Programme Index

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6.15 Pure Maths Orthogonal Bases 9854855 6.40 Maths Models Good
Vibrations 6057381 7.05 Shakespeare's Henry IV in Rehearsal 5897039 7.30
Biology Organelles and Origins 4480107 7.55 Women's Studies
Counting the Threads 1925565 8.20 The Baby'sinYourCourt 4710923 8.450pen Advice Science Skills

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Iv

The teamwork that goes into a grand finale is the focus forthe last of a six-part children's introduction to opera. Host Jeremy Guscott also introduces some rare footage of Giacomo Puccini, the composer of La Boheme. Stereo...

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Guscott

Spoof police comedy starting Leslie Nielsen. RingofFear. Drebin uncovers corruption and murderwhen a boxer's supposed suicide leads him to try to clean up the dirty world of boxing. Rpt ...............

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Nielsen.

American dating game show. With
Chris Hardwick and Jenny McCarthy. ........ Followed by The Family Album
Art curator Val Williams talks about the brutal history behind the photograph of a motherand hertwo daughters.

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Hardwick
Unknown:
Jenny McCarthy.
Talks:
Val Williams

Live coverage from Stockholm of the final day of the European Indoor Championships, featuringthe men and women'smetres finals. Hosted by Helen Rollason , with Brendan Foster and Mark Richardson. Continues at 6.50pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Helen Rollason
Unknown:
Brendan Foster
Unknown:
Mark Richardson.

Three stories about the various owners of a valuable Rolls-Royce.
When the Marquess of Frinton buys a yellow Rolls-Royce for his wife as a belated anniversary present, he little realises that its future will be so exciting.
Showing widescreen format.
Director Anthony Asquith (1964)
See Films: pages 46-49 **

Contributors

Director:
Anthony Asquith
Marquess of Frinton:
Rex Harrison
Marchioness of Frinton:
Jeanne Moreau
Harmsworth:
Michael Hordern
Mae Jenkins:
Shirley MacLaine
Paolo Maltese:
George C Scott
Stefano:
Alain Delon
Gerda Millett:
Ingrid Bergman
Davich:
Omar Sharif
Hortense Astor:
Joyce Grenfell

In the fourth in a series that uncovers some of Britain's wealth of hidden photos, Birmingham Central Library archivist Peter James tries to bring order to the chaos of two million images spread over six floors. Presented by Muriel Gray.
(Continues tomorrow at 7.45pm)
(Stereo)
Booklet: £4.99 cheques, payable to BBC Education to [address removed] Information: for details see Ceefax page
World Wide Web: [web address removed] E-mail address: [email address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Muriel Gray
Subject:
Peter James
Director:
Rachel Pownall
Producer:
Rosemary Bowen-Jones

Following the extraordinary relationship that develops between the hippos, crocodiles and other wildlife that battle and jockey for position in the dwindling pools along South Africa's Luvuhu River. Narrated by John Shrapnel. See today's choices.
See This Week: page 8

Contributors

Narrator:
John Shrapnel
Producer:
David Hughes
Producer:
Carol Hughes
Executive Producer:
John Sparks

A look back at the concluding day's action at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.
Producer Martin Webster; Editor Peter Allden 878823

Contributors

Producer:
Martin Webster
Editor:
Peter Allden

Charles Wheeler presents the fourth of five examinations of American society. Drugs and Punishment. America's prison population is growing and, as a result of Ronald Reagan 'sdrug offensive, the average sentence for drug-related crimes is now longerthan the penalty for manslaughter, armed assault and rape. With 60 percent of federal prison inmates convicted for non-violent narcotic crimes, has the system got the balance right?
Producer David Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Wheeler
Unknown:
Ronald Reagan
Producer:
David Taylor

Retail Revival?
Britain's town centres have faced an ever-increasingthreat in the last few years from the growth of out-of-town supermarkets and shopping centres. But now they are fighting back, luring shoppers back to the high street with ideas from the US. Nils Blythe reports. Producer David Akerman ; Editor Jane Ellison

Contributors

Producer:
David Akerman
Editor:
Jane Ellison

Musical satire, starring
Geena Davis , Jeff Goldblum
JimCarrey Valerie Dale thinks she is hallucinating when a spacecraft with three furry aliens crash-lands in her swimming pool. In widescreen format.
Director Julien Temple (1988. PG) + See Films: pages 46-49 **** Followed by The Family Album
Pictures capturing the emotional moment when athlete Derek Redmond tore a hamstring in the 1992 Olympics.

Contributors

Unknown:
Geena Davis
Unknown:
Jeff Goldblum
Unknown:
JimcArrey Valerie Dale
Director:
Julien Temple
Unknown:
Derek Redmond
Valerie Dale:
Geena Davis
Mac:
Jeff Goldblum
Wiploc:
Jim Carrey
Zebo:
Damon Wayans
Candy Pink:
Julie Brown
Ted:
Charles Rocket
Woody:
Michael McKean

Science-fiction, starring
Zsa Zsa Gabor
1985: a US expedition crash-lands on Venus and discovers a planet ruled by women, led by an embittered queen planning to destroy the Eartrt.
Director Edward Bemds (1958) Subtitled. # See Films: pages 46-49 *

Contributors

Unknown:
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Director:
Edward Bemds
Talleah:
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Patterson:
Eric Fleming
Queen Yllana:
Laurie Mitchell
Professor Konrad:
Paul Birch
Kaeel:
Barbara Darrow

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