6.45 The Universe Yesterday
7.10 Maths: Modelling in Comfort
7.35 Electronic Materials: the Future of TV
How to care for leather goldleaf. With John FitzMaurice Mills.
Featuring Bradford on Avon,
Wiltshire. Rpt Subtitled
Drama starring
Katharine Hepburn Stage-struck Eva
Lovelace arrives in New York determined to be successful whatever the cost.
Director Lowell Sherman (1933)
SEE FILMS pages 43-48
Desert adventure starring Gary Cooper
The fabulous Blue Water sapphire has been stolen, and the following day a man disappears. His two devoted brothers eventually track him down to Fort Zinderneuf - home of the French Foreign Legion.
(1939)
SEE FILMS pages 43-48
Focusing on semi-detached homes in suburbia. Rpt
Today: techniques spiders use to lure their prey.
First of two programmes about Samuel Franklin Cody , the man who made the first successful powered aeroplane flight in Britain.
(Part2tomorrowat 12.50pm)
Animation.
(Rpt)
Today: a Mexican style lunch, with vegetarian chilli.
Subtitled (news)
Followed by The Enthusiast
A celebration of the late poet laureate, John Betjeman.
Featuring affectionate comments from close friends, including Philip Larkin , Prunella Scales and Judi Dench.
Subtitled (news)
Followed by The Model World of Robert Symes
Baron of the former Austro-
Hungarian empire, Robert Symes has a unique model railway collection and reveals the story of each model.
Subtitled (news)
Regional News; Weather
Comedy thriller starring
Richard Johnson
When sabotage and murder disrupt tests of a new British supersonic airliner, secret agent Hugh Drummond must foil the dastardly villain and his glamorous army.
Director Ralph Thomas (1969) SEE FILMS pages 43-48.
Including reviews of What's 's Love Got to Do with It? and Dirty Weekend.
Western starring Audie Murphy
Detective Bob Gifford is assigned to infiltrate a ruthless gang of outlaws.
Director Frank McDonald (1964)
SEE FILMS pages 43-48
Peter Snow with news of the rival world chess championships in London and the Netherlands.
Series of documentaries which go behind the headlines to reflect the Northern Ireland conflict in the context of ordinary rural life.
Business as Usual. Firebombs have twice destroyed the fashion shop owned by Roy Kells in the town of Lisnakea.
He has also been shot at point-blank range. But he keeps reopening for business as usual. Director Carlo Gebler
Producer Pierre Hodgson
A DBA production for BBCtv
The new 900 is the first car
Saab has produced since General Motors took a controlling interest in the company. Jeremy Clarkson discovers whether the traditional Saab virtues of solidity, safety and individuality have survived the American influence. Tiff Needell reports on the Blackpool-made TVR Griffith. And Tony Mason reports on the Ulster Rally. Producer Jon Bentley
Executive producer Dennis Adams
The Peloponnese is opening up as one of the newest holiday destinations in mainland
Greece. This week
Carol Smillie tours the north of the region, from the classical city of Napflion to Olympia, home of the world's first Olympic Games. Penelope Keith explains why she's hooked on Pendle in rural Lancashire.
Presented by Penny Junor . Producer Helen Bullough
Series producer Rachel Hebditch
MOANLINE: phone the Travel Show on [number removed].
Being a stand-up is the loneliest job in comedy. Five years ago American comedian Al Lubel gave up a successful career as a lawyer in search of fame. Now he faces his biggest challenge, six minutes on the show that can make or break any new comic - on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Also featuring Bob Hope ,
Joan Rivers , Milton Berle , Mort Sahl and Burt Reynolds.
Director PeterLydon; Producer Greg Brenman A Tiger production for BBCtv
Dramas by new film-makers. Archie Gets a Clip
Following an unkempt Scottish terrier as he visits the parlour. Director Robert Letts
Presented by Peter Snow.
(Rptd tomorrow at 2.15pm)
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