6.00 The Universe Tomorrow
6.25 Computing: Ticket to Fly
6.50 Learning for All: Learning to Care 7610572 7.15 Richard II: Politics,
Patriotism and Authority 2740930 7.40
Geology: Datinga Granite 7734626 8.05 Biology: the Regulation of Flowering
3000539 8.30 A New Museum at South
Kensington 2345539 8.55 The Traditions and the Environment 1220065 9.45
Resources, Environment and Politics Suttmed 9152539 10.10 The Rinuccini
Chapel, Florence
10.35 Somewhere a Wall Came Down
9609355 11.00 Imagesof Disability Subtitled 8492959 11.25Survivingthe Exam Subtitled 4509794 11.50Air
Pollution: Keeping Watch on the Invisible
Anotherforay into the world of wildlife.
Presenter Simon Kinggoes in search of giant slow worms on Flat Holm in the Bristol Channel, stalks the ninja terrapins of Cardiff City and combs the streams of Gloucestershire for insects that build mobile homes from gravel.
Shown last Wednesday
Is Anyone Out There? It is now a commonly held belief that humankind is the sole advanced form of life in the solar system. But there are so many stars that the chances of humans being alone in the universe seem infinitesimally small. Presented by Patrick Moore.
' Classic comedy, the first of double bill starring
Cary Grant
Doting nephew Mortimer Brewster makes a sinister discovery when his elderly aunts' penchant for poisoning people comes to light.
Director Frank Capra (1944)
* FILM REVIEWS pages 43-50
Comedy thriller concluding the double bill starring
Cary Grant
Also starring Audrey Hepburn
Walter Matthau
When the body of a man hurtiesfrom the carriage of a train speeding across the French countryside, life for
Regina Lambert is turned upside down. Then, on her return to Paris, she finds her flat stripped bare. Who is tellingthe truth, and who can she trust?
Director Stanley Donen (1963)
♦ FILM REVIEWS pages 43-50
Further live coverage from the Oval of the third day's play between England and the West Indies. The Oval was the scene of a dramatic Test match on the West Indies' last visit fouryears ago when England won by five wickets, thanks to Phil Tufnell 's 6 for 25. Last year's Test against South Africa on the same ground saw England paceman
Devon Malcolm claim a record-breaking 9 for 57. Introduced by Tony Lewis. Executive producer Keith Mackenzie
The day's national and international news stories, presented by Chris Lowe. Subtitled
Weather Suzanne Chartton
Tonight's programme features Viviana Duranteand
Irek Mukhamedov in the Royal
Ballet's production of Kenneth MacMillan 's full-length ballet
Mayerling. Set in and around Vienna, it is a story of obsession and intrigue, based on the real-life events surroundingthe deaths in 1889 of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary and his reckless, highly-strung
1 7-year-old lover Baroness Mary Vetsera.
The music by Franz Liszt is performed by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and conducted by Barry Wordsworth. See today's choices.
Director Derek Bailey ; Executive producers Bob Lockyerand Revel Guest
♦ lrek Mukhamedov's Kind of Day: page
The 1970 Isle of Wight Pop Festival was the last and largest of the great music marathons. Twenty five years after the event, this film captures the incendiary performances and the chaotic atmosphere of the occasion. Being shown for the first time, it features the last British stage performances of Jimi Hendrix and of Jim Morrison with the Doors, plus footage of major acts of the day - the Who, Free, the Moody Blues, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Joan Baez and Taste.
The film includes bad language and footage of drug taking.
See today's choices.
(Stereo)
Comedy drama starring Arlo Guthrie, Pat Quinn
1969: Arlo, a young folk singer, is determined to avoid the military draft. But, having found sanctuary at a haven for drop-outs centred on the wistful and loving figure of the beautiful Alice, Arlo and his friends are arrested as litterbugs. His subsequent criminal record may just save him from being sent to Vietnam.
This film adaptation of Arlo Guthrie's talking blues song The Alice's Restaurant Massacre provides a portrait of America at a very specific time in its history.
(1969) (Subtitled)
Film Reviews pages 43-50
Romantic drama starring
Isabelle Huppert
Yves Beneyton
Eighteen-year-old Pomme, a hairdresser's apprentice in Paris, has never seen the sea. After being persuaded to go a holiday in Normandy by her man-huntingfriend Marylene, she is soon left on her own. Then she meets Francois and embarks on a holiday romance that changes her life.
Claude Goretta 's picture of two people longing to love each other but unable to cross their own barriers, is one of the most successful foreign films released in this country.
In French with English subtitles.
Director Claude Goretta (1977) * FILM REVIEWS pages 43-50