A roundup of business from the Lords and Commons by the BBC's parliamentary team.
June Whitfield learns about the Scottish Walkaboutabit campaign with Dr Stuart Biddle. (R)
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Last in a series on some of the strange things Australians get up to in the name of sport. Introduced by Jack Thompson. (R)
Starring Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald
In this delightful Rodgers and Hart musical, a penniless Parisienne tailor, posing as a baron, captures the heart of a beautiful princess.
Director Rouben Mamoulian
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Ted Danson of Cheers is interviewed in this update on American showbiz.
Man of Influence. Dr Daniel Westin (David McCallum ) investigates a well-known spiritualist.
Chris Serle learns an old seaside craft. (R)
A film about the Watford Gap M1 service station.
(R)
The development of the breech-loading military rifle. (R)
Animation. (R)
Skating champion John Curry teaches double jumps and spins. (R)
Weather followed by Sport on Friday
Racing
From Cheltenham.
2.20 BMW Series Final
(Steeplechase Handicap. 3m 1f)
2.55 Foodbrokers Fisherman's
Friend Steeplechase (Handicap. 3m 1f)
3.30 Coral Golden Hurdle
(Qualifying Race. 3m)
Commentary by Peter O'Sullevan , Julian Wilson and Richard Pitman. Basketball England play current World
Champions Yugoslavia at London's Royal Albert Hall in a European Championship match.
Commentary by Bill Beswick.
Cricket
News of England's second one-day international against New Zealand in Perth.
Introduced by Helen Rollason. Producer Sharon Lence Editor Philip Bernie
Including at
3.00pm News and Weather
3.50pm News and Weather
Regional News and Weather
The anagrammatic word game hosted by Paul Coia.
Sandi Toksvig and regular guest Mark Lawson talk to the famous and the unashamedly obscure.
The story of wheelchair-bound Alan Pettigrew on his first ski-ing trip to Switzerland with the Solent Ski Club, which is dedicated to helping the physically handicapped share the excitement of the sport. (R)
Presented by Chris Kelly ,
Michael Barry and Jill Goolden.
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Starring Glenn Ford , Felicia Farr
Drifter Jubal Troop is given a job by kindly rancher Shep Horgan , whose young wife, Mae, is immediately attracted to the new ranch hand.
Director Delmer Daves
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Georgina Henry of The Guardian looks back at the week's events. A Granada production for BBCtv
Tonight's two stories are told by Vladimir Ashkenazy.
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In the last two years there has been an explosion of infertility clinics, particularly those offering Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer or Gift treatment. New legislation will control the work of some clinics but Gift has been excluded. Clare Harrison reports.
Presented by Peter Taylor. Producer Lesley Bonner Editor Nigel Chapman
Southern California (Part 1). A look at the Los Angeles and San Diego region, including Hollywood.
Presented by Penny Junor, with Matthew Collins and John Thornes. Producer Julie Bradshaw
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Red Star in Orbit
A three-part series on the Soviet manned space programme, the real history told by the cosmonauts and engineers who took part.
1: The Invisible Spaceman. The story of the man who created a mighty rocket empire which gave the Soviet Union its spectacular lead in the space race. He was known only by the mysterious title, 'chief designer'. Not until after his death was the name of Sergei Korolev revealed. Korolev's emergence from the prison camps of the Gulag is a story of courage and determination, until now kept out of official Soviet records.
Written and produced by David Dugan Editor Jana Bennett
A Windfall Films/Filmcentre production for BBCtv
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Presented by Jeremy Paxman.
Vladimir Ashkenazy with the second of tonight's portraits.
Your chance to tackle Britain's grandmaster Jonathan Speelman in the world's first interactive chess match. By dialling in your moves, you can play a game of chess live on television and discuss tactics with William Hartston who will be in the studio analysing the game.
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