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Jill Cooper, Jonathan Dimbleby, Loyd Grossman and Anthea Turner talk to John Craven about their favourite slice of the countryside. Plus weather for the week ahead at 10.55am.

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Contributors

Presenter:
John Craven
Guest:
Jill Cooper
Guest:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Guest:
Loyd Grossman
Guest:
Anthea Turner

Wartime thriller starring Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris.

Occupied Norway 1942: a team of resistance fighters undertakes a dangerous mission to destroy a heavy-water plant to prevent the Nazis producing an atomic bomb. (1965, U) ***
Films: pp 56-64

Contributors

Director:
Anthony Mann
[Actor]:
Kirk Douglas
[Actor]:
Richard Harris

A special celebration in song, presented by Pam Rhodes, Don Maclean and Roy Noble from the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Cliff Richard, Daniel O'Donnell, Bryn Terfel, Laura-Michelle Kelly and Andrew Lloyd Webber, the 5,000-strong BBC Wales Choir of Choirs and the 2,000-voiced Hopes and Dreams choir help swell the singing of the crowd, which is joined by HRH the Prince of Wales. Music includes Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah, How Great Thou Art, Cliff's Millennium Prayer, Light a Candle and Hark the Herald Angels Sing.

Contributors

Presenter:
Pam Rhodes
Presenter:
Don Maclean
Presenter:
Roy Noble
Singer:
Cliff Richard
Singer:
Daniel O'Donnell
Singer:
Bryn Terfel
Singer:
Laura-Michelle Kelly
Musician:
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Singers:
BBC Wales Choir of Choirs
Singers:
Hopes and Dreams Choir
Producer:
John Forrest
Editor:
Hugh Faupel

A special roadshow edition that links by satellite four village halls in different parts of the UK with a master venue at Eltham Palace in Greenwich, south-east London. Finds include a fish bought for £3.50 and now worth thousands, a tea set made for Queen Victoria's 1855 visit to Paris, a valuable piece of glass and two well travelled wall vases.
Introduced by Hugh Scully.

Contributors

Presenter:
Hugh Scully
Producer:
Pete Smith
Executive Producer:
Christopher Lewis

Written by Roy Clarke

Compo's invitation to lay a wreath in Dunkirk is withdrawn because of his dress sense.

A tribute to the late Bill Owen, who plays Compo, follows.
See Choice.

Contributors

Writer:
Roy Clarke
Director/Producer:
Alan J.W. Bell
Compo:
Bill Owen
Clegg:
Peter Sallis
Truly:
Frank Thornton
Nora:
Kathy Staff
Ivy:
Jane Freeman
Edie:
Thora Hird
Auntie Wainwright:
Jean Alexander
Ros:
Dora Bryan
French proprietor:
Ray Cooney
Howard:
Robert Fyfe
Marina:
Jean Fergusson
Barry:
Mike Grady
Pearl:
Juliette Kaplan
Smiler:
Stephen Lewis
Glenda:
Sarah Thomas
Wesley:
Gordon Wharmby

To mark the new millennium the team surprise a very special person. In South Africa Nelson Mandela is having a house built in the village where he grew up. The challenge for Alan Titchmarsh, Charlie Dimmock and Tommy Walsh is to turn a patch of farmland into a garden.
See Choice.
(Charlie Dimmock presents The Flying Gardeners on Tuesday at 8.30pm)
Alan Titchmarsh on the future of gardening: page 38

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Titchmarsh
Presenter:
Charlie Dimmock
Presenter:
Tommy Walsh
Director:
John Thorneycroft
Executive Producer:
Carol Haslam

Angus Deayton hosts the first in a two-part celebratory sketch show featuring stars of British comedy. For the first time in 12 years, Ronnie Barker performs with Ronnie Corbett. Also including Victoria Wood, Harry Enfield, Thora Hird, Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Gary Lineker, Clive Anderson, Barbara Windsor, Spike Milligan and Richard Briers.

(Concludes Tuesday 10.20pm.)

Contributors

Presenter:
Angus Deayton
Comedian:
Ronnie Barker
Comedian:
Ronnie Corbett
Comedian:
Victoria Wood
Comedian:
Harry Enfield
[Actress]:
Thora Hird
Comedian:
Vic Reeves
Comedian:
Bob Mortimer
Comedian:
Stephen Fry
Comedian:
Hugh Laurie
Guest:
Gary Lineker
Comedian:
Clive Anderson
[Actress]:
Barbara Windsor
Comedian:
Spike Milligan
[Actor]:
Richard Briers
Producer:
Patricia McGowan
Executive Producer:
Jon Plowman

The ladies are catering the firm's millennium dinner in town, but there are surprises in store.

(Shown last Thursday)

Contributors

Writer/Producer:
Victoria Wood
Director/Producer:
Geoff Posner
Bren:
Victoria Wood
Dolly:
Thelma Barlow
Tony:
Andrew Dunn
Anita:
Shobna Gulati
Philippa:
Celia Imrie
Twinkle:
Maxine Peake

Mel Brooks's western spoof starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder, and featuring Madeline Kahn, who died recently.

Sheriff Bart fights to save the little town of Rock Ridge from a wicked speculator, helped by the once legendary Waco Kid.
Widescreen.
(1974, 15) ****
Films: pp 56-64

Contributors

Director:
Mel Brooks
Bart:
Cleavon Little
Waco Kid:
Gene Wilder
[Actress]:
Madeline Kahn

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