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Comedy. The intrepid trio of Groucho, Chico and Harpo create havoc when they head for the land of opportunity to make their fortune.
(1940, U) (Black and white)
See Films: pages 48-55

Contributors

Director:
Edward Buzzell
S. Quentin Quale:
Groucho Marx
Joe Panello:
Chico Marx
Rusty:
Harpo Marx
Terry Turner:
John Carroll
Eve Wilson:
Diana Lewis
Beecher:
Walter Woolf King

Continuing the series in which Glynn Christian takes in the sights of Thailand while on a gastronomic tour of the country.

Today Christian is invited to a royal palace where spiced pork sauce with rice noodles is made, and visits an elephant park and a wood-carving factory.

BBC Book: Glynn Christian Tastes Royal Thailand, price £6.99, is available from all good bookshops

Contributors

Presenter/Chef:
Glynn Christian

First shown in the Inside Story strand, this film follows efforts made by Northumbria Police to crack down on car" ringing" - a Practice in which stolen cars are re-sold at bargain prices to unsuspecting buyers.
(Repeat)

Western starring Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain

An itinerant cowboy and his protege are hired by a female ranch owner who is determined to make herself a fortune.
(1955) (Subtitled)
See Films: pages 48-55 ****

Contributors

Director:
King Vidor
Dempsey Rae:
Kirk Douglas
Reed Bowman:
Jeanne Crain
Idonee:
Claire Trevor
Jeff Jimson:
William Campbell
Strap Davis:
Jay C. Flippen
Tess Cassidy:
Myrna Hansen
Steve Miles:
Richard Boone

As the new millennium approaches, the world is full of people on the move between cities, countries and continents. In this film, first shown in the Open University strand, theatre director Jatinder Verma travels to India in search of a place to call home.
(Repeat) (Stereo)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jatinder Verma
Producer:
Patti Langton

This week Fi Glover and Simon Calder visit Bangkok where they find plenty to do in a city frequently used as a stopover by long-distance travellers. While Glover goes on a Thai cookery course, Calder savours the city's hectic lifestyle.
Juliet Morris takes the ferry to Santander on Spain's northern coastline and then visits the cooler inland north and Picos Mountains. And, in You Pay, We Say, the Klatt family forego their usual Lake District holiday and spend a week on a Swedish forest adventure island.

Contributors

Unknown:
Fi Glover
Unknown:
Simon Calder
Unknown:
Juliet Morris
Unknown:
Picos Mountains.
Series Producer:
Andrea Michell

The interior design challenge programme.
This week, a kitchen in Chiswick, west London, is given a Mexican feel, and a bedroom is transformed into a place of tranquility. With Carol Smillie.
See today's choices.

Contributors

Presenter:
Carol Smillie
Director:
Nick Vaughan-Barratt
Producer:
Ann Hill

Open University
12.30am The Rinuccini Chapel, Florence
(Subtitled)
1.00 The Gentle Sex? Representations of Gender
1.30 On Pictures and Paintings

Summer Nights
2.00 Sporting Chance: Collections 1: The Contenders

Languages
4.00 Espana Viva 3-5; Spanish Globo: 3 and 4

BBC Focus
5.30 RCN Nursing Update: Unit 72: Treating Wounds

Open University
6.00 The Jews and Islam
6.25 San Francesco, Rimini II Tempio Malatestiano
(Rpt)
6.50-7.15am The Other Virtuosos

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