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Live coverage from
Tokyo of the men's 100m semi-finals in the World
Athletics Championships. Plus news of Steve Backley in the javelin qualifying round and Roger Black in the first round of the 400m. 0 PICTURE STORY: page 40

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Backley
Unknown:
Roger Black

Further live coverage from Tokyo, including
11.05 Men's 100m - final
11.50 Men's 800m-second round
Carl Lewis was the inaugural world 100m champion in 1983. This year his main challenge comes from fellow
American Leroy Burrell. Also, Tom McKean competes in the 800m and Kriss Akabusi in the 400m hurdles, while both the men's hammer and women's long jump are completed today. Presented by Desmond Lynam and David Moorcroft.
(Highlights in Sunday Grandstand from 12.35pm on BBC2)

Contributors

Unknown:
Carl Lewis
Unknown:
Leroy Burrell.
Unknown:
Tom McKean
Unknown:
Kriss Akabusi
Presented By:
Desmond Lynam
Presented By:
David Moorcroft.

Starring
Simon Ward
Anthony Hopkins 1937: arriving in the Yorkshire Dales, young vet James Herriot may know about animals, but human nature remains a mystery. Adapted from Herriot's bestsellers. Director Claude Whatham 0 FILMS: pages 27-33
0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Ward
Unknown:
Anthony Hopkins
Unknown:
James Herriot
Director:
Claude Whatham

The final programme of the series that looks at how people manage to win battles against big organisations. 'This may shock you but we have to live with it,' says
Vi Proctor , who along with other tenants complained about sewage leaking into an area around the flats where children play in Glasgow. But despite a dysentery outbreak the leaks continued. When would the council act? 'Dysentery and open sewage might be a Third World problem. But you don't expect it here.'
Craig Charles investigates how a 'people power' organisation is effecting change in Bristol, and reviews progress in previous stories from the series.
0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Vi Proctor
Unknown:
Craig Charles

The Living Isles
The seventh of a ten-part series exploring the natural history of the British Isles. Fresh Pastures. From the magical Machair of the Hebrides to the rolling chalk downs of southern England, grasslands give these islands their most distinctive character. With Julian Pettifer. Producer Mark Jacobs
Executive producer Peter Crawford ● BBC BOOK: £ 14.95, from booksellers, SAFARI GUIDE: for a free guide to the range of activities across the UK, send two first class stamps and your name and address to [address removed]
NATURE: page 10
● TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Pettifer.
Producer:
Mark Jacobs
Producer:
Peter Crawford

Martin Bashir visits
Ambleside on the shores of Windermere in the Lake District. In the parish church, stained glass commemorates poet William Wordsworth ; a local vicar plays his part in the mountain rescue team; and Bashir discovers the mysteries of rushbearing.
Hymns: My God How Wonderful Thou Art (Westminster); Take My Life (Nottingham); The
Ambleside Rushbearers' Hymn (Irish); There Is a Redeemer; 0
Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness (Was Lebet); 0 Perfect
Love; Sing Hosanna; God of Grace and God of Glory (Regent Square). Producer Noel Vincent
Editor Roger Hutchings
9 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Bashir
Unknown:
William Wordsworth
Producer:
Noel Vincent
Editor:
Roger Hutchings

First showing on network television of the romantic comedy starring Kathleen Turner
Burt Reynolds
Christopher Reeve
The high-pressured world of television news is difficult to leave, especially if you're the best. Christy Colleran is just that, but she's also in love and dying to be married. So what should she do when her boss
(and unscrupulous ex-husband) 'Sully' Sullivan offers her the scoop of a lifetime?
Director Ted Kotcheff
0 BARRY NORMAN : page 26
• TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Kathleen Turner
Unknown:
Burt Reynolds
Unknown:
Christopher Reeve
Unknown:
Christy Colleran
Director:
Ted Kotcheff
Unknown:
Barry Norman
Christy Colleran:
Kathleen Turner
John L Sullivan IV:
Burt Reynolds
Blaine Bingkam:
Christopher Reeve
Roy Ridnitz:
Ned Beatty
Ike Roscoe:
Henry Gibson
Siegenthaler:
George Newbern
Berger:
Al Waxman
Warden Terwillger:
Ken James

Fr Huddleston Returns
For 13 years as a young priest, Archbishop Trevor Huddleston lived in the townships around
Johannesburg in South Africa, ministering to the Africans and fighting for their rights. Since he left 35 years ago he has been a tireless campaigner against apartheid. This summer he finally returned to the country, invited by the African National Congress to open its conference in Durban. He received a heartwarming welcome, met many old friends and investigated at first hand conditions of today. Producer Misha Scorer
Series producer David Willcock
An Antelope West production for BBCtv • TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Fr Huddleston
Unknown:
Trevor Huddleston
Producer:
David Willcock

The Pole Star. Polaris is probably the most famous star in the night sky and has been of tremendous value to navigators through the ages. Patrick Moore discusses not only its position but also its nature - pointing out that
Polaris is far more luminous than the Sun, and so far away that we see it as it used to be at the time of the crusades.
Producer Pieter Morpurgo
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Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Moore
Producer:
Pieter Morpurgo

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