starring
Douglas Fairbanks Jr Maureen O'Hara
Swashbuckling action and a romantic love story are combined in this colourful adventure film set in the mysterious Orient. Sinbad, renowned as a teller of improbable tales, describes a treasure hunt on the trail of Alexander the Great, during which he falls in love with Shireen, the Emir of Daibul's favourite slave-girl.
Screenplay by JOHN TWIST Produced by STEPHEN AMES
Directed by RICHARD WALLACE
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An RKO short

Doing Impossible Stunts

A See-Saw programme with Carol Chell and Don Spencer
Musical director RICHARD BROWN Directed by CHRISTINE HEWITT (R)

Hindu - Ratha 's Wedding
The world over, a girl has to look her best on her wedding day. Ratha, from Sri Lanka, must also transform herself into the ideal Hindu bride for a marriage ceremony unchanged for 5,000 years. Producer CLEM VALLANCE (R)

Cesar Franck
Chorale No 3 in A minor
This third chorale, written in the last months of Franck's life, is filled with the passion and serenity of religious faith. It's played on the organ of Ely Cathedral by the cathedral organist, Arthur Wills.
Producer DAVID KREMER

Weather followed by England's Nazareth From Easter onwards, the small Norfolk village of Little Walsingham is invaded every year by as many as half a million pilgrims. There has been a shrine here since 1061. Today there are two, and Derek Jacobi tells of the rivalry that has existed between them, and of the commercialism that has accompanied the growing popularity of the place the pilgrims call
England's Nazareth.
The programme also explores the miracles of healing said to have happened here, including that of an 8-year-old girl critically injured in a road crash, and follows in the the footsteps of two families in search of their own personal miracles. Producer DICK MEADOWS BBC Norwich (R)

Lord Byron Lived Here
Peter Porter at Newstead. At Newstead in Nottinghamshire,
Peter Porter describes the life and achievement of the great romantic poet Byron.
The most popular poet in England during the early
19th century, an adventurous traveller in Italy, a celebrated lover, satirist and martyr for Greek freedom, Byron left more rumours and legends behind him than any of his contemporaries.
Produced oy DAVID HEYCOCK Directed by DENNIS MARKS (R)

Weather followed by Antiques Roadshow - The Video
A furniture van, a lightweight camera and a mass of cables - just three of the things you shouldn't see on any Antiques Roadshow. Going behind the scenes when the programme visited Ventnor on the Isle of Wight revealed a programme as carefully crafted as some of the objects that turned up. Over 3,000 people went to the show with their most cherished possessions - and getting the show to the people needed a lot of organisation.
Producer IAN PAUL
Book, 'Antiques Roadshow: Experts on Objects' edited by Christopher Lewis , price £12.95 hardback, £7.95 paperback from booksellers.

By Greyhound Bus
Gillian Reynolds travels by Greyhound bus to New Orleans, birthplace of traditional jazz, and then on to JR's Southfork and Elvis's Graceland.
Producer PATRICIA HOULIHAN (R)

Regional News and Weather

Presented by John Huntley 4: Having Fun
Film of people enjoying themselves from before the First World War up to the 1950s.
How did people entertain themselves before television arrived? If you don't know or can't remember, you will find the answer by watching today's programme - and you'll be in for some surprises.
Researcher FRANCES OWEN Producer DENNIS DICK BBC Scotland

A personal enquiry in six parts by Ean Begg , a Jungian analyst and psychotherapist 2: Conspiracy of Silence
To many people, thoughts of old age and sickness are heretical. Death is the bad, uninvited fairy who spoils the party. Yet exploring our feelings about our own death can help to prepare for it. Producer ANGELA TILBY
Director SIMON HAMMOND
If you have any comments or experiences that you would like considered in this series, write to:
Ean Begg , BBCtv Centre, Wood Lane, London W128QT.

The popular musical quiz with Frank Muir and John Amis in competition with Denis Norden and Ian Wallace. (R)

Freedom Dancing

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Snipe-Clan Grapple (R)

This week Hermione Lee and her guests, Jonathan Miller and Peter Porter , talk to acclaimed Australian writer Peter Carey about his new novel, Oscar and Lucinda. They also discuss Russian and Soviet Theatre, the definitive new book about the aesthetic revolution which shook the theatrical world at the beginning of this century, and which includes much previously unpublished material; also Harmonies of Heaven and Earth, a revelation of the spiritual and supernatural dimensions of music, and an award-winning guide to the tragic and inspiring land of Tibet.
Researcher CHRIS WILSON
Executive producer NIGEL WILLIAMS Producer ROSEMARY BOWEN-JONES Book details on Ceefax page 289

A weekly report on the world of education with Linda Alexander and Martin Young
The new GCSE exam has had a mixed press. First it was hailed as the long-awaited exam for all abilities, with continuous assessment, emphasis on pupils' understanding and a syllabus relevant to life after school. But now the headlines complain of lack of resources, confusion among the exam boards and overloading of teachers and pupils. Which is the fairer picture? The
Education Programme reports on the experience of one school in the West Midlands. Producers IAN WOOLF and ALEX LAIRD
Editor PETER RIDING (e)

with David Jessel and Debbie Thrower
Two years ago a confused, depressed teenager killed her sleeping mother with a hammer. A jury found Anna Reynolds guilty of murder, and she was sent to prison for life. Friends believe a terrible injustice was done. This week the case goes before the Court of Appeal, where Anna will argue that she was suffering from diminished responsibility and was guilty of the much lesser crime of manslaughter. Film reporter ED BOYLE
Assistant producer JOANNA HEAD Studio director PIETER MORPURGO Producer ALAN BOOKBINDER

A hard look at the world around us with Michael Buerk and reporters John Howard and Linda Mitchell
The army needs places to train: the public demands the right of peaceful access - who should have priority in Britain's National Parks? This week Nature comes live from the Dartmoor National Park, where that conflict of interests is particularly acute.
Joining Michael Buerk to put the case for the military in the second Nature Site Report is Roger Freeman , Minister for the Armed Forces.
Studio director ANDY BATTEN FOSTER Producer AMANDA THEUNISSEN
Editor PETER SALMON . BBC Bristol

by RICHARD CURTIS and BEN ELTON
3: Potato
New Zealand, 1562. Edmund's two-year mission to seek out new potatoes; to boldly go where Sir Walter Raleigh has gone before ...
Director MANDLE FLETCHER Producer JOHN LLOYD

Historical sitcom set in Tudor England. To keep up with Sir Walter Raleigh, Edmund announces he will navigate the treacherous waters of the Cape of Good Hope.

A series of films about our lives - now Street Girls
Every day, every night, whatever the weather, there are juvenile prostitutes working on the streets by the city centre of Birmingham. Prostitution is such an open way of life that vulnerable young girls easily get drawn in. Some are only 13 or 14 years old.
Tonight, teenagers like
Lorraine and Tracey explain why they go on the streets and how they survive.
A pimp tells how he lives off the money that his young street girl earns - and how he treats her.
All too often the girls wish that they had not gone 'on the game'. Young runaways find it easy to take to the streets, harder to get away.... Narrator Linda Davidson Producer LOUISE PANTON
Editor EDWARD MIRZOEFF (R)
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More comedy from the Jongleurs Club, which should appeal to all but the faint of heart, and the odd teddy bear! Including tonight:
Jez Prinz , Phil Cornwell
John Sparkes , Denise Black and the Kray Sisters
Steve Murray , Mark Steel
Cliff Parisi and Andy Linden Executive producer (BBC) RICHARD BODEN Producer
BRIAN MARSHALL Director CHRISTIAN CLEGG
A REAL TO REEL production for BBCtv

with Peter Snow and Donald MacCormick International reports by David Sells , Charles Wheeler Gavin Esler and Julian O'Halloran Assistant editors
NIGEL CHAPMAN. NICK GUTHRIE Deputy editor MIKE ROBINSON Editor JOHN MORRISON

starring Garry Shandling The Day Garry Moved In
Garry Shandling - comedian, failed lover, a man obsessed with his hair - would like to take you into his confidence. Watch him move into his new place; meet his neighbours; witness the theft of his furniture; wonder at his choice of romantic dates; see him play basketball. Written by ALAN ZWEIBEL and GARRY SHANDLING
Directed by ALAN RAFKIN (R)