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6.50 Maths: Scalings and Powers
7.15 Birth of a Drug
7.40 Graphs, Networks and Design
8.05 Management in Post-Compulsory Education:16+ - the Sheffield Story
8.30 Mechanisms of Pain Relief
8.55 The Social Impact of Rapid Industrialisation
9.20 Physics: Gaseous Diffusion
9.45 Stowe and Stantonbury
10.10 Nitrate in Drinking Water
10.35 Iron Making and Bridge Building
11.00 Voyages of Discovery
11.25 Germinal by Emile Zola
11.50 Statistics: Regression
12.15 Physics: Phonons
12.40 Looking Again at Large Samples
1.05 The Cornflake Story
1.30 Modern Art: Beckmann
1.55 Materials in Action: from Design to Manufacture
2.20 Ottoman Supremacy: the Suleimaniye, Istanbul. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Istanbul became the centre of the Ottoman Empire. This programme looks at the Suleimaniye Mosque and its surrounding complex of buildings, designed by the great architect
Sinan for Suleiman the Magnificent, and recognised as the outstanding architectural achievement under
Ottoman patronage.
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Contributors

Unknown:
Emile Zola
Unknown:
Milton Keynes

In India this 91-part epic drama is cult viewing for 115 million viewers. A dramatisation of India's greatest epic poem, it's a tale of love, war and ultimately of good triumphing over evil.
14: Now everyone is safe in the village of Nandgaon, Krishna grows up in peace and tranquillity until
Kalia, a serpent monster, starts to kill the cows drinking in the river. The whole village is amazed when
Krishna swims to the bottom of the river and banishes Kalia from the waters.
(In Hindi with English subtitles.
Repeated tomorrow at 12.05am on BBC

Contributors

Devaki:
Sheela Sharma
Vasudev:
Vishnu Sharma
Yashoda:
Manju Vyas
Nandraj:
Rasik Dave
Krishna:
Shampa

Starring
Henry Fonda
Audrey Hepburn Mel Ferrer
The armies of Napoleon are overrunning Europe and the emperor is turning towards Russia for his final great conquest. In
Moscow Natasha Rostov and her family wait for news about the bitter conflict that will change their lives for ever.
This lavish epic, adapted from
Tolstoy's monumental masterpiece, took almost two years to film and boasts spectacular battle scenes and magnificent photography.
Director King Vidor
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Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Fonda
Unknown:
Audrey Hepburn
Unknown:
Mel Ferrer
Pierre Bezukhov:
Henry Fonda
Natasha Rostov:
Audrey Hepburn
Prince Andrei:
Mel Ferrer
Anatole Kuragin:
Vittorio Gassman
Napoleon Bonaparte:
Herbert Lorn
Platon Karatsev:
John Mills
General Kutuzov:
Oscar Homolka
Helene:
Anita Ekberg
Dolokhov:
Helmut Dantine
Count llya Rostov:
Barry Jones
Maria Bolkonsky:
Anna Maria Ferrero
Lise Bolkonsky:
Milly Vitale
Nicholas Rostov:
Jeremy Brett
Sonya Rostov:
May Britt
Vasili Kuragin:
Tullio Carminati
Prince Bolkonsky:
Wilfrid Lawson
Countess Rostov:
Lea Seidl
Petya Rostov:
Sean Barrett
Vasili Denisov:
Patrick Crean
Peronskaya:
Gertrude Flynn
Masa:
Teresa Pellati
Mayra:
Maria Zanoli
Major-domo:
Alberto Carlo Lolli
Governess:
Ina Alexeiva

South of the Border. Hollywood's fascination with Mexico takes in classics like Treasure of the Sierra Madre to today's blockbusters
Romancing the Stone and Revenge. In this colourful documentary Revenge star Kevin Costner explains the appeal of being south of the border. A MAGI production

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Costner

The day's main stories presented by Moira Stuart.
Then Lynette Lithgow reviews the events of the week, with subtitles for the hard-of-hearing.
Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Presented By:
Moira Stuart.
Unknown:
Lynette Lithgow

On 27 January 1990, a gala concert at the Barbican Hall in London celebrated the 75th birthday of one of this country's most outstanding musicians, clarinettist Jack Brymer. This programme traces his career from PE teacher to principal clarinet in Sir Thomas Beecham 's
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, seen in rehearsal in some rare archive footage. The distinctive 'Brymer sound' is discussed by John Dankworth , Norman Del Mar ,
Margaret Foot and Emma Johnson. The music includes a complete performance of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto. Also taking part are the London Symphony Orchestra, the New Philharmonia Orchestra and the Aeolian String Quartet. Producer Ron Isted
Concert sponsored by Shell

Contributors

Clarinettist:
Jack Brymer.
Unknown:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Unknown:
John Dankworth
Unknown:
Norman Del Mar
Unknown:
Margaret Foot
Unknown:
Emma Johnson.
Producer:
Ron Isted

The final stage play of Stewart Parker whose funny, astute and prophetic works chronicled the tragedy of his native Northern Ireland for 20 years until his untimely death in 1988. Pentecost, adapted for television by Lesley Bruce , is a powerful black comedy set during the Ulster Workers' Council strike of 1974. Director Nicolas Kent
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Contributors

Unknown:
Stewart Parker
Television By:
Lesley Bruce
Director:
Nicolas Kent
Marian:
Dearbhla Molloy
Lenny:
Adrian Dunbar
Ruth:
Michelle Fairley
Peter:
Sam Dale
Lily:
Barbara Adair

Starring
Anthony Perkins Orson Welles
Joseph K is woken one morning by police officers who announce he is under arrest but refuse to specify his crime. It is the beginning of a waking nightmare for K as he enters the bewildering and terrifying bureaucracy of the law. Orson Welles directed this film based on Franz Kafka 's novel.
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Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Perkins
Unknown:
Orson Welles
Unknown:
Franz Kafka
Joseph K:
Anthony Perkins
Advocate:
Orson Welles
Miss Burstner:
Jeanne Moreau
Leni:
Romy Schneider
Hilda:
Elsa Martinelli
Block:
Akim Tamiroff
Inspector A:
Arnoldo Foa
Assistant inspectors:
William Kearns
Assistant inspectors:
, Jess Hahn
Miss Pittl:
Suzanne Flon
Mrs Grubach:
Madeleine Robinson
Court clerk:
Fernand Ledoux
Office director:
Maurice Teynac
Titorelli:
William Chapel

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