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The Australian Open Championships from Melbourne. Coverage of the women's singles final. Commentary by John Barrett. With Sue Barker, Chris Bailey.
The men's singles final can be seen tomorrow at 5.45am on BBC1

Contributors

Presenter:
Sue Barker
Presenter:
Chris Bailey
Commentary:
John Barrett

10.00 Marvi Final episode of afive-part drama, set in modern-day Pakistan, about a girl from a poor rural community who struggles to fulfil herfather's dreams. In
Urdu with English subtitles. stereo .
10.50 Fashion File 95 A look at the autumn and winter collection from designer Rohit Bal. Presented by Anu Malhotra.
11.15 Network East - In Concert
Special Najma Akhtar , Britain's foremost Ghazal singer, introduces the Sabri
Brothers, a Qawwaii (Islamic devotional music) duo from Pakistan. Stereo.

Contributors

Designer:
Rohit Bal.
Presented By:
Anu Malhotra.
Unknown:
Najma Akhtar

Films under review include Only You, directed by Norman Jewison and starring Marisa Tomei and Robert DowneyJr. Plus a visit to Paris for a report from the set of Roman Polanski's Death and the Maiden.
Shown last Monday on BBC I

Contributors

Directed By:
Norman Jewison
Unknown:
Marisa Tomei
Unknown:
Robert Downeyjr.

Crime drama starring
Spencer Tracy , Sylvia Sidney
Joe Wilson , travellingto meet his fiancee, is mistaken for a child kidnapper. Once in jail he is attacked by a mob. Escapingdeath, he determines to have revenge. With Walter Brennan.
Director Fritz Lang (1936) B/W Subtitled.. The Adventures of Robin Hood is tomorrow at 2.00pm * FILM REVIEWS pages 41-48

Contributors

Unknown:
Spencer Tracy
Unknown:
Sylvia Sidney
Unknown:
Joe Wilson
Unknown:
Walter Brennan.
Director:
Fritz Lang
Unknown:
Robin Hood

Drama starring Frank Sinatra ,
Dean Martin , Shirley MacLaine
Fresh out of the army, one-time writer Dave Hirsh arrives back in his home town, where he meets a cardshark and two very different women.
Director Vincente Minnelli (1958) ........... ♦ FILM REVIEWS pages 41-48

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Sinatra
Unknown:
Dean Martin
Unknown:
Shirley MacLaine
Unknown:
Dave Hirsh
Director:
Vincente Minnelli
Dave Hirsh:
Frank Sinatra
Bama Dillert:
Dean Martin
Ginny Moorhead:
Shirley MacLaine
Frank Hirsh:
Arthur Kennedy
Gwen French:
Martha Hyer
Edith Barclay:
Nancy Gates

5.15TOTP 2 Highlights ofThursday's TOTP and archive clips from 1979, including DrFeelgood, Barry Manilow , Leif Garrett , and Ian Dury 's No. 1, Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick. Plus the Osmonds makingtheirTOTP debut in 1972 with Crazy Horses.
Producer RicBlaxill Stereo ...............
6.00 Late Again Highlights from last week's editions of The Late Show. With
Tracey MacLeod ,
6.45 What the Papers Say With The
Guardian's Angella Johnson

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Manilow
Unknown:
Leif Garrett
Unknown:
Ian Dury
Unknown:
Tracey MacLeod
Unknown:
Angella Johnson

In the second programme in this new foreign affairs magazine series presenter Gavin Esler in Washington DC reflects on the poverty and deprivation to be found in the US capital. Plus a report from Rwanda by Lindsey Hilsum , returning to Kigali after reporting on the massacres last year to search for herdriver and otherfriends who are missing, believed killed.
Brian Hanrahan in Singapore reports on a crackdown on car-owners.
Editor Keith Bowers

Contributors

Presenter:
Gavin Esler
Unknown:
Lindsey Hilsum
Unknown:
Brian Hanrahan
Editor:
Keith Bowers

Fourth of five films for Cinema Century. Tales from the City
Monty Python animator and film-maker Terry Gilliam reveals the earliest moments of the movies, from
1895 when audiences first saw moving pictures projected onto a screen.
This week, he looks at how the modern city was a natural subject for early films, being home to the first regular film shows and the settingforthe earliest gangster movies. With Allan Corduner , PeterEyre, Bryan Pringle , Paul Rhys (who can also be seen in Ghosts at
9.15pm on BBC 1), Fiona Shaw and Malcolm Sinclair.
Written by Ian Christie ; Director
Richard CursonSmith BOOKLET: for an illustrated booklet based on this series send a cheque for £6. 95, payable to BBC Education, to: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Terry Gilliam
Unknown:
Allan Corduner
Unknown:
Bryan Pringle
Unknown:
Paul Rhys
Unknown:
Fiona Shaw
Unknown:
Malcolm Sinclair.
Written By:
Ian Christie
Director:
Richard Cursonsmith

Fourth in afive-part series of sketches, monologues, Lewis Smith 's hoax phone calls and hospital drama.
Written by Victor Lewis Smith and Paul Sparks
Producer Richard Curson Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Lewis Smith
Written By:
Victor Lewis Smith
Written By:
Paul Sparks
Producer:
Richard Curson Smith

JohnBoorman's examination of the clash of two cultures, starring
Powers Boothe , Charley Boorman
The son of an American engineer is kidnapped in the Amazon rainforest by a tribe known as the "invisible people". His father searches forhimforten years, eventually finding a very changed youngman.
(1985) * FILM REVIEWS pages 41-48

Contributors

Unknown:
Powers Boothe
Unknown:
Charley Boorman
Bill Markham:
Powers Boothe
Tomme:
Charley Boorman
Jean Markham:
Meg Foster
Heather:
Estee Chandler
Kachiri:
Dirapaes
Young Tommy:
William Rodriquez
Uwe Werner:
Eduardo Conde
Wanadi:
Rui Polonah
Uluru:
Maria Helena Velasco

Classic science-fiction fantasy, starring
Grant Williams , Randy Stuart
Scott Carey and his wife are out on a boat when he is momentarily enveloped in a strange mist. Six months later Carey begins to shrink.
Director Jack Arnold (1957)
* FILM REVIEWS pages 41-48

Contributors

Unknown:
Grant Williams
Unknown:
Randy Stuart
Unknown:
Scott Carey
Director:
Jack Arnold
Scott Carey:
Grant Williams
Louise Carey:
Randy Stuart
Clarice:
April Kent
Charlie Carey:
Paul Langton

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