A School of Genes
A roundup of yesterday's parliamentary business.
The best of the ladies semi-finals.
England v West Indies Highlights of the first day's play.
A preview of Open
University programmes.
England v West Indies Live coverage of the second morning's play in the third Cornhill
Insurance Test match from Trent Bridge. Introduced by Tony Lewis.
Finger puppet fun.
Featuring the men's singles semi-finals. After three successive
Boris Becker v Stefan Edberg finals, will there be a different look to 1991?
Commentary by Dan Maskell , John Barrett and Mark Cox.
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Followed by Wimbledon 91 and Cricket: Third Test England v West Indies Further live coverage of the second day's play. 0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: (Wimbledon) page 888
Including at
3.00pm News; Weather
3.50 pm News; Weather and Regional News; Weather
Bangladesh: After the Storm
On 29 April this year a cyclone devastated one of the world's poorest countries. Nearly
150,000 people lost their lives and 15 million Bangladeshis were left homeless. East accompanies
Mohammed Hussain , as he returns to his home island of Sandwip in search of his lost family. Producer John Das
Editor Narendhra Morar
A visit to Hestercombe
Gardens in Somerset which is a shining example of the partnership between architect Sir Edwin Lutyens and garden designer Gertrude Jekyll. With Geoff Hamilton ,
Dr Stefan Buczacki , Nigel Colborn and Pippa Greenwood.
Executive producer Stephanie Silk Plant details on Ceefax page 617 0 GARDENING: page 17
The greatest hits from the first series of The Mary Whitehouse Experience.
Written and performed by David Baddiel , Hugh Dennis , Rob Newman and Steve Punt.
Producer/Director Marcus Mortimer
Last in the six-part series examining Gorbachev's government.
End of the Beginning. As
Mikhail Gorbachev prepares to visit London, to ask top western leaders for aid, they are asking him to move the Soviet Union to an open market economy. This programme tells the story of how Gorbachev's last attempt to move to a market economy ended in failure.
Director Angus Macqueen
Series producer Norma Percy
A Brian Lapping Associates production for BBCtv
9 BOOK: same title, L 15.95 from booksellers
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Short films by new directors.
Impulse
A bizarre romantic adventure begins when a bunch of red tulips materialises in the hands of a young man. He is suddenly, irresistibly moved to deliver them to the beautiful, graceful woman of his dreams.
Directors David Charap and Eleonor Yule
John Simpson with the background to the day's top news stories.
England v West Indies
Highlights of the second day's play in the third Test from
Trent Bridge. Introduced by Richie Benaud.
First showing on network television of this off-the-wall comedy version of Shakespeare's tragedy. Hamlet has inherited a majority shareholding in his father's business empire. But his dastardly uncle, Klaus, wants to swap the industry for a Swedish rubber duck company. Will Hamlet be able to stop him? A Finnish film with English subtitles.
Written and directed by Aki Kaurismaki
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