Adventure drama starring
Howard Keel , Jane Greer
When two children go missing after a plane crash in the Canadian mountains, theirfather, his new wife, and theirnatural mother lead the search to find them.
Director Joseph Lewis (1952) Black and white. ♦See Films: pages 56-61 ***
Adventure. In Mississippi in 1942 12-year-old Willie spends the summer hanging out with his friends - but he soon becomes more interested in the little girl down the road. (1988) See Films: pages 56-61 ***
Epic saga set in ancient India. Shakat Das is sentenced to death,
The result of the search for a model is revealed and the winner is given a makeover. Plus an interview with Pakistani playback singer Aklaq Ahmed. With Mo Dutta and Rajesh Mirchandani. PHONE-IN NUMBER: [number removed]
Three teams test their knowledge of Asian culture and compete for £1,000 to donate to a cause oftheirchoice. Hosted by Sahera Chohan. TEAMS: to take part, send an SAE to: [address removed]
Firebird. The lives of the pink and crimson flamingos at Tanzania's hostile
Lake Natron. Repeat Stereo Subtitled......
The first of the new year's films under review include The Mirror Has Two Faces and Surviving Picasso.
Shown last Monday on BBC1 Stereo
The first film in today's
Saturday Matinée double bill of musical comedies on how to get ahead. Starring Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis , Shirley MacLaine
Zany Eugene Fullstack talks in his sleep. His roommate, aspiring artist Rick Todd , uses the sleep-talkforacartoon strip, which causes a series of misadventures. Showing in widescreen format.
RickTodd DEAN MARTIN, Eugene Fullstack JERRY LEWIS . Bessie Sparrowbush SHIRLEY MACLAINE.
Abigail Parker DOROTHY MALONE. Sonia EVA GABOR
Director Frank Tashlin (1955) * See Films: pages 56-61 ****
The second of today's Saturday Matinee musical comedies on how to get ahead.
After reading a book on how to become a success, a window cleaner works his way into a large company and begins to climb the corporate ladder.
(1967, U)
See Films: pages 56-61 ****
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 BBC1
Action from the World Professional Darts championship semi-finals, played over the best of nine sets, at the Lakeside Country Club in Surrey.
Introduced by Dougie Donnelly, with commentary by Tony Green.
Coverage of the final is tomorrow at 5.55pm.
Presented by Jennie Bond. Subtitled
Weather Suzanne Charlton
Kevin McGuire of the DailyMirror peruses the stories in this week's national newspapers.
Producer Brian Blake Stereo
Provocative films about art and culture.
Another chance to see David Hinton's Bafta Award-winning documentary telling the story of a group of classically trained music students during China's Cultural Revolution. Once the Cultural Revolution started in the mid-sixties, students at the Central Conservatoire in Beijing had to accept that the traditions they had so far studied were bourgeois and counter-revolutionary. They had to travel across the country playing approved music, and were then sent to labour camps, where they suffered for years before eventually being able to start to practise music again.
Piano student Anxi Jiang, her mother and classmates are at the centre of this film, which uses archive material and traditional and modern music to relate the musicians' experiences.
People's Century considers China's history tomorrow at 10.30pm on BBC1.
(Repeat) (Stereo)
A rerun of several classic episodes from Johnny Speight's sitcom continues with an episode from 1972.
Alf Garnett pays a visit to the hospital, where he welcomes a little newcomer to the family - his very own grandson.
(Repeat) (Subtitled)
Thriller starring
Helen Mirren
George Costigan
A serial killer nicknamed "the Hawk" is on the loose and preying on women, and suburban wife Annie Marsh goes to the police when she begins to suspect her own husband of the murders.
Unfortunately, Annie's past psychiatric history means that nobody is prepared to take herfears seriously.
Showing in widescreen format.
Director David Hayman (1992, 15)
# See Films: pages 56-61 ★★★
Biographical drama starring
Colm Feore
The story of the internationally renowned Canadian pianist
Glenn Gould , using 32 vignettes spanning his life from the age of three to his untimely death at fifty. Taking its structure from JS Bach's Goldberg Variations, the film reveals Gould as a gifted eccentric.
Actors mingle with family and real-life friends, including violinist
Yehudi Menuhin. Some French dialogue, with English subtitles.
Director Francois Girard (1993. U)
Stereo.....
♦ See Films: pages 56-61
Film premiere
A dramatic account of the short life of Bosnian anarchist Gavrilo Princip who at the age of 17, incensed by the occupation of his homeland by the Austro/Hungarian Empire, opened fire on Archduke Ferdinand, precipitating the Great War. Having learnt of the plans for a parade in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, a national holiday, the strong-willed Princip decides he must take action and sets out for the capital.
(1990, PG)
See Films: pages 56-61 ***
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