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Series of French for beginners, presented by Carolle Rousseau and Patrick Simpson-Jones . 0 SUPPORT MATERIAL: books, notes, computer software and cassettes available from bookshops.
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Presented By:
Carolle Rousseau
Presented By:
Patrick Simpson-Jones

Another chance to see experiments from Take Nobody's Word for It, performed by Carol Vorderman and Prof Ian Fells.
0 BBC BOOK: Take Nobody's Word for It, price£3.99, available from bookshops.

Contributors

Unknown:
Carol Vorderman
Unknown:
Prof Ian Fells.

Introduced by Helen Rollason.
Golf
Alfred Dunhill Cup from
St Andrews. This year the event has a new format, and today all 16 teams will be in action to decide the semi-finalists who will compete for the £1,000,000 prize money.
Commentary by Steve Rider , Peter Alliss , Bruce Critchley , Alex Hay , Clive Clark , Mike Hughesdon and Dave Marr.
Football
All the action from the World
Cup qualifying matches.
Rugby Union
Tomorrow England meet Canada in the sport's first international match at
Wembley. A preview of the game between Europe's double Grand Slam side and the World
Cup quarter-finalists from North America.
Producer Mark Wilkin
Editor Paul Armstrong
Including at
3.00pm News and Weather
3.50pm News and Weather and Regional News; Weather
0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES (news): page 888

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Introduced By:
Helen Rollason.
Unknown:
St Andrews.
Commentary By:
Steve Rider
Commentary By:
Peter Alliss
Commentary By:
Bruce Critchley
Commentary By:
Alex Hay
Commentary By:
Clive Clark
Commentary By:
Mike Hughesdon
Commentary By:
Dave Marr.
Producer:
Mark Wilkin
Editor:
Paul Armstrong

Return of the investigative series. i ne mad Cow Contagion
More than 800 cattle die each week from BSE: mad cow disease. The epidemic is far wider than ever predicted and has now crossed into a number of other species. Some scientists believe humans will one day be affected. Phil Parry reports. Producer Tricia Lawton
Editor Peter Horrocks
0 DOCUMENTARY: page9

Contributors

Unknown:
Phil Parry
Producer:
Tricia Lawton
Editor:
Peter Horrocks

A series exploring the gardens created by the Royal Family.
Tonight's programme looks at the landscape movement through the lives of Queen
Caroline, Princess Augusta and Queen Charlotte - and their creations at Kensington, Kew and Frogmore. Written and presented by Sir Roy Strong. Director Roger Last
Producer Joanie Blaikie
An Antelope production for BBCtv
● TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888 GARDENING: page 22

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Presented By:
Sir Roy Strong.
Producer:
Joanie Blaikie

First of four programmes that reclaim the history of the lives commemorated on Britain's war memorials.
Grantchester. Some 75 years after the First World War,
Grantchester reveals how the survivors of a passing generation are still haunted by their memories. This film looks at three soldiers commemorated on the stone cross in the village churchyard, typical of thousands built after 1918, and it explores the myth that surrounds one of them: poet Rupert Brooke. Director Mark Fielder
Series producer Peter Symes
0 TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Rupert Brooke.
Producer:
Peter Symes

The comedy quiz show returns with host
Angus Deayton. Tonight, Griff Rhys Jones and John Sessions help team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton dismantle the week's news.
Producer Harry Thompson
A Hat Trick production for BBCtv • STEREO
0 COVER STORY: page 28

Contributors

Unknown:
Angus Deayton.
Unknown:
Griff Rhys Jones
Unknown:
John Sessions
Unknown:
Ian Hislop
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Producer:
Harry Thompson

The alternative story of the US presidential elections using highlights from American TV. With the women in this year's campaign under the media microscope as never before, satirist Cynthia Heimel takes a look at family values and adultery. Producers Debbie Geller and Mary Harron

Contributors

Unknown:
Cynthia Heimel
Producers:
Debbie Geller
Producers:
Mary Harron

Saxophonists Steve Coleman and Steve Williamson share the studio with the innovative
Ornette Coleman in the last programme of this series. Series producer Kriss Rusmanis
Executive producer Michael Jackson ● STEREO

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Coleman
Unknown:
Steve Williamson
Unknown:
Ornette Coleman
Producer:
Kriss Rusmanis
Producer:
Michael Jackson

First showing on I network television for this evocative work dealing honestly with the problems of ageing and being gay in today's society, starring John Wylie
In the course of a day, a gay man in his 60s, encounters objects, people and places that revive memories of his life.
Director Mark Gasper • FILMS: pages 59-68

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wylie
Director:
Mark Gasper
Bill Frayne:
John Wylie
YoungBill:
Mark Clifford Smith
Elmer:
Thomas Hill
Peter:
Conan McCarty

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