6.20 Light from Semiconductors
6.45 Barnacle Geese: a Natural Model
7.10 History of Technology
7.35 Images and Innovation
With signing.
(Subtitled)
Drama series. (Rpt) (Subtitled)
Animation.
With cartoonist Bruce Blitz
Garry Rice visits North Wales. Rpt.
Pathe News reels from 1955. b/w
How to repair gold leaf.
(Rpt)
The girls take their dieting too far.
(Stereo)
Historical biography starring Fredric March
The story of the great explorer and his epic voyage to the New World.
(1949)
Film Reviews pages 33-37
Bob Symes and Mary-Jean Hasler visit more of the world's railway lines..
There's drama when Marineville comes under fire.
Shown last night at 12 midnight
(Stereo)
Romantic drama starring Anthony Dexter, Eleanor Parker
Italian dancer Rudy Valentino falls for the leading lady of a silent movie.
(1951)
Film Reviews pages 33-37
A look at Asian migrants in South America.
(Rpt)
3.55 News (subtitled), Regional News and Weather
From Hickstead, featuring the qualifying competition for Sunday's Derby.
Commentary by Stephen Hadley and Michael Tucker. Introduced by David Vine.
From Gleneagles, a charity event combining golf and clay-pigeon shooting. Among the competitors are the Duke of York, Ian Botham, Kenny Dalglish, Gavin Hastings, Sean Connery, and Kiri te Kanawa. Commentary by Peter Alliss and Tony Gubba. Introduced by Hazel Irvine.
Animated fun.
Thriller starring Paul Newman
When the glamorous Mrs Sampson hires private eye Lew Harper to track down her missing millionaire husband, Harper finds himself on a dangerous trail of theft, kidnap and murder.
(1966)
Film Reviews pages 33-37
The cookery game show in which top chefs are put to the test with mystery ingredients and limited cookingtime. Tonight, chefs Kevin Woodford and Ross Burden compete to create some delicious new recipes incorporating seafood and duck. Presented by Fern Britton.
Director Chris Fox ; Producer Linda Clifford
PROGRAMME RECIPES: see Ceefax page 613.
Another selection of beautiful gardens and advice from the experts. With
Geoff Hamilton , Nick Wray ,
Stephen Lacey and Pippa Greenwood. See today's choices.
Series producer Betty Talks; Executive producer
TonyLaryea Stereo Subtitled ............... ♦ See Geoff Hamilton : page 22
♦ See Radio Times Offers: page
The first of a four-part series from the makers of Naked Video.
A comic look at issues of the day, featuring comedian Ford Kiernan, Andrew Fairlie (who plays Sunny Jim in The Tales of Para Handy) BBC Radio Scotland presenter Greg Hemphill, actress Veronica Leer and newcomers Jane McCarry, David McGowan, Gavin Mitchell and Nicola Park. With stand-up comics Fred MacAulay and Parrot, and Radio 1's Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley.
(Stereo)
Topical news analysis, presented by Jeremy Paxman.
The third in a series of dramas by American crime writers is directed by Steven Soderbergh, whose film credits include Sex, Lies, and Videotape.
The police are running a scam by arresting prostitutes, then blackmailing their clients. However, a suicide threatens to ruin their scheme.
See today's choices. (Colour and B/W)
11.45 Weatherview
Crime drama starring John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl
Vice boss Sol Caspar's empire is threatened when a popular law-and-order candidate decides to run for mayor. Caspar orders small-time hood Ben Grace to smear the opposition, but Ben has some ideas of his own.
(1956)
Film Reviews pages 33-37
