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Comedy starring Norman Wisdom
Drafted into the army, Norman Pitkin proves ruinously incompetent, especially when he is transported behind enemy lines.
(1958) (B/W)
See Films: pages 56-63
Contributors
Director:
John Paddy
Carstairs
Norman Pitkin/General Schreiber:
Norman
Wisdom
Lesley Cartland:
Honor
Blackman
Mr Grimsdale:
Edward
Chapman
Sergeant Loder:
Campbell
Singer
Gretchen von Schmetterling:
Hattie
Jacques
Wise-cracking comedy starring the Marx Brothers
The irrepressible Marx Brothers create mayhem when they decide to help a girl in financial trouble.
(1937) (B/W)
See Films: pages 56-63 ****
Contributors
Director:
Sam
Wood
Dr Hugo Z Hackenbush:
Groucho
Marx
Tony:
Chico
Marx
Stuffy:
Harpo
Marx
Gil:
Allan
Jones
Judy:
Maureen
O'Sullivan
Mrs Upjohn:
Margaret
Dumont
Clues found on the Galapagos islands lead the naturalist to develop his theory of evolution by natural selection.
Last in the series.
Contributors
Charles Darwin:
Malcolm
Stoddard.
Captain FitzRoy:
Andrew
Burt
Dr Darwin:
Iain
Cuthbertson
Josiah Wedgwood:
George
Cole
Professor Henslow:
Keith
Smith
Samuel Wilberforce:
Robert
Stephens
Last July Georg Solti conducted a hand-picked orchestra in a concert at the Victoria Hall in Geneva to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.
Before a distinguished audience, the cream of the world's musicians, chosen from 45 orchestras representing five continents, played a selection of pieces chosen to symbolise the unifying power of music: Rossini's overture William Tell, Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra and the finale to Beethoven's opera Fidelio, for which Britain's London Voices choir supplied the chorus. Introduced by James Naughtie.
(Stereo)
Contributors
Presenter:
James
Naughtie
Conductor:
Georg
Solti
Singers:
London
Voices
Live coverage from Frimley Green, Surrey, at the start of the week-long competition to decide this year's World Professional champion, with prize money of £150,000 on offer to the 32 players at the Lakeside Country Club. Top seed and reigning champion Richie Burnett features in one of today's four first round matches.
Hosted by Dougie Donnelly.
Contributors
Presenter:
Dougie
Donnelly
Commentary:
Tony
Green
Executive Producer:
Keith
MacKenzie
Ski-jumping from Garmisch-Partenkirchen in southern Germany, where the field is expected to include World Cup champion Andreas Goldberger, and downhill racing from Bormio in Italy. Hosted by Julian Tutt.
Contributors
Presenter:
Julian
Tutt
Rollercoasters have been thrilling people since ice slides appeared in Russia in the 16th century. In this study, on-board cameras capture the white-knuckle appeal of the rides and fanatics discuss their devotion, including one couple who exchanged marriage vows on the Grand National ride at Blackpool.
(Stereo)
Leadingtenors Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo star in a double bill from the stage of New York's Metropolitan Opera House.
Recorded on the gala opening night of the 1994-95 season, the concert comprises two pieces exploringthe themes of love, jealousy and tragedy. Conductor James Levine.
II Tabarro
Giacomo Puccini's dark, evocative one-act opera, II Tabarro (The Cloak), is set in Paris on the banks of the Seine.
A bargee working on the river who suspects his young wife of infidelity tries to win back her love with reminders of their romantic past. But events cause his destructive, murderous jealousy to be unleashed.
Pagliaccl
Italian composer Ruggero Leoncavallo 's most famous piece, in a production designed by film director
Franco Zeffirelli. Clowns probes the powerful emotions aroused by marital betrayal, this time within an itinerant troupe of theatre performers travelling through southern Italy. A would-be lover, finding his amorous approaches repulsed, rushes to inform a cuckolded husband of shattering news he has just overheard. Tragically, life begins to imitate art in the play the group gathers to perform in a village.
Contributors
Unknown:
Leadingtenors Luciano
Pavarotti
Unknown:
Placido
Domingo
Conductor:
James
Levine.
Unknown:
Ruggero
Leoncavallo
Unknown:
Franco
Zeffirelli.
Giorgetta:
Teresa
Stratas
Luigi:
Placido
Domingo
Michele:
Juan
Pons
Frugola:
Florence
Quivar
Nedda:
Teresa
Stratas
Canio:
Luciano
Pavarotti
Tonio:
Juan
Pons
Silvio:
Dwayne
Croft
The songs of composer Burt Bacharach have carved the veteran of easy listening a niche in music history and won him generations of admirers since, 40 years ago, Magic Moments sung by Perry Como became his first hit.
This documentary takes a look at the life and work of a prolific popular song writer who worked with stars such as Dusty Springfield - seen here singing The Look of Love - Dionne Warwick - who in another archive clip performs Walk On By, and Marlene Dietrich.
He won an Oscar for his work on the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, enjoyed stage success with Promises, Promises, and his catalogue of classics - including This Guy's in Love with You, Close to You and Say a Little Prayer - continues to influence contemporary music.
Narrated by Dusty Springfield, this film profile includes interviews with long-time songwriting partner Hal David, Richard Carpenter, Elvis Costello and Noel Gallagher of Oasis.
Contributors
Subject:
Burt
Bacharach
Narrator:
Dusty
Springfield
Interviewee:
Hal
David
Interviewee:
Richard
Carpenter
Interviewee:
Elvis
Costello
Interviewee:
Noel
Gallagher
Producer:
Frances
Dickenson
Producer:
Caz
Gorham
Jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton remembers the year 1947 when, in Birmingham Town Hall, his boogie-woogie music enlivened the austerity of the drab post-war era.
(Revised rpt) (Stereo)
Contributors
Presenter:
Humphrey
Lyttelton
Producer:
Diana
Mansfield
Series Producer:
Basil
Comely
The passion fans had for his music was matched only by the passion Elvis Presley had for his food. This documentary records his inexhaustible appetite for fast foods, the team he had working around the clock to satisfy his gastronomic excesses, and asks if over-indulgence may have contributed to his death at the age of 42.
See today's choices.
(Subtitled)
See John Peel: page 12
Contributors
Director:
James
Marsh
Series Editor:
Anthony
Wall
Drama starring Danny Glover, Steve Martin, Kevin Kline
Los Angeles, 1991. Transformed by unsettling events, the lives of a group of people are intertwined forever. The story begins with Mack, a white lawyer, lost in a black neighbourhood.
Showing in widescreen format. (1991)
See Films: pages 56-63 ****
Contributors
Director:
Lawrence
Kasdan
Simon:
Danny
Glover
Davis:
Steve
Martin
Mack:
Kevin
Kline
Claire:
Mary
McDonnell
Dee:
Mary-Louise
Parker
Jane:
Alfre
Woodard
Roberto:
Jeremy
Sisto
Deborah:
Tina
Lifford
Otis:
Patrick
Malone
Highlights of tonight's matches in the World Championship first round. Last year's finalist Raymond Barneveld is in action on the oche.
(Stereo)
Drama set in modern day China, starring Yu Hong, Liuxia Odong
Dong and Chun are artists, teaching in Beijing. Dong hopes to sell his work. Chun has hopes of emigrating to the US. As the balance of success tips either way, their relationship changes. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
(1993) (B/W)
See Films: pages 56-63 ***
(The BBC 100 season continues with Les Enfants du Paradis: Part 1 is on Wednesday at 12.20am)
Contributors
Director:
Wang
Xiaoshuai
Chun:
Yu
Hong
Dong:
Liuxia
Odong
Friend in bar:
Lou
Ye
Narrator:
Wang
Xiaoshuai