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Managing to Survive. Howard Stableford examines today's business world with managementguru Charles Handy. Executive producerChris Palmer
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The Development of the Television. A look at one of the century's most influential inventions. Repeat
A moment of inspiration which led to a great discovery...........................
Comedy starring
Ann Sothern
Stowing away on a steamerto avoid paying her hotel bill, fast-talking showgirl Maisie Ravier runs into trouble at an African rubber plantation. Maisie Ravier ANN SOTHERN,
Dr Michael Shane JOHN CARROLL
. Kay McWade RITA JOHNSON ,
Director Henry Potter (1940)
Black and white Subtitled .....
♦ See Films: pages 48-57 ***
Crime mystery starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson.
The renowned sleuth tries to prevent his formidable adversary Professor Moriarty from stealing the Crown Jewels.
Director Alfred Werker (1939, PG)
Black and white
See Films: pages 48-57
Classic MGM seafaring adventure, the first of today's Saturday Matinee double bill of films starring Clark Gable.
Also starring Charles Laughton.
The malevolent and tyrannical Captain Bligh rules his ship The Bounty with a rod of iron, as she sets sail from England in 1787 bound for Tahiti. Then master's mate Fletcher Christian leads his fellow shipmates to mutiny.
(1935)
(Black and White)
See Films: pages 48-57
Romantic adventure, the second of today's Saturday Matinée double bill of films starring Clark Gable
A showgirl, left stranded in Africa, becomes jealous when the safari leader she has romantic designs on falls for an anthropologist's wife.
Victor Marswell CLARK GABLE, Eloise Kelly AVA GARDNER, Linda NordleyGRACE KELLY , Donald
Nordley DONALD SINDEN, John Brown Pryce PHILIP STAINTON, Leon Boltchak ERIC POHLMANN
Director John Ford (1953) ♦ See Films: pages 48-57 ***
The Reluctant Revolution. The Saint finds himself organising a revolution.
Simon Templar ROGER MOORE , Victor Lawrence BARRY MORSE , Diane JENNIE LINDEN
President Alverez PETER ILLING, , Hortal GERARD HEINZ
First shown on ITV ............................
The first of four mid-evening programmes to be shown on Saturdays in the run-up to the general election in which Jeremy Paxman takes a sideways look at the week's campaigning with guests from the world of arts, media and politics. Tonight novelist Gore Vidal and Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare review the campaign launches.
Including at 7.05 News and Sport Producer Jane Rogerson
Editor Peter Horrocks Subtitled
Weather Bill Giles
TV campaigner Mary Whitehouse recalls a scene from the silent comedyfilm SafetyLast. Producer Nick Freand Jones
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Michael Moore, presenter of the Emmy-award winning series TV Nation, returns to BBC2 in a feature-length documentary in which he gives a personal view of America as the new millennium approaches. Filmed in the weeks leading up to last November's presidential election, Moore visits 47 American cities in 50 days while on a whirlwind tour to promote his new book. He shows how a presidential campaign affects the lives of ordinary people and talks to some of the millions who feel the political system has failed them. As he journeys through America's heartland, Moore's determination to explore what he sees as the country's fundamental problems produces some eventful moments. This frank and humorous film also features Moore's stand-up routine as he performs in each of the cities the tour visits.
Shakespeare's tragedy updated to the present day by documentary-maker Penny Woolcock and set on an inner-city council estate. The play, filmed on Birmingham's
Ladywood Estate, features local people alongside some of Britain's most promising young actors. Last in the series.
Is this a council estate I see before me?: page 23
Fantasy starring Peter O'Toole, Colin Firth
A young writer assassinates an arrogant international movie star. He, in turn, is almost immediately killed in an accident. They both end up in a celestial hotel where the celebrated dead are lodged so long as their earthly fame lasts.
Director Otakar Votocek (1990, 15)
See Films: pages 48-57 **
Followed by Weatherview
Continuing the rerun of last year's series of the eclectic music show.
Tonight Jools Holland 's guests include the Manic Street Preachers and Pete Townshend.
Director Janet Fraser Crook Producer Mark Cooper
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Jools is joined by the Manic Street Preachers, Hootie & the Blowfish, Salif Keita, Maxwell, Pete Townshend and Ben Folds Five.
