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Comedy starring W.C. Fields

Harold Bissonette is the henpecked owner of a small-town general store who dreams of life on an orange grove in California, where he can escape the attentions of his wife and their children.
(1934) (B/W)
See Films: pages 47-56 *****

Contributors

Director:
Norman Z. McLeod
Harold Bissonette:
W.C. Fields
Mildred Bissonette:
Jean Rouverol
John Durston:
Julian Madison
Amelia Bissonette:
Kathleen Howard
Baby Dunk:
Baby Leroy

Romantic comedy, the first in a double-bill of films directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth

New York, 1890s. Pugnacious dentist "Biff" Grimes gets a phone-call asking him to perform an emergency extraction. He is about to refuse when he hears the name of his client - Hugo Barnstead. A number of years have passed since they last met, but Biff hasn't forgotten him.
(1941, U) (B/W)
See Films: pages 47-56

Contributors

Director:
Raoul Walsh
Biff Grimes:
James Cagney
Amy Lind:
Olivia de Havilland
Virginia Brush:
Rita Hayworth
Old Man Grimes:
Alan Hale
Hugo Barnstead:
Jack Carson
Nicholas Pappalas:
George Tobias
Mrs Mulcahey:
Una O'Connor
Harold:
George Reeves

Western, and the second film in a double bill directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo

When a notorious outlaw is sprung from jail by the leader of his old gang, he agrees to take part in one more robbery.
(1949) (B/W)
See Films: pages 47-56 ***

Contributors

Director:
Raoul Walsh
Wes McQueen:
Joel McCrea
Colorado Carson:
Virginia Mayo
Julie Ann:
Dorothy Malone
Winslow:
Henry Hull
Reno Blake:
John Archer
Duke Harris:
James Mitchell
US marshal:
Morris Ankrum
Dave Rickard:
Basil Ruysdael
Brother Tomas:
Frank Puglia

Highlights of the San Marino Grand Prix from Imola. The commentators are Murray Walker, Jonathan Palmer and Tony Jardine.
(Shown yesterday at 6.40pm)

Contributors

Commentator:
Murray Walker
Commentator:
Jonathan Palmer
Commentator:
Tony Jardine

The second of two programmes updating the classic films of Eugen Schuhmacher, who filmed animals he believed were on the verge of extinction.

Tonight's programme looks at creatures which have not fared well since that original series and face a real possibility of becoming extinct in today's world.
See today's choices.

Contributors

Narrator:
David Attenborough

Live coverage of the closing stages of the final from Sheffield. Presented by David Vine, with commentary from Ted Lowe, Clive Everton, Ray Edmonds, John Spencer, John Virgo and Dennis Taylor.

Contributors

Presenter:
David Vine
Commentator:
Ted Lowe
Commentator:
Clive Everton
Commentator:
Ray Edmonds
Commentator:
John Spencer
Commentator:
John Virgo
Commentator:
Dennis Taylor

Officials from a government agency question Mulder and Scully about two male corpses whose throats were crushed from the inside.
(The X Files: Ghost in the Machine is at 11.25pm.)
See today's choices.

Contributors

Fox Mulder:
David Duchovny
Dana Scully:
Gillian Anderson
Robert Dorlund:
Barry Primus
Lauren Kyle:
Lisa Waltz
Ellen Bledsoe:
Lorena Gale
Ms Saunders:
Veena Sood
Webster:
Deryl Hayes
Pathologist:
Kelli Fox
Cop:
Tom Pickett
Groundskeeper:
Tom Heaton
Ms Lange:
Janie Woods-Morris
Jane Morris:
Nora McLellan
Ms Winn:
Anna Ferguson
Deep Throat:
Jerry Hardin
Steven Wilczek:
Rob Labelle
Agent Jerry Lamana:
Wayne Duvall
Clyde Peterson:
Blu Mankuma

The eighth episode in an 11-part drama about young lawyers sharing a house.

Milly is losing patience with Egg's novel-writing career but his attempts at part-time work end in disaster. Meanwhile, Anna stirs up trouble at chambers when she tries to liven up the boss's party.

(Repeated Friday at 11.45pm)
(Stereo)

Contributors

Writer:
Matthew Graham
Producer:
Jane Fallon
Director:
Nigel Douglas
Miles:
Jack Davenport
Milly:
Amita Dhiri
Warren:
Jason Hughes
Egg:
Andrew Lincoln
Anna:
Daniela Nardini
Hooperman:
Geoffrey Bateman
Kira:
Luisa Bradshaw-White
O'Donnell:
David Mallinson
Jo:
Steve John Shepherd
Jerry:
Paul Copley
Muldoon:
Chris Crooks
Therapist:
Gillian McCutcheon
Graham:
Cyril Nri

Celebrities' favourite film moments.
Jonathan Ross chooses a scene from Russ Meyer's Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill! and Russ Meyer talks about the final scene from Casablanca.

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Ross
Presenter:
Russ Meyer
Producer:
Nick Freand Jones

Open University
12.30 Managing Schools: Making Teams Work
A new headteacher needs to get her staff to work together.
1.00 Inspection by Torchlight
1.30 The Psychology of Addiction
Why do people become addicted to heroin?

Night School
2.00 Developing World

BBC Focus
4.00 Developing Family Literacy: Talking and Listening
4.30 So You Want to Work in Social Care?: Continuing Professional Development in Social Work
5.00 Pathways to Care: Playing the Game: Taking Risks
5.30 RCN Nursing Update: Hepatitis A and B: The Nurse's Role

Open University
6.00 Marking Time
The theory of special relativity explains why time passes more slowly close to the speed of light.
6.25 Animal Physiology: A Winter Sleep
6.50 Oceans and Climate
Studying corals and ocean floor sediments can help predict climate changes.

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