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With Steve Rider and Hazel Irvine.
12.15,4.00 Motorsport Live action from Donington of rounds 17 and 18 of the British Touring Car championship. Commentary by Charlie Cox and John Watson.
1.00 Athletics Focus Roger Black introduces highlights of the US Olympic trials, where the main event was the face-off in the 200m between Olympic gold medallist Michael Johnson and world champion Maurice Greene. Commentary from Stuart Storey , Paul Dickenson and Steve Cram. Athletics from Stockholm Tuesday at 6pm
1.40,5.00 Swimming Sharron Davies introduces coverage of the British Olympic swimming trials in Sheffield. Among those harbouring hopes of Olympic glory will be Sue Rolph , James Hickman and Mark Foster.
Jon Champion and Adrian Moorhouse provide the commentary.
2.05, 2.40, 340, 3.40 Racing Clare Balding introduces four races on what is a new day's racing on the Ascot calendar.
The main race is the Hong Kong Jockey Club Sprint at 3.15. Jim McGrath , Willie Carson ,
Jimmy Lindley , Graham Rock and Angus Loughran commentate.
2.25 British Olympic Association
Magazine The latest news on the team's preparations for Sydney.
2.55,3.25 Motorcycling Action from Oulton Park of rounds 13 and 14 of the British Superbike championship. Commentary by Barry Nutley and Roger Burnett. TV presentation (motorsport) Mark Wilkin and Ken Burton (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Rider
Unknown:
Hazel Irvine.
Commentary By:
Charlie Cox
Commentary By:
John Watson.
Introduces:
Roger Black
Unknown:
Michael Johnson
Unknown:
Maurice Greene.
Unknown:
Stuart Storey
Unknown:
Paul Dickenson
Unknown:
Steve Cram.
Introduces:
Sharron Davies
Unknown:
Sue Rolph
Unknown:
James Hickman
Unknown:
Mark Foster.
Unknown:
Jon Champion
Unknown:
Adrian Moorhouse
Unknown:
Jim McGrath
Unknown:
Willie Carson
Unknown:
Jimmy Lindley
Unknown:
Graham Rock
Unknown:
Angus Loughran
Commentary By:
Barry Nutley
Unknown:
Roger Burnett.
Unknown:
Mark Wilkin
Unknown:
Ken Burton

A rerun of the six-part series in which Ray Mears ventures into inhospitable places and reveals the secrets of survival. The Jungle. The intrepid Mears takes to the jungle of south-west Costa Rica where he obtains all he needs from the trees and plants of the rainforest. He also tells the story of former Japanese PoW Jim Bradley , who survived an eight-week ordeal after escaping the Burma railway in 1943. Director Andrew Graham Brown ; Series producer Dick Cotthurst
(R) (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Mears
Unknown:
Jim Bradley
Director:
Andrew Graham Brown
Producer:
Dick Cotthurst

Think Tank. A group of intelligent beings from a small exotic alien ship, known as a "think tank", offers to help Janeway escape a difficult situation in exchange for Seven joining their small community of thinkers.
The original series of Star Trek continues on Wednesday at 6pm (S)

Continuing the documentary series on the history of money. Risky Business. Tonight, Peter Jay reveals the story of the world's first entrepreneurs, unearthing 1,000-year-old documents about the lives of Jewish merchants who traded under Islam. He also travels through Italy where, in the Middle Ages, governments first spotted the potential benefit of backing business.
Producer Adam Salkeld ; Series editor Barbara Want (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Jay
Producer:
Adam Salkeld

Spaghetti western starring Henry Fonda ,
Claudia Cardinale , Jason Robards and Charles Bronson. A cold-blooded killer is hired to ensure the progress of the railroad. Standing in its way is recently widowed
Jill McBain , whose property has a water supply that is vital for the venture. Widescreen.
Director Sergio Leone (1968,15) (S) (W) Films: pp 60-68 *****

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Fonda
Unknown:
Claudia Cardinale
Unknown:
Jason Robards
Unknown:
Charles Bronson.
Unknown:
Jill McBain
Director:
Sergio Leone
Frank:
Henry Fonda
Jill McBain:
Claudia Cardinale
Cheyenne:
Jason Robards
Harmonica:
Charles Bronson
Brett McBain:
Frank Wotff
Morton:
Gabriele Ferzetti
Sheriff:
Keenan Wynn
Sam:
Paolo Stoppa

Crime drama starring Gene Hackman. Harry Caul is a professional eavesdropper, a wire-tapper and industrial spy for hire. He is also an intensely neurotic man, obsessed by his work and his own privacy. Following a particularly difficult job in San Francisco, he believes a young couple are about to be murdered, gradually becoming embroiled in a mystery even more complex and dangerous than he anticipates. Widescreen. Ends 1.30am.
Director Francis Ford Coppola (1974, 15) (S) Films: pp 60-68 *****
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Contributors

Unknown:
Gene Hackman.
Unknown:
Harry Caul
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Harry Caul:
Gene Hackman
Stan:
John Cazale
Bemie Moran:
Allen Garfield
Mark:
Frederic Forrest
Ann:
Cindy Williams
Paul:
Michael Higgins

Repeats are not indicated.
Teenagers and Families 2.00 Today's Family 1 - exploring the changing family, and a look at step-parenting and adoption. Languages 4.00 Italianissimo (partsl-4) for beginners. Working in Sport and Leisure 5.00 Computer Skills: practical advice regarding IT skills in sport and leisure.
Open University 6.00 News Stories: trainee journalists and The Day Today team talk about the way television news gets made. (S) 38561 6.30 Windows on the Mind: how drawings by Aboriginal children in Australia's Northern Territory raise questions about child develoopment. Ends 7.00am. (S)

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