A four-part dramatisation of the private lives of eight American Presidents - as seen through the eyes of a mother and daughter who served as White House maids for 52 years. Part 1 starring
In 1909 Maggie Rogers went to work as a maid in the White House. She and her daughter, Lillian, were to serve backstairs during five turbulent decades, and this lavishly staged drama is based on Lillian's bestseller about their experiences.

with subtitles, followed by Weather

also starring
Charles Laughton
Maureen O'Sullivan
The Barrett household at 50 Wimpole Street is dominated by the cruel and tyrannical Edward
Moulton Barrett. When his favourite daughter Elizabeth begins a relationship with the poet Robert Browning, Barrett sees his iron authority threatened.
Screenplay by ERNEST VAJDA CLAUDINE WEST and DONALD OGDEN STEWART Adapted from the play by RUDOLPH BESIER
Produced by IRVING G. THALBERG Directed by SIDNEY FRANKLIN
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The first of seven programmes about the story of carols.
Pagan Roots
Presented by Geraint Evans with The William Byrd Choir and The Choir of The
Queen's College, Oxford
Is 'The holly and the ivy' a Christian hymn or a pagan fertility song? Are Christmas carols necessarily religious at all? Sir Geraint looks back to medieval times and beyond.
The carols sung are: 'The holly and the ivy', 'Deck the halls', 'The boar's head carol', 'The old grey goose'. (Part 2 tomorrow at 7.15 pm)
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by PETER VINCENT and LAN DAVIDSON starring George Cole Londongrad, 1999.
Designer CHRIS HULL
Produced and directed by JOHN KILBY

The Grand Prix Car (1924-1939) In 1924 a British Sunbeam defeated speed restrictions, laid down by Grand Prix regulations, by supercharging the engine, and a great era of racing followed: Bugatti, Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz all appeared in a series of dramatic and sometimes dangerous races.

Using unique film, and priceless restored cars 'road tested' by racing driver John Watson, "Horizon" re-creates that 'Golden Age' which began with wealthy amateurs and ended with professional teams backed by the industrial might of Hitler's Germany.

'The English hoard words like misers. The Irish spend them like sailors.'
Frank Delaney discusses his fellow-countrymen's way with words with authors
William Trevor and Jennifer Johnston , and David Norris , lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin.
Production assistant BELINDA LANGFORD
Executive producer PHILIP SPEIGHT Director TONY TYLEY Producer CHRIS MOHR

18: Com' era una volta?