6.00 Madmen and Specialists
10794066 7.35 OU All Hours
Finished with Science? Howard
Stableford looks at some of the human race's most memorable scientific discoveries and discusses the role of science in years to come.
Executive producer Chris Palmer Stereo. INFORMATION: call [number removed] forafree brochure, and see Ceefax page INTERNET ADDRESS: http://www.open.ac.uk/saturday/
Quentin Willson reports on the classic car that has probably become France's most famous design after the Eiffel Tower.
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The Great Comet of 97. Dr John Mason talks to Patrick Moore about the interest in the comet Hale-Bopp.
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' Saturday Matinee drama, starring
Spencer Tracy. Burt Lancaster
Richard Widmark , Marlene Dietrich
At the NurembergTrials afterthe Second World War, 21 leading Nazis were tried for crimes against humanity and 12 of them were sentenced to death. Director
Stanley Kramer 's Oscar-winning film, set in 1948 as the Iron Curtain divides
Europe, focuses on the proceedings against four German judges.
Showing in widescreen format.
Director Stanley Kramer (1961. PG)
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* See Films: pages 60-67
The Paper Chase. The Saint is on the trail of a defecting civil servant who is smuggling secret papers to East Germany. First shown on ITV
Sue Barker introduces semi-final action from Queen's Club, London.
Producers Johnnie Watherston and Barbara Slater
Highlights of this morning's military spectacle in London.
Julian Tutt describes the scene on Horse Guards Parade and the fly-past by the RAF, watched by members of the royal family from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Stereo.................................
Moira Stuart presents the day's news stories.
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In tonight's documentary, former BBC correspondent Martin Bell meets the man who this year became Secretary-General of the crisis-stricken United Nations - Kofi Annan. Bell joins Annan on a busy schedule of political trips, and finds out how he hopes to reform the UN in a bid to restore the authority of the world's only truly global body.
Bell appears in his new role as MP in this week's Question Time on Thursday 10.55pm BBC1.
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Concluding the three-part series about Prohibition in America during the 1920s and 30s.
In 1920, 70 per cent of American congressmen voted in favour of the controversial alcohol-free law that was to become one of the nation's greatest social disasters. Tonight's programme examines the very beginnings of Prohibition - from its early colonial roots and the settlers of Kansas, to the formation of the powerful Anti-Saloon League. Narrated by Ed Asner.
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Another chance to see an episode from Ray Galton and Alan Simpson 's classic comedy series, starring Harry H Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell.
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Classic comedy with the rag-and-bone team. When the arguments become just too much for Harold, he decides to take drastic measures to get some peace from Albert.
Psychological drama, continuingthe Screen Two season, starring
Amanda Plummer
Saskia Reeves
Eunice travels the motorways in a fruitless search for Judith, the only person who has ever understood and loved her. She meets Miriam, who is fascinated by the violent and unpredictable Eunice and follows her, only to find herself an accomplice to multiple murder.
Showing in widescreen format.
Director Michael Winterbottom (1994, 18) Colour/Black and white
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Last in the current series of Holland's eclectic music shows.
Tonight's guests include Massive Attack, performing their new single Rising Sun and some of their collaborative material with reggae musician Horace Andy; a reformed Echo and the Bunnymen, with music from their new album Evergreen; soul queen Erykah Badu, performing songs from her debut album Baduizm, and the Byrds' frontman Roger McGuinn, in a rare solo performance of Byrds' classics.
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Jools is joined by Mieskuoro Huutajat - The Screaming Men, Mansun, Echo & the Bunnymen, Erykah Badu, Massive Attack, Roger McGuinn and Kathryn Tickell.
The drama series about a group of young lawyers.
Wish You Were Queer. Anna and Miles compete for a big case at work. Meanwhile, Nicki is upset by Egg's betrayal. Shown last Thursday
Drama series about a group of young house-sharing lawyers. Miles and Anna become professional rivals. Nicki is upset by Egg's betrayal.
Steve Riderwith highlights from the third round of the US Open at the Congressional Country Club in Maryland. Steve Jones is defending the title he won at Oakland Hills last year, but all eyes wi be on TigerWoods, who won the Masters so convincingly at Augustus in April.
Commentary from Peter Alliss and Alex Hay.
Producers Alastair Scott and John Shrewsbury
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Another Mother. 30 September 1981: Sam leaps into motherhood and discovers the difficulties of dealing with an adolescent son. Repeat
