Listings
: The Square Peg
Comedy starringNorman Wisdom
Drafted into the army, Norman Pitkin proves ruinously incompetent, especially when he is transported behind enemy lines. Norman Pitkin/General Schreiber NORMAN WISDOM, Lesley Cartland HONOR BLACKMAN. MrGrimsdale EDWARD CHAPMAN. Sergeant Loder CAMPBELL
SINGER, Gretchen von Schmetterling HATTIE JACQUES Directorjohn Paddy Carstairs( 1958) B/W.....477517 ♦See Films: pages 56-63
Contributors
Unknown:
Norman
Pitkin
: A Day at the Races
Wise-cracking comedy starring the Marx BrothersThe irrepressible Marx Brothers create mayhem when they decide to help a girl in financial trouble. Dr Hugo Z Hackenbush
GROUCHO MARX , Tony CHICO MARX , Stuffy HARPO MARX. Gil ALLAN JONES , Judy
MAUREEN O'SUWVAN , Mrs Upjohn MARGARET DUMONT DirectorSamWood(1937) B/W * See Films: pages 56-63 ****
Contributors
Unknown:
Groucho
Marx
Unknown:
Chico
Marx
Unknown:
Harpo
Marx.
Unknown:
Allan
Jones
Unknown:
Maureen
O'Suwvan
Unknown:
Margaret
Dumont
: The Voyage of Charles Darwin
6:In the Distant Future, Light Will Be Thrown on the Origin of Man.... Clues found on the Galapagos islands lead the naturalist to develop his theory of evolution by natural selection. Last in the series. Charles DarwinMALCOLM STODDARD. Captain FitzRoy ANDREW BURT , Dr Darwin IAIN CUTHBERTSON , Josiah Wedgwood GEORGE COLE , Professor Henslow KEITH SMITH , Samuel Wilberforce ROBERT STEPHENS
Contributors
Unknown:
Malcolm
Stoddard.
Unknown:
Andrew
Burt
Unknown:
Iain
Cuthbertson
Unknown:
George
Cole
Unknown:
Keith
Smith
Unknown:
Robert
Stephens
: Solti Conducts: the World Orchestra for Peace
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
Conductor:
Georg
Solti
Presenter:
James
Naughtie.
: Darts
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.Commentary by Tony Green. Hosted by Dougie Donnelly.
Executive producer Keith Mackenzie
Contributors
Presenter:
Dougie
Donnelly
Commentary:
Tony
Green
Executive Producer:
Keith
MacKenzie
: Ski Sunday Special
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.: Coastermania
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)
: Pavarotti and Domingo at the Met
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
: Burt Bacharach.... This Is Now
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
Guest:
Hal
David
Guest:
Richard
Carpenter
Guest:
Elvis
Costello
Guest:
Noel
Gallagher
Producer:
Frances
Dickenson
Producer:
Caz
Gorham
: Another Foot in the Past: Dirty Boppers Go Home...
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
: Arena The Burger and the King
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 forfast 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. Director James Marsh ; Series editorAnthonyWall Subtitled........................................1826 ♦ See John Peel : page 12
Contributors
Unknown:
Elvis
Presley
Director:
James
Marsh
Unknown:
John
Peel
- Arena - The Burger and the King 56 minutes
: Grand Canyon
Drama starring Danny GloverSteve 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.
Director Lawrence Kasdan (1991)
* See Films: pages 56-63 ****
Contributors
Unknown:
Danny
Glover
Unknown:
Steve
Martin
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
: Darts
Highlights of tonight's matches in the World Championship first round. Last year's finalist Raymond Bameveld is in action on the oche. Stereo ........9163005Contributors
Unknown:
Raymond
Bameveld
: The Days
Drama set in modern dayChina, starring Yu Hong
LiuXiaodong 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.
DirectorWangXiaoshuai(1993) B/W ... ♦See Films: pages 56-63 *** The BBC 100 season continues with Les Enfants duParadis: part 1 is on Wednesday at 12.20am
Contributors
Unknown:
Yu
Hong
Unknown:
Liuxiaodong
Dong
Chun:
Yu
Hong
Dong:
Liuxia
Odong
Friend in bar:
Lou
Ye
Narrator:
Wang
Xiaoshuai
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