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6.00 General Relativity: an Isolated Fact
6.25 A Portable Computer Industry
6.50 Managing in Organisations: Empowerment
7.15 Seville: the Edge of Empire
7.40 Summer School: OU All Hours
8.05 Diabetes - Restoring the Balance
8.30 The Victorian High Church
8.55 TV - Images, Messages and Ideologies
9.45 Renewable Energies
(Subtitled)
10.35 Powers of the President: Constitution and Congress
(Subtitled)
11.25 Managing Public Services: All Change?
11.50 Pathfinding in the Brain: a Fish and Bird's Eye View

What's going on in the world of wildlife. Simon King gives information on how to help in a survey of Britain's skylarks, the bird that many people hear butfew manage to see, and reveals the secrets of successful mole watching.
Shown last Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon King

Romantic comedy starring
John Wayne
Claudette Colbert
Best-sellingauthor Kit Madden is on her way to Hollywood to work on the screen adaptation of her latest novel. On the train, she finds her plans drastically altered when she meets a happy-go-lucky marine who is the ideal hero for herfilm. Louella Parsons HERSELF
Jack Benny HIMSELF Cary Grant HIMSELF
Director Mervyn LeRoy (1946)
# FILM REVIEWS pages 53-60

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wayne
Unknown:
Claudette Colbert
Unknown:
Best-Sellingauthor Kit Madden
Director:
Mervyn Leroy
Rusty Thomas:
John Wayne
Kit Madden:
Claudette Colbert
Dink Watson:
Don Defore
Consuela Connie Callaghan:
Ann Etriola
Soldier:
Phil Brown
Ortega:
Frank Puglia
Baldwin:
Thurston Hall
Dolores:
Dona Drake
Salesman:
Charles Arnt
Jerome:
Charles Evans
Mr Harry Randall:
Harry Hayden
Mrs Randall:
Lela Buss

Drama starring
MaxvonSydow Julie Andrews
An adaptation of James Michener 's best-selling novel set in 19th-century
Hawaii. Fresh from Yale Divinity School, Abner Hale becomes a rigid puritan missionary who attempts to impose his view of civilisation on the idyllic life of the Hawaiian islanders - with dire consequences for all concerned.
Director George Roy Hill (1966)
FILM REVIEWS pages 53-60

Contributors

Unknown:
Maxvonsydow Julie Andrews
Unknown:
James Michener
Unknown:
Abner Hale
Director:
George Roy Hill
Abner Hale:
Max von Sydow
Jerusha Bromley:
Julie Andrews
RaferHoxworth:
Richard Harris
Charles Bromley:
Carroll O'Connor
Abigail Bromley:
Elizabeth Cole
Charity Bromley:
Diane Sherry
Mercy Bromley:
Heather Menzies
Reverend Thorn:
Torin Thatcher
John Whipple:
Gene Hackman
Immanuel Quigley:
John Cullem
Abraham Hewlett:
Lou Antonio
Queen Malama:
Jocelyn La Garde

The men's grass court championships from the Queen'sClub, London. Highlights of this afternoon's semi-finals and some live doubles action from the centre court - weather permitting. This competition will provide some useful pointers to likely form at Wimbledon, which isjust overa weekaway. This time last year,
Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras defeated Sweden's Jan Apell , while
Todd Martin beat South African Christo
van Rensburg , to set up an all-American final. Commentary by John Barrett , David Mercer , Mark Cox. Introduced by Sue Barker.
Coverage of the singles final begins tomorrow at 2.00pm.
Producers Chris Lewis and Johnnie Waterston
Stereo...........................................

Contributors

Unknown:
Pete Sampras
Unknown:
Jan Apell
Unknown:
Todd Martin
Unknown:
Van Rensburg
Commentary By:
John Barrett
Commentary By:
David Mercer
Commentary By:
Mark Cox.
Introduced By:
Sue Barker.
Producers:
Chris Lewis
Producers:
Johnnie Waterston

Highlights of this morning's military spectacle in London, at which the Queen took the salute as the 1st
Battalion Scots Guards trooped their Queen's Colour. Julian Tutt was on the scene throughout the day and describes the five parts of the parade: the Inspection of the line, the Troop by the Massed Bands and Corps of Drums of the Guards Division, Troopingthe Colourthrough the ranks, the March
Past by the Foot Guards and the Rank Past by the Household Cavalry. Events included a fly-past by the RAF, watched by members of the royal family from the balcony of Buckingham Palace.

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Tutt
Unknown:
Troopingthe Colourthrough

The last concert in the preliminary round of the competition brings the cream of young opera and lieder performers from all over the world to St David's Hall in the Welsh capital. Tonight's performers are Spain's Carlos Bergasa (baritone), Belgium's Werner Van Mechelen (bass-baritone), Japan's Yasuhiko Idane (tenor),
Russia's Larisa Rudakova (soprano) and Sweden's Katarina Karneus (mezzo-soprano). Presenters Natalie Wheen and Iain Burnside talk to the experts and the five singers competing fora place in Sunday's final. They are accompanied by the Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera under the baton of Carlo Rizzi, and by pianist Ingrid Surgenor.
(Coverage of the final begins tomorrow at 6.00 pm.)

Event sponsored by British Petroleum
(Stereo)
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE: the July issue, which includes a feature on the competition, is available price £3.95 from newsagents.

Contributors

Baritone:
Carlos Bergasa
Bass-Baritone:
Werner van Mechelen
Tenor:
Yasuhiko Idane
Soprano:
Larisa Rudakova
Mezzo-Soprano:
Katarina Karneus
Presenters:
Natalie Wheen
Unknown:
Carlo Rizzi
Pianist:
Ingrid Surgenor
Director:
Andrew Quick
Producer:
Dick Vigers

Fourth in a five-part series in which Christopher Frayling investigates the art and philosophy of the Middle Ages.
The Hammer of the World. The
Emperor Friedrich II forged Germany and Italy into a great empire with a mixture of brute force and skilful publicity. He debated with great men from the world of Islam. He performed experiments on living human beings. But most of all he wanted to conquer death itself. See today's choices. Series director and producer Jim Burge
BBC BOOK: ChristopherFrayling'sStrange
Landscape: a Journey through the Middle Ages is available pricef 18.99 from booksellers.

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Frayling
Producer:
Jim Burge

Live coverage of the third round and penultimate day of play in the US Open, from the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York. The weather will play a vital part in the proceedings as the strength of the winds off the Atlantic dictates the severity of the course. Straight driving and low approach shots will be an advantage. Commentary by Peter Alliss , Alex Hay , Dave Marr. Introduced by Steve Rider.

Contributors

Commentary By:
Peter Alliss
Commentary By:
Alex Hay
Commentary By:
Dave Marr.
Introduced By:
Steve Rider.

Continuing the season of great films celebrating 100 years of the cinema.
Drama starring Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles.
Tony, a rich young man, takes on a manservant, Barrett, to run his home in London's Chelsea. Barrett seizes the opportunity to turn Tony's Georgian ruin into an elegant home. Gradually the relationship between master and servant begins to change.
Bogarde won a British Academy Award for his performance.
Director Joseph Losey (1963)
Film Reviews pages 53-60
The next film in the BBC 100 season is Billy Liar, tomorrow at 1.00am
B/W Subtitled

Contributors

Director:
Joseph Losey
Barrett:
Dirk Bogarde
Tony:
James Fox
Vera:
Sarah Miles
Susan:
Wendy Craig
Lady Mounset:
Catherine Lacey
Lord Mounset:
Richard Vernon
Society woman:
Ann Firbank
Older woman:
Doris Knox
Bishop:
Patrick Magee
Younger woman:
Jill Melford
Curate:
Alun Owen
Society man:
Harold Pinter

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