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David Frost interviews the newsmakers and reviews the papers with his guests. Plus
9.00 News, with weather later.
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Mike Harding celebrates the sabbath with a Jewish family, and Allan Beswick seeks out the truth behind the week's headlines. Presented by Kevin Woodford and Esther McVey.
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Esther McVey's Kind of Day: page 140
John Craven reports on the latest rural affairs. Plus weather for the week ahead at 11.55am.
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John Humphrys interviews top MPs and reports on the latest political issues. Including at 12.00 News.
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Cat and mouse cartoon.
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Terry Wogan has fun examining the many curious ways in which BBC programmes are adapted for overseas viewers.
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Disney comedy adventure.
Ensign Thomas Garland, the modest son of a naval war hero, arrives in Newport to take command of the coastguard in a busy yacht harbour. Unfortunately, he is accident prone and his first mission ends in disaster.
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Films: pp 64-67
Thermoman's dad tries to break up his son's romance.
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Stephanie Hughes explores Ipswich, Suffolk, as the town celebrates the 800th anniversary of it being granted a royal charter. She meets the harbour master, a teacher with a passion for churches and a tourist officer. Saxophonist David Heming performs a new arrangement of I Need You More. The Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital school sing Sunset and Evening Star, and hymns, sung in St Mary le Tower, include In Christ There Is No East or West and Crown Him with Many Crowns.
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In the grounds of Castle Ashby, home of the Duke of Northampton, Hugh Scully and the experts sort through more treasures owned by members of the public.
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A rerun of the natural-history series in which David Attenborough explores the wildlife of Antarctica.
Conditions are harsh - temperatures can drop to -70°C/-94°F and winds reach 100mph - but animals, including penguins, whales and seals, are still abundant.
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With George Alagiah.
Weather Peter Gibbs
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A two-part dramatisation of JS Le Fanu's 19th-century horror novel, starring Naomi Watt, Derek Jacobi, Iain Glen.
Orphan Alice Maybell is taken in by a squire, who propositions her when she grows into a beautiful woman. But she is about to elope with his eldest son Charles.
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House of secrets and lies: p18; Programme of the week: p75
Angus Deayton presents a one-off compilation of deeply embarrassing gaffes made by celebrities at award ceremonies.
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Featuring a look at the blockbuster film Not Saving Private Narayan and the Asian children's show Live and Cooking.
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Joan Bakewell asks whether artificially extending people's natural lifespan is moral or desirable.
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Followed by Weatherview
Drama. Alex Saxen is the perfect daughter and high-school pupil, until alcohol and drugs cause her to spiral out of control. (1996,15) Films: pp 64-67 **
Professor Chris Kitchin joins Patrick Moore to discuss the tendency of stars to be members of pairs.
(Repeated next Saturday on BBC2)
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Ends 6.00am.
