Ulster v Leinster
Ireland's domestic rugby scene is dominated by the Provincial Championship. Last season's title was shared between Leinster, Munster and Ulster, with Connacht taking the wooden spoon. Yesterday's match brought together the two sides so far undefeated this season. It also presented in opposition two members of the victorious 74 Lions captaining their respective provinces: TOM GRACE of Leinster and STEWART MCKINNEY taking over Ulster's captaincy from the mercurial Mike Gibson.
Commentator at Ravenhill
NIGEL STARMER-SMITH
Series producer BILL TAYLOR

A closer look at the politicians, the tactics and progress of Parliament. Presented by Peter Hill
Editor JOHN DANVERS

Fifteen minutes of contemporary music for Sunday evening. This week
Ralph McTell
Research TONY JASPER
Producer CHRISTOPHER MANN

News of the week plus a visual commentary for those who cannot hear, with Richard Baker
Editor BILL NORTHWOOD

Experiences of joy, sorrow, bereavement, doubt - or inner moments of truth that may defy rational explanation.
In these programmes people are invited to give first-hand accounts of something that has real personal significance for them. 9: A Window in Your Home
Dr Cicely Saunders recalls a remarkable understanding with a patient during the last three weeks of his life and how he and others inspired and helped her to create St Christopher's Hospice.
Producer JOHN WILCOX
Series producer SHIRLEY du BOULAY

Return to the Punjab
Narrated by ANDREW FAULDS
The Punjab in north west India is the homeland of the Sikh people. In a land fought over by Muslim and Hindu, the Sikhs created a unique religion in which they reconciled elements of both. Famous as warriors for 500 years, they are also noted for the extent of their migration around the world. This is the story of one Sikh family living in England who returned to the Punjab. Their children have little memory of their homeland, yet their schoolgirl daughter is going back to marry a man she has never seen. Her traditional wedding is the climax of this film, after which she returns to school in England.
Producer ANTHONY ISAACS
Editors Michael ANDREWS , ANTHONY ISAACS

Joseph Cooper as questionmaster invites you to match your musical wits against Joyce Grenfell
Robin Ray , Richard Baker
Guest musician Alfredo Campoli
Viewers will be able to take part in a crossword competition. Director PETER BUTLER Producer WALTER TODDS

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Giacomo Puccini, Master Craftsman Narrated and conducted by Bernard Keeffe
Puccini is the undisputed box-office king of the opera house. There's hardly a theatre in the world, from Stockholm to Sydney, that can survive a season without putting on one of his three best-sellers, La Bohème, Tosca and Madam Butterfly. What is it about his music that has made the public itself decide this? In this informal workshop-style analysis programme BERNARD KEEFFE concentrates on the masterly dramatic timing, the cunning choice of libretto, the melodic appeal and orchestral craftsmanship that set Puccini apart With
Josephine Barstow (soprano) Adrian de Peyer (tenor)
Peter Glossop (baritone) and with Colin Huehns (boy soprano) and Simon Masterton-Smith (bass)
THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA leader ASHLEY ARBUCKLE
Sound ALAN EDMONDS
Director KENNETH CORDEN

The first of four programmes Early One Morning ...
Introduced by Rene Cutforth
Getting up at four o'clock in the morning is for most people a rare experience. FRED DAVIS does it six days a week to run his business in Birmingham's Vegetable Market.
RENÉ CUTFORTH spends a day with Fred in a world of pawpaws, pineapples and carrots from California.
Executive producer JENNIFER JEREMY Director RICHARD GANNICLIFFT BBC Birmingham

A film starring Martin Sheen
Since the American Civil War, thousands of American soldiers have deserted from the United States Army. Several were condemned to death but only one was executed: Pte Eddie Slovik. This film traces Slovik's life from his time in a Michigan reformatory for minor offences until his execution in 1945 in a small town in France.
Director LAMONT JOHNSON