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Drama with music starring
James Stewart , Mickey Rooney
Taken away from her owner by a dishonest businessman, Lassie has to make a perilous escape across the west.
Director Don Chaffey (1978) ................. * FILM REVIEWS pages 47-56

Contributors

Unknown:
James Stewart
Unknown:
Mickey Rooney
Director:
Don Chaffey
Clovis Mitchell:
James Stewart
Gus:
Mickey Rooney
Alice:
Alice Faye
Jamison:
Pernell Roberts
Kelly Mitchell:
Stephanie Zimbalist

Romantic drama starring
Anne Archer , Terry Jastrow
Gail Weston is a geologist, and John Taylor is an oilman. They agree on only one thing - the piece of land they've optioned will make theirfortune.
Director Ernest Day (1982) Stereo ♦ FILM REVIEWS pages 47-56
Including at
3.00 News and Weather Subtitled (news)
3.50 News and Weather subtitled (news)
Regional News; Weather

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Archer
Unknown:
Terry Jastrow
Unknown:
Gail Weston
Unknown:
John Taylor
Director:
Ernest Day
Gail Weston:
Anne Archer
John Taylor:
Terry Jastrow
Kit Peabody:
Mary Kay Place
Frank Walker:
Richard Farnsworth
Joe Locker:
Noah Beery

Continuing the Britain at
War season of films. Starring
Dirk Bogarde , Marius Goring
Crete, 1944. In an attempt to demoralise the German army, two
British officers, with the help of local patriots, lead a plan to kidnap the German officer-in-charge. With David Oxley , Cyril Cusack , Laurence Payne. Directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
(1956) B/W * FILM REVIEWS pages 47-56

Contributors

Unknown:
Dirk Bogarde
Unknown:
Marius Goring
Unknown:
David Oxley
Unknown:
Cyril Cusack
Unknown:
Laurence Payne.
Directors:
Michael Powell

Clowns of the Air
Ingenious photography follows puffins from Scotland to Iceland, underground into their burrows, and beneath the water - where the comical-looking bird is transformed into an efficient marine hunter, using its wings to "fly" after fish. Narrated by David Attenborough.
Producer Bernard Walton

Contributors

Unknown:
David Attenborough.
Producer:
Bernard Walton

Last in a new six-part comedy series about three young flat-sharers.
Fame. Driven mad by the noise of live rock music being played upstairs,
Matthew forces himself out of the flat to do something about it, and in the process becomes the lead singer in Pro-Active, the rehearsing band.
Written by Andrew Davies and Bernadette Davis Director John Stroud : Producer Geoffrey Perkins

Contributors

Written By:
Andrew Davies
Written By:
Bernadette Davis
Director:
John Stroud
Producer:
Geoffrey Perkins
Matthew:
Ben Chaplin
Martin:
Matthew Cottle
Mandy:
Samantha Janus
Chris:
Sam McKenzie
The Fury:
Jonathan McGuinness
Giles:
Danny Swanson

Last of a six-part series which looks at the sexual history of the British Empire. Children of Empire. Millions of mixed race children were born as a result of the years of British rule. Half white, half black, they found themselves caught in a crossfire of racial conflict.
Directors Alex West and David Wilson ; Series producer David Wilson BBC BOOK: Ruling Passions, a book written by Anton Gill to accompany the series, is available price £ 15.99 from booksellers.
Followed by Video Nation Shorts
More moments from everyday lives. Subtitled

Contributors

Directors:
Alex West
Directors:
David Wilson
Producer:
David Wilson
Written By:
Anton Gill

Passover
The first of an innovative four-part series celebrating contemporary British music.
The films are collaborations between composers and directors, and each programme combines an original composition with film images conceived to fit the music. Tonight's film is the co-creation of guitarist Paco Pena and director Jamil Dehlavi , a flamenco drama set during Passion
Week in Spain and shot in Cordoba and the surrounding landscape.
Executive producers Peter Maniura , Rodney Wilson P/anesong: tomorrow at 11. 15pm

Contributors

Guitarist:
Paco Pena
Director:
Jamil Dehlavi
Producers:
Peter Maniura
Producers:
Rodney Wilson
Joshua:
Jorge de Juan
Magda:
Belen Fernandez
Rodrigo:
Raul Fraire
Don Ramon:
German Cobos
Gypsy:
Leader Tiocollila

Continuing the series of programmes celebrating the centenary of the cinema, in which people select their favourite moment from the movies. Tonight, director Roger Corman chooses the Odessa Steps sequence from Battleship Potemkin.
The next Close-Up is tomorrow at 11,45pm
Producer Nick Freand Jones

Contributors

Director:
Roger Corman

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