Listings
: Roobarb
Told by RICHARD BRIERSWhen Roobarb Found the Sauce of the Pond
Written by GRANGE CALVELEY
Animation BOB GODFREY
Contributors
Told By:
Richard
Briers
Written By:
Grange
Calveley
Written By:
Animation Bob
Godfrey
: The Saga of Noggin the Nog: 5: Nogbad the Bad
by Oliver Postgate and Peter FirminContributors
Writer:
Oliver
Postgate
Writer:
Peter
Firmin
Music:
Vernon
Elliot
: Why Don't You....?
Why Don't You just switch off your television set and go and do something less boring instead? The WDY gang present your ideas.Director HILARY MURPHY
Producer PATRICK DOWLING
Contributors
Director:
Hilary
Murphy
Producer:
Patrick
Dowling
: Singing Ringing Tree
Part 2The Princess is carried off by the bear and learns why all the animals will not approach her.
: Fabulous Animals
A series of six programmes presented by David Attenborough 5: Horns of MagicIn today's programme, DAVID ATTENBOROUGH explains some of the old legends that have surrounded all beasts with ' horns of magic '.
Contributors
Presented By:
David
Attenborough
: Good Friday
A service of readings, music and prayers to commemorate the passion and death of Christ, from the Parish Church of St Ann, Manchester. The service is led by the Rector, CANON ERIC SAXONReaders WILFRED HARRISON
DAVID MAHLOWE
JOHN FRANKLYN-ROBBINS
WILLIAM BYRD SINGERS conductor STEPHEN WILKINSON
Organist HERBERT WINTERBOTTOM Producer STEPHEN WHITTLE
Director R. T. BROOKS. BBC Manchester
Contributors
Readers:
Wilfred
Harrison
Readers:
David
Mahlowe
Readers:
John
Franklyn-Robbins
Singers:
William
Byrd
Conductor:
Stephen
Wilkinson
Organist:
Herbert
Winterbottom
Producer:
Stephen
Whittle
Director:
R. T.
Brooks.
: James is Our Brother
.BAFTA ' Flame of Knowledge' award-winning programmeJAMES is 16, happy, and one of a large and affectionate family: he asks only that we shouldn't laugh at him and make him embarrassed, for James is a mongol boy.
: Boswall's Wildlife Safari to Mexico
The story of a six-month expedition by naturalist-explorer Jeffery Boswall from the Sonora Desert where animals and plants endure temperatures of well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, south to islands in the Sea of Cortez and off the Pacific coast, and to steaming mangrove swamps.See giant, 50-foot tall saguaro cacti, colourful Heermann's gulls, massive elephant seals and graceful Californian sea lions, and, in the swamps, courting boat-billed herons and a bird that eats crabs.
The expedition moves further south to one of the last tracts of tropical rain forest in Mexico with its giant millipedes and beetles, noisy howler monkeys and agile spider monkeys, and finally on to a remote coral reef in the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico where tropical fish live amongst wrecked ships and lost migrating birds find refuge on the coral islands.
The best from an original series of six films.
Film editor ANDREW NAYLOR
Photography DOUGLAS FISHER Producer JEFFERY BOSWALL Compilation presented by ROBIN PRYTHERCH. BBC Bristol
Contributors
Unknown:
Jeffery
Boswall
Editor:
Andrew
Naylor
Producer:
Jeffery
Boswall
Presented By:
Robin
Prytherch.
: News
Weather KEITH BEST: The Greatest Story Ever Told
A feature film starringMax von Sydow as Jesus
Dorothy McGuire as Mary Charlton Heston as John the Baptist
John Wayne as The Centurion
David McCallum as Judas Iscariot
Van Heflin as Bar
Amand George Stevens spent more than four years preparing to make what was to be one of his finest films: the story of Jesus, filmed entirely on location in the American South-west.
Director GEORGE STEVENS. Films: page 11
Contributors
Unknown:
Max
von Sydow
Unknown:
Dorothy
McGuire
Unknown:
Mary Charlton
Heston
Unknown:
John
Wayne
Unknown:
David
McCallum
Unknown:
Judas
Iscariot
Unknown:
Van
Heflin
Unknown:
Amand George
Stevens
Director:
George
Stevens.
James the Younger:
Michael
Anderson Jr
Veronica:
Carroll
Baker
Martha of Bethany:
Ina
Balin
Young man at the tomb:
Pat
Boone
Sorak:
Victor
Buono
Barabbas:
Richard
Conte
Mary Magdalene:
Joanna
Dunham
Herod Antipas:
Jose
Ferrer
Caiaphas:
Martin
Landau
Claudia:
Angela
Lansbury
Mary of Bethany:
Janet
Margolin
Matthew:
Roddy
McDowall
Uriah:
Sal
Mineo
Shemiah:
Nehemiah
Persoff
The Dark Hermit:
Donald
Pleasence
Simon of Cyrene:
Sidney
Poitier
Herod the Great:
Claude
Rains
Peter:
Gary
Raymond
Pontius Pilate:
Telly
Savalas
Nicodemus:
Joseph
Schildkraut
Questor:
Paul
Stewart
Woman of No Name:
Shelley
Winters
: Young Magician of the Year
Introduced by Peter PurvesMagical acts with mysterious names like ' Zombie ', 'Sympathetic Silks ' and ' Chinese Rings are performed by the five young magicians who have qualified from over 100 entrants for the final of this bi-annual competition.
By arrangement with The Magic Circle from their own theatre
Producer DENNIS MONGER
Contributors
Introduced By:
Peter
Purves
Producer:
Dennis
Monger
: Golden Antelope
A boy from the forest helps a magic antelope to escape when it is hunted by a wicked rajah.: Evening News
with Richard BakerSports Results Weatherman
: None
London and South East only: The Tom and Jerry ShowAll other English Regions: Regional News and Sport
: Ask the Family
The FinalA special Bank Holiday edition of this contest of speed and wits, to choose the winning family.
Robert Robinson referees the final round between the DAWSON FAMILY from Halstead in Essex and the winners of Monday evening's Semi-final.
Director ROSALIND GOLD Producer ROBERT TONER
(Ask the Family returns next year - see Letters page)
Contributors
Unknown:
Robert
Robinson
Producer:
Robert
Toner
: Disney Time
An Easter round-up of WALT DISNEY'S filmsIntroduced by John Craven Films include
Cinderella; Bambi
Treasure of Matecumbe Wind in the Willows
Freaky Friday The Shaggy DA Pinocchio
Presented by RICHARD EVANS
Contributors
Introduced By:
John
Craven
Presented By:
Richard
Evans
: World Superstars
From nine countries come Olympic medallists, world record-holders and national champions to compete in the first-ever sporting contest to determine the supreme all-round sportsman to take the title of World Superstar plus a first prize of 25,000 dollars.Staged at Calloway Gardens, Georgia, USA, each of the 15 competitors have the choice of contesting seven out of ten events. The contestants from Great Britain: John Conteh , world light heavyweight boxing champion, and Gareth Edwards , one of the all-time greats of Welsh rugby from Canada: Tony Gabriel , national Superstar and top football player from Austria: Karl Schnabl , gold medallist on the Olympic 90m ski jump from Belgium: Corky Bell, star of their national basketball team from Holland: Frank Nusse , Dutch Superstar and Olympic track athlete, and Rudi Krol , captain of their crack soccer team, Ajax from France: Guy Drut , Montreal gold medallist in the 110m hurdles from Sweden: Kjell Isaksson , reigning European Superstar from New Zealand: Peter Snell , gold medallist at the Rome and Tokyo Olympics and former world record-holder in the mile from America: Bob Seagren , gold medallist at the pole vault in 1968 and former American Superstar and stars from American Football Billy' White Shoes ' Johnson Jim Taylor , Dave Casper and Lynn Swann
Commentators in Georgia
DAVID VINE and RON PICKERING
Produced in association with Trans World International and Candid Productions Inc. Producer DON OHLMEYER of the American Broadcasting Company Executive producer IAN SMITH
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Conteh
Unknown:
Gareth
Edwards
Unknown:
Tony
Gabriel
Unknown:
Karl
Schnabl
Unknown:
Frank
Nusse
Unknown:
Rudi
Krol
Unknown:
Guy
Drut
Unknown:
Kjell
Isaksson
Unknown:
Peter
Snell
Unknown:
Bob
Seagren
Unknown:
Johnson Jim
Taylor
Unknown:
Dave
Casper
Unknown:
Lynn
Swann
Unknown:
Ron
Pickering
Producer:
Don
Ohlmeyer
Producer:
Ian
Smith
: Are You Being Served?
by JEREMY LLOYD and DAVID CROFT It Pays to AdvertiseYoung Mr Grace decides that an advertising film should be made for showing at local cinemas. featuring and Designer RAY LONDON
Director BOB SPIERS. Producer DAVID CROFT
Contributors
Unknown:
Jeremy
Lloyd
Unknown:
David
Croft
Unknown:
Mr
Grace
Designer:
Ray
London
Director:
Bob
Spiers.
Producer:
David
Croft
Mr Lucas:
Trevor
Bannister
Mrs Slocombe:
Mollie
Sugden
Captain Peacock:
Frank
Thornton
Mr Humphries:
John
Inman
Miss Brahms:
Wendy
Richard
Mr Grainger:
Arthur
Brough
Mr Rumbold:
Nicholas
Smith
Young Mr Grace:
Harold
Bennett
Mr Harman:
Arthur
English
The ten-pound perfume:
Ferdy
Mayne
The porter:
Freddie
Wiles
Miss Bakewell:
Penny
Irving
Mr Crawford:
Raymond
Bowers
: Roots: Part 1
The saga of an American family by Alex HaleyBBC1 presents, in six parts, the compelling story of one man's search for his roots which became the most successful television series in American history when it was shown there a few weeks ago.
Starring
Edward Asner as Captain Davies
Moses Gunn as Kintango
Thalmus Rasulala as Omoro
Cicely Tyson as Binta
Ralph Waite as Slater
and introducing
Levar Burton as Kunta Kinte
West Africa 1750: a son is born to Binta and Omoro of the Madinka tribe. He is named Kunta Kinte, and his childhood is happy - and free.
A David L. Wolper production
(Feature: p15)
Contributors
Author:
Alex
Haley
Written for television by:
William
Blinn
Written for television by:
Ernest
Kinoy
Producer:
Stan
Margulies
Director:
David
Greene
Captain Davies:
Edward
Asner
Kintango:
Moses
Gunn
Omoro:
Thalmus
Rasulala
Binta:
Cicely
Tyson
Slater:
Ralph
Waite
Kunta Kinte:
Levar
Burton
Nyo Boto:
Maya
Angelou
Wrestler:
Ji-Tu
Cumbuka
Brima Cesay:
Harry
Rhodes
Gardner:
William
Watson
Fanta:
Ren
Woods
Blog post that mentions this programme:
The Sunday Post: Americana on the BBC
29 November 2015
: Main News
with Richard BakerWeekend Weather KEITH BEST
: The Boy Friend
KEN RUSSELL 'S film based on the musical play by SANDY WILSON starring Twiggy, Christopher Gable Twiggy plays young Polly Browne , the nervous, bespectacled maid-of-all-work with a tattered provincial theatrical troupe who suddenly finds herself the leading lady!Director KEN RUSSELL. Films: page 11
Contributors
Unknown:
Ken
Russell
Play By:
Sandy
Wilson
Unknown:
Polly
Browne
Director:
Ken
Russell.
Polly Browne:
Twiggy
Tony Brockhurst:
Christopher
Gable
Hortense:
Barbara
Windsor
Mme Dubonnet/Mrs Parkhill:
Moyra
Fraser
Percival Browne/Mr Percy Parkhill:
Bryan
Pringle
Lord Brockhurst/Max:
Max
Adrian
Lady Brockhurst/Catherine:
Catherine
Wilmer
De Thrill:
Vladek
Sheybal
' Mrs Peter:
Anne
Jameson
Pianist:
Peter
Greenwell
Rita:
Glenda
Jackson
Maisie:
Antonia
Ellis
Dulcie:
Caryl
Little
Fay:
Georgina
Hale
: Weather
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