9.00 Topical Programmes
9.25 Behind the Annual Report
9.50 Mental Handicap: Moving On

I starring Keith Michell as King Henry VIII Donald Pleasance as Thomas Cromwell. As he lies dying, King Henry reflects on his life - a rich and raucous period of English history. Keith Michell 's acclaimed performance shows the gluttonous and gloating monarch could be a sensitive and sensual man.
Screenplay by IAN THORNE Produced by ROY BAIRD
Directed by WARIS HUSSEIN
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Aspen - Colorado
Introduced by Jonathan King. Produced and directed by GORDON ELSBURY (R)revised

with Arthur Negus.
5: Thomas Chippendale
Presented by Hugh Scully. Production
PAUL SMITH and ROBIN DRAKE (R)

Dorothy the Graduate
Producer ANGELA HOLDSWORTH (R)

Japan and the legacy of the samurai.
The World in a Bowl of Tea Narrated by Julian Pettifer. Producer MICHAEL MACINTYRE (R)

Presented by Shyama Perera and Krishnan Guru-Murthy Producer PAUL SEN
Editor NARENDHAR MORAR BBC Pebble Mill

Robin Goodhood , Gem Dandy and Stand-In Room Only.

starring
Helm, escorted by British agent Freya, is sent on a mission to retrieve a cargo of gold bullion held by the evil Count Contini. Produced by IRVING ALLEN Directed by PHIL KARLSON eFILMS: page 26

CIS UK Indoor Bowls Championship
Semi-finals day.
Introduced by David Icke.

This week: Terence Trent D'Arby, Phil Collins , the Pixies, Throwing Muses and Brendan Croker.
Presenter Antoine de Caunes Titles JEAN BAPTISTE MONDINO Executive producers
ALEX BERGER and TIM NEWMAN An N B de C production

presented by Moira Stuart. Lisa Davidson reviews the week, with subtitles.
Followed by Weatherview.

Introduced by Judith Mackrell , dance critic of The Independent. Tonight: the Kirov Ballet in a new version of Le Corsaire by Pyotr Gusev and Oleg Vinogradov.
Based on a poem by Byron, Le Corsaire tells the story of maidens abducted, a comic pasha, a slave-trader and several rescues.
Original choreography by MARIUS PETIPA
Producer ROBIN SCOTT
Directed by COLIN NEARS
A National Video Corporation production with La Sept
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Clive James makes sense of the new and deregulated universe of ever-expanding media. This week's studio guest: Peter Cook.
Director DOMINIC BRIGSTOCKE Producer BEATRICE BALLARD

starring and 21 Men and a Baby
The Nutt House plays host to a top basketball team.
Written by ALICIA MARIE SCHUDT Directed by BRUCE BILSON

The Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon Fancier starring
A series derived from Love in the Time of Cholera, by the celebrated Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It begins with the story of the burning passion of playboy Orestes for virtuous Fulvia.
Screenplay by GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ and RUY GUERRA
Directed by RUY GUERRA
Produced by Television Espanol and International Network Group
(In Portuguese with English subtitles) (First showing on British television) ●FILMS: page 26

Terry Jones , Python star turned writer-director, introduces the first of five great comedies from one of Hollywood's most individual talents, Preston Sturges.
The Lady Eve starring and Working the cruise liners, beautiful trickster Jean Harrington believes that the highly eligible Charles Pike is there for the taking if she plays her cards right. But she loses the first trick with her heart.
Written and directed by PRESTON STURGES
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CIS UK Indoor Bowls Championship
The second semi-final of this year's Championship takes place tonight, with England's Tony Allcock , the number 2 seed, one of the favourites, is expected to be involved.
David Icke is your host at the Guild Hall, Preston. Commentators:
David Rhys-Jones and Jimmy Davidson. Summarisers:
Mal Hughes ,
David McGill and John Bell. Producers KEITH PHILLIPS and PETER HAYWARD Executive producer KEITH MACKENZIE