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The Medium is the Massage
David Goldblatt looks at some of this century's greatest media inventions.
Executive producer Chris Palmer ........... INFORMATION: call [number removed] for a free brochure, and see Ceefax page 617. The internet address is: http://www.open.ac.uk/saturday/

Contributors

Unknown:
David Goldblatt
Producer:
Chris Palmer

Quentin Willson introduces a selection of programmes designed to appeal to men.
10.35 Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson test-drives diesel-powered cars from Mercedes and BMW. Repeat Stereo Subtitled.
11.10 The Big Deal Headhunter. Profiling Jonathan Evans , who recruits financial analysts in the City of London.
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11.45 Hancock's Haff Hour TheEmigrant Classic sixties comedy. Hancock tries to emigrate -with the help of Sid.
Black and white Repeat Menzone editor Mike Finlason
12.10pm The Cannes Film Festival with Barry Norman Barry Norman reports from the glitzy cinema showcase in the south of France.
Shown last Tuesday Stereo Subtitled...

Contributors

Introduces:
Quentin Willson
Unknown:
Jeremy Clarkson
Unknown:
Jonathan Evans
Editor:
Mike Finlason
Unknown:
Barry Norman
Unknown:
Barry Norman

Wartime comedy, the first of two Saturday Matinee films starring Peter Ustinov
Also starring Yvonne De Carlo

When war comes to Hotel Sahara, proprietor Emad finds that protecting his property involves welcoming Italian, British, French and German forces, something he feels that his fiancee Yasmin does a little too enthusiastically.
(1951) ***
(Black and white)
See Films: pages 56-67

Contributors

Director:
Ken Annakin
Yasmin Pallas:
Yvonne De Carlo
Emad:
Peter Ustinov
Captain Puffin Cheynie:
David Tomlinson
Major Bill Randall:
Roland Culver
Lt Gunther von Heilicke:
Albert Lieven
Private Binns:
Bill Owen
Corporal Pullar:
Sidney Tafler
Private O'Brien:
Tom Gill

Comedy concluding the Saturday Matinee double bill of films starring Peter Ustinov
Also starring Maggie Smith, Karl Malden

Fresh out of Wormwood Scrubs, embezzler Marcus Pendleton can't wait to get back into the fray. Having bluffed his way into the giant Ta-Can-Co Corporation, all he has to do is crack the computer code and he's made.
(1968) ***
See Films: pages 56-67

Contributors

Director:
Eric Till
Marcus Pendleton/Caesar Smith:
Peter Ustinov
Patty Terwilliger:
Maggie Smith
Carlton J. Klemper:
Karl Malden
Willard C. Gnatpole:
Bob Newhart
Caesar Smith:
Robert Morley
Customs officer:
Cesar Romero
Nurse:
Melinda May
Landlady:
Ann Lancaster

Tonight's special edition, presented by Robin Denselow , focuses on events in the turbulent country of Zaire. It includes a portrait of the enigmatic revolutionary Laurent Kabila , leader of the Alliance of Democratic Forces and sworn enemy of the deeply unpopular President Mobuto Sese Sekoto.
See today's choices.
Editors Keith Bowers and Fiona Murch

Contributors

Presented By:
Robin Denselow
Leader:
Laurent Kabila
Unknown:
Mobuto Sese Sekoto.
Editors:
Keith Bowers
Editors:
Fiona Murch

Tony Lewis presents highlights of today's play from the Oval between England and Australia in which they battled it out forthe second of three one-day internationals. Commentary by Richie Benaud , Geoffrey Boycott , David Gower and Chris Broad.
Producer Alan Griffiths
Editor Philip Bernie Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Lewis
Commentary By:
Richie Benaud
Commentary By:
Geoffrey Boycott
Commentary By:
David Gower
Producer:
Alan Griffiths
Editor:
Philip Bernie Stereo

Former Pink Panther actor Burt Kwouk hosts an evening of programmes and films with kungfu as their subject.
Kung Fu Night Producer Gerard Barry

9.15 The Kung Fu Years
After the sudden emergence of Bruce Lee in his 1973 film Enter the Dragon, the kung fu craze swept Britain. This documentary charts the profound effect the hitherto little-known martial art had on the public consciousness. It includes contributions from boxer Frank Bruno, ornithologist and former comedian Bill Oddie , and Jamaican pop singer Carl Douglas, whose 1974 hit Kung Fu Fighting was the new mania's soundtrack. Subtitled ....

9.50 The Kung Fu Movie Masterclass
Alexei Sayle presents a guide to the best villains, heroes and fights in kungfu movies.

10.00 Enter the Dragon
Martial arts adventure starring Bruce Lee
A master of martial arts is enlisted by British intelligence to help put an end to the traffic in opium and prostitutes organised from an island fortress by a criminal mastermind. Showing in widescreen format.
Director Robert Clouse (1973, 18)
Dragon: the Bruce Lee Story is tomorrow at 10.25pm
See Films:pages 56-67 ☠☠☠â˜

11.35 Kung Fu Fighting
This programme traces the history of kung fu films and meets some of their most ardent fans. Film critic Mark Kermode gives a rundown of the best and most strange kung fu movies, and Jonathan Ross talks about his passion for the genre. Producer Nick Freand Jones

12.15am The Prodigal Son
Martial arts drama starring Samo Hung, Yuen Biao
Young Leung Jan hates books and conventions but dotes on martial arts. His rich father awards handsome payments to people who lose gracefully to his son, and Leung comes to think he is the best street fighter in the southern Chinese town of Fatshan.
Director Samo Hung (1983)
* See Films: pages 56-67 ***

1.50 Shaolin Beats
Disc jockey Tim Westwood presents a compilation of rap and hip-hop videos inspired by kung fu.

2.15 Monkey
The first episode of the seventies martial arts series.
The Jade Emperor of Heaven is concerned that an irrepressible monkey has been hatched from a Stone egg. Repeat

3.00-5.50am Film premiere A Touch of Zen
Martial arts action drama, starring Hsu Feng , Shih Chun
In 14th-century China, a young artist befriends a pretty girl, not knowing that she is the daughter of a nobleman who was tortured and killed by the secret police.
The girl, pursued by her father's cruel enemies, is a mistress of the martial arts. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Showing in widescreen format.
Director King Hu (1969) ♦See Films: pages 56-67 ****

Contributors

Unknown:
Bruce Kwouk
Unknown:
Bruce Lee
Unknown:
Frank Bruno
Unknown:
Bill Oddie
Singer:
Carl Douglas
Unknown:
Alexei Sayle
Unknown:
Bruce Lee
Director:
Robert Clouse
Unknown:
Bruce Lee Story
Talks:
Jonathan Ross
Producer:
Nick Freand Jones
Unknown:
Samo Hung
Unknown:
Yuen Biao
Unknown:
Young Leung Jan
Director:
Samo Hung
Unknown:
Tim Westwood
Unknown:
Hsu Feng
Unknown:
Shih Chun
Lee:
Bruce Lee
Roper:
John Saxon
Williams:
Jim Kelly
Han:
Shih Kien
Oharra:
Bob Wall
Tania:
Ahna Capri
Su-Lin:
Angela Mao Ying
Mei Ling:
Betty Chung
Braithwaite:
Geoffrey Weeks
Wong Wah Bo:
Samo Hung
Leung Jan:
Yuen Biao
Lord Ngai:
Frankie Chan
Leung Yee Tai:
Lam Ching Ying

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