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First in a double bill of westerns.
Starring Roy Rogers
Border investigator Roy Rogers is called in to deal with trouble at a silver mine. Help comes in the surprising shape of western novelist Lee Madison.
Director William witney(1947) .... * See Films: pages 46-54 **

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Rogers
Unknown:
Roy Rogers
Unknown:
Lee Madison.

Second in today's western double bill. Starring Joel McCrea , Nika Mina
In a mountainous region of Canada,
Dan Treego and his dog Luke pursue a wild mustang-fora reward of$500. He meets a youngorphan boy, and together they embark on a dangerous adventure.
Director John Champion (1976) ♦ See Rims: pages 46-54 **

Contributors

Unknown:
Joel McCrea
Unknown:
Nika Mina
Unknown:
Dan Treego

Continuing the season of films directed by Alfred Hitchcock with a double bill, this murder mystery stars Derrick de Marney, Nova Pilbeam

When Robert Tisdall finds the body of a murdered young girl washed up on the beach, he immediately runs off for help. But when two girls witness his flight, a murder inquiry ensues.
(1937, U) (Black and white)
See Films: pages 46-54

Contributors

Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Robert Tisdall:
Derrick de Marney
Erica:
Nova Pilbeam
Colonel Burgoyne:
Percy Marmont
Old Will:
Edward Rigby
Erica's aunt:
Mary Clare
Kent:
John Longden
Guy:
George Curzon
Uncle Basil:
Basil Radford

Thriller, second in today's films by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright

When Uncle Charlie arrives in the small Californian town of Santa Rosa, he is welcomed with open arms by his family. However, his niece soon begins to harbour doubts about her favourite uncle.
(1943, PG) (Black and white)
(The Hitchcock season of films continues on Friday with Mr and Mrs Smith at 12.55am)
See Films: pages 46-54 *****

Contributors

Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Uncle Charlie:
Joseph Cotten
Young Charlie:
Teresa Wright
Jack Graham:
MacDonald Carey
Joseph Newton:
Henry Travers
Emma Newton:
Patricia Collinge
Herbie Hawkins:
Hume Cronyn
Ann Newton:
Edna May Wonacott
Fred Saunders:
Wallace Ford
Stationmaster:
Irving Bacon
Roger Newton:
Charles Bates
Railroad porter:
Clarence Muse
Louise:
Janet Shaw

The story of the sophisticated social structures within the insect world - where the guard changes outside the queen's residence, a new shift of workers clocks on and nurses dash from baby to baby, checking that each is fed and healthy.
Such activities occur among some of the most bizarre insects in the world, including parasitic wasps that hijack the living bodies of other insects, and wasps that trim the antennae of cockroaches.
(Repeat) (Stereo)

Contributors

Producer:
Steve Nicholls
Series Editor:
Mike Salisbury

Monthly series looking at British motor sport.
Second-round action in the British Rally championship comes from Kielder Forest in Northumberland.
Alister McRae leads the championship after winning the opening round in Wales.
Jason Plato, new on the scene at this year's British Touring Car championship, shocked everyone by taking pole position for his first two races. Can he live up to this amazing start?
And at Santa Pod, the home of British drag racing, Viveca Aversted will be trying to go under five seconds for the standing quarter-mile, which has never before been achieved in Europe. With Steve Rider.

Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Rider.
Series Producer:
Mark Wilkin

Live coverage of the World Championship final, through to its climax, from the Crucible.
In a contest that has seen its share of surprises - from the shock defeat of third ranked Peter Ebdon by outsider Stefan Mazrocis, to the record-breaking 147 by Ronnie O'Sullivan - only the presence of Stephen Hendry as a finalist can be counted on. Or can it? Introduced by David Vine.
(As the snooker final is live, subsequent programmes may be subject to change)

Contributors

Presenter:
David Vine

Classic murder mystery starring Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb

Detective Mark McPherson investigates the brutal murder of a young woman, who is identified as Laura Hunt after the body is discovered in her apartment. As he begins to interview the suspects, including a sardonic newspaper columnist and a debonair playboy. McPherson finds himself becoming fascinated to the point of obsession by Laura.
(1944, U) (Black and white)
See Films: pp 46-54 *****

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Director:
Otto Preminger
Mark McPherson:
Dana Andrews
Laura Hunt:
Gene Tierney
Waldo Lydecker:
Clifton Webb
Shelby Carpenter:
Vincent Price
Ann Treadwell:
Judith Anderson
Bessie Clary:
Dorothy Adams
McAvity:
James Flavin
Bullitt:
Clyde Fillmore
Fred Callahan:
Ralph Dunn
Corey:
Grant Mitchell
Detective:
Harold Schlickenmayer
Detective:
Harry Strang
Detective:
Lane Chandler
Hairdresser:
Frank Larue
Office boy:
Buster Miles
Secretary:
Jane Nigh
Jacoby:
John Dexter

Open University
12.30am This True Book of Ours
How Leonardo da Vinci and Andreas Vesalius contributed to modern knowledge of anatomy.
(Repeat)
1.00 Writing and Publishing in the Market Place
Author Jeanette Winterson talks about the commercial aspects of literature.
(Repeat)
1.30 The Colonial Encounter
A look at the meanings that were attached to African art in France in 1900, and how African art has been displayed in museums since then.
(Repeat)

Nightschool TV
2.00 English Time: Throwaways
by Ian Stachan
A new dramatisation of the effect of a corrupt society on its children
then Media File: It's Not Like the Book, Miss
How film-makers interpret books

BBC Focus
4.00 Italia 2000: Religionie Communita in Italia
Religious life in Italy
(Repeat)
4.30 Royal Institution Discourse
Professor Kuniaki Nagayama describes the way in which intermolecular forces cause protein arrays to self-assemble
5.30 RCN Nursing Update: Unit 70: Presentation Skills

Open University
6.00 Discovering 16th Century Strasbourg
Looking at the architecture of Strasbourg and what it reveals about the city's "golden age"
(Repeat)
6.25 Kedleston Hall
Exploring Robert Adams's architectural masterpiece
(Repeat)
6.50-7.15am Cragside House from Lodge to Palace
What does this building, by industrialist Lord Armstrong, reveal about Victorian life and taste?
(Repeat)

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Contributors

Presenter (Writing and Publishing in the Market Place):
Jeanette Winterson
Writer (English Time):
Ian Stachan
Presenter (Royal Institution Discourse):
Professor Kuniaki Nagayama

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