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7.30 The Wacky Races
Cartoon fun.
(Repeat)

7.55 Really Wild Show
Visiting an aquarium.
(Shown yesterday at 4.35pm on BBC1)

8.20 Just So Stories
How the Whale Got His Throat. Read by Geoffrey Matthews.
(Repeated at 2pm) (Repeat)

Contributors

Storyteller (Just So Stories):
Geoffrey Matthews

10.30 Hotch Potch House (ages 3-5)
Bend and Stretch Stereo 2048773 10.50
Cosmo and Dibs in Punjabi (ages 3-5) The Weather Stereo Followed by Cosmo and Dibs in English (ages 3-5) The Weather Stereo 5912334 11.00 Look and Read
(ages 7-9) Through the Dragon's Eye - the Final Page Stereo 9948112 11.20 Short
Circuit (ages 14-16) Materials and Their Properties - Emission Impossible
9831860 11.40 English Time (ages 11-14) Get the Meaning ― Midsummer Night's
Dreams stereo 9719334 12.00 English File (ages 14-17) New Approaches to Poetry-Christina Rossetti

Contributors

Unknown:
Christina Rossetti

Introduced by Helen Rollason.
FigureSkating Coverage of the ladies' short programme from the 1997 World Figure Skating championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. Current world champion Michelle Kwan is expected to face stiff competition from rising star
14-year-old Tara Lipinski. Commentary by Barry Davies and Robin Cousins.
Producer Mark Wilkin ; Editor PeterAllden Stereo lncludingat3.00News Regional News and Weather
3.55 News
Regional News and Weather

Contributors

Introduced By:
Helen Rollason.
Unknown:
Michelle Kwan
Unknown:
Tara Lipinski.
Commentary By:
Barry Davies
Commentary By:
Robin Cousins.
Producer:
Mark Wilkin
Editor:
Peterallden Stereo

The Doomsday Machine. The Enterprise is endangered by a huge mechanical monster bent on destruction. Capt
James T Kirk WILLIAM SHATNER
Mr Spock LEONARD NIMOY Dr McCoy DEFORREST KELLEY ,
Scott JAMES DOOHAN , Chekov WALTER KOENIG .
Sulu GEORGE TAKEI , Uhura NICHELLE NICHOLS ,
Commodore Decker WILLIAM WINDOM
Repeat Stereo ....

Contributors

Unknown:
James T Kirk William Shatner
Unknown:
Mr Spock Leonard Nimoy
Unknown:
Dr McCoy Deforrest Kelley
Unknown:
Scott James Doohan
Unknown:
Chekov Walter Koenig
Unknown:
Sulu George Takei
Unknown:
Uhura Nichelle Nichols
Unknown:
William Windom

Crossing the Line.
Michael Palin , nearing the equator, arrives in Ethiopia in the aftermath of dictator Mengistu's downfall. The defeated leader's army is still armed and at large and Palin's intended route takes in hazardous bandit territory. In the capital Addis Ababa, there is further unrest. Seetoday's choices.
Director Roger Mills ; Producer Clem Vallance
Repeat Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Palin
Director:
Roger Mills
Producer:
Clem Vallance

Comedian and ornithologist Bill Oddie takes atriptothe island of Islay off the west coast of Scotland, where he encounters wild Canada geese, the rare crowlike chough and some wild rock doves. He also visits London to observe bird activity at Brent Reservoir.
Producer Stephen Moss : Executive producer
FionaPitcher Stereo Subtitled ................. FREE BIRDING STARTER PACK: write to [address removed]
BBC MAGAZINE: Wildlife, price f 2.50, is available from newsagents
WEB SITE: www.bbc.co.uk/birding

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Oddie
Producer:
Stephen Moss
Unknown:
Birdingwith Bill

Alan Titchmarsh continues to transform his garden in Hampshire, while in the first of four reports from South Africa
Roy Lancaster surveys Cape Province's colourful wild flowers. In his Norfolk garden Bob Flowerdew offers ideas on recycling ashes and Stephen Lacey visits another National Trust garden, at Peckover House in Cambridgeshire.
Series producer John Percival ; Executive producer
TonyLaryea Stereo BBC MAGAZINE: Gardeners' World, price £2.10. is available from newsagents
♦ See Gardening page 31 and Alan Titchmarsh 's Kind of Day: page

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Titchmarsh
Unknown:
Roy Lancaster
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Stephen Lacey
Producer:
John Percival
Producer:
Alan Titchmarsh

Remake of the cult fifties sci-fi B movie, starring Daryl Hannah
While searching for her philandering husband, Nancy Archer is confronted by an alien spaceship on a deserted road in the middle of the night.
Director Christopher Guest (1993,12)
♦ See Films: pages 52-57 **
Followed by SCIENCE WEEK
Shapes of the Invisible Brass.

Contributors

Unknown:
Daryl Hannah
Unknown:
Nancy Archer
Director:
Christopher Guest
Nancy Archer:
Daryl Hannah
Harry Archer:
Daniel Baldwin
Hamilton Cobb:
William Windom
Dr Cushing:
Frances Fisher
Honey:
Christi Conaway
Dr Loeb:
Paul Benedict
Sheriff Denby:
O'Neal Compton
Deputy Charlie Spooner:
Victoria Haas

Further coverage of the World Figure
Skatingchampionships from Lausanne, where Russians Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov are favourites to clinch their fourth consecutive world title in tonight's free dance competition.
Britain's Marika Humphries and Philip Askew will be hopingto improve on their 15th position last year. Introduced by Sue Barker. Commentary by Barry Davies and Robin Cousins.

Contributors

Unknown:
Oksana Grishuk
Unknown:
Evgeny Platov
Unknown:
Marika Humphries
Unknown:
Philip Askew
Introduced By:
Sue Barker.
Commentary By:
Barry Davies
Commentary By:
Robin Cousins.

This Life

Series 2

Episode 1: Last Tango in Southwark

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Two England

Drama series about a group of young house-sharing lawyers. Anna and Miles have doubts after finally getting together. Egg says goodbye to his father. Show more

The Forbidden season of films exploring dark and disturbing areas of the imagination continues with a surreal spaghetti western directed by and starring Alexandro Jodorowsky
Gunfighter El Topo avenges the death of his wife and embarks with his young son on a quest for enlightenment.
In Spanish with English subtitles.
(1971) * See Films: pages 52-57 ***
Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexandro Jodorowsky
Unknown:
Gunfighter El Topo
El Topo:
Alexandro Jodorowsky
Brontis (as achild):
Brontis Jodorowsky
Mara:
Mara Lorenzio
Colonel:
David Silva
Woman in black:
Paula Ramo

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