Windmill

The first programme in a new series in which Chris Serle looks at television's past. This week: The Planet Earth with Percy Thrower. Director MIKE SEDDON Producer BARBARA KINDRED Designer ROGER HARRIS Series producer ALBERT BARBER

Chris Serle looks back at television's past from the BBC Library at Windmill Road. The theme for this week's programme is War and Peace On war there's both the funny side in Dad's Army and the serious side seen through the eyes of artist Linda Kitson in Newsnight. There's peace from the Beatles with 'All you need is love' in the first live round-the-world satellite programme Our World, made in 1967. The special guest is Vietnam war correspondent and nature conservationist Julian Pettifer. There is the view of peace from the Salvation Army in Tonight and a view of peace on Armistice Day from the BBC documentary on The Great War. Director MIKE SEDDON Producer NEL ROMANO Designer ROGER HARRIS Series producer ALBERT BARBER

Chris Serle goes down to the archives in search of The Sea and Ships. There's undersea diving adventure from Hans and Lotte Hass , and Jacques Cousteau. Rod Stewart is 'Sailing' for The Old Grey Whistle Test, and guest cameraman Dave Whitson talks of the problems of filming Shackleton and Moonfleet in a tank of water in Ealing. Special guest Ludovic Kennedy talks of his association with the sea with excerpts from Scapa Flow, The Life and Death of the Scharnhorst and Target Tirpitz. You can also discover Sykes and a Boat, Morecambe and Wise and Captain Pugwash. Director MIKE SEDDON Researcher ROSEMARY DA VIES Designer SUZY LAWRENCE Series producer ALBERT BARBER

This week's delve into the archives resounds with melody as Chris Serle tunes in to music of sundry kinds. There's the unexpected Pairing of Stephane Grappelli and Nigel Kennedy in a duet from Lady be Good, a comic duet from Victor Borge and Leonid Hambro , as well as Elgar from Jacqueline du Pre and guest Ken Russell , with a little Andrew Lloyd Webber thrown in for good measure. Director MIKE SEDDON Producer NEL ROMANO Series producer ALBERT BARBER

Chris Serle looks back on Sport and Achievement There is another chance to see two great athletes, Jesse Owens and Lillian Board turning on the speed, Marty showing what it's like to be a football star, Torvill and Dean skating in the World Championships, Pat Smythe and Flanagan galloping to victory and Scurlogue Champ, the winning greyhound. Special guest is mountaineer and rock climber Joe Brown who talks about his climbs up the Old Man of Hoy and the Himalayas. Director MIKE SEDDON Producer BARBARA KINDRED Designer DON TAYLOR Series producer ALBERT BARBER

This week Chris Serle takes to the air with Flight. There's a smooth take-off from The Bird that Beat the US Navy, a successful mid-air refuelling from Newsnight and a bumpy landing from Diamonds in the Sky. Discover what insect Arthur Askey sings about and why a bicycle helped Michael Hordern to fly. The special guest is writer and broadcaster Raymond Baxter , who talks of his association with planes from the Spitfire to Concorde and the Harrier. Designer DON TAYLOR Producer MIKE SEDDON Series producer ALBERT BARBER