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10.25 Cats' Eyes (ages 5-7). 7561207 10.40 Look and Read (ages 7-9+) 9576820 11.00 Zig Zag (ages 8-10). Stereo 3635424 11.20 English Time (ages 11-14).
11.40 Jeunes Francophones (ages 14-16). Stereo 3558882 12.00 SportSbank: Soccerfages 11-16).

Drama. Personal and professional problems come to a head during the summer of 1 952 tor the residents of a small town. With James Garnerand
Joan Hackett.
Director Stuart Margolin (1982) ................. * FILM REVIEWS pages 69-76
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Contributors

Unknown:
James Garnerand
Unknown:
Joan Hackett.
Director:
Stuart Margolin

Word game with Paul Coia.
Director Justin C Adams ; Producer Leslie Mitchell
COMPETITION: telephone 0[number removed]. Calls cost 39p per minute cheap rate, 49p at other times.

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Coia.
Director:
Justin C Adams
Producer:
Leslie Mitchell

Another adventure with the US astronaut transported into the future. Unchained Woman. Buck masquerades as a ruthless convict to free the beautiful but cunning Jen Burton. Rpt ...............................................

Contributors

Unknown:
Jen Burton.
Buck Rogers:
Gil Gerard
Jen Burton:
Jamie Lee Curtis
Colonel Wilma Deering:
Erin Gray
DrHuer:
Tim O'Connor

Another chance to see the acclaimed 26-part documentary series telling the history of the Second World War.
For two years the Soviet Army fought the Germans almost alone. The nation survived but with a loss of more than 20 million people. First shown on ITV (Subtitled)

Contributors

Narrator:
Laurence Olivier.
Writer:
Neal Ascherson
Director/Producer:
Martin Smith
Producer:
Jeremy Isaacs

Two years ago, newspaper headlines told of the discovery of "ripples in the universe", the first evidence of what happened after the Big Bang. Horizon follows three teams as they race to "map" these ripples, and to find proof of the theory that minute wrinkles expanded faster than light to become huge walls of galaxies. See today's choices.
(Repeated Saturday at 2.10pm)
Booklet: please send a cheque for £3.00, payable to BBC Education, to [address removed]

Contributors

Writer/Producer:
Karl Sabbagh
Editor:
John Lynch

Showcase for short films by new directors. The Debt. A yuppie couple return to their New York apartment to find some terrible messages on their answerfone. This black comedy won the Best Short Film award at the Cannes Film Festival.
With Paul Lazar , Scott Renderer and Kirsten Johnston.
Director Bruno de Almeida Stereo Subtitled3257 14

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Lazar
Unknown:
Scott Renderer
Unknown:
Kirsten Johnston.

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
This pilot episode, made for Comedy Playhouse in 1962, introduced the British public to scrap dealers Harold and Albert Steptoe (Harry H. Corbett and Wilfred Brambell).

Harold sees an opportunity that may enable him to realise his dream of finally leaving home.
(B/W) (Rpt)

Contributors

Writer:
Ray Galton
Writer:
Alan Simpson
Producer:
John Howard Davies
Harold:
Harry H. Corbett
Albert:
Wilfrid Brambell

In this Late Show special
Michael Ignatieff talks to novelist Julian Bames about his inventive style, his novels (including The History of the World in 10½ Chapters), and his response to .the criticism that his work is brilliantly clever but emotionally cold.
Producer David Herman Stereo ...........

Contributors

Talks:
Michael Ignatieff
Unknown:
Julian Bames
Producer:
David Herman Stereo

Black comedy about a widow determined to exhume her husband's body and prove her eligibility fora pension. In
Spanish with English subtitles. With Salvador Wood , Silvia Planas and Manuel Estanillo.
DirectorTomás Gutiérrez Alea 1966)
* FILM REVIEWS pages 69-76

Contributors

Unknown:
Salvador Wood
Unknown:
Silvia Planas
Unknown:
Manuel Estanillo.

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