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Including action from the start of the athletics programme. Commentary by David Coleman ,
Stuart Storey , Paul Dickenson and Brendan Foster. Plus a full round up of the day's other news. Stereo 73956-149

Contributors

Commentary By:
David Coleman
Commentary By:
Stuart Storey
Commentary By:
Paul Dickenson
Commentary By:
Brendan Foster.
Source: Radio Times
BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Continuing the season of Fred Astaire movies, his screen debut about a Park Avenue playboy. Withjoan Crawford and Clark Gable. Director Robert Z Leonard (1933)
FILM REVIEWS pages 35-39

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Astaire
Unknown:
Withjoan Crawford
Unknown:
Clark Gable.
Director:
Robert Z Leonard
Source: Radio Times
BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Period drama starring Robert Taylor
When the Duke of Burgundy agrees to a marriage between his ward, Isabelle, and the ageing Lord Crawford, Quentin Durward is sent to advance his suit. But Durward soon finds
Isabelle has a mind of her own and has no wish to be used as a pawn in the intrigues of Burgundy and the scheming King Louis of France.
Director Richard Thorpe (1955)
FILM REVIEWS pages 35-39

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Taylor
Unknown:
Quentin Durward
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Quentin Durward:
Robert Taylor
Isabelle:
Kay Kendall
King Louis XI:
Robert Morley
Charles Duke of Burgundy:
Alec Clunes
Count Philip de Creville:
Marius Goring
MasterOliver:
Wilfrid Hyde White
Lord Crawford:
Ernest Thesiger
Bishop of Liege:
Harcourt Williams
William de la Marck:
Duncan Lamont
Hayraddin:
George Cole
Source: Radio Times
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on BBC Two England

The Living
God Jayendra Saraswati is the head of one of the largest sects in Hinduism. His only possessions are a cotton robe, wooden staff and a water pot, yet he is one of the most influential men in India. This film follows the most eventful year in his life - a year of celebrations of the 1 00th birthday of his guru,
Parmacharya, culminating in a rare ceremony which involves the pouring of 300 kilograms of gold over the guru's head.
Finally, at the end of his 100th year Parmacharya dies and it is time for Jayendra to inherit his spiritual mantle.
Director Michael Yorke ; Producer Denis Whyte Executive producer Naresh Bed!
A BediFilms/Denis Whyte Films production for BBCtv

Contributors

Unknown:
God Jayendra Saraswati
Director:
Michael Yorke
Producer:
Denis Whyte
Source: Radio Times
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on BBC Two England

Sicily. Keith Floyd arrives on Sicily and heads straight for
Marsala where he samples the famous fortified wine, before trying his hand at making a Sicilian pizza. His journey ends during a festival at Maretemo, a nearby island, where he cooks fresh garden peas - Sicilian style. Last in the series. Producer Michael Treen
Executive producer Robert Page
A Lifetime Broadcast production for BBCtv
KEITH FLOYD page 18

Contributors

Producer:
Michael Treen
Unknown:
Keith Floyd
Source: Radio Times
BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Five years ago the world watched in horror as a demonstration in Tiananmen Square by Chinese students demanding reform was violently suppressed. The man who authorised and took credit for this crackdown, in which hundreds of people were killed, was DengXiaoping.
To mark Deng's 90th birthday, Julian O'Halloran - who witnessed that carnage in Beijing - presents a profile of the Chinese leader and argues that Deng's actions were highly predictable given his record of suppressing dissent in China. He reveals that this was not the first time Deng had planned a student massacre.
The programme also shows how leading businessmen and politicians have differing opinions of Deng - Margaret Thatcher described him as "cruel" while Ted Heath apparently admires him for his successful economic reform programme, which has distorted communism out of all recognition but which could make China a superpower during the next century.
But. O'Halloran concludes,
"What's in doubt is whether the Party can manage the huge changes Deng has wrought on China. Especially when the egalitarian aims which once made the party legitimate were so clearly waved to the winds by DengXiaopinghimself." Producer Francesca Kirby-Green
Editor Keith Bowers

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian O'Halloran
Unknown:
Margaret Thatcher
Unknown:
Ted Heath
Producer:
Francesca Kirby-Green
Editor:
Keith Bowers
Source: Radio Times
BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Pop impresario
Malcolm McLaren roams through the bars and clubs of Paris to paint an idiosyncratic portrait of the city. Originally shown as part of the Late Show. Director Archie Lauchlan
Series editor Michael Poole
Followed by Video Nation Shorts Subtitled

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm McLaren
Director:
Archie Lauchlan
Editor:
Michael Poole
Source: Radio Times
BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Last in the series of documentaries from the BBC's Disability Programmes Unit. It's My Decision. Drama performed by a group of people with learning difficulties in Shropshire, which follows them as they shape their own lives, choosing what they wear, where they live, and who they sleep with. Editor tan Macrae

Source: Radio Times

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