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The last of six programmes presented by Julian Pettifer. Leisure is a growth area in the new China, but how are the Chinese spending their new free time? And is Asia set to lead the world in the growing industry of tourism? Producer Rosie Goldsmith

Contributors

Presented By:
Julian Pettifer.
Producer:
Rosie Goldsmith

Jonathan Dimbleby is joined in London by Professor Julian Le Grand of the London School of Economics, Baroness Shirley Williams and Lord Tebbit. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Professor Julian Le Grand
Unknown:
Baroness Shirley Williams

By David Pownall. In 1752, pressure to Europeanise forces a move from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, consigning a superstitious population to an 11-day limbo of non-time. It is during this period that poet Thomas Gray meets a ghost from his past. Director Eoin O'Callaghan

Contributors

Unknown:
David Pownall.
Unknown:
Thomas Gray
Director:
Eoin O'Callaghan
Geary:
Stephen Boxer
Hudson:
Alun Armstrong
Mother:
Jenny Lee
Jackson:
David Graham

Sixty years after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs became the first internationally successful cartoon feature, Gerry Northam charts the rise and rise of the animated movie. Producer John Byrne Repeated tomorrow 8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Northam
Producer:
John Byrne

West Indies v England
The Fourth Test from Guyana.
Commentary on the second day's play by Jonathan Agnew , Henry Blofeld and Christopher Martin-Jenkins . With expert comment from Vic Marks and Colin Croft. Including at 4.10* News and Test Match Special Feature For information or retuning advice phone [number removed] Approximate times

Contributors

Play By:
Jonathan Agnew
Play By:
Henry Blofeld
Play By:
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Unknown:
Vic Marks
Unknown:
Colin Croft.

Six travel journalists go in search of holiday locations that are without any other tourists. 2: From Alexandria in Egypt to the oasis at Siwa, Michael Haag treks across the desert in the footsteps of Alexander the Great. Producer Sara Jane Hall Repeated Thursday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Haag
Producer:
Sara Jane Hall

Lucifer Rising - 25 Years of "The Exorcist" After 25 years, The Exorcist is still considered too shocking for a UK video certificate. Mark Kermode talks to writer William Peter Blatty and director William Friedkin , while fans and critics reassess the film's significance. Producer Jerome Weatherald Repeated Friday 9.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Mark Kermode
Unknown:
William Peter Blatty
Director:
William Friedkin
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

The opening episode of a three-part political thriller by Gary Brown. in Leeds in 1936, fair-haired Jew Jacky Greenberg becomes Jack Green and infiltrates the local fascists. With Linal Haft , Russell Dixon. Thelma Ruby , Jonathan Tafler , Lloyd Peters , Gary Brown and Jessica Brown. Director Andy Jordan

Contributors

Unknown:
Gary Brown.
Unknown:
Jacky Greenberg
Unknown:
Jack Green
Unknown:
Linal Haft
Unknown:
Russell Dixon.
Unknown:
Thelma Ruby
Unknown:
Jonathan Tafler
Unknown:
Lloyd Peters
Unknown:
Gary Brown
Unknown:
Jessica Brown.
Director:
Andy Jordan

By Tanika Gupta. The bounty hunter rounds up runaway Asian women and delivers them back to their homes-regardless of the circumstances to which he is returning them. with Akhbar Kurtha , Charubala Chokshi , Nisha Patel and Nitin Duggal
Director Kristine Landon-Smith Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Tanika Gupta.
Unknown:
Akhbar Kurtha
Unknown:
Charubala Chokshi
Unknown:
Nisha Patel
Unknown:
Nitin Duggal
Director:
Kristine Landon-Smith
Sunit:
Rehan Sheikh
Mahesh:
Riz Abbasi
Rakhi:
Shaheen Khan
Amit:
Shiv Grewal
Venu:
Nina Wadia
Pradip:
Simon Nagra

Chris Kelly looks at the life and work of admirable characters. In the first of three programmes, he talks about northern writer Malcolm Bagshaw , author of The Madness of Charles III.
Producer Kathy Smith Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Kelly
Unknown:
Malcolm Bagshaw
Unknown:
Charles Iii.
Producer:
Kathy Smith

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