Paul McCartney introduces three true stories demonstrating the power of music and music therapy to bring hope and serenity to lives shadowed by psychiatric illness and severe learning difficulties. Producer Ann Paul Rpt
(Paul McCartney - Up Close, a performance recorded in New York, is tonight at 10.50pm on BBC1)

First of a double-bill, starring
Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy
A pair of gypsy scoundrels, Stan and Ollie unwittingly become the guardians of the kidnapped daughter of a count. Directors James W Horne , Charles Rogers
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In the second film starring the comic duo,
Stan and Ollie try to keep a promise made to a dead comrade, and reunite his young daughter with her wealthy grandparents. They find the child - but the relatives are another matter.
Directors George Marshall ,
Raymond McCarey
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In this Italian comedy, some teenagers are hired as waiters at a sumptuous gala to honour a distinguished and powerful lady. The evening's festivities, rigorously planned and meticulously executed, are for 16-year-old
Libenzio an insight into an alien way of life. In Italian with English subtitles.
Director Ermanno Olmi
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Animation for children with the voice of Dennis Waterman.

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Highlights from yesterday's Formula 1 World Championship race at Donington Park.

The latest plants, designs and equipment at the International Spring Gardening Fair. Plus a look at a Dublin town garden.

From Norwich Cathedral.
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The musical version of Colette's story about a young girl growing up in Paris during the 1890s, starring Leslie Caron
Maurice Chevalier
Louis Jourdan
Gigi is being carefully schooled by her grandmother and aunt, but there are other influences which affect her life - like the dashing Gaston Lachaille and the delights of ice-skating, romance and champagne. Director Vincente Minnelli
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Billy Connolly presents a documentary on his folk hero, the legendary Bert Jansch, who influenced a generation of guitarists. With rare archive performances from, among others, Brownie McGhee.
A Red Herring production for BBCtv.

Chilling adventure story based on the bestselling children's book by Joan Aiken. Starring
Stephanie Beacham
Mel Smith , Geraldine James In the imaginary reign of King James III , ravenous wolves over-run England and surround Willoughby Chase , home of Bonnie and her parents. But when Lord and Lady Willoughby travel overseas, Bonnie and her timid cousin Sylvia face an even more dangerous predator.
I Director Stuart Orme
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Filmed against some spectacular scenery in Sri
Lanka, Simon and John King 's "animal drama" follows a baby elephant who, separated from the main herd, finds himself lost, alone and facing many dangers. Aliya's fortunes change when he is befriended by a farm boy who helps him back to the wild and his mother.

An Arena special which documents the making of Reitz's second great German epic, The Second Heimat, which begins on BBC2 next Saturday. When Jewish writer Carole Angier watched the original Heimat (recently repeated on BBC2), she was so moved she wrote to its creator; Reitz responded that she had understood his work better than anyone. She later saw the making of his next epic, the 26-hour Second Heimat. Tonight's programme is a record of Angier's extraordinary experiences witnessing two years of writing and four years of filming.

Medieval thriller starring
Sean Connery
F Murray Abraham
The year is 1327. William of Baskerville, an unorthodox
Franciscan monk, arrives at a remote Italian monastery with his young novice Adso. The venue for an important papal debate, the monastery has recently been the scene of a mysterious death.
This mix of dark secrets and unexpected violence is based on the bestseller by Umberto Eco.
Remigio de Vargine. ... HELMUT QUALTINGER Director Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Singer-songwriter Elvis Costello and the classical
Brodsky Quartet have teamed up to compose and record a series of songs, The Juliet Letters, using the unlikely combination of voice and string quartet. This film tells the story of this surprising collaboration. Director Philip King
A Hummingbird production for BBCtv