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In the final programme in the series,
Julian Pettifer reports from Hong Kong as it prepares for the handover to China. Including an interview with Asia's biggest film star, Jackie Chan , who says Hong Kong is fighting back. Producer Hugh Levinson

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Pettifer
Unknown:
Jackie Chan
Producer:
Hugh Levinson

With chairman Nicholas Parsons and guests Clement Freud , Tony Hawks, Peter Jones and Fred MacAulay.
Producer Ann Jobson. Repeated Monday 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Fred MacAulay.
Producer:
Ann Jobson.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion in Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, with Alistair Burt MP, George Robertson MP, Professor Lisa Jardine and Dr Alan Sked.
(Repeated from yesterday)

Contributors

Chairman:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Panellist:
Alistair Burt
Panellist:
George Robertson
Panellist:
Professor Lisa Jardine
Panellist:
Dr Alan Sked.

Starring Anne Downie as Rosinella Pedreschi, Blythe Duff as Lucia and Alexander Morton as Massimo Pedreschi.

Ann Marie di Mambro's play follows the Pedreschis through the darkest hours of the Second World War, and reflects the vivacity, humour and passions of the Scottish-Italian community.

Contributors

Writer:
Ann Marie Di Mambro
Producer:
Hamish Wilson
Rosinella Pedreschi:
Anne Downie
Lucia:
Blythe Duff
Massimo Pedreschi:
Alexander Morton
Hughie:
Kenneth Glenaan
Franco:
Vincent Friell
Daddy/Priest:
Robert Trotter
Bridget:
Grace Glover
Luigi/Customer:
Finlay Welsh
Teacher/Woman:
Vicki Liddelle
[Actor]:
Lee Brown
[Actor]:
Raymond Short
[Actor]:
Anthony Donaldson

Crime or Passion?
Gerry Northam presents a brief history of obsession, embracing both the medieval courtly ideal of romantic infatuation and the pathological desire of the 20th-century stalker. Producer John Byrne
Repeated tomorrow 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Northam
Producer:
John Byrne

Five programmes in which blind broadcaster Peter White examines and often explodes myths about blindness, and explores its lighter side.
4: Are You Blind, Ref? Peter White explains why he spends so much of his free time at sports events he can't see. Producer Ronni Davis Revised repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter White
Unknown:
Peter White
Producer:
Ronni Davis

In the fifth of six programmes, Nigel Andrews meets one of Hollywood's most flamboyant mavericks, writer/director John Milius. Milius is the most macho of the movie-brat generation: the man who put the words into Dirty Harry's mouth and wrote the ultimate Vietnam film, Apocalypse Now. Producer Paul Quinn
Repeated Thursday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Andrews
Director:
John Milius.
Producer:
Paul Quinn

On his death 200 years ago, Horace Walpole left a legacy of two castles: a mansion at Strawberry Hill by the Thames, and The Castle of Otranto, a supernatural tale that made his friends "afraid to go to bed o'nights". Peggy Reynolds treads warily into the strange world of the first-ever Gothic novel.
Producer Matthew Dodd Repeated Friday 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Horace Walpole
Unknown:
Strawberry Hill
Unknown:
Peggy Reynolds
Producer:
Matthew Dodd

A three-part drama about two Jewish women in England, written by Elaine Feinstein. 2: Lena discovers why Katya so wants to see her. And it is not an altogether comfortable discovery. with Jill Graham , David Barrass ,
Elaine Claxton , John Baddeley , Malcolm Ward and Lala Lloyd. Director Marion Nancarrow Repeat

Contributors

Written By:
Elaine Feinstein.
Unknown:
Jill Graham
Unknown:
David Barrass
Unknown:
Elaine Claxton
Unknown:
John Baddeley
Unknown:
Malcolm Ward
Unknown:
Lala Lloyd.
Director:
Marion Nancarrow
Lena:
Jennie Stoller
Katya:
Jenny Agutter
Dr Kuperman:
Leonard Fenton
Sadie Kuperman:
Doreen Mantle
Stefan:
David Thorpe
Janos:
Sandor Eles

By Walter Mosley.
On the dark side of the mean streets of Los Angeles in 1961, African-American private eye Easy Rawlins can go places a white detective cannot.

With Martin Luther King in the news, a new young president in the White House, and a case that sends him in search of his own past, Easy finds death under the stones he is paid to turn.

with William Roberts , Peter de Jersey , Mel Taylor , Major Wiley, Stephen Thorne. Sean Baker , Robert Harper , Shirley Dixon , Emil Nava and Christina Chou. Dramatised by Bonnie Greer. Director Ned Chaillet

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Mosley.
Unknown:
Martin Luther
Unknown:
William Roberts
Unknown:
Peter De Jersey
Unknown:
Mel Taylor
Unknown:
Stephen Thorne.
Unknown:
Sean Baker
Unknown:
Robert Harper
Unknown:
Shirley Dixon
Unknown:
Emil Nava
Unknown:
Christina Chou.
Dramatised By:
Bonnie Greer.
Director:
Ned Chaillet
Ezekiel Easy - Rawlins:
Clarke Peters
Saul Lynx:
John Guerrasio
Elizabeth Black Betty Eady:
Alibe Parsons
Maudria Jones:
Sharon D Clarke
Odell Jones:
Dean Hill
Sarah Cain:
Kate Harper
Gwendolyn Barnes:
Cecilia Noble
Arthur Hawkes:
Gerard McDermot

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