6.35 Culture and Belief in Europe: 1450-1600 7.00
Semi-conductors and the Sun
7.25 The Noble Savage 7.50 General Relativity 8.10
Weekend Outlook 8.15 Eye Witness Memory 8.40 The
History of Maths 9.05 Questions of National Identity 9.55 Religion and Society in Victorian Bristol
10.20 The Mammalian Kidney
10.45 Maths: Transformations in Action 11.10 Living Choices: Supporting Systems 11.35 A School of Genes
Sue MacGregor presents the weekly political review for the south and east. Reports from Jonathan Beale and Terry Dignan.
9 REGIONAL PROGRAMME
Parliamentary committees scrutinise the work of government. lain
MacWhirter presents the liveliest parliamentary committee sessions.
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Introduced by Steve Rider.
Provisional Timetable
1.05 Athletics; 4.00 Racing
4.05 Motorcycling
Athletics
European Cup from
Frankfurt. British athletes hope to repeat their fine performance of Gateshead 1989 when the men won the cup for the first time. Timetable highlights
1.20 Women's 10,000m
Jill Hunter 2.05 Men's 110 Hurdles Colin Jackson 2.15 Men's 800m Tom McKean 2.55 Men's 200m John Regis 3.20 Men's 5,000m Gary Staines 3.50 Men's 4x400m
Racing
Budweiser Irish Derby
(1½m) from the Curragh. A recording of the race, in which Derby winner
Generous meets French
Derby victor Suave
Dancer. Commentary by Peter O'Sullevan.
Motorcycling
The Fourth round of the ACU Shell Supercup
British Championship from Cadwell Park, including two further legs of the competitive 750cc class. Commentary by Barry Nutley and Steve Parrish. Television presentation
Motorcycling Keith Mackenzie
A new series of the BBCtv
International Sheepdog
Championship begins in two weeks and tonight there is a chance to see again the closing stages of last years's competition. With
Eric Halsall and Phil Drabble.
Director Joy Corbett
Producer Ian Smith
Eight travellers along the world's great highways. Across the South Pacific
On a very personal journey, yachtswoman Dame Naomi James re-examines her own preconceptions and prejudices as she comes to terms with what has happened since the arrival of 18th-century Europe to the exotic shores of the Polynesian islands.
Producer Derek Towers 0BOOK: same title, £16.00, from booksellers
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NEW In the first of seven programmes
Jamaican-born Stuart Hall explores the British legacy in the Caribbean. Iron in the Soul
The diary of slaver Thomas Thistlewood provides an extraordinary view of the British in the Caribbean 200 years ago. Their imprint is still everywhere but has been transformed with time. Yet for cricketer Wes Hall the memory of colonial days has sharp edges.
Series producers Jenny Barraclough and George Carey
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Second of a drama series, written by Jack Emery , about people who have passionately defended their beliefs or acts.
Can the Jew Be Innocent? Starring Derek Jacobi
In 1898, Captain Alfred Dreyfus was accused by the French army of being a German spy - primarily because he was a Jew. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. An impassioned plea by writer Emile Zola
(Derek Jacobi ), J'accuse, led to Dreyfus's final exoneration. Executive producer Bill Shepherd Director Sam Mendes
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Alex Cox introduces a double helping of cult movies.
Badlands
Starring
Martin Sheen
Sissy Spacek Warren Oates
Garbageman Kit Carruthers and his teenage lover Holly are on the run after shooting her father. They travel through the Badlands of South Dakota pursued by the law and killing anybody who gets in their way. Terrence Malick 's stunning debut features brilliant performances and a haunting musical score.
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And at 11.10pm
The Prowler
Starring Van Heflin
Evelyn Keyes
Susan Gilvray calls for help when she is frightened one night by a prowler. The officer who responds is
Webb Garwood , an ambitious and unscrupulous policeman with eyes on both Susan and her husband's money. Before long they are locked in a passionate affair with murder on their minds. This tightly plotted thriller was one of Joseph Losey 's last American films before his blacklisting and exile.
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