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10.25 Access to Learning: Go for It (age 11+) Stereo 7136515 10.40 Lookand Read(ages7-9+) 9158428 ll.OOZig Zag(ages8-10) Stereo 3200732 11.20
English Time (ages 11-14)
11.40 Jeunes Francophones (ages 14-16) Stereo 3123190 12.00 Sportsbank: Soccer (ages 11-16)

Drama about a high-flying career woman who discovers that she is terminally ill. A psychologist helps her to live a fulfilled final year. With Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore.
(1990)
Film Reviews pages 69-76

Including at 3.00 News and Weather subtitled (news)

Contributors

Director:
John Erman
[Actress]:
Bernadette Peters
[Actress]:
Mary Tyler Moore

Another chance to see the acclaimed 26-part documentary series telling the history of the Second World War.

Churchill called Italy the "soft underbelly of the crocodile", but, as the allies discovered, it proved to be a "tough old gut".
(First shown on ITV)

Contributors

Narrator:
Laurence Olivier
Writer:
David Wheeler
Director:
Ben Shepherd
Producer:
Jeremy Isaacs

Close Encounters
Dr Sue Blackmore, researcher into the paranormal, investigates some of the many abduction-by-aliens claims. Her search leads from victims, to UFO specialists and a psychiatrist who believes the claims. Finally she undergoes an extraordinary experience that provides a physical explanation for the stories she has heard.
See today's choices.
Written and produced by Martin Belderson
Editor John Lynch

Contributors

Produced By:
Martin Belderson
Editor:
John Lynch

Showcase for short films by new directors. Galileo's Dream. A tale of a dying man, determined to see the comet he missed 70 years ago on its return orbit. With ArthurWybrow, Bill Gavin , Rose Keegan and Rachel Fielding.
Written by Richard Cantillon ; Director Julian Murphy

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Gavin
Unknown:
Rose Keegan
Written By:
Richard Cantillon
Director:
Julian Murphy

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Another chance to view a vintage episode of the classic comedy series.
Starring Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell, with Yootha Joyce and Marjie Lawrence.
(B/W) (Rpt)

Contributors

Writer:
Ray Galton
Writer:
Alan Simpson
Albert:
Wilfrid Brambell
Harold:
Harry H. Corbett
Delilah:
Yootha Joyce
Martine:
Marjie Lawrence

Six-part adaptation of the novel by Charles Dickens.

Jonas, seeking to insure the life of the new Mrs Chuzzlewit, meets Montague Tigg, beggar extraordinary, transformed to Tigg Montague, man of means. Pecksniff offers Mary Graham a permanent position in his home, and Charity leaves home for the Todgers'.
See today's choices.
Repeated next Sunday afternoon on BBC1
Illustrated booklet, What the Dickens!, is available by sending a cheque for £3.95 to [address removed]
* See This Week: page 7

Followed by Tales from the Quilt
Introducing a series often short stories, the first of which is shown tomorrow after My Name Is Bill W, to be shown over the next two weeks to commemorate World Aids Day. Each tale is linked to the stunning patchwork quilt of memorial panels made by the relatives, friends and partners of those who have died through the Aids virus. (Stereo)

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Screenplay:
David Lodge
Director:
Pedr James
Tigg Montague:
Pete Postlethwaite
Jonas Chuzzlewit:
Keith Allen
Seth Pecksniff:
Tom Wilkinson
Charity Pecksniff:
Emma Chambers
Old Martin Chuzzlewit:
Paul Scofield
Mary Graham:
Pauline Turner
Mercy PecksnW:
Julia Sawalha
Mrs Gamp:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Tom Pinch:
Philip Franks
Mrs Lupin:
Lynda Bellingham
David Crimple:
David Bradley
MrMould:
Sam Kelly
Betsy Prig:
Joan Sims
Mrs:
Todgers Maggiesteed
Nadgett:
Graham Stark
John Westlock:
Peter Wingfield
Bailey:
Paul Francis
DrJobling:
Julian Fellowes
Bullamy:
Colin McCormacK
Lewsome:
Stephen Mapes
Augustus Moddle:
John Padden
Mr Jinkins:
Robin Hooper
Producer (Tales from the Quilt):
Christine Hall

Starting a week of programmes looking into the future, this Late Show special argues that the 21st century is going to be just like the 14th. Are we rushing headlong back to the Middle Ages? Presented by Benjamin Woolley.
See This Week: page 6

Contributors

Presenter and writer:
Benjamin Woolley.
Producer:
David Stewart
Series Editor:
Michael Poole

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