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Adventure drama starring
SpencerTracy Freddie Bartholomew
Millionaire's son Harvey Cheyne gets stranded on a humble fishing schooner. Director Victor Fleming (1937, U)
Black and white .............................
See Films: pages 57-72

Contributors

Unknown:
Spencertracy Freddie Bartholomew
Unknown:
Harvey Cheyne
Director:
Victor Fleming

The series from 1989.
Trevorthinks Vince has special powers. Trevor JOHN DRUMMOND. Vince STEVE WEST,
Robbie JOHN ALFORD. Ziggy GEORGE CHRISTOPHER , Mauler JOSHUA FENTON , Justine RACHEL ROBERTS
Written by Barry Purchese
Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Trevorthinks Vince
Unknown:
Trevor John Drummond.
Unknown:
Vince Steve
Unknown:
Robbie John Alford.
Unknown:
Ziggy George Christopher
Unknown:
Mauler Joshua Fenton
Unknown:
Justine Rachel Roberts
Written By:
Barry Purchese

Comedy drama.
Natalie has a date. Last in present series. Natalie ELLIE BEAVEN. Serena HONEYSUCKLE
WEEKS. Arthur PETER KELLY , Mother ANNETTE EKBLOM. Father PHILIP BIRD, Chris Kitto JAMES
HICKMOTT, Tatty ANDREA BERRY. EmilyTILLY GERRARD, Ben CALEB LLOYD. Joe DEXTER KOH
Written by Jean Buchanan : Shown last Wednesday on BBC1 Stereo Subtitled ...............

Contributors

Unknown:
Natalie Ellie Beaven.
Unknown:
Arthur Peter Kelly
Unknown:
Mother Annette
Unknown:
Chris Kitto James
Unknown:
Tatty Andrea Berry.
Unknown:
Ben Caleb Lloyd.
Unknown:
Joe Dexter Koh
Written By:
Jean Buchanan

The first in a double bill of maritime war films, starring James Caan

Absolved of blame for a disastrous mission against a Nazi battleship, submarine commander John Bolton is still resented by survivors of his crew.
(1967)
See Films: pages 57-72

Contributors

Director:
William Graham
Lt Commander Bolton:
James Caan.
Vice-Admiral Redmayne:
Rupert Davies
Sub-Lt:
Pennington Norman Bowler,
Lt Davies:
David Sumner
Lt Gogan:
William Dysart

Second in a double bill of maritime warfilms, starring
John Gregson , Anthony Quayle
Ten days before the start of the Second
World War, the British Navy are forced to use all their cunning to destroy Germany's crack pocket battleship, the GrafSpee. Captain Bell JOHN GREGSON. Commodore Harwood ANTHONY QUAYLE , Captain Langsdorff PETER
FINCH, Captain Woodhouse IAN HUNTER , Captain Barry JACKGWILLIM , Captain Dove BERNARD LEE Directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
(1956, U) ♦ See Films: pages 57-72

Contributors

Unknown:
John Gregson
Unknown:
Anthony Quayle
Unknown:
Captain Bell John Gregson.
Unknown:
Harwood Anthony Quayle
Unknown:
Captain Langsdorff Peter
Unknown:
Captain Woodhouse Ian Hunter
Unknown:
Barry Jackgwillim
Unknown:
Captain Dove Bernard Lee
Directors:
Michael Powell

Featuring highlights from the Pilkington Cup semi-final matches in which Sale face Harlequins, and Gloucestertake on Leicester. Plus the rest of the weekend's action. Presented by John Inverdale.
EditorGerardLane Stereo ................

Contributors

Presented By:
John Inverdale.

The fourth in a series of five short programmes in which Alan Bennett presents a personal view of the Biblical parables. Tonight he calls upon telling poems from Philip Larkin , Stevie Smith and Walt Whitman as the parable of The LostSheep comes to the fore.
Concludes tomorrow at8.20pm.

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Bennett
Unknown:
Philip Larkin
Unknown:
Stevie Smith
Unknown:
Walt Whitman

As the crew of Voyager prepare for a first encounter with the Bothans, Captain Janeway appears to be suffering from overwork.

(Star Trek: the Next Generation is on Wednesday at 6pm)

Contributors

Captain Kathryn Janeway:
Kate Mulgrew
Chakotay:
Robert Beltran
B'Elanna Torres:
Roxann Biggs-Dawson
Kes:
Jennifer Lien
Lt Tom Paris:
Robert Duncan McNeill
The Doctor:
Robert Picardo
Neelix:
Ethan Phillips
Tuvok:
Tim Russ
Harry Kim:
Garrett Wang
Lord Burleigh:
Michael Cumpsty
Mrs Templeton:
Carolyn Seymour

Seven scientists choose their personal seven wonders of the world. Arthur C Clarke , author of 2001: a Space Odyssey, creator of the fictional supercomputer HAL and the godfather of the telecommunications satellite, has had an extraordinary influence on the 20th-century imagination. Now nearly 80 years of age and living in Sri Lanka, his wonders include the Saturn V rocket which took the first men to the moon, the ancient rock fortress of Sigiriya and the giant squid. Introduced by Sue Lawley . The series continues Wednesday at 7pm. Producer Christopher Sykes
Executive producer Dana Purvis

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur C Clarke
Introduced By:
Sue Lawley
Producer:
Christopher Sykes
Producer:
Dana Purvis

Concluding the three-part series presented by sports writer Hugh Mcllvanney about three great football managers; Matt Busby, Jock Stein and Bill Shankly. This film charts the incredible success that these three men brought to their clubs during the sixties and seventies, and examines their later years. See today's choices.

Contributors

Presenter:
Hugh McIlvanney

Drama starring
Tom Cruise
Fired with enthusiasm, young Ron Kovic volunteers for the Vietnam War only to be wounded in battle. Paralysed from the chest down, he returns to an America vastly different from the one he left and attempts to heal the mental and physical wounds he has sustained. Showing in widescreen format.
Director Oliver Stone (1989.18)
♦ See Films: pp 57─72 ⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Cruise
Unknown:
Ron Kovic
Director:
Oliver Stone
Ron Kovic:
Tom Cruise
Donna:
Kyra Sedgwick
Mr Kovic:
Raymond J Barry
Mrs Kovic:
Caroline Kava
Charlie:
Willem Dafoe
Tommy Kovic:
Josh Evans
Jimmy Kovic:
Jamie Talisman
Recruiting sergeant:
Tom Berenger
Marine major:
John Getz
Billy Vorsovich:
Stephen Baldwin
News reporter:
Oliver Stone

Crime drama starring
John Dall
After a spell in reform school, gun-obsessed Bart Tare returns home. At a carnival he meets
Annie Laurie , a trickshot artist. Their mutual passion seems a marriage made in heaven, but they soon turn to violent crime.
Director Joseph H Lewis (1949)
Black and white
♦ See Films: pages 57-72 ****
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Contributors

Unknown:
John Dall
Unknown:
Annie Laurie
Director:
Joseph H Lewis
Bart Tare:
John Dall
Annie Laurie Starr:
Peggy Cummins
Packett:
Berry Kroeger
Ruby Tare:
Annabel Shaw
Clyde Boston:
Harry Lewis
Judge Willoughby:
Morris Carnovsky

Language Season
2.00 French Experience 1, 1-4; French Experience 2: Bon Mot The Speaking Clock Languages
4.00 Learning Languages Business and Work
5.00 The Small Business
Programme; 20 Steps to Better Management-the Drama Open University
6.00 A School for Our Times?
Repeat 7653238 6.25 Managing Change Repeat
6.50-7.15amChildren First Repeat
LEARNING ZONE GUIDE: (0181)

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