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10.25 Hotch Potch House: Hide and Seek
(ages 3-5) (Stereo)

10.45 Look and Read Special
(ages 7-9+)

11.05 Zig Zag: An African Country: Kenya
(ages 8-10+)

11.25 Revista
(ages 11-14)
Spanish magazine. (Stereo)

11.40 The Geography Programme: Earthquake
(age 16+) (Stereo)

12.05 The History Collection: 16th Century: Religious Divisions in Europe
(age 16+)

Drama, based on a true story, starring Rosanna Arquette

The story of a couple who, in 1973, decided to stop giving insulin to their diabetic son and put their faith in God.
(1988, PG) (Subtitled)
See Films: pages 52-57 ****

Including at 3.00 News Regional News and Weather

Contributors

Director:
Stephen Gyllenhaal
Alice 'Lucky' Parker:
Rosanna Arquette
Larry Parker:
Judge Reinhold
Michael Elliott:
Tom Bower
Wesley Parker:
Vonni Ribisi
Beth:
Robin Pearson Rose

Thora Hird talks to Esther Rantzen about an acting career that has spanned over 80 years and her happy home life off the screen. The studio audience includes her daughter and fellow actors Derek Nimmo and Bill Owen.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Esther Rantzen
Subject:
Thora Hird
Guest:
Derek Nimmo
Guest:
Bill Owen

Gardener Harry Dodson and cook Ruth Mott re-create kitchen conditions from
Second World War.
Today, Ruth makes brawn from half a pig's head, while Harry labours to increase his potato yield. Joyce, the evacuee, dreams of a recipe by writer Agatha Christie.
(The series continues on Friday at 5.30pm)
(Rpt) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Presenter:
Harry Dodson
Presenter:
Ruth Mott
Producer:
Keith Sheather

Beginning the Way Out West season of westerns, starring Troy Donahue

Dispatched to the Wild West from his training at West Point, cavalryman Matthew Hazard finds he has far more to contend with than Indian attacks.
(Showing in widescreen format)
(1964)
See Films: pages 52-57 ****

Contributors

Director:
Raoul Walsh
Second Lt Matthew Hazard:
Troy Donahue
Kitty Mainwaring:
Suzanne Pleshette
Laura Greenleaf:
Diane McBain
General Alexander Quait:
James Gregory
Lt Mainwaring:
William Reynolds
Seely Jones:
Claude Akins
Captain Gray:
Judson Pratt
Major Hiram Prescott:
Bartlett Robinson

Ruby Wax hosts the awards ceremony that recognises the contributions made by talented people behind the scenes in television and films.
Recorded last night at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London, the occasion features guest presenters Joanna Lumley, Rory Bremner, Richard Wilson, Jane Horrocks and Jeremy Clarkson.
Robbie Coltrane pays a special tribute to the often unsung figures behind the cameras, along with Sir David Attenborough, David Thewlis, Ben Kingsley, David Jason, Timothy Spall, Neil Pearson, Albert Finney and Blur's Damon Albarn.
Clips from the year's top movies include Braveheart, Pride and Prejudice and Babe. Director Bill Morton ; Executive producer Beatrice Ballard
Event sponsored by Lloyds Bank

Contributors

Presenters:
Joanna Lumley
Presenters:
Rory Bremner
Presenters:
Richard Wilson
Presenters:
Jane Horrocks
Presenters:
Jeremy Clarkson.
Unknown:
Robbie Coltrane
Unknown:
Sir David Attenborough
Unknown:
David Thewlis
Unknown:
Ben Kingsley
Unknown:
David Jason
Unknown:
Timothy Spall
Unknown:
Neil Pearson
Unknown:
Albert Finney
Unknown:
Damon Albarn.
Director:
Bill Morton
Producer:
Beatrice Ballard

Mulder and Scully probe the death of a homeless man, whose partially eaten body is found in woods near Atlantic City.
See today's choices.

Contributors

Fox Mulder:
David Duchovny
Dana Scully:
Gillian Anderson
The Creature:
Claire Stansfield
Detective Thomson:
Wayne Tippit
Dr Diamond:
Gregory Sierra
Ranger:
Michael MacRae
Glenna:
Jill Teed
Ellen:
Tamsin Kelsey
Rod:
Andrew Airlie
Dad:
Bill Dow
Jack:
Hrothgar Mathews
Mom:
Jayme Knox

The last of three acting workshops.

Jack Shepherd, star of the ITV detective series Wycliffe, works on speeches from Shakespeare. He helps his group of young actors to draw from their own experiences to lend authenticity to their performances. The results - seen through interpretations of Shakespeare's soliloquies - are impressive.

Contributors

Presenter/Actor:
Jack Shepherd
Director:
David G Croft
Producer:
John Archer

Anjelica Huston, Oscar-winner and daughter of director John Huston, talks about her devotion to films featuring "bad people", including her own role in Prizzi's Honor. She recalls her childhood in Ireland and the hours spent watching classics made by her father, including The African Queen.
(John Huston's The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is next Saturday)
(Rpt) (Stereo) (Subtitled)

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Presenter:
Anjelica Huston

Open University
12.30 Approaching Literature
1.30 Classical Sculpture and the Enlightenment

Night School
2.00 Economics Collection

BBC Focus
4.00 The Health and Environmental Consequences of Ozone Depletion
4.30 So You Want to Work in Social Care?
(Rpt)
5.00 Pathways to Care
(Rpt)
5.30 RCN Nursing Update

Open University
6.00 Diabetes - Restoring the Balance
(Rpt)
6.25 Animal Physiology
(Rpt)
6.50 Minerals under the Microscope

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