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Beginning a short season or westerns featuring singing cowboys.

Naive landowners in Paradise Valley encounter trouble from rustlers.
(1939) (Black and white) **
(The season continues with "In Old Montana" tomorrow at 10.30am)
See Films: pages 46-54

Contributors

Director:
Sam Newfield

Series in which contemporary artists share their skills.

British artist Tai-Shan Schierenberg demonstrates how to paint portraits when he creates a likeness of Lord Hartington, the heir to Chatsworth House, in a day. After initial sketches and photographs, Schierenberg uses large brushes to work on the basic structure of the portrait before switching to smaller ones, as the colours become specific.
Web Site: [web address removed]

Contributors

Presenter/Artist:
Tai-Shan Schierenberg
Producer:
Henry Chancellor
Series Producer:
Ian Duncan

Juliet Morris takes a package trip to Sri Lanka which is fast becoming an affordable exotic destination. Fi Glover and Simon Calder enjoy contrasting holidays in Cornwall, while in You Pay, We Say, a Yorkshire couple visit Ireland with their talented pet dog and 40 other canine enthusiasts.

Contributors

Presenter:
Juliet Morris
Reporter:
Fi Glover
Reporter:
Simon Calder
Series Producer:
Andrea Michell

Carol Smillie presents another interior-design challenge, with designers Linda Barker and Graham Wynne, and carpenter Andy Kane.

Contributors

Presenter:
Carol Smillie
Interior Designer:
Linda Barker
Interior Designer:
Graham Wynne
Carpenter:
Andy Kane
Director:
Nick Vaughan-Barratt
Producer:
Ann Hill

A series of eight documentaries from emerging directors.

This first film portrays the lives of a group of people who all wait on tables. Ellen became a waitress as a 14-year-old when she moved to London. At night, she works for a catering firm that has employed her friend Pam as a waitress for 16 years. Meanwhile Sasa, who arrived in Devon from Serbia six years ago, is astonishing guests with his eccentric approach at a Torquay hotel.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Director:
Joanna Bailey
Series Editor:
Peter Symes

Return of the pop trivia quiz, hosted by Mark Lamarr, for a seven-part series. Team captains Sean Hughes and Phill Jupitus are joined this week by Suggs, Mark Little, Shaggy, and Kenickie's Marie du Santiago.

Then Video Nation Shorts

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lamarr
Team captain:
Sean Hughes
Team captain:
Phill Jupitus
Panellist:
null Suggs
Panellist:
Mark Little
Panellist:
null Shaggy
Panellist:
Marie du Santiago
Director:
Steve Bendelack
Producer:
Jim Pullin

First of five nightly video diaries following the progress of David Hempleman-Adams and Norwegian Rune Gjeldnes as they attempt to reach the North Pole on foot.
(Continues tomorrow at 12.05am)
(Stereo)

Contributors

Subject:
David Hempleman-Adams
Subject:
Rune Gjeldnes
Producer:
Rachel Foster
Executive Producer:
Bob Long

Open University
12.30 Persisting Dreams
(Subtitled)
1.30 Jasper Johns's Rag

Summer Nights
2.00 Perfect Pictures: Collections 1: The Photo Show

BBC Focus
4.00 Italia 2000
(Rpt)
4.30 Royal Institute Discourse
5.30 RCN Nursing Update: Unit 7

Open University
6.00 Ouverture Plus Ca Change
(Rpt)
6.25 The Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice
(Rpt)
6.50-7.15am Rural Life: Victorian Farming: Steam Power

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