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Horror spoof starring Kay Kyser, Peter Lorre

Kay Kyser and his band are invited to play at a 21st birthday party. But during the celebrations, sinister events lead to an attempted murder.
(1940) B/W
Film Reviews pages 45-50

Contributors

Director:
David Butler
Himself:
Kay Kyser
Professor Fenninger:
Peter Lorre
Prince Saliano:
Bela Lugosi
Judge Mainwaring:
Boris Karloff
Chuck Deems:
Dennis O'Keefe

A drama of family strife, starring
Robert Preston , Dorothy McGuire
Oklahoma, in the 1920s: Rubin
Flood's unhappy wife Cora fears that he is suffering from 17-yearitch.
Rubin Flood ROBERT PRESTON, Cora Flood DOROTHY MCGUIRE, Lottie EVE ARDEN , Mavis Pruitt ANGELA LANSBURY, Reenie Flood SHIRLEY KNIGHT
Director Delbert Mann (1960) * FILM REVIEWS pages 45-50

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Preston
Unknown:
Cora Flood Dorothy
Unknown:
Lottie Eve Arden
Unknown:
Mavis Pruitt Angela
Unknown:
Reenie Flood Shirley
Director:
Delbert Mann

Starring Patrick Stewart
The crew of the Enterprise discovers a survivor on the wreck of a ship which crashed 75 years earlier. The bewildered Mr Scott ("Scotty" in the original Star Trek series) is brought out of molecular limbo to find himself on a starship bristling with 24th-century technology.

Contributors

Captain Jean-Luc Picard:
Patrick Stewart
Commander William Riker:
Jonathan Frakes
Dr Beverly Crusher:
Gates McFadden
Lt Commander Geordi La Forge:
LeVar Burton
Counsellor Deanna Troi:
Marina Sirtis
Scotty:
James Doohan

Forty-five years after the horrific nuclear destruction of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the US airmen who dropped the atomic bomb flew there once more - to see the city they annihilated in August 1945 and come face to face with some of the survivors of that nuclear attack.
See today's choices.
(First shown on Inside Story) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Producer:
Mike Latham
Executive Producer:
Paul Hamann

Christopher Andrew, Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University and a leading writer on intelligence, argues that we are lucky to have escaped the horror of nuclear armageddon in the last 50 years.
(Shown on Monday) (Stereo) (Subtitled)
(The Bomb season continues next Saturday with Hiroshima Remembered)

Contributors

Presenter:
Professor Christopher Andrew

The first of six programmes.
On 22 May 1992 Mary Williams's mother was crushed to death in an accident with a lorry which had faulty brakes and steering. This programme follows Mary's progress as she turns her anger and grief into action and launches BRAKE, a campaign for safer lorries. See today's choices.
Director Gabe Solomon (Stereo)
FACT SHEET: available free from [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Williams

This week's programme, the last in the series, ventures to New York and Martha's Vineyard. Plus, a lookforward to the year 2000 with novel ideas on where to spend the millennium. Presented by Penny Junor .
Series producer Liz Warner ADDRESS: the E-mail address for any travel tips or stories is: travel.show@bbc.co.uk
AFRICAN SUMMER

Contributors

Presented By:
Penny Junor
Producer:
Liz Warner

Gardeners In Eden
The big white hunters are returning. If you're rich enough, you can now shoot elephant and buffalo - even leopard and rhino - on safari. But unlike the ruthless butchers of colonial times, today's hunters call themselves conservationists and kill biggame with the blessing of the wildlife rangers.
Can people really save animals by killingthem? The final programme in the series examines the dilemma of game management across Africa and features dramatic footage of a present-day big game hunt.
Producer Brian Leith African Summer continues with African Footsteps, tomorrow at 8.00pm

Contributors

Producer:
Brian Leith

This week's wildlife watch goes to the Moray Firth to see some dolphins, there's a sandy beach wildlife guide, a look at some of the most beautiful and resilient seaside plants, and the nightlife of rock pools. With Simon King. Producer Mark Brownlow ; Series producer MikeBeynon
Repeated next Saturday Stereo .......... INFORMATION: see Ceefax page 624, BBC Wildlife magazine, or access the Internet: the URL address is: http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/bbctv/ or record the closing titles and playback on stop frame. You can
E-mail yourinformation on: watchout@bbcnc.org.uk
Followed by AFRICAN SUMMER
Video Nation Africa Shorts

Contributors

Unknown:
Moray Firth
Unknown:
Simon King.
Producer:
Mark Brownlow

Continuing the series on issues that affect the lives of disabled people.
Freak Out! Disabled people are taught and expected to reject their bodies as broken, useless and, above all, not sexy. Tonight, disabled people put themselves back on the sex agenda. Producer David Hevey ; Series editor Ian Macrae

Contributors

Producer:
David Hevey
Editor:
Ian MacRae

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