6.20 Plants: Problems with Water
6.45 Geology: Glaciers
7.10 Engineering: Work and Energy
7.35 Biology: Question of Balance
With Signing.
(Subtitled)
Drama series. (Rpt) (Subtitled)
Footage of a team of US kayakers challenging the terrifying gorge of the Bashkaus River in Siberia.
(Rpt)
A look at this Dutch farming area's regional costume.
(Rpt)
Dorfman tries to be a writer.
(Stereo)
Drama starring George Sanders
Mike Alexander, out to make his fortune by any means, accepts a commission to rescue six important men from a crowded refugee ship.
(1952) (B/W)
Film Reviews pages 33-37
Sir Jack Hayward is worth £200 million, but maintains a modest lifestyle
An oil rig is wrecked.
(Rpt) (Subtitled)
Cartoon.
(Rpt)
Drama starring Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin
Polly Fulton marries radical socialist Thomas Brett, without telling him that she is the daughter of a wealthy capitalist.
(1948) (B/W)
Film Reviews pages 33-37
Followed by Montgomery Clift: His Place in the Sun
A look at the life of one of Hollywood's greatest, and most tragic, actors.
3.55 News; Regional News and Weather
Drama starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters
An ambitious young man becomes involved with a factory girl, but then falls in love with his beautiful, wealthy cousin.
(1951) (B/W)
Film Reviews pages 33-37
Western starring Robert Stack, Virginia Mayo
Gunfighter Owen Pentecost is interested only in gambling and his own welfare. When the Civil War looms, he refuses to take sides. But his views are changed by his relationship with the young son of a man he has killed.
(1956) (Subtitled)
Film Reviews pages 33-37
A new concept developed in Britain and the USA, learning organisation theory is reputed to hold the secret to corporate eternal life. One of the first companies to test the theory has been motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson. The company has gone from near-bankruptcy to a fivefold increase in turnover in just over a decade. With its 100th birthday approaching, does Harley-Davidson now represent a model for corporate longevity? Last in the series.
Continuingthe documentary series in which celebrities travel to selected
African destinations to reveal the hidden facts of the continent.
Namibia/South Africa. World famous cricketer Viv Richards ends his personal boycott and greets the new nation of South Africa, where he is welcomed by the Reverend Desmond Tutu. And comedian David Baddiel tries his hand at wildlife reporting while on a surreal safari at the Etosha
National Park in Namibia.
Director John Akomfrah; Series producers Roy
Ackerman and Andrew Snell Stereo Subtitied.2901
♦ See This Week: page 12
In the scorching deserts of northern Kenya, there is a secret oasis of life called Marsabit. A volcanic mountain range with spectacular crater lakes and dense forests, it is an island in the desert for a wealth of wildlife.
But how does this remarkable wilderness remain wet and green, when all around is parched and brown?
See today's choices.
(Stereo)
The programme looking at Britain's heritage and history makes a visit to London's Barts Hospital with Lucinda Lambton, and follows Lady Barbara Castle on a trip up the River Thames to Kelmscott Manor in Gloucestershire. Presented by Kirsty Wark. See today's choices.
(Subtitled)
Barbara Castle's Kind of Day: page
Sardonic blue-collar comedy.
With Grace working double shifts at the plant, Nadine finds herself under increasing pressure from the children, Grace and, most of all, Wade.
See This Week: page 6
The former Gambian leader, Sir Dawda Jawara, established and headed one of the few stable and democratic regimes on the African continent until his overthrow last year in a military coup.
From his exile in Britain, he delivers his thoughts on what Africa really wants from the West.
With Jeremy Paxman.
12.00 Open View
A look at next week's OU programmes.
(Stereo)
12.05am Images of the Cosmos: Jets and Black Holes
Cosmic jets are the most impressive "fireworks" in the sky.
