Science: Fires of Life
A roundup of yesterday's parliamentary business.
Bryan the computer challenges three wordsmiths in this popular quiz. With Paul Coia.
Live coverage of the 120th Open Championship from Royal Birkdale Golf Club. In the second round the European players attempt to re-establish their position on the world stage. Introduced by Steve Rider.
Finger puppet fun.
Open University preview.
Further live coverage. Commentary by Peter Alliss , Bruce Critchley ,
Alex Hay , Clive Clark and Mike Hughesdon.
Including at
2.00pm and 3.00pm News and Weather
3.50pm News; Weather and Regional News; Weather
'This is the best of me.' So wrote Elgar at the end of his score and, despite a disastrous first performance in 1900, his setting of Newman's poem is now regarded as one of the composer's finest works. In the interval, James Hamilton Paterson, author of the novel Gerontius talks about his fascination with this enigmatic composer. Tonight's concert from the Royal Albert Hall, London, launching the 97th season of Promenade Concerts, is given in the presence of HRH the Prince of Wales.
With Florence Quivar (mezzo-soprano), Keith Lewis (tenor), Willard White (bass), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Andrew Davis.
Introduced by Richard Baker.
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(Simultaneous Broadcast: Radio 3)
(Booklet: Proms Prospectus, price £2.50. available from all booksellers)
Cover Story and Supplement: your four-page guide to this summer's Proms starts on page 49, including an interview with Willard White who is featured in tonight's concert
Picture Story: page 69
An extraordinary collection of behind-the-sceen stories from
The Late Show with the reporters who covered the Gulf War: including Kate Adie , John Simpson , Robert Fisk , Peter Arnett and the man from the Bournemouth
Evening Echo. These stories range from the moving to the farcical. NBC reporter Arthur Kent , became known as the 'Scud Stud'; his live coverage of the missile attacks on Dhahran brought him sackfuls of fan mail from avid female
American viewers.
Director Bill Eagles (Revised rpt)
With Jeremy Paxman.
Highlights of the day's play, from the 120th Open
Championship from Royal Birkdale Golf Club. All the news of those who did not survive the halfway cut.
Introduced by Steve Rider.
0MAGAZINE: Golf 91. A round-up of the major competitions this season, featuring player profiles, competitions and lessons on technique from
Nick Faldo 's coach. David Leadbetter. Price £2.50, available from retailers.
First showing on network television of this Soviet war movie.
A group of Russian partisans capture a former Red Army sergeant wearing a German uniform. He is treated with suspicion and ill-will. Based on his father's novels, director Alexei Gherman 's first film ran into problems with the Soviet censors who evidently disapproved of the sympathetic treatment of a turncoat, whatever his motives. The film was suppressed for 15 years until the more liberal climate of glasnost allowed its release. In Russian with English subtitles.
( Black and white)
0 FILMS: pages 27-32
