Fri, Sep 12, 1975
Barry Norman presents a round-up of news, reviews and interviews from the movie world, including two films set in the American Deep South in the mid-1800s - the classic love story Gone with the Wind which is being reissued, and a new film, Mandingo, starring James Mason as a Louisiana slave-breeder.
Fri, Sep 19, 1975
Barry Norman presents a round-up of news, reviews and interviews from the movie world, including the American director ROBERT (M*A*S*H) ALTMAN'S latest film Nashville (1975) starring KAREN BLACK and KEITH CARRADINE; and a location report from Malta where LEE MARVIN, ROGER MOORE and BARBARA PARKINS have been making Shout at the Devil (1976).
Fri, Oct 17, 1975
Barry Norman presents a round-up of news, reviews and interviews from the movie-world, including two new comedies - Woody Allen's Love and Death, and The Fortune starring Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty. Also a location report from Leningrad where Elizabeth Taylor and director George Cukor have been making The Bluebird.
Fri, Oct 31, 1975
Barry Norman presents a round-up of news, reviews and interviews from the movie world, including Permission to Kill (The Executioner (1975)) starring Dirk Bogarde and Ava Gardner; also a location report from Yorkshire about a new Disney film Pit Ponies (The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976)) starring Alastair Sim and written by Rosemary Anne Sisson.
Fri, Nov 7, 1975
Barry Norman presents a round-up of news, reviews and interviews from the movie world, including Macon County Line (1974), a thriller set in 1954 and based on a true story. Also a location report from Surrey where Gregory Peck and Lee Remick are making The Omen.
Fri, Nov 28, 1975
Barry Norman presents a round-up of news, reviews, and interviews from the movie world. Including two films in which the director plays the leading role - Gene Wilder's The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) and Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Fox and His Friends (1975).
Fri, Dec 12, 1975
Barry Norman presents a round-up of news, reviews and interviews, including Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975) starring Ryan O'Neal and Marisa Berenson, also a look at the career of Steven Spielberg, the 27-year-old director of Jaws (1975), the world's highest-ever grossing film which opens in London on Boxing Day.
Sun, Mar 28, 1976
In the first programme of the new Sunday night slot Barry Norman presents a round-up of news, reviews, previews and interviews from the movie world. Reviews: "The Slipper and the Rose", this year's Royal Performance film with Gemma Craven as Cinderella and Richard Chamberlain as Prince Charming. "The Hindenburg", about the German Zeppelin 1937 air disaster, starring George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft. Interview: Sophia Loren in Basle, Switzerland, where she is making "The Cassandra Crossing". Preview: "It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet" based on James Herriot 's best-selling book, with John Alderton and Colin Blakely. News: Tomorrow's Academy Award Ceremony in Hollywood includes a special Oscar for 'America's sweetheart', the silent star Mary Pickford.
Sun, Apr 4, 1976
Barry Norman presents a round-up of news, reviews, and interviews from the movie world. Reviews: Mahogany, starring Diana Ross as an ambitious fashion designer. Benji, a family film about a stray mongrel dog in Texas. Interview: Jack Nicholson comments on his role in the much-acclaimed film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. News: A report from Elstree Studios where Faye Dunaway and Malcolm McDowell have been making Voyage.
Sun, Apr 11, 1976
Barry Norman presents a round-up of news, reviews, previews and interviews from the movie world. Reviews: The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox , an unlikely love story set in the Wild West starring George Segal and Goldie Hawn, and directed by Melvin (A Touch of Class) Frank. The Likely Lads, based on the popular TV series with Rodney Bewes and James Bolam which has just had its world premiere in Newcastle. Interview: Gregory Peck on location in Surrey for his first horror film, The Omen. Preview: A season of British Musicals of the 30s begins this week at the National Film Theatre which includes Richard Tauber in Blossom Time and Gracie Fields in Sing as We Go.
Sun, Apr 18, 1976
Barry Norman presents a round-up of news, reviews, previews and interviews from the movie world. Reviews: Shout at the Devil based on the book by Wilbur Smith and starring Lee Marvin , Roger Moore and Barbara Parkins. The Black Bird starring George Segal in a spoof of the 1940 detective classic The Maltese Falcon. Interviews: James Caan, Elliott Gould and Michael Caine talk about their roles in Harry and Walter go to New York now being made in Hollywood. News: JAMES CAGNEY has written his autobiography Cagney on Cagney in which he comments on such films as Angels with Dirty Faces, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Sun, Apr 25, 1976
Reviews: The Man From Nowhere and The Battle of Billy's Pond have just been premiered to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Children's Film Foundation. News: Hang-gliding provided much of the interest in Sky Riders, filmed in Greece with James Coburn and Robert Culp. Preview: Richard Chamberlain, now starring in The Slipper and the Rose, has a new film coming out next month, The Count of Monte Cristo.
Sun, May 2, 1976
Barry Norman presents a round-up of news, reviews, previews and interviews from the movie world. Review. "All the President's Men", the story of Watergate, with comments from its stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman. News: More revelations about Sherlock Holmes - report from Pinewood Studios on "The Seven-per-cent Solution" with Nicol Williamson in the title-role, Robert Duvall as Dr Watson and Alan Arkin as Sigmund Freud. Preview: Who are the Knights of Avalon? - John Mills investigates a murder in "Trial by Combat".
Sun, May 16, 1976
Reviews: Luther, with Stacy Keach in the title role, is the latest in the current British Film Theatre season. A Touch of Zen has been hailed as the first true master-work of the Hong Kong cinema. Preview: Mother, Jugs and Speed, a comedy adventure about three ambulance drivers, has just been made in Hollywood. The star of the film, Raquel Welch, comments on her unusual role. News: A celebration of 50 years of Elstree Studios with extracts from Alfred Hitchcock 's Blackmail, Richard Todd in The Hasty Heart and its greatest success, Murder on the Orient Express.
Sun, May 30, 1976
Barry Norman presents a report on the 1976 Cannes Film Festival which ended this weekend with a special screening of Alfred Hitchcock's latest movie, Family Plot. Britain's official entry was Bugsy Malone , a gangster musical with an all-child cast headed by Jodie Foster, directed by Alan Parker. American entries included Martin Scorsese 's Taxi Driver, starring Robert De Niro, and Paul Mazursky's Next Stop Greenwich Village with Shelley Winters and Lenny Baker.
Sun, Jun 6, 1976
In the final programme in this series Barry Norman talks to Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly Cyd Charisse, Kathryn Grayson, Donald O'Connor, Marge Champion and Johnny 'Tarzan' Weissmuller all of whom are featured in That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) compiled from 75 MGM movies.