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10.30 TV6 (ages 16+) Life Stories -
HardTimes 19194 ll.OOLookandRead
Special (ages 7-9+) LRTV Gets It Together Stereo 4799945 11.20 Landmarks Extra
(ages 9-12) Transport - on the Water Stereo 9517910 11.40 Landmarks (ages 9-12) Tudors and Stuarts - Plague!
Stereo Subtitled 6535113 12.00 English File (ages 14-17) New Approaches to Poetry - Seamus Heaney

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Unknown:
Seamus Heaney

Information on practical ways to find and watch wild animals, insects and birds, presented by Simon King.
Today, a look at the polecat, a nocturnal carnivore that was once almost extinct in Britain but whose population is now growing. A little field craft can result in good views of this beautiful, but smelly, weasel-like creature. Plus, swimming with seals in Scotland and tracking wild otters.
Producer Graham Booth; Series producer Mike Beynon RepeatedonSaturday Stereo ............ FOR INFORMATION: access the Internet: the URL address is: http://www.bbcnc.org.uk/tv/watchout/ or record the closing titles and play back on stop frame or e-mail your information on: watchout@bbc.co.uk

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Presented By:
Simon King.
Producer:
Mike Beynon

The home of drag racing in Britain is the Santa Pod Raceway in Bedfordshire.
Over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend, Penny Mallory joined in the celebrations for the track's 30th anniversary.
Tony Mason reports on the Atlas Rally, a week-long epic for cars and motorcycles that starts in Spain and then crosses over to the deserts and mountains of Morocco.
Plus, Bob Constanduros watches as the V8 Eurocars return to the oval at
Mallory Park for the sixth round of their Championship, and Tiff Needell brings the latest news from Donington and Brands Hatch of the battle for the Formula Three title.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Penny Mallory
Presenter:
Tony Mason
Presenter:
Bob Constanduros
Presenter:
Tiff Needell
Series Producer:
Ken Pollock
Executive Producer:
Dennis Adams

Auction game show in which contestants must distinguish genuine antiques from fakes. With Andy Craig , and expert advice from Jilly Goolden and Eric Knowles.
(Rpt) (Stereo) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Presenter:
Andy Craig
Expert:
Jilly Goolden
Expert:
Eric Knowles
Producer:
Linda Clifford

This week, Gardeners' World launches a series of items about gardening and the law, with good advice from barrister Derek Sweeting. Geoff Hamilton demonstrates ways of planting in pots and containers for maximum colour and effect. See today's choices.
(Stereo)
See Geoff Hamilton: page 36
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Contributors

Presenter:
Geoff Hamilton
Guest:
Derek Sweeting
Series Producer:
John Percival
Executive Producer:
Tony Laryea

Comedy about an airline cabin crew.
Dug. Sebastian comes up with a clever scheme to find fame, fortune and females forSteve.
Written by Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson Director Angela de Chastelai Smith : Producer
Tony Dow Rpt Stereo Subtitled ....

Contributors

Written By:
Alan Cumming
Written By:
Forbes Masson
Director:
Angela de Chastelai Smith
Producer:
Tony Dow
Sebastian Flight:
Alan Cumming
Steve McCracken:
Forbes Masson
Shona Spurtle:
Siobhan Redmond
Captain Duff:
Patrick Ryecart
Guy Wersch:
Peter Blake
Lawrence McColl:
John Ramage
Aurora BorealisWersch:
Kimberly Gallacher

The last in an eight-part series of the satirical news quiz. Hosted by Angus Deayton, with Ian Hislop, actor Richard Wilson and Rory Bremner's satirical sidekicks John Bird and John Fortune.
See today's choices.
(Repeated on Saturday)

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Contributors

Presenter:
Angus Deayton
Team captain:
Ian Hislop
Panellist:
Richard Wilson
Panellist:
John Bird
Panellist:
John Fortune
Director:
Paul Wheeler
Producer:
Colin Swash

This Life

Series 1

Episode 11: Let's Get It On

Duration: 38 minutes

on BBC Two England

Drama series about young lawyers sharing a house in London. Tensions mount as jealousy, lust, shame and over-age clubbing combine to test the five flatmates. Show more

Drama, continuing the season of films by the acclaimed Spanish director Luis Bunuel, starring Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal

God-fearing Simon has stood on a pillar in the desert for years, a symbol of piety and inspiration to the local community. Satan, though, torments him with a succession of temptations. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Director Luis Bunuel (1965, 12) B/W
See Films: pages 49-56 ***

Contributors

Director:
Luis Bunuel
Simon:
Claudio Brook
The devil:
Silvia Pinal
Simon's mother:
Hortensia Santovena
Goatherd:
Jesus Fernandez
Brother Matias:
Enrique Alvarez Felix

BBC Two England

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