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6.20 Maths: Transformations in Action

6.45 Pienza: a Renaissance City
A visit to Italy to explore Pienza, designed in the 15th century for Pope Pius II.

7.10 Education: Stowe and Stantonbury
Third-year pupils from a public and a comprehensive school swap places.

7.35 Databases: Body in White
Setting up a database to help the car industry.

Comedy starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

When Bud and Lou boast about big game safaris they've been on in Africa, they're kidnapped by a gang searching for a hidden cache of diamonds and taken to the continent they claim to know so well.
(1949) (B/W)
Film Reviews pages 63-68

Contributors

Director:
Charles Barton
Buzz Johnson:
Bud Abbott
Stanley Livingston:
Lou Costello
Diana Emerson:
Hillary Brooke
Boots:
Max Baer
Grappler:
Buddy Baer
Clyde Beatty:
Clyde Beatty

Today is traditionally ladies' day and reigning champion Conchita Martinez begins her defence of the singles title. With commentary by John Barrett, Ann Jones, Virginia Wade and Pam Shriver.

Contributors

Commentary:
John Barrett
Commentary:
Ann Jones
Commentary:
Virginia Wade
Commentary:
Pam Shriver

This week on the guide to the countryside, writer Roy Phillips reveals a wild side of Cornwall often overlooked by tourists as he takes a cliff walk from Cam Gloose past Gurnard's Head.
Along the way he encounters ancient tin mine workings and granites steeped in local legend. Ray Mears examines several different ways of getting across a river when the nearest bridge is miles away. Simon King provides a masterclass in binoculars, consumer testing more than 50 pairs and naming his best buys within a set price range. He also shows how to use them properly and suit them to the task at hand, whether it's studying dragonflies or spotting badgers in the dark. And cartoon legend Mr Crabtree goes canal fishingfor roach.
Producer Kathryn Moore ; Series producer
DickColthurst Stereo ...........................

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Phillips
Unknown:
Ray Mears
Unknown:
Simon King
Unknown:
Mr Crabtree
Producer:
Kathryn Moore

Forty years on, Hancock's Half Hour is still considered by many to be television's best ever comedy. Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's scripts and Tony Hancock's delivery combined to produce a style of TV comedy which continues to be influential to this day. John Peel presents this appreciation, including archive news footage and classic Hancock clips.

See today's choices.
John Peel: see page 11

Contributors

Presenter:
John Peel
Producer:
David Housham

Tom Brook reports on one of the most influential men in the United States, Newt Gingrich , the Speaker of the House of Representatives, whose interpretation of the Republican Party ethos embraces right-wing policies and a vision of a technological Utopia. This profile was first shown on The Late Show.
Producer Clare Beavan

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Brook
Unknown:
Newt Gingrich
Producer:
Clare Beavan

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