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Oscar-winning comedy, written, directed by and starring
JacquesTati shown as part of the season of his films.
Monsieur Hulot is a misfit in his brother-in-law's hi-tech life. Wherever he goes, havoc ensues.
(1958) * FILM REVIEWS pages 47-70

Contributors

Unknown:
Monsieur Hulot
Monsieur Hulot:
Jacques Tati
Monsieur Arpel:
Jean-Pierre Zola
Madame Arpel:
Adrienne Servantie

The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
An investigative biography of the man at the centre of the political crime of the century. The programme reassesses the Psychological, political and forensic evidence of his role in the assassination of President Kennedy and uncovers previously unseen footage, photographs and witnesses.
ProducerWilliamCran Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Lee Harvey

Classic western continuing a season of films starring Burt Lancaster who died in October
Also starring Kirk Douglas

US Marshal Wyatt Earp tries to keep the peace in the lawless West of the 1870s. His chief adversary is the Clanton gang, but he also finds himself up against Doc Holliday, a dentist turned gambler, with a dim regard for the law.
(1957)
Film Reviews pages 47-70

Contributors

Director:
John Sturges
Wyatt Earp:
Burt Lancaster
John H. 'Doc' Holliday:
Kirk Douglas
Laura Denbow:
Rhonda Fleming
Kate Fisher:
Jo van Fleet
Johnny Ringo:
John Ireland
Cotton Wilson:
Frank Faylen
Charles Bassett:
Earl Holliman
Abel Head Shanghai Pierce:
Ted De Corsia
Billy Clanton:
Dennis Hopper
Morgan Earp:
DeForest Kelley
Ed Bailey:
Lee Van Cleef

From the Queen's Theatre, London, the Australian cast of the tap musical
Hot Shoe Shuffle display their dazzling routines to the music of Fats Waller , Irving Berlin , Duke Ellington and Jerome Kern.
Producer Edward J Adcock ; Executive producers Les Cocks and Rod Natkiel Stereo Subtitled ..

Contributors

Unknown:
Fats Waller
Unknown:
Irving Berlin
Unknown:
Duke Ellington
Unknown:
Jerome Kern.
Producer:
Edward J Adcock
Producers:
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Producers:
Rod Natkiel

Another tale of magic and mystery.

When Grady suddenly dies, the world of his lover Bonetta is turned completely upside down. Her overwhelming sense of grief leads her to wander the streets where she is eventually picked up by the police. From then on, well-meaning doctors take over Bonetta's life and threaten to break her spirit. But she has one last appointment with the man who has shared her life for so long. It is an appointment that she intends to keep.

(The final film in the series is next week)

Contributors

Writer:
Yazminne Judd
Producer:
Ingrid Lewis
Director:
Dani Williamson
Bonetta:
Joan Hooley
Grady:
Jason Rose
Lucy:
Rachel Lumberg
Nurse Beach:
Theresa Petts
Doctor Franc:
Margaret Ashley

By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
With libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte in a new translation by Tony Britten and Nicholas Broadhurst.
Part 1
Transmitted in three parts, this is the story of a sex-mad Eurocrat who's trying to sleep with his servant, his frustrated aristocratic wife and her toyboy, and a lovechild who's forced into marriage with his own mother, not to mention crossdressing, blackmail and a death-defying leap from a second-floor window.
Part 2 is tomorrow evening at 7.15pm on BBC2.
See today's choices.
Director/Producer Geoff Posner; Producer Nicholas Broadhurst
See This Week: page 10

Contributors

Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Translation by:
Tony Britten
Translation by/Producer:
Nicholas Broadhurst
Director/Producer:
Geoff Posner
Sir Cecil, a Tory Eurocrat:
Andrew C Wadsworth
Rosina, Sir Cecil's long-suffering wife:
Jan Hartley
Figaro, Sir Cecil's valet:
Harry Burton
Susanna Rosina's maid, engaged to be married to Figaro:
Mary Lincoln
Bartolo, the family lawyer who loathes Figaro and wants to marry Rosina:
Denis Quilley
Marcellina, a National Trust estates manageress who is owed money by Figaro:
Tricia George
Cherubino Sir Cecil's teenage godson who is in love with Rosina:
Jacinta Malcahy
Basilio, Sir Cecil's slimy, reptilian permanent secretary:
Simon Butteriss
Antonio, the gardener, a smelly and cantankerous old git:
Nigel Planer

From the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool to the elections in South Africa, from the World Cup to Elizabeth Hurley's dress, from Northern Ireland to Rwanda, photographers helped shape our vision of the year's key news events. Decisive Moments explores the making of those images and talks to the picture editors who selected them, the agencies who sold them and, most importantly, the photographers who took them.
See today's choices.

Contributors

Director:
Elaine Shepherd
Editor:
Janice Hadlow

An intimate portrait of the controversial pop phenomenon. Shot during the 1990 Blonde Ambition tour, this documentary features frank backstage scenes (including Madonna's famous encounters with Kevin Costner, Warren Beatty and Sandra Bernhard) and hit songs Express Yourself, Holiday, Vogue and Like a Virgin, which caused the authorities in Toronto to consider arresting her for obscene behaviour.
(1991) B/W and colour
Film Reviews pages 47-70

Contributors

Director:
Alek Keshishian
Subject:
null Madonna
Unknown:
Kevin Costner
Unknown:
Warren Beatty
Unknown:
Sandra Bernhard

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