Programme Index

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6.00 Understanding Space: Marking Time

6.25 Outsiders In - Muslims in Europe

7.15 Rome under the Popes: Church and Empire

7.40 Chemistry - Elements Discovered

8.05 Biology: Insect Hormones

8.30 "The Leaping Horse" by John Constable

8.55 Industrial Change: From Public to Private

9.45 Duccio: the Rucellai Madonna

10.10 Images of the Cosmos: Cosmic Recycling

10.35 The Right Course for You?

11.00 Statistics in Society: Development Aid
(Subtitled)

11.25 Computers in Conversation

11.50 Open Mind: The Planet Doctors

Today the interactive wildlife show focuses on birdsong. To mark tomorrow's International Dawn Chorus Day, presenter Simon King goes on a guided dawn chorus walk in Glasgow.
Show last Wednesday............................

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon King

Western starring
Jane Russell
Having lost a horse to his rival, Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday is in danger of losing far more when he introduces Rio to the young gunslinger.
Boys. DICKIE JONES. FRANK WARD. BOBBY CALLAHAN Director Howard Hughes [Howard Hawks] (1943)
FILM REVIEWS pages 65-70
+ See Barry Norman : page 62

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Russell
Unknown:
Doc Holliday
Unknown:
Dickie Jones.
Unknown:
Frank Ward.
Unknown:
Bobby Callahan
Director:
Howard Hughes
Unknown:
Barry Norman
Rio:
Jane Russell
Billy the Kid:
Jack Buetel
Pat Garrett:
Thomas Mitchell
Doc Holliday:
Waiter Huston
Aunt Guadelupe:
Mimi Aguglia
Woodruff:
Joseph Sawyer
Stranger:
Gene Rizzi
Shorty:
Frank Darien
Bartender:
Pat West
Minister:
Carl Stockdale
Dolan:
Emory Parnell

A light-hearted look at the obsessive lives of gold prospectors, as typified by 87-year-old Ben Fullingim. He lives alone on an isolated mountain in California's
Sierra Nevada, where he has worked his claim for half a century.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Fullingim.

Starring John Wayne
Jeffrey Hunter , Natalie Wood
John Ford 's classic western tells the story of Ethan Edwards and his five-year search for the last surviving member of his family -a young girl captured by Comanches. (1956)
* FILM REVIEWS pages 65-70
Ashes and Diamonds: VE Day Holiday Monday. 12.20am

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wayne
Unknown:
Jeffrey Hunter
Unknown:
Natalie Wood
Unknown:
John Ford
Unknown:
Ethan Edwards
Ethan Edwards:
John Wayne
Martin Pawley:
Jeffrey Hunter
Debbie Edwards:
Natalie Wood
Laurie Jorgensen:
Vera Miles
Sam Clayton:
Ward Bond
Lars Jorgensen:
John Qualen
Mrs Jorgensen:
Olive Carey
Chief Scar:
Henry Brandon
Charlie McCorry:
Ken Curtis
Brad Jorgensen:
Harry Carey Jr

Extended highlights of this afternoon's Pilkington Cup final at Twickenham where holders Bath, winners eight times in the last 11 years, took on Wasps, whose two previous finals both ended in defeat to Bath.
Plus highlights of the Swalec Cup final in Wales, between Swansea and Pontypridd, and results of the Try of the Season and World Cup competitions. Presented by John Inverdale.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Inverdale
Editor:
Gerard Lane

As VE Day approaches, Jonathan Charles reports from Nuremberg on the problems he faces as a Jew working in modern Germany. His grandparents also lived in Nuremberg but fled to England in 1933 on the day Hitler came to power. Other Jewish relatives perished in the concentration camps. Charles finds his own unease about Germany's future mirrored in young Germans. The programme is presented by the BBC's Moscow correspondent, Angus Roxburgh, who looks at how Russian veterans view VE Day.
Also, David Loyn reports from India, where middle-class parents are suffering great stress because of the fierce competition to place their four-year-old children in English-speaking private schools. Demand for places far outweighs supply, with youngsters under enormous pressure to cram for difficult entrance exams. Are they being robbed of their childhood?
Editor Keith Bowers Subtitled .............

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Charles
Unknown:
Angus Roxburgh
Unknown:
David Loyn

In Peace Goodwill
Her Majesty the Queen speaks at a banquet at London's Guildhall for the leaders of countries on both sides in the Second World War. Introduced by John Tusa, with commentary on the scene at the banquet by Vivian White. See today's choices.

See VE Day special: from page 30

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Tusa
Unknown:
Vivian White.
Producer:
Neil Eccles

The contemporary music series continues with the Piano Sonata by Scottish composer James MacMillan , performed by Joanna MacGregorin a former flour mill at London's Royal
Victoria Dock.
Followed by Victory Stills Personal stories behind VE Day photographs. Tonight, Sara Serpel.
Producers Jenny Abbott , Eddie Tulasiewicz Subtitled

Contributors

Unknown:
James MacMillan
Unknown:
Joanna MacGregorin
Unknown:
Victoria Dock.
Unknown:
Victory Stills
Unknown:
Sara Serpel.
Producers:
Jenny Abbott
Producers:
Eddie Tulasiewicz

A look at the life of Anne Frank, whose famous diary recorded the two years she spent hiding in Amsterdam before her capture by the Nazis and death in Bergen-Belsen. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, with excerpts from the diary read by Joely Richardson.
See today's choices.

Contributors

Narrator:
Kenneth Branagh
Reader:
Joely Richardson
Producer:
Jon Blair
Editor:
Karin Steininger

The satirical news quiz, hosted by Angus Deayton, with team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop and guests John Bird and John Fortune.
(Shown yesterday)
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Angus Deayton
Team captain:
Paul Merton
Team captain:
Ian Hislop
Panellist:
John Bird
Panellist:
John Fortune

Drama starring Bela Lugosi, Lyle Talbot
When a transvestite commits suicide after being arrested for the fourth time, the inspector on the case visits a psychiatrist to learn more about the condition. Director Ed Wood appears under the name Daniel Davis in the title role. (1953) B/W
FILM REVIEWS pages 65-70

Contributors

Director:
Ed Wood
The Spirit:
Bela Lugosi
Police Inspector Warren:
Lyle Talbot
Dr Alton:
Timothy Farrell
Glen/Glenda:
Daniel Davis
Barbara:
Dolores Fuller
Alan/Ann:
'Tommy' Haines

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