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Parties and Festivals with Floella Benjamin. Story: Amar's City by PETER BONNICI
Illustrations by LISA KOPPER Storyteller Saeed Jaffrey
Musical director RICHARD BROWN Producer SHEILA FRASER Executive producer
CYNTHIA FELGATE (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Floella Benjamin.
Illustrations By:
Lisa Kopper
Illustrations By:
Storyteller Saeed Jaffrey
Director:
Richard Brown
Producer:
Sheila Fraser
Unknown:
Cynthia Felgate

Weather followed by Northern Arts
The Moot Hall
The quayside area of Newcastle upon Tyne is undergoing a revival. The restoration of the Moot Hall to its original glory is the jewel in the crown of this area of redevelopment. Producer SUE DURKAN

Peter Seabrook continues his exploration of some of the world's most interesting gardening stories. This week: the Island of Mainau. On the shores of Lake Constance in Southern
Germany is the Island of Mainau and its spectacular gardens: 110 acres of paradise whose history dates back to the knights of the Crusades. It was in 1853 that Grand
Duke Frederick first planted an arboretum. Since 1932, the present owner Count Lennart Bernadotte has cultivated a floral wonderland. For the hundreds of thousands of visitors who pay homage to Mainau, these gardens have become a gardening Mecca. A WGBHtv production Producer RUSS MORASH
BBC presentation DENIS W. GARTSIDE BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Seabrook
Unknown:
Count Lennart Bernadotte

Weather followed by The Incas
The Incas built up a 3,000 mile empire, with cities perched on mountaintops, irrigated terraces and a network of roads - all in less than a century. Archaeologists are digging behind the myths and legends that surround the Incas, to discover how their empire was actually run. Narrated by Ian Holm.
Producer ANNA BENSON GYLES Series editor BRUCE NORMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Holm.
Producer:
Anna Benson
Editor:
Bruce Norman

1: The Best-Governed City in the World
Birmingham became a city 100 years ago. Only a year later, an American journalist was describing it as 'the best-governed city in the world'.
In the first of six programmes, Michael Buerk rediscovers the city where he was brought up. He tells how a market town mushroomed into the workshop of the world, and of the extremes of poverty and prosperity this caused. Producer DAVID NELSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Producer:
David Nelson

Black Schizophrenia
British Afro-Caribbeans are ten times more likely to develop schizophrenia than the rest of the population, according to a study in Nottingham. Is the conclusion valid and should the research have been done? Narrator Paul Vaughan Written and produced by ANGELA TILBY
Horizon editor ROBIN BRIGHTWELL (R)
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Contributors

Narrator:
Paul Vaughan
Produced By:
Angela Tilby
Editor:
Robin Brightwell

John Ford's magnificent western starring John Wayne. 1863: while the American Civil War rages, Colonel Marlowe is detailed to mount a raid 300 miles behind Confederate lines. For personal reasons he is angered by the inclusion of a doctor, Major Kendall, on the mission. The animosity between the two men grows as they head even deeper into danger....
Written and produced by JOHN LEE MAHIN and MARTIN RACKIN from the novel by HAROLD SINCLAIR Directed by JOHN FORD
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Contributors

Produced By:
John Lee
Produced By:
Martin Rackin
Novel By:
Harold Sinclair
Directed By:
John Ford
Colonel Marlowe:
John Wayne
Maj Kendall:
William Holden
Hannah:
Constance Towers
Lukey:
Althea Gibson
Brown:
Hoot Gibson
Master Sgt:
Judson Pratt
Missouri trooper:
Ken Curtis
Injured trooper:
Bing Russell
Colonel:
Willis Bouchey
Mrs Burford:
Anna Lee
Sheriff:
Russell Simpson
General Grant:
Stan Jones

The Market Will Decide
The Government tells us that in their free enterprise boom economy we've never had it so good. But many find themselves getting poorer, not richer: people like
Bernadette Kendell , from an estate near Halifax, who is so desperate for money she's made Christmas crackers at home for 30 pence an hour; or Flo Udoh , a pensioner from
London, who has to resort to putting potatoes in tinned soup as a main meal of the day - people who've been left behind by market forces, yet whose day-to-day struggle is affected by events and decisions beyond their control.
Film cameramen PAT O'SHEA JOHN MCGLASHAN
Sound recording MIKE WHITEHOUSE Executive producer TONY LARYEA Producer HAZEL CASTELL Director RAY HOUGH
Open Space is the series where the public can make programmes under their own editorial control helped by the Community Programme Unit.

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernadette Kendell
Unknown:
Flo Udoh
Unknown:
Pat O'Shea
Unknown:
John McGlashan
Unknown:
Mike Whitehouse
Producer:
Tony Laryea
Producer:
Hazel Castell
Director:
Ray Hough

Next Sunday a beautifully restored 1907 Itala sets out to repeat an epic expedition from the pioneering days of motoring. In that year, the same car won the famous Peking-Paris race by three weeks. William Woollard tried it out in Turin, before it left for China.
In 1989, a Range Rover might prove a more appropriate choice for such a trip. Chris Goffey compares this latest model with the best Japanese competition, the new V6-engined Mitsubishi Shogun. At 110 mph sideways over slippery dirt on slick tyres, Tiff Needell reports on his initiation into the sport of rallycross at the British Grand Prix.
Producer KEN POLLOCK
Executive producer TOM ROSS BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Unknown:
William Woollard
Unknown:
Chris Goffey
Unknown:
Tiff Needell
Producer:
Ken Pollock
Producer:
Tom Ross

starring with Plastic Fantastic Lover
Must we change our looks to appeal to our partner?
Mr Hunzinger obviously thought so, but the plastic surgeon turned him into a freak. Maddie and David - with their own talent for getting under skins - are hired to get evidence of malpractice so that Hunzinger can exact his pound of flesh ...
Written by JERRY STAHL
Directed by ALLAN ARKUSH

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr Hunzinger
Written By:
Jerry Stahl
Directed By:
Allan Arkush
Maddie Hayes:
Cybill Shepherd
David Addison,:
Bruce Willis
Ms Dipesto:
Allyce Beasley
Bert Viola:
Curtis Armstrong
Nurse Saundra:
Jennifer Tilly
Dr Brill:
Nicholas Pryor
Hunzinger:
Andrew Robinson
Mrs Hunzinger:
Michelle Johnson

Eight films in which David Jessel takes up the cases of people whose lives have been shattered by injustice. 2.Awake and in Pain 'It's like being buried alive
. If I'd have died it would have been an easy out.'
There are three million operations performed in Britain's hospitals every year. Tonight's film exposes one of surgery's better kept secrets - that modern anaesthetic techniques can go wrong - and some patients undergoing surgery are fully conscious, yet powerless to move, cry or draw attention to their agony. Doctors say it rarely happens, but as Taking Liberties shows, their attitude often adds to the patients' injuries.
Producer SARAH MANWARING WHITE Assistant producer SALLY DIPLOCK Series producer ELIZABETH CLOUGH

Contributors

Unknown:
David Jessel
Producer:
Sarah Manwaring
Producer:
Sally Diplock
Producer:
Elizabeth Clough

Unusual insights into Britain. 2: Occupied Territory
For many women, going out on the streets is visiting.... occupied territory.
Executive producer (BBC) DAVID PEARSON
Producer GABRIELLE OSRIN A UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL DEPARTMENT OF FILM AND TELEVISION production for BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
David Pearson
Producer:
Gabrielle Osrin

The arts and media programme reports on issues, events and performances. This week's presenters: Sarah Dunant ,
Tracey MacLeod and Waldemar Januszczak. Film directors
BETH HOLGATE , MARY HARRON - Executive producer KEVIN LOADER Editor MICHAEL JACKSON

Contributors

Presenters:
Sarah Dunant
Unknown:
Tracey MacLeod
Unknown:
Waldemar Januszczak.
Unknown:
Beth Holgate
Unknown:
Mary Harron
Editor:
Michael Jackson

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