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Comedy starring
Red Skelton , Arlene Dahl
Duringthe American Civil Waran eager Southern bellboy goes behind enemy lines masquerading as a dreaded Confederate spy.
Director Edward Sedgwick (1948) B/W ♦ FILM REVIEWS pages 45-50

Contributors

Unknown:
Red Skelton
Unknown:
Arlene Dahl
Director:
Edward Sedgwick

War drama starring Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains

A journalist investigating a Free French air force squadron, based in Britain, discovers their leader is a convict who has escaped from Devil's Island.
(1944) (B/W)
Film Reviews pages 45-50

Contributors

Director:
Michael Curtiz
Matrac:
Humphrey Bogart
Captain Freycinet:
Claude Rains
Paula:
Michele Morgan
Renault:
Philip Dorn
Major Duval:
Sydney Greenstreet
Marius:
Peter Lorre
Petit:
George Tobias

David Gower presents this month's magazine programme from Rotterdam, where he investigates the improving form of cricket in the Netherlands. Back home, Jimmy Adams 's video diary goes behind the scenes on the West Indies tour, while Richie Benaud and Dermot Reeve discuss the key to a successful captaincy. Plus, Mark Little becomes honorary 12th man for a first class county team, Mark Ramprakash offers fielding tips, Frank Skinner talks about his love of the sport and a there's a feature on women's cricket.
Producer Mark Wilkin ; Series producer Philip Bemie

Contributors

Unknown:
David Gower
Unknown:
Jimmy Adams
Unknown:
Richie Benaud
Unknown:
Dermot Reeve
Unknown:
Mark Little
Unknown:
Mark Ramprakash
Talks:
Frank Skinner
Producer:
Mark Wilkin
Producer:
Philip Bemie

Evolutionary psychology is a new science that argues in favour of a universal human nature, that there are common human tendencies which could explain why men are sexually attracted to certain types of women, why people become violent or why they are ambitious. Presenter David Malone explores how this, and other areas of scientific endeavour, are open to exploitation by others with political rather than scientific motives at heart.
He also looks at waste disposal on a grand scale: why we are so bad at getting rid of large junk, such as spent nuclear reactors, obsolete oil rigs, unwanted concrete buildings and chemical plants that are past their sell-by dates. What will happen to them when they are no longer useful? (Stereo) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Presenter:
David Malone
Series Producer:
David Paterson
Executive Producer:
Alex Graham

Disputes between neighbours may start small but they can make life a misery, and for every complaint there is another side of the story to tell.
Reporter Wendy Robbins visits a household that includes several children and a menagerie of pets, with more of each on the way. While their neighbours claim they are at their wits' end, they cannot force the family to move, as the house is their own. The family claim their critics don't understand their unconventional lifestyle.
For council tenants who complain about neighbours the chances of reaching a solution aren't any better. Many councils say complaints are on the increase, but getting a neighbour evicted is a long process that often gets tangled in red tape. So if there is a dispute, what can you do?

Contributors

Reporter:
Wendy Robbins
Producer:
Kim Duke
Editor:
Mark Wakefield

One week before VJ Day, this first of two programmes recalls the struggle of the Chindits - made up of British, Indian, Nepalese, Chinese, American and Burmese troops - to regain ground lost when the Japanese invaded Burma in January of 1942. Presented by military historian Richard Holmes.
See today's choices.
Part 2 1944-5 will be shown next Tuesday
(Stereo) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Holmes
Producer:
Julian Stenhouse

Drama starring Cybill Shepherd, John Laughlin, J E Freeman

Memphis 1957: a motley trio of "white trash" drifters kidnap the son of a local black businessman. They expect a quick ransom payment but the boy's grandfather enlists the help of some local heavies. As tempers fray in the sultry heat, the net draws in, but Reeny finds herself increasingly drawn to her young captive. (1992) (Subtitled)
Film Reviews pages 45-50

Followed by African Summer: Video Nation Africa Shorts

Contributors

Director:
Yves Simoneau
Reeny Purdew:
Cybill Shepherd
Rufus Hutton:
John Laughlin
Podjo Harris:
J E Freeman
Eben Kinship:
Richard Brooks
Tio Wiggins:
Moses Gunn
Martha Kinship:
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Teddy Kinship:
Martin Gardner
Sister Baby:
Tothany Reynolds

Drawing upon eye-witness accounts from survivors and participants in the bombing of Hiroshima, this programme shows how both Japan and the United States are still facing enormous problems in coming to terms with the legacy of that fateful August day.
See today's choices.

Contributors

Producer:
Alex Harvey
Editor:
Michael Poole

12.00 Open Mind: the True Geometry of Nature
From an intriguing mistake by one of the world's most important mathematicians to at least one very profitable application.

12.25am Bidding for the Olympics: New Forms of Partnership
A look at the preparation and planning that went into the city of Manchester's bid to host the Olympic Games to be held in the year 2000

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