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Classic costume drama starring Margaret Lockwood, James Mason

Lady Skelton, bored with her husband, turns to highway robbery and murder.
(1945, PG) (Black and white)

See Films: pages 59-68
Barry Norman: page 56

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Lockwood
Unknown:
James Mason
Barbara Worth/Lady Skelton:
Margaret Lockwood.
Captain Jackson:
James Mason
Caroline:
Patricia Roc
Sir Ralph Skelton:
Griffith Jones
Director:
Leslie Arliss

Wesley beams down to Relva 7 to face the gruelling Starfleet Academy entrance exam. Captain Picard faces not only an investigation into his competence as a commander but also a test of his loyalty.
(Repeat) (Stereo) (Subtitled)
(Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is tomorrow at 6pm)

Contributors

Captain Jean-Luc Picard:
Patrick Stewart
Commander William Riker:
Jonathan Frakes
Lt Commander Data:
Brent Spiner
Dr Beverly Crusher:
Gates McFadden
Lt Commander Geordi La Forge:
LeVar Burton
Counsellor Deanna Troi:
Marina Sirtis
Lieutenant Worf:
Michael Dorn
Lieutenant Tasha Yar:
Denise Crosby
Wesley Crusher:
Wil Wheaton

Four contestants compete in the final of the Hindi movie quiz. At stake is a holiday for two in Bombay. Host Sanjeev Bhaskar poses questions to Faisal Shafi from Birmingham, HiranVegad from Coventry, NahreinMirza from London and Gurpreet Singh from Oxford, and there's music from singers
Najma Akhtar and Boota Pardesi. Last in series.
Series producer Denis WGartside Stereo.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Unknown:
Faisal Shafi
Unknown:
Gurpreet Singh
Singers:
Najma Akhtar
Singers:
Boota Pardesi.

Magazine programme for everyone, made by and about disabled people.
Audio-describe videos for blind people, featuring running commentary on the action, are now available for many hit films and are suggested as gifts for adults and children.
Plus a report on the annual Christmas drink-drive campaign. This year it features a man in a wheelchair as a result of a road accident. Should the fear of disability be the focus for a national safety campaign? From the Edge will take a break over the next few weeks and return in February.
Series editor Ian Macrae

Contributors

Editor:
Ian MacRae

It is now accepted that folic acid, a form of vitamin B, greatly reduces a pregnant woman's chances of having a baby with spina bifida. There is also evidence that folic acid may help to fight heart disease and strokes. The US government has decided to fortify flour with it from January 1998. Should such steps be taken in this country? With Donna Bernard. Last in the series.

Contributors

Presenter:
Donna Bernard
Executive Producer:
Sarah Hargreaves
Series Producer:
Michael Mosley

Four young RAF cooks learn the tricks of the trade from Gary Rhodes, who arrives at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the "flying car" from the 1968 film. Recipes include roast lamb with lemon and mint, plus mushroom tart followed by caramel creams with walnut and maple syrup biscuits.

See today's choices.
Gary Rhodes: page 36

Contributors

Presenter/Chef:
Gary Rhodes
Director:
Dick Foster
Producer:
Gabrielle Jackson

In his first full-length documentary for BBC TV, director Ken Loach returns to the Liverpool docks, the subject 27 years ago of his drama The Big Flame. Today the docks are the scene of a bitter dispute.

Last in the series. A new series begins in March 1997.

See today's choices.

Contributors

Director:
Ken Loach
Series Editor:
Stephen Lambert

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