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First in a western double bill, starring Buster Crabbe in a dual role.
Billy the Kid becomes the sheriff of Sage Valley, but his double, the evil Kansas Ed, masquerades as the new lawman.
(1942)
(Black and white)
See Films: pages 60-70 **

Contributors

Billy the Kid/Kansas Ed:
Buster Crabbe
Director:
Sherman Scott

Western, concluding today s double bill. starnngTim
Holt Bob and his sidekick Chito are falsely accused of murder. But they'll need to escape from jail to prove their innocence. Director Lesley Selander (1948)
Black and white * See Films: pages 60-70 **

Contributors

Unknown:
Holt Bob
Director:
Lesley Selander

Second World Wardrama opening a Saturday Matinee double bill. Starring
Richard Burton Libya , 1942: a British army agent leads an attack on Rommel's gun positions at Tobruk. In widescreen format.
Director Henry Hathaway (1971, 15) ♦ See Films: pages 60-70

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Burton
Director:
Henry Hathaway

The Saturday Matinée double bill concludes with an adventure starring Rock Hudson
Captain Peter Keith is anxious to put to sea with a cargo of furs before his ship becomes icebound. But a trader has designs on his cargo and his wife Dolores. Director Joseph Pevney (1953) ♦See Films: pages 60-70

Contributors

Unknown:
Captain Peter Keith
Director:
Joseph Pevney

Presented from the Middle East byJeremyBowen.
Matthew Carney reports from East Timor, 21 years afterthe country was invaded by Indonesia. Since then, the occupying forces havetriedto wipe out armed resistance. Up to a third of the population is believed to have died, but the struggle against oppression is still gathering momentum.
Editor Fiona Murch

Contributors

Unknown:
Middle East
Unknown:
Matthew Carney
Editor:
Fiona Murch

Augustus - First of the Emperors In 44BC, a little-known teenage relative of the assassinated
Julius Caesar stepped into the vortex of Roman politics. He was to triumph over Mark Antony and Cleopatra in a brutal civil war and become Rome's first Emperor.
Avivid portrait of Augustus, one of history's great political leaders, studies the methods he used to steer the empire towards the zenith of its power.
Directors Phil Grabsky and Peter Nicholson Producer Phil Grabsky BBCBOOK: I, Caesar, price £17.99

Contributors

Unknown:
Julius Caesar
Unknown:
Mark Antony
Directors:
Phil Grabsky
Directors:
Peter Nicholson
Producer:
Phil Grabsky

The second of six documentaries from both established and lesser-known film-makers located around the world.
Nobody's Business.
Alan Berliner 's poignant portrait of his father, Oscar - a man who neither wanted to be the focus of a film nor believed his life was important enough a subject. See today's choices.
Series editor Nicholas Fraser Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Berliner
Editor:
Nicholas Fraser

Drama starring
Jeanne Moreau
Stanley Baker
Tyvian Jones is living the high life in Venice on the success of his autobiographical book. which has been made into a film. Here he meets Eva, a married woman with a taste for men and money. He is soon obsessed with her.
Showing in widescreen format.
Director Joseph Losey (1962, 15)
Black and white.......................
See Films: pages 60-70 ****
Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Director:
Joseph Losey
Eva:
Jeanne Moreau
Tyvian:
Stanley Baker
Francesca:
Virna Lisi
Braneo Maloni:
Giorgio Albertazzi
Arthur McCormick:
James Villiers
Michele:
Riccardo Garrone
The redhead:
Lisa Gastoni
Pieri:
Checco Rissone
Enzo:
Enzo Rermonte
Ann Maria:
Nona Medici

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