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A season of Asian cultural shows.
10.00 Chanakya The epic saga set in ancient India continues. Chanakya's aim to unite the country creates enemies. In
Hindi with English Subtitles.
10.40 Video Byte Pop videos from the UK, India and Pakistan. Stereo ....
10.50 Network East Asian arts show, today featuring an exhibition of photos capturingthe private side of Indian political and spiritual leader
Mahatma Gandhi. Plus, profiles of three artists who have overcome disabilities to excel in theirchosen fields, and music from
Punjabi folk singer Gurdas Mann. Hosted by Sujata Barot and Sanjeev Bhaskar.
Series producer Paresh Solanki

Contributors

Leader:
Mahatma Gandhi.
Singer:
Gurdas Mann.
Singer:
Sanjeev Bhaskar.

Drama, first in a double-bill starring James Mason

Johnny McQueen, idealist leader of "the organisation", has escaped from prison. During a hold-up to obtain funds he is shot, badly wounded and left in the street by a fellow gang member. From then on, he is hunted without mercy.
(1946) *****
(B/W) (Subtitled)
See Films: pages 67-74
See Barry Norman: page 64

Contributors

Director:
Carol Reed
Johnny:
James Mason
Lukey:
Robert Newton
Kathleen:
Kathleen Ryan
Dennis:
Robert Beatty
Shell:
F.J. McCormick
Granny:
Kitty Kirwan
Rosie:
Fay Compton
Maudie:
Beryl Measor
Father Tom:
W.G. Fay

Drama, the second in a double bill starring James Mason
Also starring Joan Fontaine
Set on the British-ruled island of Santa
Marta in the West Indies, the film examines how the jealousies and passions caused by inter-racial love affect the island's ruling family, as well as the locals.
Director Robert Rossen (1957)
* See Films: pages 67 -74

Contributors

Unknown:
James Mason
Unknown:
Joan Fontaine
Director:
Robert Rossen
Maxwell Fleury:
James Mason
Mavis:
Joan Fontaine
Jocelyn:
Joan Collins
David Boyeur:
Harry Belafonte
Margot Seaton:
Dorothy Dandridge
Hilary Carson:
Michael Rennie
Euan Templeton:
Stephen Boyd
Sylvia:
Patricia Owens

Host David Vine introduces highlights from the Crowtree Leisure Centre,
Sunderland, of the opening session in this afternoon's Grand Prix semi-final.
Producer David Wood ; EditorRickWaumsley

Contributors

Introduces:
David Vine
Producer:
David Wood

Last of a six-part series in which bosses turn a video camera on themselves.

Head teacher Pat Collings faces a stressful year.
Responsible for a large comprehensive school in south Derby, she has many day-to-day demands on her time: implementing changes in education policy, completing paperwork, balancing a dwindling budget, and bolstering the morale of the staff.
Unforeseen complications, such as having to advise on shelf construction in the canteen, distract her from the task of maintaining staff numbers without compromising quality.
She is also concerned that the long and gruelling hours she works are taking a toll on her private life. This documentary combines an examination of education in the 1990s with a portrait of a woman who worries about the sacrifices she has had to make.

Contributors

Subject:
Pat Collings
Producer:
Edi Smockum
Series Producer:
Bob Long

Director John Caird's adaptation of Shakespeare's two-part work - telling the story of a young man's elevation from immature prince to responsible king - explores timeless themes against the brutal backdrop of medieval England.
See today's choices.
(Paul Eddington is interviewed by Jeremy Isaacs in Face to Face on Monday at 11.15pm)
The Andrew Duncan Interview with Paul Eddington: page 18

Including from 9.35-9.40pm: Next
Occupying a five-minute interval is this short Shakespearean animation.
(First shown on Channel 4)

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Director/Adapted by:
John Caird
Producer:
Annie Castledine
Sir John Falstaff:
David Calder
King Henry IV:
Ronald Pickup
Hal:
Jonathan Firth
Hotspur:
Rufus Sewell
Mistress Quickly:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Doll Tearsheet:
Jane Horrocks
Robert Shallow:
Paul Eddington
Kate:
Josette Simon
Earl of Worcester:
Corin Redgrave
Earl of Northumberland:
Joseph O'Conor
Earl of Warwick:
John Woodvine
Lord Chief Justice:
Peter Jeffrey
Bardolph:
Geoffrey Hutchings
Pistol:
Simon McBurney
Silence:
James Grout

Angus Deayton presides over the return of the topical, satirical news quiz. Paul Merton and Ian Hislop's guests this week are TV presenters Gordon Kennedy and Paula Yates.
(Shown yesterday) (Stereo)

Contributors

Presneter:
Angus Deayton
Panellist:
Paul Merton
Panellist:
Ian Hislop
Panellist:
Gordon Kennedy
Panellist:
Paula Yates

Second World War drama starring Lee Marvin
Toshiro Mif une
At the height of the battle for the Pacific, an American pilot and a Japanese naval officer come face to face on an uninhabited island. Their impersonal war becomes a conflict between two men strugglingfor survival. Showing in widescreen format.
Director John Boorman (1968) .... ♦See Films: pages 67-74

Contributors

Unknown:
Lee Marvin
Unknown:
Toshiro Mif
Director:
John Boorman

Spoof disaster movie starringjoseph Bologna
Stockard Channing
Cyclops, the worlds first nuclear powered bus, is about to set off on its maiden voyage from New York to
Denver, Colorado. Unfortunatelyforthe co-drivers and the passengers, a gang is out to destroy the bus for some international oil companies.
Director James Frawley (1976) ........... ♦ See Films: pages 67-74 ****

Contributors

Director:
James Frawley
Dan Torrance:
Joseph Bologna
Kitty Baxter:
Stockard Channing
Shoulders:
John Beck
Father Kudos ::
Rene Auberjonois
Shorty Scotty:
Ned Beatty
Dr Kurtz:
Bob Dishy
Ironman:
Jose Ferrer
Old lady:
Ruth Gordon
Professor Baxter:
Harold Gould
Parking lot doctor:
Larry Hagman
Sybil Crane:
Sally Kellerman
Camille Levy:
Lynn Redgrave

Live coverage of the Japanese Grand Prix - the penultimate race of the Formula One season - in front of 100,000 fervent motor racingfans in Suzuka. Commentary by Murray Walker , Jonathan Palmer and Tony Jardine. Introduced by Steve Rider. The whole race will be repeated at 8.00am. Producer Mark Wilkin ; Executive producer
Jim Reside

Contributors

Commentary By:
Murray Walker
Commentary By:
Jonathan Palmer
Commentary By:
Tony Jardine.
Introduced By:
Steve Rider.
Producer:
Mark Wilkin

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