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6.40 "MrGalileo was Correct"
7.05 Maths: Symbols and Equations 7.30 An Introduction to Economics 7.55 Rural Life:
Victorian Farming 8.20 Changing Britain: A Century of Change 8.45 Probability and Statistics: Chance
9.10 Issues in Women's Studies
9.35 How Low Can You Go? 10.00 Workingwith Systems 10.25 Strike a Light 10.50 Insect Diversity 11.15 Wittingand UnwittingTestimony 11.40
Genetics: Patterns of Inheritance
12.05 From Micro to Mainframe
12.30 Living with Technology: Foundation Course 12.55 The
York Mystery Plays 1.20 Running the Country: TV, the Technological impact 1.45 Biology: Brain and Behaviour2. 10 Curriculum and Learning: What is its Future? 2.35 The Grain Story

An epic drama from India.
Arjuna is shocked to learn the manner of his son's death and the way that the rules of war were broken. So, he vows to take revenge.
(In Hindi with English subtitles.
Repeated tomorrow at 12.30am BBC1)

Contributors

Duryodkana:
Puneet Issar
Drona:
Surinder Pal
Kama:
Pankaj Dheer

A Hitchcock thriller I starring John Gielgud
Madeleine Carroll
1916: war hero and novelist
Edgar Brodie changes his name to Richard Ashenden , turns spy and travels to Switzerland to kill an enemy agent.
Based on the stories of Somerset Maugham (recently dramatised by BBCtv) and co-written by Charles Bennett , who is profiled in Moving Pictures tonight at 9pm.
0 BARRY NORMAN : page 38

Contributors

Unknown:
John Gielgud
Unknown:
Madeleine Carroll
Unknown:
Edgar Brodie
Unknown:
Richard Ashenden
Unknown:
Charles Bennett
Unknown:
Barry Norman
Edgar Brodie/Richard Ashenden:
John Gielgud
ElsaCarrington:
Madeleine Carroll
General:
Peter Lorre
Robert Marvin:
Robert Young
Caypor:
Percy Marmont
MrsCaypor:
Florence Kahn
Lilli:
Ulli Palmer
R:
Charles Carson

A Public Eye special, cutting through terminology and politics to present a clear guide to the NHS. Are hospital waiting lists coming down? Or is the government creating a two-tier service as a backdoor route to eventual privatisation of the NHS? The BBC's health correspondent Sarah Barclay reports from Sheffield, where the city's hospitals illustrate well the pros and cons of the new NHS marketplace. In the studio, Jonathan Dimbleby sifts the detail, with BBC political editor John Cole and social affairs editor Polly Toynbee. Producer Emily Smyth

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Barclay
Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Editor:
John Cole
Editor:
Polly Toynbee.
Producer:
Emily Smyth

Mozart Recital. As a prelude to the eighth Young Musician of the Year competition, this is the first of two recitals given by previous finalists and winners. Tonight Nicholas Daniel , oboe (1980), Alan Brind , violin
(1986), Suzi Meszaros , viola and Caroline Dale , cello (both 1978)joinforcesfora performance of Mozart's Oboe Quartet, while Ronan O'Hora , piano (1980) is joined by Brind, Meszaros and Dale for a performance of the Piano
Quartet in G minor. Introduced by Humphrey Burton. Concert director Roy Tipping Series producer Pippa Dyson
Event sponsored by Lloyds Bank * STEREO
(The Second Mozart recital can be seen next Saturday on BBC2. Plus, five
Masterclasses from 24 February. The 1992 Competition starts on 30 March)

Contributors

Oboe:
Nicholas Daniel
Violin:
Alan Brind
Viola:
Suzi Meszaros
Viola:
Caroline Dale
Piano:
Ronan O'Hora
Introduced By:
Humphrey Burton.
Producer:
Pippa Dyson

Third of a ten-part series of feature-length documentaries made by independent film-makers.

Jim Lindeloff, Andy Schipsikowiak, Alexander Sekretaryov and Naoko Nanjo came from the US, Britain, the Soviet Union and Japan. They died in Afghanistan. Using the dead men's material, talking to their families and with the help of original footage shot behind the battle lines, directors Stephen Olsson and Scott Andrews, tell the harrowing story of four journalists, intent on exposing war for what it is, and dying in the attempt.

Contributors

Narrator:
Ben Kingsley
Director:
Stephen Olsson
Director:
Scott Andrews
Series Editor:
Andre Singer

BBC2's weekly cinema night. Writer/director
Lawrence Kasdan (who made Body Heat and The Big Chill) talks about his new film, Grand Canyon. Plus, Serbian film-maker
Dusan Makavejev on the cinema of civil war; and Charles Bennett , who wrote Hitchcock's
Blackmail in 1929, still writing in his 90s. With Howard Schuman.
Executive producer Daniel Wolf Series producer Paul Kerr
A Barraciough Carey production for BBCtv
9.50pm Silverado
Moving Pictures presents
Lawrence Kasdan 's comic western. Starring Kevin Costner
An ex-convict is ambushed by a gang. In his quest for revenge, he meets with three men with a mission, and a legend is born.
● STEREO
0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888 ● FILMS: pages 40-44
11.55pm Night of the Demon I The second Moving
Pictures presentation is this classic 50s thriller, co-written by Charles Bennett and starring Dana Andrews Those who defy occultist Dr Karswell don't live long. A psychologist remains sceptical - until his own life is threatened.
Director Jacques Toumeur
● BARRY NORMAN : page 38

Contributors

Unknown:
Lawrence Kasdan
Unknown:
Dusan Makavejev
Unknown:
Charles Bennett
Unknown:
Howard Schuman.
Producer:
Daniel Wolf
Producer:
Paul Kerr
Unknown:
Barraciough Carey
Unknown:
Lawrence Kasdan
Unknown:
Kevin Costner
Unknown:
Charles Bennett
Unknown:
Dana Andrews
Director:
Jacques Toumeur
Unknown:
Barry Norman
Jake:
Kevin Costner
Sheriff Langdon:
John Cleese
Paden:
Kevin Kline
Emmett:
Scott Glenn
Hannah:
Rosanna Arquette
Cobb:
Brian Dennehy
Mai:
Danny Glover
Slick:
Jeff Goldblum
Drjohn Holden:
Dana Andrews
Joanna Harrington:
Peggy Cummins
Dr Karswell:
Niall MacGinnis
Mrs Karswell:
Athene Seyler
Prof Harrington:
Maurice Denham
Mr Meek:
Reginald Beckwith

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