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NatWest Bank Trophy Quarter-Final
TONY LEWIS introduces live coverage of the whole of the morning's play from one of today's quarter-final matches.
Television presentation
KEITH MACKENZIE. ALAN GRIFFITHS

Contributors

Introduces:
Tony Lewis
Unknown:
Keith MacKenzie.
Unknown:
Alan Griffiths

Weather followed by The Collectors
Art Nouveau
David Lloyd-Jones 's collection fills every corner of his flat, but he still makes a weekly pilgrimage to
Glasgow's Barrowland. (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Lloyd-Jones

2.30 Scottish Salmon Stakes
(Handicap. 1m 6f)
3.10 Swettenham Stud Sussex Stakes (1m)
Last season's top 2-year-old Warning and Royal Ascot winners Magic of Life and Waajib face a strong challenge from France in Soviet Star for the prize of over £140,000.

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Ascot

Weldnaas, probably the best 2-year-old colt seen so far, should take this in his stride.
Introduced by JULIAN WILSON
Commentators
PETER O'SULLEVAN
JIMMY LINDLEY and JOHN HANMER
Reporter JONATHAN POWELL Producer BOB DUNCAN including at
3.00 News and Weather

Contributors

Introduced By:
Julian Wilson
Unknown:
Peter O'Sullevan
Unknown:
Jimmy Lindley
Unknown:
John Hanmer
Reporter:
Jonathan Powell
Producer:
Bob Duncan

Glorious Goodwood
4.10 Pimms Goodwood
Stakes (Handicap. 2m 3f) Cricket
NatWest Bank Trophy Quarter-Final
TONY LEWIS introduces live coverage of the rest of the afternoon's play right through to the finish.
In the event of the cricket over-running, the next two programmes may be postponed.

Contributors

Introduces:
Tony Lewis

Seven programmes on the food of the Mediterranean with Claudia Roden

Making bouillabaisse on a beach, philosophising about the nature of ratatouille, celebrating garlic in a medieval hill town - from the rocky inland hills to elegant old Nice, the people of Provence are happy to share their culinary passion. (R)
(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Presenter:
Claudia Roden
Series Producer:
Maddalena Fagandini
Producer:
Clare Brigstocke

Verdict on the Shroud
How old is the Shroud of Turin? To millions of believers it's the burial cloth of Jesus, to sceptics it's a clever medieval fake.
Recently the age of the shroud was finally determined by radiocarbon dating and a Timewatch team went to Turin to follow the preparation of the shroud for the scientists, and to Zurich to film the actual tests. Film editor KEITH LONG Written and produced by NEIL CAMERON
Series editor ROY DA VIES
40 FEATURE: page 15

Contributors

Produced By:
Neil Cameron

starring
The Most Unforgettable Characters
Radar proudly admits to
Col Potter that he has been accepted by the 'Famous Las Vegas Writers' School'. Written by KEN LAVINE and DAVID ISAACS Directed by BURT METCALFE (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Col Potter
Written By:
Ken Lavine
Unknown:
David Isaacs
Directed By:
Burt Metcalfe
Hawkeye:
Alan Alda
BJ:
Mike Farrell
Hot Lips:
Loretta Swit
Major Frank Burns:
Larry Linville
Radar:
Gary Burghoff
Klinger:
Jamie Farr
Fr Mulcahy:
William Christopher
Col Potter:
Harry Morgan

When the luckless Martin and Renato have the bright idea of starting up a guided coach tour of the M25, London's orbital motorway, they think they're on to a winner - but they soon discover they're on course for disaster.

A first film for television from Theatre de Complicite whose comedy has been described as 'a magic blend of Jacques Tati and Laurel and Hardy'.

(Ceefax subtitles)

Contributors

Film Editor:
Ian Farr
Designer:
Graeme Story
Photography:
Kevin J. Rowley
Producer:
George Faber
Director:
Roger Bamford
Martin:
Simon McBurney
Renato:
Marcello Magni
Martin's father/Mr Saunders/Motorway buff:
Richard Hope
Colin:
Clive Mendus
Deaf man:
Tim Barlow
Scottish woman:
Linda Kerr Scott
Eccentric woman:
Rose English
Clumsy motorway buff:
Mick Barnfather
Pete:
Jos Houben
Pete's mother:
Celia Gore Booth
Little old lady:
Jean Campbell Dallas
Secretary/Cleaner/Waitress:
Annabel Arden

12.10 The Calculus of Residues In the calculus of complex functions, integrals can be used to calculate derivatives.
Producer DAVID SAUNDERS
12.35 Matter in the Universe: Violent Galaxies
The giant, elliptical galaxy NGC 1275. some 230 million light years away, shows unusual activity. Optical, radio. and X-ray observations are used to unravel the mystery. Producers
ANDREW CRILLY and TONY DUGGAN

Contributors

Producer:
David Saunders
Producer:
Tony Duggan

BBC Two England

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