Voluntary Sector Television Videos from the Charity Commission and the Immigration Advisory Service
6.20 Biology: Building in Cells
6.45 Databases: Miles of Aisles
7.10 Engineering: Free Body Diagrams
7.35 Science: Energy
With Signing. Subtitled ..................
Today's presenter is Andrew Neil.
For details see Monday
Drama about an orphaned otter cub.
Producer John King ; DirectorSion King
Drama starring
Bette Davis , Claude Rains
Fanny Trellis marries Job
Skeffington to save her adored brother
Trippy from scandal. When Trippy dies,
Fanny's indifference to her husband turns to open contempt, but fate decrees that one day she will regret her behaviour.
Director Vincent Sherman (1944) B/W ... * FILM REVIEWS pages 53-56
Business and consumer news.
Drama starring
Geraldine Page
John Heard , Rebecca De Mornay
Texas , 1947: an ageing widow, trapped by infirmity and domestic tensions, dreams of escapingfrom
Houston to visit her home town for one last time. Geraldine Page , who died in 1987, won an Oscarfor her performance.
Director Peter Masterson 1985) * FILM REVIEWS pages 53-56
Subtitled (news)
Followed by Westminster with Nick Ross
Live coverage from Parliament.
Continuing the coverage from BBC 1 of the Grand National meetingfrom Aintree, with the 4.20 race. Stereo ...................
Daily quiz with Martyn Lewis. Stereo..
On today's programme, two men who were imprisoned for crimes they did not commit meet the real criminals.
Runaway. 4 July, 1964: Sam leaps into the body of a 13-year-old boy on a cross-country trip with his parents and his tormenting elder sister. Can he prevent his motherfromleavingthe family? With Scott Bakula ,
Dean Stockwell , Sandy Faison , Ami Foster.
More favourite movie moments.
John Carpenter chooses a scene from Rio Bravo and Ken Russell picks the robot transformation in Metropolis.
Next Close-Up: tomorrow. 10.20pm
Diana tries hard to be nice, for a bet with Tom. She loses, but she manages to get Bayview resident Betty into the final of the Glamorous Granny contest.
A Race Apart
Do white people sufferracial discrimination? Some pressure groups insist they do - if they're Irish. For these are the only immigrants whose life expectancy falls when they come to Britain. Many are in poor health, bad housingand low-paid jobs. The
Commission for Racial Equality is now recommending that the Irish are monitored as a separate ethnic minority. Patrick Younge investigates and asks what could be the consequences for race relations if the Irish prove their case. A phone-in discussion of the issues raised follows immediately on BBC Radios Berkshire, Kent, Oxford and GLR. If you would like to take part, call [number removed]after the programme.
Producer Neill Angier ; Editor Alison Rooper ..... REGIONAL PROGRAMME: see variations below right
Last of three documentary films mapping changes in Belfast.
Carlo Gebler's chilling film tells the story of one gun, a Browning automatic pistol, which has been used to kill by paramilitaries from both sides in Northern Ireland. Three women whose husbands were all murdered by gunmen using this same weapon describe its terrible legacy.
Daewoo is the latest car manufacturer from South Korea to launch cars in Britain. Chris Goffey drives the Nexia and Espero, which go on sale here later this month, and assesses the company's strategy of selling direct to the public through its own showrooms ratherthan through dealers. Plus Tiff Needell test drives the new French supercar, the Venturi 400 GT, to see how it fares against the Italian opposition. Producer John Wilcox ; Series producer Jon Bentley
CLASSIC AND SPORTS CAR SHOW: organised by BBC's Top Gear Magazine, this year's show will be at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, over the May Bank Holiday weekend (6 to 8 May). For tickets telephone [number removed].
In the last episode of the off-beat comedy series, the Glams are still hot on the trail of guitarist George who was kidnapped by a gang of witches in Old Bavaria. Plus the final instalments of Betty's Mad Dash, Colin Corleone and the Bloodsports Channel.
VIDEO: a Glam Metal Detectives video is available price ã10.99, plus ã2.50 post and packing, from [address removed]; to order by credit card, tel. 0[number removed].
From Augusta, Georgia.
European players seek a hat-trick of victories after successes by Bernhard Langerand
Jose Maria Olazabal. Introduced by Steve Rider. See today's choices.
Followed by Video Nation Shorts Subtitled
With Jeremy Paxman.
Another chance to see this Late Show special in which architects
Robert Venturi and Denise Scott-Brown return to Las Vegas after 20 years to investigate whether America's s fastest-growing city has anything to teach other cities around the world.
12.00 Open View
A look ahead to OU programmes.
12.05 Understanding Modern Societies: the West and the Rest
How Europeans have regarded other cultures through the centuries.
Events in Parliament. With Robert
Orchard.
