19:00

The Cinema Show

Sat 7^th Jan 2006, 19:00 on BBC Four

9/9 Stuart Maconie reveals the shortlist for the BBC4 World Cinema Awards. Plus reviews of Sally Potter's Yes; Memoirs of a Geisha; and The Twilight Samurai (showing Monday 10pm).

(Stuart Maconie's DVD review: page 38)

Contributors

Presenter :: Stuart Maconie

Source: Radio Times

19:30

Billion Dollar Brain

BBC Four

Sat 7^th Jan 2006, 19:30 on BBC Four

Michael Caine and Karl Malden star in Ken Russell's 1967 thriller, based on the novel by Len Deighton. Harry Palmer meets an old acquaintance who is involved with a sinister anti-communist organisation.

Contributors

Harry Palmer:: Michael Caine
Leo Newbigen:: Karl Malden
Director :: Ken Russell
Based on the novel by:: Len Deighton

Source: Radio Times

21:15

The Truth about Len Deighton

BBC Four

Sat 7^th Jan 2006, 21:15 on BBC Four

Michael Caine graces a profile of Harry Palmer 's creator. How did the man born in a London workhouse progress from spy novels and military history to cookbooks? New.

Contributors

Interviewee:: Michael Caine

Source: Radio Times

22:15

The Ipcress File

BBC Four

Sat 7^th Jan 2006, 22:15 on BBC Four

Spy thriller starring Michael Caine. Harry Palmer uncovers a "brain drain" among scientists. Nobody can be trusted and nothing is what it seems. Review page 61.