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With Philippa Forrester.
The animated story of Rapunzel.
Animation. Rpt
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and Buddy Frog
Animated adventure.
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Comedy, music and fun.
A collection of the best All
About Me films from Going Live! With Sarah Greene.
The Why Bird Stop.
Lassie helps to bring two single people together.
Historical adventure starring Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner
Determined to bring peace to England, Arthur Pendragon, supported by the gallant Sir Lancelot, defeats his rivals in battle and is crowned king.
(1953)
SEE FILMS pages 25-30
With Chris Lowe.
Weather Rob McElwee
An animated feature film.
When country life proves to be too dull for the beautiful feline Mewsette, she decides to move to the bright lights of Paris but with disastrous effects.
With the voices of Judy Garland , Robert Goulet , Red Buttons and Hermione Gingold.
Director Abe Levitow (1962)
SEE FILMS pages 25-30
An entertaining programme aimed at a younger audience is provided by this afternoon's concert, of which BBC1 is transmitting the first half live. Raymond Leppard conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Britten's ever-popular The Young Person Guide to the Orchestra, followed by Dohnanyi's charming
Variations on a Nursery Song. David Owen Norris , piano soloist in the Dohnanyi, comments: "I like musical jokes and this one, like all the best jokes, should not be given away. There can be nothing more important than a concert designed for a younger audience. My children - Barnaby, 6, and Josiah, 4 - will be there to share it. And the joke." Introduced by James Naughtie from the Royal Albert Hall in London.
SIMULTANEOUS BROADCAST with Radio 3
Mike Smith takes us on a magic carpet ride to Tunisia pursued by Jafar, the villain of the latest Disney success Aladdin. Plus clips from classics such as Robin Hood, Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid.
Recorded at the NEC in Birmingham, Jason Donovan performs some of his favourite songs including Sealed With a Kiss, Mission of Love and Any Dream Will Do.
A White Rabbit production for BBCtv
Dorothy performs a ritual.
With Chris Lowe.
(Subtitled)
Weather Penny Tranter
A preview of family films for autumn.
The live-action movie based on the popular television cartoon and comics.
A TV reporter's investigations of a mysterious crime spree affecting New York lands her in trouble. However, beneath the city's streets live creatures destined to become her allies in the battle against the evil-doers.
(1990)
See Films pages 25-30
Terry Wogan applies himself to the subject of disastrous holiday experiences. Mr Bean, Victoria Wood and Victor Meldrew assist in this tongue-in-cheek investigation of how the seemingly inevitable stress of holiday-making takes its toll on everyone. Viewers weigh in with some pertinent home videos and entertain us with accounts of their worst hotel experiences.
See Preview page 6
With Martyn Lewis. Subtitled Regional News
'Weather Penny Tranter
This epic TV film - six hours in length, and shown over four consecutive nights - was hailed when first shown in America as reviving the western genre. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Larry McMurtry, and using the classic framework of a vast cattle drive, it is the star-studded story of those who made up the American west.
Starring Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones
In the small Texas town of Lonesome Dove, two former Texas Rangers, Gus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, are quietly running a cattle and livery business. All this changes when an old friend, Jake Spoon, arrives just one step ahead of the law, spinning fabulous tales of the vast and uncharted Montana territory.
(Continues tomorrow at 9.30pm)
(For cast see Wednesday at 9.30pm)
(Subtitled)
(See Barry Norman page 24)
A romantic comedy starring
Molly Ringwald
The lite of a rebellious teenager is changed when she is invited to the senior prom.
Director Howard Deutch (1986)
SEE FILMS pages 25-30
When some men hatch a plan to kill a drunk for his insurance money, they take on more than they had expected.
