| 841 |
Think of a Number (1973) #1465
DOCUMENTARY
Main
30mins. BBC. The Shape of Wealth Think of a Number Series 1 Episode 3 with Johnny Ball A light-hearted exploration of numbers and science, presented by Johnny Ball. Today's programme is about wealth and features a giant roll-a-penny, dicey things about dice, a number over 1,000 miles long, diamonds, the Crown Jewels and gold bars. Meanwhile, where would you place two minus signs and one plus sign in this sequence of numbers, 123456789, for them to total 100? |
| 842 |
The Ascent of Man (1973) #1490
DOCUMENTARY
Special
The Ascent of Man is a 13-part British documentary television series produced by the BBC and Time-Life Films first broadcast in 1973. It was written and presented by British mathematician and historian of science Jacob Bronowski, who also authored a book adaptation. Intended as a series of "personal view" documentaries in the manner of Kenneth Clark's 1969 series Civilisation, the series received acclaim for Bronowski's highly informed but eloquently simple analysis, his long, elegant monologues, and its extensive location shoots. The programme began broadcasting on BBC2 at 9 pm on Saturday, 5 May 1973 and was released in the US 7 January 1975. 01 Lower than the Angels - Evolution of humans from proto-ape to the modern form 400,000 years ago. 02 The Harvest of the Seasons - Early human migration, agriculture and the first settlements, and war. 03 The Grain in the Stone - Tools, and the development of architecture and sculpture. 04 The Hidden Structure - Fire, metals and alchemy. 05 Music of the Spheres - The language of numbers and mathematics. 06 The Starry Messenger - Galileo's universe - and the implications of his trial on the shift to "northern" science. 07 The Majestic Clockwork - Explores Newton and Einstein's laws. 08 The Drive for Power - The Industrial Revolution and the effect on everyday life. 09 The Ladder of Creation - Darwin and Wallace's ideas on the origin of species. 10 World within World - The story of the periodic table - and of the atom. 11 Knowledge or Certainty - Physics and the clash of the pursuit of absolute vs. imperfect knowledge, and the misgivings of the scientists realising the terrible outcome of the conflict. Auschwitz. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 12 Generation upon Generation - The joys of life, sex and genetics and the dark side of cloning. 13 The Long Childhood - Bronowski's treatise on the commitment of humanity. |
| 843 |
Parkinson Meets Morecambe & Wise (1972) #1532
DOCUMENTARY
Main,Disk
44 minutes. BBC. Michael Parkinson looks back at his 1972 interview with comedy duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, who he describes as 'the funniest double act we ever produced. The interview, which Parkinson cites as the wittiest he ever conducted, sees Morecambe and Wise at their absolute best, speaking about their pasts, their heroes and their friendship. |
| 844 |
In Concert: Cat Stevens (1971) #625
MUSIC
Main
Singer-songwriter Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, in concert from 1971. Includes many of his classic hits such as Moon Shadow, Wild World and Father and Son. |
| 845 |
The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show (1971) #1455
COMEDY
Main
65mins. BBC. The classic 1971 Christmas show, featuring the combined talents of Andre 'Preview' Previn, Glenda Jackson, Shirley Bassey, and not forgetting the immortal Eric and Ernie. |
| 846 |
And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) #1568
FILM
Disk
1h 28m An anthology of the best sketches from the first and second seasons of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969). |
| 847 |
MASH (1970) #37
FILM
Main
Directed by Robert Altman. With Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman. The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war. |
| 848 |
The AristoCats (1970) #1510
FILM-ANIMATION
Disk
1h 18m With the help of a smooth talking tomcat, a family of Parisian felines set to inherit a fortune from their owner try to make it back home after a jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them in the country. |
| 849 |
Monty Python's Flying Circus Series 1 Episode 1 (1969) #1216
COMEDY
Main
Whither Canada (5/10/1969) Monty Python's Flying Circus Series 1 Episode 1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart hosts 'Famous Deaths', there is an interview with Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson, and Pablo Picasso attempts an abstract whilst cycling. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast of the surreal comedy. |
| 850 |
Ring of Bright Water (1969) #1545
FILM
Disk
1h 47m Stuck in a dead-end job Graham Merrill adopts an otter, Mij, as a pet and then moves to an isolated village in western Scotland. Adventures ensue. |
| 851 |
Song of Summer: Frederick Delius (1968) #779
TV DRAMA-DOCUMENTARY
Main
75 mins. Based on Eric Fenby's 1936 memoir Delius As I Knew Him, this film traces the last years of Frederick Delius and Fenby's dedication in giving up five years of his life to helping the blind, paralysed composer set down the unfinished scores he could hear in his head. Perhaps the finest of the series of biographical films that Ken Russell made for the BBC in the 1960s, Song of Summer is an immensely moving story of sacrifice, idealism and musical genius. |
| 852 |
Playtime (1967) #1591
FILM
Main,Disk
2h 35m Monsieur Hulot curiously wanders around a high-tech Paris, paralleling a trip with a group of American tourists. Meanwhile, a nightclub/restaurant prepares its opening night, but it's still under construction. |
| 853 |
Bedazzled (1967) #1117
FILM
Main
Directed by Stanley Donen. With Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron, Raquel Welch. A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams. |
| 854 |
The Producers (1967) #1565
FILM
Main
1h 28m A stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop. |
| 855 |
Georgy Girl (1966) #132
FILM
Main
Directed by Silvio Narizzano. With James Mason, Alan Bates, Lynn Redgrave, Charlotte Rampling. A homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged employer while striving to capture some of the glamorous life of her swinging London roommate. |
| 856 |
Cathy Come Home (1966) #1423
TV DRAMA
Main
Cathy Come Home: Directed by Ken Loach. With Carol White, Ray Brooks, Winifred Dennis, Wally Patch. A wedding. Happy and promising. A young couple, new to the ways of life. The joys of parenthood: A dream comes true. Then the first incident in a long, spiraling chain of events, and down they go. No job, no money. Moving from house to house, each smaller than the last. Hope is briefly found, But fate strikes again under a cruel word: Eviction. The family flees. A caravan is their shelter. But little did they know what was to come. Fire, destruction. Rage. Discrimination towards the poor. Hope is lost. The last straw is pulled. Distress. Separation. The family torn apart. Mother and children, father all alone. The ship can sink no lower. Or so they thought. Broke. Crushed. Chased from their last shelter. A mother clings to her children. And the final blow: children ripped from her loving arms |
| 857 |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) #179
FILM
Main
Directed by Sergio Leone. With Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè. A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. |
| 858 |
A Man for All Seasons (1966) #224
FILM
Main
Directed by Fred Zinnemann. With Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw, Leo McKern. The story of Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarriage. |
| 859 |
Romeo and Juliet (1966) #620
MUSIC
Main
The Royal Ballet. Directed by Paul Czinner. With Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, David Blair, Desmond Doyle. Choreography by Kenneth MacMillan. |
| 860 |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) #975
FILM
Main
Directed by Sergio Leone. With Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè. A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. |
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