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Comedy. During a family holiday, ten-year-old Pete Hatcher has to put up with several crises - not least the antics of his four-year-old brother Fudge. Director Bob Clark (1995. U) Subtitled. + See Films: pp 48-52 ***

Contributors

Unknown:
Pete Hatcher
Director:
Bob Clark

Bestselling novelist Jilly Cooper talks to Esther McVey while Michael Quinn reveals how alcoholism took him from head chef at the Ritz to life in the gutter. With Kevin Woodford and Toyah Willcox.
Comment Line: [number removed] (maximum cost 10p)

Contributors

Presenter:
Kevin Woodford
Presenter:
Toyah Willcox
Interviewer:
Esther McVey
Interviewee:
Jilly Cooper
Guest:
Michael Quinn
Executive Producer:
Chris Loughlin

Fantasy adventure starring Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin

In order to win the love of the beautiful Andromeda, Perseus, son of the god Zeus, must overcome the terrifying obstacles set in his path by the other gods.
(1981, 15)
See Films: pp 48-52 ***

Contributors

Director:
Desmond Davis
Zeus:
Laurence Olivier
Perseus:
Harry Hamlin
Hera:
Claire Bloom
Thetis:
Maggie Smith
Aphrodite:
Ursula Andress
Andromeda:
Judi Bowker
Poseidon:
Jack Gwillim
Athena:
Susan Fleetwood

Deborah McAndrew is in Somerset, where she visits Wells, Downside Abbey and Glastonbury.

Music comes from Farnham Youth Choir, and hymns, sung by Clifton Cathedral Choir, include Father, Lord of All Creation; Jerusalem; Here I Am, Lord; and Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)

The Nation's Favourite Hymns: suggestions can be sent to: Favourite Hymns, Songs of Praise, [address removed], or e-mail: [email address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Deborah McAndrew
Singers:
Farnham Youth Choir
Singers:
Clifton Cathedral Choir

Concluding the series exploring the bonds that can develop between humans and animals.

Pauline Kidner's farmhouse is overrun with animals. Badger cubs have taken over her kitchen, fox cubs live in the old cheese room, and even her pet doberman, Murray, looks after baby deer.

This programme follows the ups and downs of life as a "foster mother" to a family of orphaned animals, and the story of Tess the tiny badger and Mulder the fox as they grow up and eventually leave home.
(Digital widescreen)

Contributors

Subject:
Pauline Kidner
Narrator:
John Peel
Producer:
Susan McMillan
Series Producer:
Michael Gunton

The late Jill Dando presents the series in which experts from the Antiques Roadshow are invited into the public's homes in search of hidden treasures.
The series, which began the day before her death, resumes now, with the full support of her family, with Jill on a mystery maritime quest along the east coast of Kent. David Battie delves into Dickens, Lars Tharp researches hot-water bottles, and Hilary Kay makes an unexpected discovery.
See today's choices.
(Digital widescreen)
The best tribute to Jill: page 6

Contributors

Presenter:
Jill Dando
Expert:
David Battie
Expert:
Lars Tharp
Expert:
Hilary Kay
Director:
Keith Sheather
Director:
Karen Walsh
Series Producer:
Anne Clements

Sandy arrives home believing she has been followed. Lionel's courage is tested to the full - much to Jean's alarm.
(Repeat)

Contributors

Writer:
Bob Larbey
Director/Producer:
Sydney Lotterby
Jean:
Judi Dench
Lionel:
Geoffrey Palmer
Judith:
Moira Brooker
Alistair:
Philip Bretherton
Sandy:
Jenny Funnell
Nails:
Nick Bartlett
Trader:
Michael Mawby
Stalker:
Kristopher Milnes

In the first of this week's five episodes lan's engagement party goes from bad to worse and Natalie gets the surprise of her life, Carol discovers the truth about Bianca and Dan. Is this the end of Ricky and Bianca?
(For cast see tomorrow and Tuesday)
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)

The start of a six-part drama set in Eccles in the mid-sixties. Starring Gillian Kearney, Emma Cooke

When a local rock band walk into the chippie, the world of twins Ellie and Arden is turned upside down. Contains strong language. See today's choices.
(Repeated on Tuesday at 10.50pm)
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)
John Peel: p9; New season: p26

Contributors

Writer:
Debbie Horsfield
Producer:
Liz Trubridge
Director:
John Woods
Ellie:
Gillian Kearney
Arden:
Emma Cooke
Ima:
Sue Johnston
Larry:
Phil Daniels
The Wolf:
James Callis
Tex:
Julian Kerridge
Dallas:
Joseph McFadden
Norman:
David Threlfall
Howard:
Nicholas Farrell
Hayley:
Michelle Abrahams
Clifford:
Jim Hooper

An Easter special from 1996. It's Lent and Geraldine is determined to give up chocolate.
(Repeat) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Writer:
Paul Mayhew Archer
Writer:
Richard Curtis
Director:
John Howard Davies
Producer:
Jon Plowman
Producer:
Sue Vertue
Geraldine Granger:
Dawn French
David Horton:
Gary Waldhorn
Hugo Horton:
James Fleet
Alice Tinker:
Emma Chambers
Letitia Cropley:
Liz Smith
Frank Pickle:
John Bluthal
Jim Trott:
Trevor Peacock
Owen Newitt:
Roger Lloyd Pack

In the last visit by celebrities to the BBC Proms at London's Royal Albert Hall, writer and broadcaster Anna Ford introduces highlights of last Thursday's concert commemorating the 150th, 100th and 50th anniversaries of the deaths of Johann Strauss father and son, and Richard Strauss. It's an evening of wine, women and song, with the mood set by waltzes and polkas, as well as Till Eulenspiegel. Soprano Inger Dam-Jensen joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra, which is conducted by Manfred Honeck.
(Digital widescreen)

Contributors

Presenter:
Anna Ford
Soprano:
Inger Dam-Jensen
Musicians:
The BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Manfred Honeck
Director:
Dominic Best
Producer:
Oliver MacFarlane

Drama based on a true story starring Peter Strauss, Rachel Ticotin

Despite a volatile relationship with his wayward girlfriend, Larry McLinden is overjoyed when she announces that she is pregnant. A son is born, and Larry forms a strong bond with the boy. But five years later mother and child disappear.
(1994, PG)
See Films: pp 48-52 **

Followed by Weather

Contributors

Director:
Michael Dinner
Larry McLinden:
Peter Strauss
Diane Middleton:
Rachel Ticotin
Glen Schwartz:
Bob Dishy
Mary:
Brenda Bazinet
Bobbie Mallory:
Lynn Whitfield

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