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The twin Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago are celebrated for carnival, calypso and their fertile tradition of folklore. They are also distinguished for the richness of their wildlife - the fact that they were once part of the South American mainland gives their natural history a diversity unique among the islands.
Tonight's film includes unique infra-red footage of the elusive cave-dwelling oilbirds, and visits locations that required mules and donkeys to transport the camera equipment.
Folklore and animals come together in the bewitching tales of Trinidad's "master story-teller" Paul Keens-Douglas, whose legends also are brought to life in the film.
A Green Umbrella production for BBCtv
(Pandas of the Sleeping Dragon, tomorrow at 6.30pm)
(Stereo)

Contributors

Storyteller:
Paul Keens-Douglas
Producer:
Nick Upton
Series Producer:
John Sparks

Air on a Shoe String The first of three documentaries exploring recent changes in school music tuition. In the wake of widespread cuts and the introduction of charges for instrumental lessons, who will be the young musicians of the future? With Sarah Greene.
OirectorFrancesca Kemp
(So You Want to Compose? tomorrow
2.50pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Greene.
Unknown:
Oirectorfrancesca Kemp

The Grave Case of Charlie Chaplin
In 1978 Charlie Chaplin 's coffin was stolen from his grave in Vevey, Switzerland, and a large ransom was demanded of his widow Oona. This fictional film inspired by those events follows the east European characters responsible. A Screen Two/Arena collaboration, it is written and directed by award-winning documentary film-maker Paul Pawlikowski.
Producer Ros Wolfes

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlie Chaplin
Unknown:
Charlie Chaplin
Unknown:
Paul Pawlikowski.
Karen:
Karen Badalov
Jacek:
Jacek Braciak
Igor:
Igor Avdiev
Marina:
Yvonne Scio
Inspector Brink:
Roger Jendly
Inspector Hauer:
Jacques Michel

List It
In a special edition of the heritage series, Kirsty Wark invites viewers to nominate a post-war building to be saved for posterity. The best suggestions will be featured in a new season of the programme beginning in the summer. Director Joanna Bailey
Executive producer Roland Keating
Followed by Saint of the Day Last in the series: St Richard of Chichester.

Contributors

Unknown:
Kirsty Wark
Director:
Joanna Bailey
Producer:
Roland Keating

Crime thriller directed by and starring Jack Nicholson. With
Harvey Keitel Los Angeles 1948: when private eye Jake Gittes is hired to investigate some suspected adultery, he stumbles into a world of murder and shady land deals. With Meg Tilly , Madeleine Stowe , Eli Wallach , Ruben Blades , Frederic Forrest , David Keith.
(1990) FILM REVIEWS pages 57-67

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Nicholson.
Unknown:
Harvey Keitel
Unknown:
Jake Gittes
Unknown:
Meg Tilly
Unknown:
Madeleine Stowe
Unknown:
Eli Wallach
Unknown:
Ruben Blades
Unknown:
Frederic Forrest
Unknown:
David Keith.

American Stories (part 2). The final programme in this series on songwriting profiles singer-songwriters including
Jackson Browne , Nanci Griffith and Aimee Mann.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jackson Browne
Unknown:
Nanci Griffith
Unknown:
Aimee Mann.

Drama starring James Caan , Lauren Hutton
Axel Freed is a professor of literature with a compulsion to gamble. With a massive debt to a loan shark to clear, he takes one final, huge risk.
Director KarelReisz( 1974)
FILM REVIEWS pages 57-67

Contributors

Unknown:
James Caan
Unknown:
Lauren Hutton
Unknown:
Axel Freed

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