Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,777 playable programmes from the BBC

8.05 Envol: Take Off in French
8.15 Living with Technology: Writing Report 7046763 9.05 Voyages of Discovery 4501096 9.30Learningto Learn 1984164 9.55 Opening Up Technology: a security advisor, a television critic and an engineer open up a video camera.

10.00 Chanakya
Historical drama serial. Vishnu Gupta reveals his plans to overthrow Dhana Nand. In Hindi with English subtitles.

10.40 Style Byte
The work of fashion Photographers Gautam Rajadhyaksha and Rita Nanda.

10.50 Network East
Asian arts and entertainment series with Sujata Barot and Sanjeev Baskar.

11.20 Bollywood or Bust!
Hindi film quiz, with Mohit Dutta, in which contestants hope to win the chance to fly to Bombay to meet the movie stars.
(Stereo)

Competition: telephone [number removed] Calls cost 39p per minute. For a copy of rules, send sae to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Vishnu Gupta
Unknown:
Dhana Nand.
Unknown:
Gautam Rajadhyaksha
Unknown:
Rita Nanda.
Unknown:
Sanjeev Baskar
Unknown:
Mohit Dutta
Unknown:
Wood Lane.

Crime caper starring
Jim Hutton , Dorothy Provine
Walter Brennan
When US Mint employee Harry Lucas inadvertently destroys$50,000 in bank notes, he devises a plan to break into the Mint and print replacement money. Director Howard Morris (1967) Subtitled ......
+ FILM REVIEWS pages 69-76

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Hutton
Unknown:
Dorothy Provine
Unknown:
Walter Brennan
Unknown:
Harry Lucas
Director:
Howard Morris
HanyLucas:
Jim Hutton
VemaBaxter:
Dorothy Provine
Pop Gilfis:
Walter Brennan
LutherBurton:
Milton Berle
Ralph Randazzo:
Joe Ybishop
Willie Owens:
Bob Denver
Captain:
Victor Buono

Drama starring
John Wayne , Laraine Day
Engineer Johnny Munroe builds railroads. Contracted to construct a line in the Andes, he must risk lives to tunnel through a mountain. But just as difficult and dangerous is his romance with Maura Alexander , daughter of his haughty tycoon boss. Director Richard Wallace (1947)
+ FILM REVIEWS pages 69-76

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wayne
Unknown:
Johnny Munroe
Unknown:
Maura Alexander
Director:
Richard Wallace
Johnny Munroe:
John Wayne
Maura Alexander:
Laraine Day
Frederick Alexander:
Cedric Hardwicke
MissBraithwaite:
Judith Anderson
Pop Mathews:
James Gleason
Ricky:
Anthony Quinn
Fog:
Grant Withers
Joe:
" Paul Fix
SeñorTobar:
Charles Trowbridge

5.15 TOTP 2
A mix of current music and pop nostalgia. This week features Top of the Pops from 1973 with performances by Alvin Stardust, Mott the Hoople and Kiki Dee, and with the Buzzcocks, Heatwave, Elvis Costello and the Boomtown Rats. Plus Madonna making her first appearance in 1984 with Holiday.

6.00 Late Again
Highlights from the last week on The Late Show, with Tracey MacLeod.

6.45 What the Papers Say
Tonight freelance journalist Roy Greenslade reviews the week's press.

Contributors

Producer (TOTP2):
Ric Blaxill
Presenter (Late Again):
Tracey MacLeod
Presenter (What the Papers Say):
Roy Greenslade

Another round of the topical comedy quiz, with host Angus Deayton joined by team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop. Guests this week include royal biographer Andrew Morton and comedian Lee Hurst.
(Shown yesterday) (Stereo)

Contributors

Unknown:
Angus Deayton
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Ian Hislop.
Unknown:
Andrew Morton
Unknown:
Lee Hurst.

The season of classic dramas continues with Terence Rattigan's play, directed for television by Karel Reisz.

Hester is rescued by a neighbour after attempting suicide in the flat she shares with her younger lover, ex-RAF pilot Freddie Page.
See today's choices.

Contributors

Author:
Terence Rattigan
Director:
Karel Reisz.
Producer:
Simon Curtis
Hester Collyer:
Penelope Wilton
William Collyer:
Ian Holm
Freddie Page:
Colin Firth
Mr Miller:
Wojtek Pszoniak
Philip Welch:
Stephen Tompkinson
Ann Welch:
Geraldine Somerville
Mrs Elton:
Carmel McSharry
Jackie Jackson:
Edward Tudor-Pole

Germaine Greer is joined by a group of powerful women who are willing to fight for the last word on subjects close to their hearts. With Janet Street-Porter , Ann Leslie and Suzanne Moore.
Producer Janet Lee ; Series editor Janice Hadlow
Stereo............................................

Contributors

Unknown:
Germaine Greer
Unknown:
Janet Street-Porter
Unknown:
Ann Leslie
Unknown:
Suzanne Moore.
Producer:
Janet Lee
Editor:
Janice Hadlow

A drama shown as part of the Lost and Found season, starring Frank Sinatra
Sterling Hayden
The calm of a small Midwestern town is shattered when three men arrive and hold Secret Service men hostage. Theirtarget is the President of the United States whose train is about to pass through town. Director Lewis Allen (1954) B/W
FILM REVIEWS pages 69-76

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Sinatra
Unknown:
Sterling Hayden
Director:
Lewis Allen
John Baron:
Frank Sinatra
SheriffTod Shaw:
Sterling Hayden
Pop Benson:
James Gleason
Ellen Benson:
Nancy Gates
Pidge Benson:
Kim Charney
BennyConklin:
Paul Frees

Highlights from recordings made by Video Nation contributors, shown without any editing by the BBC. Evening. This episode shows contrasting evening scenes with a couple arguing about why he's always late for dinner; a teenager voguing in his room and supper time in Wanstonia. Producer Mandy Rose ; Executive producer
Bob Long ......................................

Contributors

Producer:
Mandy Rose
Producer:
Bob Long

Drama set in Australia and starring Beau Bridges
Lloyd Bridges
For Kevin Pearse , a 29-year-old
American living in Australia, surfing is more than a sport - it has become a reason for existence. Gradually, he finds other pressures building up on him and he has to come to terms with himself and those he loves.
Director Don Chaffey 1978) * FILM REVIEWS pages 69-76

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Pearse
Kevin:
Beau Bridges
Sean:
Lloyd Bridges
EricStuart:
John Meillon
Moira:
Victoria Shaw
Emily:
Ingrid Mason

Live coverage of the entire Australian Grand Prix from Adelaide. This race is the climax of the 1994 Formula 1 World Championship.
See today's choices.
Repeated at 7.45am.

Contributors

Producer:
Mark Wilkin
Executive producer:
Jim Reside.

BBC Two England

About BBC Two

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More