Rome: The Augustan Age
A look at Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.
5000-2215 BC. Egyptologist John Romer sets out on an energetic journey through ancient times.
(Rpt. Tomorrow2700-1070BC)
Adventure starring Lex Barker
Vanessa Brown
Terrified villagers call on Tarzan for help when Moana, the bride of the chief's son, is kidnapped by a strange tribe of lion worshippers.
With Robert Alda , Denise Darcel , Arthur Shields , Hurd Hatfield , Tito Renaldo and Mary Ellen Kay. Director Lee Sholem
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A report on the Dominican
Republic in the Caribbean.
Coverage of one of the NatWest Bank Trophy semi-finals. * STEREO
Embroidery. A look at seven women around the world who express their personal views on art, culture and heritage through embroidery.
Cartoon for children. fRpt)
Animation.
Further live coverage.
(The other semi-final can be seen from
2.20pmonBBCl) * STEREO
Including at
2.00 pm and 3.00pm News and Weather
3.50 pm News; Weather and Regional News; Weather
Money Update. This week's programme reveals how to incinerate E2 million and how to earn enough cash to have money to burn. There's independent advice on jobs in finance, whether you want to be an accountant, a croupier, a stockbroker, an auctioneer or even a tycoon. With Tony Slattery and Joe Bloggs. Director Rik Lander
Senes producer Sebastian Scott
A Diverse production for BBCtv (Rev rpt)
Documentaries exploring aspects of American life.
Mill City. Under pressure from environmentalists, the US Congress has declared the northern spotted owl an endangered species. Three thousand miles away, in the Cascade Mountains, the decision is a disaster for
Oregon's lumberjacks, who fell the trees in which the owls nest.
Mill City is a small logging community in the Cascade region, and this film documents the town's angry response to Washington politicians and an increasingly powerful environmental movement.
Director Nick Godwin
Executive producer Paul Watson
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A second showing of this unusual comic road movie starring John Hurt David Thewlis
Charles Simon
Three wheelchair-using residents of a hospice in Nottingham set out on a pilgrimage to Knock in Ireland, hoping for a miracle cure.
Alfred is an accident victim,
Terry is a young man trying to come to terms with his increasing disability and Johnny is a war veteran. This unsentimental and comic account of the trials of serious disability was written by William Ivory (best known as Eddie Ramsden from
Coronation Street) whose own mother died from motor neurone disease. The veteran actor Charles Simon is still best remembered for his portrayal of Dr Dale in the radio serial
The Dales.
Producer George Faber Director David Wheatley
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Short films by graduates from film schools in the UK and abroad.
BitterSweet
A husband and wife fight a battle of wits. He keeps a beady eye on her eating habits and lovingly prepares her diet lunches. But whenever his back is turned she reverts to her old wicked tricks. Director UteKrause
A Munich Television and Film School production
Presented by James Cox.
A profile of Hugh McDiarmid , Scotland's most famous poet of the 20th century, who was born 100 years ago.
In this film, made to mark his
80th birthday, he talks of his life and work and of the ideas and circumstances that shaped its progress, with contributions from fellow poets
Norman MacCaig and Edwin Morgan and also from his wife and son.
Tom Fleming reads excerpts from McDiarmid's poetry. Producer James Wilson
12.00 Literature: the Gentle Sex
12.25 Networks and Partnerships
