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' Writer W Somerset Maugham introduces dramatisations of three of his short stories.
The Ant and the Grasshopper. Tom, the black sheep of the family, is always inventing ways to sponge off his brother. Tom Ramsey
NIGEL PATRICK , George Ramsey ROLAND CULVER , Freda Ramsey ALISON LEGGATT
Winter Cruise. A garrulous spinster drives the crew of a ship to distraction. Miss Reid KAY WALSH , Captain NOEL PURCELL
Gigolo and Gigolette. A cabaret artist loses her nerve before a performance. Stella Cotman
GLYNIS JOHNS , Syd Cotman TERENCE MORGAN
, Sandy Wescott DAVID HUTCHESON
Directors Harold French, Pat Jackson , Anthony Pelissier (1951) B/W * FILM REVIEWS pages 43-50

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Patrick
Unknown:
Roland Culver
Unknown:
Alison Leggatt
Unknown:
Kay Walsh
Unknown:
Glynis Johns
Unknown:
Terence Morgan
Unknown:
David Hutcheson
Unknown:
Pat Jackson
Unknown:
Anthony Pelissier

Civil War western starring Steve Cochran

Captain Alan Westcott attempts to persuade Quantrill, a Confederate raider, to destroy a Union arsenal.
Westcott STEVE COCHRAN , Sue DIANE BREWSTER. Quantrill LEO GORDON. Kate GALE ROBBINS
Director Edward Bernds (1958) * FILM REVIEWS pages 43-50

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Cochran
Unknown:
Captain Alan Westcott
Unknown:
Westcott Steve Cochran
Unknown:
Diane Brewster.
Unknown:
Quantrill Leo Gordon.
Unknown:
Kate Gale Robbins
Director:
Edward Bernds

A computer malfunction sends Worf, his son Alexander and Troi into the Wild West in a holodeck fantasy that cannot be terminated. Alexander is kidnapped and Worf is involved in a shoot-out with a villain who resembles Data.

Contributors

Captain Jean-Luc Picard:
Patrick Stewart
Commander William Riker:
Jonathan Frakes
Lt Commander Data:
Brent Spiner
Dr Beverly Crusher:
Gates McFadden
Lt Commander Geordi La Forge:
LeVar Burton
Counsellor Deanna Troi:
Marina Sirtis
Lt Worf:
Michael Dorn
Alexander:
Brian Bonsall
Eli Hollander:
John Pyper-Ferguson

A documentary, including previously unseen footage from the Walt Disney archives, on the work of the Disney Imagineers - the creative team established in 1954 by Walt Disney to enable him to turn his Jules Verne-like dreams into reality. The programme shows the build-up to the opening of a spectacular new ride. The most ambitious ride that Disney has yet built at its European site south of Paris, Space Mountain catapults passengers from 0-50 mph in two seconds.
(Subtitled)

Contributors

Director/Producer:
Philip Martin

Former editor of The Sunday Times, Andrew Neil left Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation after 11 years and is now going it alone as an international writer and broadcaster. This programme follows one of Britain's foremost journalists as he embarks on his new career.
(First shown on BBC Scotland)

Contributors

Subject:
Andrew Neil
Director:
Jenny Dames
Executive Producer:
May Miller

The fifth of six programmes about momentous events, made under the editorial control of the public, is the story of teenager Diba Kapic who arrived in London in 1992 having escaped the war in Bosnia.
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The Day That Changed My Life 8.00pm BBC2
Teenager Diba Kapic grew up in the Bosnian town of Stolac, where here father was a surgeon. When the town underwent "ethnic cleansing", her family fled alongside all the other Muslim residents who made up 80 per cent of the population. Diba was one of the lucky ones: she got a flight to London, where she is now trying to begin a new life, while her family remains at home.
This is her account of the loneliness and frustration that marked her arrival at Heathrow. "You try to live life normally and sometimes you forget yourself. You have a laugh about things, and suddenly you think - how can you be laughing right now when someone will be dying back home."

Contributors

Subject:
Diba Kapic
Director:
Ray Hough
Series Producer:
Debbie Christie

A Vegetarian Summer. Today's dishes include frying-pan pizza with smoked mozzarella and sun-dried tomatoes, lasagne made with succulent roasted vegetables, spicy vegetarian pate, and an unusual salad of couscous and vegetables. Plus a visit to a goat farm in Devon where cheese is made by traditional methods.
Producer Caroline Hawkins ; Executive producer
Frances Whitaker
See Delia Smith : page 30

Contributors

Producer:
Caroline Hawkins
Producer:
Frances Whitaker
Unknown:
Delia Smith

The fourth in a five-part series on a British medical team's attempts to alleviate the suffering in Sarajevo.
Children of the Siege. This programme tells the moving story of the parents of two children caught in a gas explosion - one of the hidden dangers of living in this besieged city. producer Emma Bowman ; Series producer
Jeremy Llewellyn-Jones

Contributors

Producer:
Emma Bowman
Producer:
Jeremy Llewellyn-Jones

This week, how to help harvest mice to breed, and how to differentiate between various species of bats. Simon King also takes a look at a hunter that hides in freshwater streams and only comes out at night.
(Repeated next Saturday) (Stereo)

Information: see Ceefax page 624. BBC Wildlife magazine, or access the Internet: the URL address is: [web address removed] or record the closing titles and playback on stop frame. You can E-mail your information on: [email address removed] or call the phone line on [number removed] (calls cost 39p per minute cheap rate and 49p per minute at other times, maximum two and a half minutes)

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon King
Producer:
Yvonne Ellis
Series Producer:
Mike Beynon

The chance to enjoy another classic encounterfrom the satirical news quiz with the eighth programme from the fourth series. Guests putting themselves in the firing line are comedian Jo Brand and former Labour leader Neil Kinnock. They join captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop , and chairman Angus Deayton.
Director John F D Northover: Producer
Harry Thompson
Followed by Video Nation Shorts

Contributors

Unknown:
Jo Brand
Leader:
Neil Kinnock.
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Ian Hislop
Unknown:
Angus Deayton.
Producer:
Harry Thompson

12.00 Environment: The Heat is On
A look at why the industrial world seems unable to act adequately to prevent an increase in global warming

12.25am Somewhere a Wall Came Down
Reunification brought problems as well as joy to East Germans. This programme looks at how families in East Berlin are coping with unemployment.

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