Crime adventure, continuing a season of films featuring Leslie Charteris's famous sleuth.
Starring George Sanders
Simon Templar discovers that the crook behind a smuggling racket is his double.
(1940) (Black and white)
See Films: pages 68-76 **
8.20 The Sassetti Chapel, Santa Trinita
4749033 8.45TheFilm Joyride
9.10 Changes in Rural Society Piedmont and Sicily
Epic saga set in ancient India. Pauravraj has created a conflict between Chandra Gupta and Guru Vishnu Gupta.
Live Asian arts and entertainment magazine. Today'sguest is Bollywood film star Dev Anand. stereo ................... PHONE-IN NUMBER: [number removed]
Sahera Chohan hosts the first in a new series of quiz shows in which three teams of eight contestants are tested on their knowledge of Asian culture. TEAMS: to take part. send an SAEto: [address removed]
Another chance to see a celebration of 25 years of the show. Films under review include Kansas City and American Buffalo.
(Shown last Monday on BBC1) (Stereo) (Subtitled)
Musical comedy, continuing a season of films starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
World-renowned ballet dancer Petrov and musical comedy star Linda Keene both need a boost to their careers.
(1937, U)
(Black and white)
See Films: pages 68-76
Spy thriller, the first in a Saturday Matinee double bill directed by Jacques Tourneur.
Starring Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan
A group of passengers travelling through occupied Europe find themselves at the centre of a murderous plot.
(1948) (Black and white)
See Films: pages 68-76 ***
Western, the second of today's Saturday Matinee films directed by Jacques Tourneur.
Starring Joel McCrea, Vera Miles
When Wyatt Earp accepts the dangerous job of law enforcement officer in Wichita, his first task is to ban all guns.
(Showing in widescreen format) (1955)
See Films: pages 68-76 ***
Hits from the Top of the Pops archives, plus today's chart sounds. stereo. Top of the Pops is on Friday at 7.30pm on BBCl
Coverage from the Guild Hall, Preston, of the third round of the UK Championship. The big names will be keen to do well in this competition afterthe surprising turn of events in last month's Grand
Prix. Barring further upsets, Stephen Hendry and Steve Davis should both play tonight. Introduced by David Vine , with commentary from Clive Everton , Ray Edmonds , John Spencer , John Virgo and Dennis Taylor.
Directors John Watts and Trevor Morris; Editors
Gary Franses and Rupert Rumney Stereo. .
The BT Global Challenge
Five thousand miles into their circumnavigation of the world, the 14 yachts have all reached Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, their first port of call. The crews, who have all completed the opening stage in record times, describe their experiences so far, and explain their preparations for the treacherous next leg of the voyage- sailing around Cape Horn and on to Wellington, New Zealand. Series producer Tony Rayner
Presented by Chris Lowe ,
Weather Peter Cockroft
DyingforLand
In the Amazon rainforests of Brazil, a battle over land has been taking place for a decade between the peasant masses, desperate to escape their landless poverty, and the owners of the huge cattle ranches. So far, the conflict has resulted in a death toll of over
1,000 people, including in April 19 members of the Movimento dos
Sem-Terra (the landless movement). Emily Buchanan investigates and discovers both sides are devastating the land they are fighting over.
Producer Lucy Hetherington : Editor Keith Bowers
Peter Bradshaw of the London Evening Standard peruses the week's newspapers. Director Eric Harrison ; Producer Brian Blake
The Road to Nowhere? In the last of his three-part series on the 1936 Jarrow
Crusade, Sir Bernard Ingham travels the final leg of the route taken by the protesters to London. He asks what the marchers achieved, and what kind of country they bequeathed. The people he talks to include Peter Flannery, author of the BBC drama Our Friends in the North.
Thetestinggravel stages of the Kielder Forest in Northumberland are the first to face the 200 cars taking part in the challenging three-day Network Q RAC Rally. John Leslie and Tony Mason report on the day's action and how the competitors are faring. Coverage continues tomorrow at 2pm.
Producer Ken Pollock : Editor Dennis Adams
Journalist Eve Pollard and comedian Jack Docherty join the regular quiz team.
(Shown yesterday) (Stereo)
Time Flies
Return of the arts series.
The men who as boys in the sixties acted in Lord of the Flies are reunited with director Peter Brook on the Caribbean island where the film was set. Lord of the Flies is being shown at 12.05am. See today's choices. Producer Richard Dale ; Series editor John Wyver
* Where Are They Now?: page 7
The first of four dramas showcasing black and Asian film-making talent.
In the seventies, Sunshine, a black boy from Surrey, moves to London.
See today's choices.
Written by Jonti
Producer Colin Ludlow
Director Ngozi Onwurah
Jools is joined by Eddi Reader, John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey, Babybird, Christy Moore, Luciano and Cesária Évora.
Drama adapted from William Golding's classic novel.
As war is about to break out, a party of schoolboys is flown to the supposed safety of the South Pacific.
(1963, PG)
(Black and white) (Subtitled)
See Films: pages 68-76 ****
Followed by Weatherview
