Sun, Oct 17, 1976
Barry Norman returns with a round-up of reviews, previews and interviews from the movie world. "From Noon Till Three": Charles Bronson commenting on his latest film - a tragi-comedy which goes on general release today. "Murder by Death": Neil Simon's mystery comedy based on vintage whodunits, featuring David Niven, Maggie Smith, Peter Sellers, Peter Falk and Alec Guinness as the blind butler. "The Shootist": John Wayne's new film about the last days of a gun-fighter, with Lauren Bacall as his widowed landlady and James Stewart as the town doctor.
Sun, Oct 24, 1976
Barry Norman presents a round-up of reviews, previews and interviews from the movie world. Futureworld: Peter Fonda investigates a world takeover plot involving robots in this sequel to Westworld. No Deposit, No Return: The latest Disney comedy kidnap adventure features David Niven as a grandfather. The Eagle has Landed: Donald Sutherland, Michael Caine and Jenny Agutter are interviewed on location in Berkshire for this World War II story directed by John Sturges.
Sun, Oct 31, 1976
Barry Norman presents a round-up of reviews, previews and interviews from the movie world. The Return of a Man Called Horse: Richard Harris comments on his latest film, a sequel to A Man Called Horse, and set among the American Indians in 1830. Carry On England: the 28th Carry On takes place at the start of World War II with Kenneth Con -nor as Captain S. Melly and Windsor Davies as Sgt Major Bloomer. Stay Hungry: Jeff Bridges as a wealthy Alabama aristocrat and Arnold (Mr Universe) Schwarzenegger in an off-beat story involving real estate and body-building.
Sun, Nov 7, 1976
The Song Remains the Same: the British pop group Led Zeppelin's first feature film shows them in concert, back-stage and at home, plus special fantasy sequences. F for Fake: Orson Welles's film on Howard Hughes, Clifford Irving, art-forger Emyr de Hory and his own film-making career, opens the 20th London Film Festival. Nasty Habits: Glenda Jackson is interviewed during the making of this Watergate-type conspiracy set in a convent about the election of a new Abbess.
Sun, Nov 21, 1976
Bad News Bears: Tatum O'Neal is the ace pitcher and Walter Matthau the boozy coach in this comedy of junior league baseball. Survive: this Mexican film, based on the true account by survivors of the famous Andes air crash, has just opened in London. Jabberwocky: Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam of Monty Python fame talk on location about their latest medieval romp.
Sun, Dec 5, 1976
Barry Norman presents a round-up of reviews, previews and interviews from the movie world. Silent Movie: director, writer and star Mel Brooks is interviewed about his latest comedy-spoof which closed the 20th London Film Festival tonight. I Will... I Will... For Now (1976): Elliott Gould and Diane Keaton star in a marital comedy set in New York. White Rock: the British feature-length documentary about the Winter Olympics was previewed at this year's Teheran Film Festival.
Sun, Dec 19, 1976
A personal selection by Barry Norman. Is All the President's Men the best film of 1976? How does the new version of King Kong rate? Is Farewell my Lovely the best thriller-or is it Hitchcock's Family Plot? Is The Sunshine Boys the year's best comedy-or is it The Pink Panther Strikes Again?
Sun, Jan 9, 1977
Barry Norman presents a New Year round-up of reviews, previews and interviews from the movie worlds. Raid on Entebbe: Charles Bronson and Peter Finch star in one of three current film versions of last year's Israeli rescue of hijacked hostages. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976): Peter Sellers for the last time plays the world's most bumbling detective, Chief Insp Clouseau. Airport '77 (1977): James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland, Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant and Christopher Lee are interviewed in Hollywood during the making of the year's first disaster movie.
Sun, Jan 23, 1977
March or Die: Gene Hackman is interviewed in Spain where he has been making an adventure film about the Foreign Legion. Carrie: Sissy Spacek plays the teenage schoolgirl of the title and Piper Laurie is her evangelical mother, in Brian De Palma's latest metaphysical suspense drama. Battle of Midway: Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn and Glenn Ford star in this recreation of the sea battle which was the turning point in the Pacific for US troops in World War II.
Sun, Feb 6, 1977
Network: Peter Finch in an interview with Barbra Paskin in Hollywood just before his death, talks of his role as an ageing TV anchor-man in Sidney Lumet's new film. Next Stop, Greenwich Village: Shelley Winters and Lenny Baker star in Paul Mazursky's latest film about New York life in the 50s. A Nous les Petites Anglaises!: two 17-year-old French boys who flunked their English exams are sent to Ramsgate for their summer holidays and not, as usual, to St Tropez - with comic results.
Sun, Feb 20, 1977
Barry Norman presents a round-up of reviews, previews and interviews from the movie world. Cross of Iron: Sam Peckinpah's new film about World War II stars James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason and David Warner. 25 Years - Impressions: last Wednesday the Royal World Premiere was held of the Queen's Silver Jubilee film by Peter Morley. Audrey Rose: Anthony Hopkins, Marsha Mason, director Robert Wise and 12-year-old Susan Swift are interviewed in Hollywood during the making of a new film about the supernatural.
Sun, Mar 6, 1977
Barry Norman presents a round-up of reviews, previews and interviews from the movie world. A Star is Born: Barbra Streisand is interviewed in Hollywood by Iain Johnstone about her new film in which she plays a musical superstar. Nickelodeon: father and daughter Ryan and Tatum O'Neal star in Peter Bogdanovich's latest comedy set in the silent days of movies. The Squeeze: American actor Stacy Keach comments on his role as an ex-London detective in a British-made thriller which also features Carol White , Stephen Boyd, David Hemmings and Freddie Starr.
Tue, Mar 22, 1977
Barry Norman presents a round-up of reviews, previews, and interviews from the movie world. Joseph Andrews: Ann-Margret who co-stars with Peter Firth in Tony RIichardson's 18th-century romp comments on her unusual role as an English titled lady. Rocky: an interview with the American actor/writer Sylvester Stallone who has two nominations for next week's Oscar ceremony. Silver Streak: a preview of next Wednesday's Royal Film Performance which features Gene Wilder and Jill Clayburgh in Arthur Hiller's comedy-thriller set on a train journey from Los Angeles to Chicago.
Sun, Apr 3, 1977
In the final programme in the present series Barry Norman presents a round-up of reviews, previews and interviews from the movie world. The Spy who Loved Me: A report from Pinewood Studios on the making of the latest James Bond adventure, including interviews with Roger Moore, Barbara Bach and Curt Jurgens. The Eagle has Landed: Michael Caine and Donald Sutherland star in this World War II story about a plot to kidnap Churchill. Treasure of Matecumbe: Peter Ustinov plays a 19th-century 'quack' doctor who journeys down the Mississippi with two young boys in search of buried gold.