7.10 Exploring Renaissance
Florence 3313528 7.35 Arts: What is Music?
Parliamentary update.
The first of a trilogy of films shown this week, written and produced by Marcel Pagnol , and starring Pierre Fresnay Orane Demazis
Set in and around a harbour cafe in the south of France, Marius tells the story of a young man torn between his love of the sea and his love for the girl next door. Pierre Fresnay , one of France's greatest actors, makes his film debut in the title role. In French with English subtitles. César RAIMU Panisse.................. CHARPIN Piqmiseau.................. MIHALESCO
Director Alexander Korda
(The second film in the trilogy, Fanny, will be shown tomorrow at 9.00am)
SEE FILMS pages 65-60
1915: sharp young impresario
Brad Taylor aims to make the town the entertainment capital of the world. However, after acquiring theatres, piers and nightclubs it becomes clear that he is alienating his friends and neglecting his wife. Brad Taylor. ................................. HIMSELF
Also featuring Louis Armstrong and his orchestra, the Paul Whiteman orchestra, Buck and Bubbles, Dorothy Dandridge and Belle Baker.
Director Ray McCarey
SEE FILMS pages 55-60
Jeremy Clarkson finds out why people still love the Thunderbird, a 115mph car designed by Ford in 1955.
Chris Serle takes his cue and learns what it takes to perform in the high-pressure world of professional snooker.
Nature series for youngsters.
Animation.
Includes a feature on mid-court defence and net attack.
Subtitled (news)
Followed by The Skin Trade
Leather industry workers in the north west of England reflect on the hard times they have had and the pressures they face today. Rpt
Rural issues with John Craven.
Subtitled (news)
Followed by Westminster Live
Live coverage of Parliament.
With lain Macwhirter.
Subtitled (news)
Regional News; Weather
Moira Stuart visits Chicago, America's second city.
Don Burke , one of Australia's leading horticulturalists and naturalists, takes a light-hearted look at urban lifestyles and wildlife.
Kirk encounters a Greek god on the planet Pollax IV.
Life in the fast lane could be a fatal attraction for young people obsessed by cars. But what makes cars so fascinating? Series producer Jane Knowles Executive producer Tony Moss
Highlights from past series of Standing Room Only, the "fans" voice of football, and a look forward to programmes starting this April.
Series producer Alan Humdall
Their "de-briefing" of the Beirut hostages made the headlines, but the RAF's psychiatric team based at
Wroughton, Wiltshire, also specialises in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. In this film, servicemen recount some of the events that led them to Wroughton, and Terry Waite talks about his own de-briefing. Director/Producer Sarah Pitt
Looking for Robinson. In American poet Weldon Kees abandoned his car on the Golden Gate Bridge and disappeared. For British poet Simon Armitage , Kees and the shadowy figure of Robinson from one his poems have become an obsession. In this film he goes in search of his mysterious hero. Director Daisy Goodwin
Series editor Nigel Williams
Kim. A 5-year-old South
Korean boy, brought in to have shrapnel removed from his leg, becomes everyone's favourite.
Second in the four-part comedy drama adapted by Deborah Moggach from Anne Fine 's award-winning novel about a one-parent family.
Starring Alun Armstrong Lesley Manville
As Gerald becomes a regular visitor Kitty determines to make trouble. She begins a vicious sabotage campaign, and Rosie can do nothing to stop her. But when Gerald unexpectedly saves her bacon, Kitty almost starts to like him.
Producer Georgina Abrahams Director Carol Wiseman
Comedy series written by deadpan comedian Norman Lovett and the creator of Rab CNesbitt , Ian Pattison.
With Sara Corper , Dicken Ashworth and the voices of Geoffrey Hughes , Leon Sinden and Mary Riggans. Director Ron Bain
Producer Colin Gilbert
By the Conservative Party.
With Jeremy Paxman.
The arts and media magazine.
What can East Lulworth in Dorset and Styal in Cheshire reveal about the social forces that shaped England?
