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6.40 Introduction to Pure
Mathematics: Symmetry
7.05 TV: the Global Impact
7.30 Creative Management: the Baby's in YourCourt 4544773 7.55 The York Mystery Plays
8.20 Henry IV Parts I and 2: Workshop One 5225402 8.45 Open Advice: Learningto Learn

Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World
8: Inventing Reality. Presenter David Maybury-Lewis finds out how the spiritual resources drawn on by the Mexican
Huichol and the Australian
Aborigines complement modern science and medicine.

Contributors

Presenter:
David Maybury-Lewis

Featuring Scotland v Wales and Ireland v France
The Royal Bank international at Murrayfield is crucial for both Scotland and Wales. In the Digital international in Dublin the Irish face a daunting task with the visit of an improving French side.
Commentary by Bill McLaren , Nigel Starmer-Smith , Eddie Butler and Hugo MacNeill. Introduced by Chris Rea.
Executive producer Johnnie Watherston

Contributors

Commentary By:
Bill McLaren
Commentary By:
Nigel Starmer-Smith
Commentary By:
Eddie Butler
Commentary By:
Hugo MacNeill.
Introduced By:
Chris Rea.
Producer:
Johnnie Watherston

The Great Bears of Alaska
Living in spectacular landscapes, the huge brown bears of Alaska sleep away the bitter winter. They then need to cram all their activity into the six most productive months of the year, devoting themselves to a life of sheer gluttony. They graze on nourishing sedges, relish berries and gorge themselves on oil-rich salmon.
But when bears gather to feast, the tension rises, and cubs may be in mortal danger. Producer Roger R Jones
Executive producer John Sparks

Contributors

Producer:
John Sparks

As Europe's big car makers face a shrinking market and intensifying competition from Japan, Tom Maddocks reports on Fiat's Y 18 billion programme to build new factories and replace its entire model range. Can it regain its market share?
Producer Martin Small
Editor Jane Ellison

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Maddocks
Editor:
Jane Ellison

Firm for Sale. A holiday company and a small chemical factory are both at odds with their backers.
At stake for one are plans to launch a winter ski-ing programme; for the other, the very existence of the factory.
How far will Grosvenor Venture
Managers go to get its way? Executive producer Richard Reisz Series producer Anne Laking

Contributors

Producer:
Richard Reisz

New Worlds, New Forms. The dance and music celebrating the religious rituals of Condomble in Brazil and the step dances of American country churches originated in West Africa. Tonight's film tells the story of the encounter between such African forms and the dances developed in Europe. It is also the story of popular dance this century.
Narrator Miranda Richardson.
Director Geoff Dunlop

Contributors

Narrator:
Miranda Richardson.
Director:
Geoff Dunlop

The chilling tale of an idyll that is threatened by a wild sea bird, this new BBC film is adapted by Peter Ransley from Stephen Gregory's novel, and stars Ralph Fiennes, Helen Schlesinger

Inheriting a remote house in Snowdonia seems like a dream come true. But the dream becomes a nightmare for a family who discover it's not the cormorant that comes with the house, but vice versa.

A Holmes production for BBCtv
(See Preview page 5)

Contributors

Author:
Stephen Gregory
Adapted by:
Peter Ransley
Producer:
Ruth Kenley-Letts
Director:
Peter Markham
John:
Ralph Fiennes
Mary:
Helen Schlesinger
Tom:
Thomas Williams
Jenny:
Buddug Morgan
Dave:
Derek Hutchinson
Uncle lan:
Karl Francis
Glyn:
Dyfan Roberts
Brian:
Mici Plwm
Michael:
Ray Gravell
Aled Owen:
Stewart Jones
Young John:
Gwilym Evans

Robert Bresson 's powerful allegory portrays money as the root of evil and injustice, whose power is curtailed when the forces of good arrive.
When a boy hands over a forged note in a shop, he provokes a chain-reaction of deceit, wrongful arrest and murder. In French with English subtitles.
• SEE FILMS pages 39-46

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Bresson
Yvon Targe:
Christian Patey
Woman:
Sylvie van Den Elsen
Woman's father:
Michel Briguet

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