Victorians and the Art of the Past
Parliamentary update.
Highlights of one of yesterday's NatWest Bank Trophy second round matches.
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Adventure starring Lex Barker
Brenda Joyce
Tarzan discovers the Palace of Eternal Life.
Director Lee Sholem (B/w) • FILMS: pages 37-44
A swimming pool supervisor.
The third round of the Bell's
Scottish Open Championship from Gleneagles Hotel.
A fishing holiday in Devon.
The pyramids of Egypt.
Entertainment magazine show.
Animation for children.
Open University preview.
A look at the work of bookbinder Faith Shannon.
Followed by Golf
Further coverage from Gleneagles. Including at
3.00pm News; Weather
A Close Encounter of the Second Kind
Heather Couper shows what happens when the Giotto spacecraft passes within 100 kilometres of a comet.
Producer Alec Nisbett
Director Stuart MacDonald
Including at
3.50pm News; Weather and Regional News; Weather
Historical drama starring Alan Ladd
James Mason
1790s: unjustly convicted as a highwayman, an American medical student is sentenced to exile in the British penal colony at Botany Bay.
DirectorJohn Farrow
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After 43 years, the Women's Royal Army Corps was disbanded on 6 April 1992. Penelope Keith salutes women's wartime service in the ATS and examines the future for women who choose a military career. Producer Sarah Pitt
Documentaries on Islam's resurgence in the former Soviet states of central Asia.
The only Persian-speaking country in Central Asia, Tajikistan is in the first year of its independence from the former Soviet Union. With Afghanistan to its south and strong cultural links with Iran, it could become the world's next Islamic republic.
(Stereo) (Teletext subtitles: p 888)
A visit to the Hampton Court Flower Show, including a look at the National Plant
Collection. Plus practical gardening tips and advice from Geoff Hamilton in Barnsdale. Series producer Rosemary Forgan Executive producer Tony Laryea
A Catalyst Television production for BBCtv
0 BBC GARDENERS' WORLD MAGAZINE: £ 1.45 from newsagents. • GARDENING: page 13
Last in the series of personal documentaries in verse, written by contemporary poets and part of the Commissions and Collaborations season.
Dressed to Kill
Douglas Dunn looks at Scottish military tradition.
Dressed to kill, aesthetic Jocks – The decorative arts de luxe!
Tartan soldiers, whose esprit Twinkles on each naked knee.
Each button rubbed until it glows, Brushed doublets, calibrated hose. Director Peter Symes
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A chance to see some vintage comedy from Lenny Henry, following on from the Black and White in Colourseason.
With Ronnie Brody , Frank Bruno , David Simeon , and featuring Rik Mayall and UB40. Director/Producer Geoff Posner
With James Cox.
Joe Josephs of The Times reviews the press. Producer Brian Armstrong
A Granada production for BBCtv
Report from Parliament. Editor Geoffrey Sumner
First showing on network television for
Maria Luisa Bemberg 's acclaimed film, shown as part of the Discovering Latin
America season, and starring Julie Christie
A repressed spinster reflects on her years as governess to a rich Argentinian family. Partly in Spanish with English subtitles.
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