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Light-hearted western starring James Brolin, Richard Roundtree, John Clark Gable

Once the fiery stallion of Billy the Kid, Bad Jim now belongs to cowboy JT Coleman, and, as the shadow of the notorious outlaw falls over him, JT and his sidekicks begin a life of crime and a series of adventures that could cost them their lives.
(1989)
See Films: pages 40-46 ***

Contributors

Director:
Clyde Ware
BD Sweetman:
James Brolin
Jury:
Richard Roundtree
JT Coleman:
John Clark Gable
CJ Lee:
Harry Carey Jr
Tom Jefford:
Ty Hardin
Sam Harper:
Rory Calhoun
Virgilio:
Pepe Serna

A five-part series in which psychiatrist Professor Anthony Clare talks to public figures about the process of ageing.

The jazz singer, writer and authority on surrealist art candidly looks back on six ages of his life. He still fears the physical degeneration associated with ageing, and feels that his beliefs - especially his political convictions - have mellowed over the years.

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(Stereo) (Subtitled)
(The series continues on Thursday at 7.00 pm with a programme featuring Sir John Harvey-Jones.)

Contributors

Interviewer:
Professor Anthony Clare
Interviewee/Musician:
George Melly
Producer:
Catharine Seddon
Executive Producer:
Judith Holder

Continuing the current affairs magazine series about Britain's black population.

Tristian Malcolm was shot dead in front of his friends, but they refused to talk to the police. This was partly through fear of the gunmen, but also because they didn't trust the police. Kurt Barling reports on how the communities most affected are fighting back.
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Contributors

Reporter:
Kurt Barling
Producer:
Sandy Smith
Series Producer:
Patrick Younge

An eight-part series giving new programme makers the chance to make their first documentary for network television.

A kaleidoscopic celebration of Luciano Pavarotti's whirlwind visit to the Eisteddfod in Llangollen last summer, 40 years after his first visit as an amateur. The thrill of that winning performance proved the turning point in his life, when he decided to make singing his career.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Subject:
Luciano Pavarotti
Director:
Francesca Joseph
Series Editor:
Peter Symes

The guide to the countryside continues this week with advice from Ray Mears on value-for-money outdoor clothes. Nick Fisher explores the Montgomery canal near Welshpool, Chris Meade takes a highland walk through Glen Affric , and Peter Dance checks out the shells at Rossili on the Gower Peninsula.
Producer Kathryn Moore ; Series producer
Dick Colthurst Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Mears
Unknown:
Nick Fisher
Unknown:
Chris Meade
Unknown:
Glen Affric
Unknown:
Peter Dance
Unknown:
Gower Peninsula.
Producer:
Kathryn Moore
Producer:
Dick Colthurst

A double helping of the American crime drama starring Daniel Benzali

Chapter 21
The jury delivers its verdict in the Avedon murder trial, but Hoffman discovers it's far from over.

Chapter 22
The search for the dying Richard Cross becomes vitally important and new suspects start to emerge.

See today's choices.
(Final part tomorrow at 9.00pm)
See This Week: page 7

Followed by Coming of Age: Video Old Nation Shorts
Con Connolly on living with Alzheimer's.
See Dr Mark Porter: page 30

Contributors

Theodore 'Ted' Hoffman:
Daniel Benzali
Justine Appleton:
Mary McCormack
Richard Cross:
Stanley Tucci
Neil Avedon:
Jason Gedrick
Chris Docknovich:
Michael Hayden
Lisa Gillespie:
Grace Phillips
Miriam Grasso:
Barbara Bosson
Arnold Spivak:
JC MacKenzie
Arthur Polson:
Dylan Baker
Lila Marquette:
Vanessa Williams
Charles Galbraith:
Mark McClure
Louis Heinsbergen:
John Fleck
Annie Hoffman:
Patricia Clarkson
Presenter (Video Old Nation Shorts):
Con Connolly

Open University
12.30 Running the Community
(Repeat)
1.00 The Changing Shape of the North Sea
1.30 Windows on the Mind
(Repeat)

Summer Nights
2.00 Great Outdoors

Languages
4.00 Italianissimo 1-8

Open University
6.00 Complex Numbers
(Repeat)
6.25 Rabbits and Chalk Grasslands
(Repeat)
6.50 The Other Virtuosos
(Repeat)

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