks, Emma Freud presents highlights of the Edinburgh
Festival, Britain's showcase for the arts and one of the world's greatest festivals.
This first programme takes a look at Edinburgh's newly-opened Festival Theatre, one of Europe's most exciting opera and dance venues. It also previews Robert Lepage 's latest work The Seven Streams of the River Ota, and reports on the first week of the Fringe. Producer Donny O'Rourke
Editor John Archer
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Contributors

Unknown:
Emma Freud
Unknown:
Robert Lepage
Producer:
Donny O'Rourke
Editor:
John Archer

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