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Esther Rantzen and guests including Lionel Blair and Magenta De Vine discuss why one person's idea of a heavenly holiday is another person's hell.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Esther Rantzen
Guest:
Lionel Blair
Guest:
Magenta De Vine

Ruth Mott re-creates a wartime "Swiss breakfast" of oats, raw carrots, apple and raisins, while Harry Dodson keeps his glasshouses heated by burning wood from the estate, but suffers damage to his tomato crop when shrapnel shatters the glass.

Contributors

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

The Way Out West season continues with this western starring William Holden,
Eleanor Parker

Surrounded by desert and Indians, the Confederate prisoners of Fort Bravo live in fear of their cruel jailer, Captain Roper. Only the beautiful Carla glimpses a chink of tenderness in his armour, but then she deceives him by organising and joining an escape party.
(1953)
See Films: pages 49-56 ***

Contributors

Director:
John Sturges
Captain Roper:
William Holden
Caria Forester:
Eleanor Parker
Captain John Marsh:
John Forsythe
Campbell:
William Demarest
Cabot Young:
William Campbell
Alice Owens:
Polly Bergen
Lieutenant Beecher:
Richard Anderson

In the second of a six-part series that traces our lines of ancestry, biologist and writer Steve Jones offers some insights on how to avoid so-called "bad" genes in a potential partner, as he tracks down the source of genetic accidents.
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Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Jones
Producer:
Dana Purvis
Series Producer:
Tessa Livingstone

Continuing the repeat episodes from the first series.

A space shuttle mission is aborted. Was it sabotage, or is there a yet more mysterious cause?

The X Files 9.00pm BBC2
The inspiration for this episode was a photograph of Mars taken in 1977 showing what appeared to be a sculpted face on the surface of the planet. Ironically Space was supposed to be a cheap episode to make (the series had exceeded its budget by this time) but in fact turned out to be the most expensive of the first season.

The story revolves around a strange force that appears to be sabotaging the United States' space shuttle programme. Agents Scully and Mulder are called in by Nasa's female Mission Control commander to head the investigation to find out just what is going on before her boyfriend flies on the next mission.

Contributors

Fox Mulder:
David Duchovny
Dana Scully:
Gillian Anderson
Lt Col Marcus Aurelius:
Belt Edlauter
Michelle Generoo:
Susanna Thompson
Scientist:
Tom McBeath
Mission controller:
Terry David Mulligan
Preacher:
French Tickner
Reporter:
Norma Wick
Second controller:
Alf Humphries
Young scientist:
David Cameron
Databank scientist:
Tyronne L'Hirondelle

The tenth episode in an 11-part drama.

Will Milly risk her relationship with Egg to indulge a romantic fantasy?
(Repeated Friday at 11.55pm)

Followed by Video Nation Shorts

Contributors

Writer:
Amy Jenkins
Producer:
Jane Fallon
Director:
Nigel Douglas
Miles:
Jack Davenport
Milly:
Amita Dhiri
Warren:
Jason Hughes
Egg:
Andrew Lincoln
Anna:
Daniela Nardini
Kira:
Luisa Bradshaw-White
Jerry:
Paul Copley
O'Donnell:
David Mallinson
Jo:
Steve John Shepherd
Therapist:
Gillian McCutcheon
Monk:
Stuart Organ
Pemberton:
Saul Reichlin

This Life

Series 1

Episode 10: Father Figure

Duration: 38 minutes

on BBC Two England

Drama series about five flatmates. O'Donnell could prove to be Milly's knight in shining armour, but will she risk her relationship with Egg for a romantic fantasy? Show more

The advent of the digital TV age - where the medium merges with telephone and computer systems - will give companies the ability to individually address viewers and make a huge range of goods - from insurance policies to airplane tickets - easily available. The imminent revolution has attracted the attention of big businesses such as the BBC, British Telecom and IBM, who are jockeying for position in the lucrative marketplace.

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Producer:
Edward Goldwyn
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Drori

Open University
12.30 Venus Unveiled
(Rpt) Subtitled)
1.00 Strike a Light
(Rpt)
1.30 Wheels of Progress

Night School
2.00 Primary Science

BBC Focus
4.00 Developing Family Literacy
4.30 So You Want to Work in Social Care?
(Rpt)
5.00 Pathways to Care
(Rpt)
5.30 RCN Nursing Update: Hepatitis A and B

Open University
6.00 Understanding Space and Time
(Rpt)
6.25 Problems with Ions
(Rpt)
6.50 The Origins of State Social Work

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