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A programme about some dangerous creatures and venomous killers, including desert snakes. With Chris Packham , Michaela Strachan and Howie Watkins.
Repeated tomorrow on BBC2 at 7.35am

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Packham
Presenter:
Michaela Strachan
Presenter:
Howie Watkins.

Second of a six-part fantasy adventure series based on Alan Garner's classic story. Roland finds himself in a desolate landscape, pursued by evil warriors.
Written by Don Webb
Repeated next Sunday on BBC2

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Garner
Written By:
Don Webb
Roland:
Damian Zuk
Helen:
Suzanne Crowshaw
David:
Alexander Trippier
Nicholas:
Gavin J Morris
Malebron:
Stevan Rimkus
Sibyl:
Valerie Lilley
Lead warrior:
Renny Krupinski
Sniffer:
Abi Eniola

Philip hits choppy waters with Michael. Lou has a strange proposition for Brett. Gaby feels smothered by her mother.
Shown at 1.30pm. Stereo Subtitled ...

Contributors

Helen Daniels:
Anne Haddy
Doug Willis:
Terence Donovan
Pam Willis:
Sue Jones
Gaby Willis:
Rachel Blakely
Lou Carpenter:
Tom Oliver
RickAlessi:
Dan Falzon
Julie Martin:
Julie Mullins
Philip Martin:
Ian Rawlings
Hannah Martin:
Rebecca Ritters
Debbie Martin:
Marnie Reece-Wilmore
Michael Martin:
Troy Beckwith
Annalise Hartman:
Kim Berleydavies
Mark Gottlieb:
Bruce Samazan
Cheryl Stark:
Caroline Gillmer
Danni Stark:
Eliza Szonert
Brett Stark:
Brett Blewitt
Cody Willis:
Peta Brady
Luke Foster:
Murray Bartlett
Sally Pritchard:
Brenda Webb
Jesse O'Connor:
James Ryan
Len Mangel:
John Lee

Tony isn't lookingforward to visiting his stubborn old mum and telling her about his marriage break-up, but when she suddenly becomes ill communications are even more difficult.

Contributors

Writer:
Bob Larbey
Director/Producer:
Gareth Gwenlan
Tony Carpenter:
Dennis Waterman
Mrs Wembley:
Joan Sims
Sam:
Sam Kelly
Ruth Carpenter:
Judy Buxton
Maggie:
Jenna Russell
Mum:
Dora Bryan

Here are some answers to questions you always wanted to ask - and a few more. The emphasis in this wide-ranging series of stories is on human achievement - and downright cleverness. All sorts of things have aroused the nation's curiosity and got us wondering - how do they do that? Tonight's programme includes a look at the complex organisation behind the annual boat show. Presented by Desmond Lynam and Jenny Hull.
Producers Martin Lucas and Gill Stribling-Wright Executive producer Alan Boyd
QUESTIONS: please send them to How Do They Do That?, PO Box 4653. London SE 9UQ

Contributors

Presented By:
Desmond Lynam
Presented By:
Jenny Hull.
Producers:
Martin Lucas
Producers:
Gill Stribling-Wright
Producer:
Alan Boyd

Anne Robinson with viewers' opinions on BBC television programmes.
Write with your comments to Points of View, BBCtv, London W12 7RJ. Or telephone/fax on [number removed]. The e-mail address is: pov@bbcnc.org.uk Producer Bernard Newnham

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Robinson
Producer:
Bernard Newnham

David Attenborough begins his incredible journey into the world of plants. Filming all over the world, he reveals how plants are just as active and exciting as animals, and often far more unusual.

This first programme demonstrates the ingenious techniques that plants employ to travel from place to place, to find new homes.
See today's choices.
(Stereo) (Repeated next Monday on BBC2)
See This Week: page 20

Contributors

Presenter:
David Attenborough
Producer:
Neil Nightingale
Executive Producer:
Mike Salisbury

Thriller starring
Steve Guttenberg
Elizabeth McGovern
Isabelle Huppert
To protect the identity of his married lover, Terry Lambert on impulse pretends to the police that it was he, not she, who witnessed an attempted murder. However, his tainted evidence fails to convict the killer, and he soon finds himself the chief suspect in a series of brutal murders.
Director Curtis Hanson (1987)
* FILM REVIEWS pages 39-44

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Guttenberg
Unknown:
Elizabeth McGovern
Unknown:
Isabelle Huppert
Unknown:
Terry Lambert
Director:
Curtis Hanson
Terry Lambert:
Steve Guttenberg
Denise Connelly:
Elizabeth McGovern
Sylvia Wentworth:
Isabelle Huppert
CollinWentworth:
Paul Shenar
Detective Quirke:
Carl Lumbly
Detective Jessup:
Frederick Coffin
Henderson:
Brad Greenquist

Crime thriller starring and directed by Burt Reynolds with Candice Bergen
George Segal
Ernest "Stick" Stickley is a tough, handsome ex-con with a sense of humour. When he's offered a job by a flamboyant millionaire, he grabs it as his big chance, but soon finds himself involved in a tangled web of drugs, corruption, revenge and murder.
(1985) ........................................... * FILM REVIEWS pages 39-44

Contributors

Directed By:
Burt Reynolds
Unknown:
George Segal
Stick:
Burt Reynolds
Kyle:
Candice Bergen
Barry:
George Segal
Chucky:
Charles Durning
Rainy:
Jose Perez
Cornell:
Richard Lawson
Nestor:
Castulo Guerra
Moke:
Dar Robinson
Firestone:
Alex Rocco

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