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Family drama starring Barnard Hughes, Sada Thompson

Georgia, USA, 1944: Henry Tibbetts returns from the war to face the challenge of reconciling his family.
(1989)
See Films: pages 54-58 ***

Including at 3.00 News Regional News and Weather

Contributors

Director:
Glenn Jordan
Jake:
Barnard Hughes
Pastine:
Sada Thompson
Rosh:
Robert J Prosky
Henry:
Bill Pullman
Francine:
Elizabeth Berridge
Lonnie:
Neil Patrick Harris

Australian drama series about life at a Sydney high school.

Equal opportunities hit Hartley in a big way: the girls are going to do a car mechanics class while the boys are to learn how to cook. Allie is impressed by new teacher Tom, and Katerina appears to have met the man of her dreams.

(Stereo) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Matt:
Vince Poletto
Allie:
Inge Hornstra
Danielle:
Emma Roache
Katerina:
Ada Nicodemou
Bolton:
John Pollard
Declan:
Rupert Reid
Stassy:
Tara Jakszewicz
Jane Dyson:
Diane Craig

The Pet Shop Boys have enjoyed more than a decade of popularity. With a recent chart smash single and a new album ready for release, The O Zone asks Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe what is left for them to achieve. Presented by Jayne Middlemiss and Jamie Theakston.
(Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jayne Middlemiss
Presenter:
Jamie Theakston
Guest:
Neil Tennant
Guest:
Chris Lowe
Executive Producer:
Paul Smith

A six-part series which investigates the way chemistry affects our lives.

Creation
In the first programme, Mike Bullivant takes a look at how chemistry helps to explain the world and life itself.

Moulded in the Womb
A sculpture scientist examines how the human embryo develops.

Contributors

Presenter (Creation):
Mike Bullivant

Seven pairs of brothers and sisters speak for themselves about the pain and pleasure of being the eldest, youngest or middle child; of being mummy's boy or daddy's girl; of being the handsome one or the pretty one; the least or most favoured. A portrait of the parents also emerges. And there's a look at the enduring nature of the sibling bond and the way it shapes identity.

See John Peel: page 11

Contributors

Director:
Ellie O'Sullivan
Series Editor:
Peter Symes

The guide to the countryside, In the last of the series there are memorable highlights from this and previous series, including a midsummer night walk on Orkneywith disabled mountaineer John Hawkridge among some of the best preserved prehistoric monuments in Europe. Ray Mears makes birch sap tea, the angler's hero MrCrabtree returnsto catch carp, and Lindsay Cannon meets a master craftsman in the woods.
Producer Kathryn Moore ; Series producer
DickColthurst Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
John Hawkridge
Unknown:
Lindsay Cannon
Producer:
Kathryn Moore

Soldiers of myth and mystery, the Nepalese men who swear allegiance to the Queen have fought for Britain for 180 years, winning a total of 26 Victoria Crosses along the way. Ian Wooldridge considers what makes these men such good soldiers. He follows their selection and the men's introduction to England.
(Repeat)

Contributors

Presenter:
Ian Wooldridge
Producer:
Michael Begg

Designer of royal gardens, town centres and the JF Kennedy memorial at Runnymede, Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe was almost 96 when he died last month. He was the subject of this film at the time of his 90th birthday when he was still vigorously pursuing designs which featured his special linking of landscape with the subconscious.
(Repeat)

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Subject:
Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe
Producer:
Roger Last

Open University
12.30 The Spanish Chapel, Florence
(Repeat)
1.00 Whipped into Action
(Repeat)
1.30 Computers in Conversation
(Repeat)

Summer Nights
2.00 Remembering Collections 2

BBC Focus
4.00 Unicef in the Classroom: They Call Me Dog
4.30 Unicef in the Classroom: Tomorrow We Will Finish
5.00 Italia 2000
(Repeat)
5.30 Film Education

Open University
6.00 Maths and So On
(Repeat)
6.25 Frontiers of Geology
(Repeat)
6.50 King Cotton's Palace
(Repeat)

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