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The live magazine that mixes showbiz scandal, popgossip and football craziness, presented by Jenny Ross and Paul Tonkinson. Including Peter Kay 's individual look at the world of entertainment.

Contributors

Presented By:
Jenny Ross
Presented By:
Paul Tonkinson.
Unknown:
Peter Kay

Another chance to see the first of a six-part series aimed at computer novices. Including a look at software packages that help with home decoration. plus advice on buying a computer for the home. Presented by Carol Vorderman and Adrian Chiles , with Andy Webb.
Repeat Stereo

Contributors

Presented By:
Carol Vorderman
Presented By:
Adrian Chiles
Unknown:
Andy Webb.

Dougie Donnelly introduces live coverage of this afternoon's Open bowls final from the Preston Guild Hall. The title - and the winnerofthe £32.000 first prize -will be decided over the best of five sets.
Commentaryfrom Jimmy Davidson , David Rhys-Jones , John Bell and Mal Hughes.
Plus snooker action from the third round of the Grand Prix, being held at the Bournemouth International Centre.
Presented by David Vine , with commentary from Clive Everton , Ray Edmonds , Dennis Taylor and John Virgo.
Editor Gerard Lane

Contributors

Introduces:
Dougie Donnelly
Unknown:
Jimmy Davidson
Unknown:
David Rhys-Jones
Unknown:
John Bell
Unknown:
Mal Hughes.
Presented By:
David Vine
Unknown:
Clive Everton
Unknown:
Ray Edmonds
Unknown:
Dennis Taylor
Unknown:
John Virgo.
Editor:
Gerard Lane

The weekly strand featuring wildlife stories from around the world. This week's location reports come from Kenya, where Simon King tracks a pride of lions in the Masai Mara. Editor Sara Ford Stereo ........
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5.40 Watch Out Monthly
An extended monthly edition of the guide to wildlife events in the UK. Presented by Chris Packham and Nick Baker.
Series producer Mike Beynon

6.10-7.00 The Natural World: Puma - Lion of the Andes
A documentary following South American pumas in the mountains of Patagonia. The film chronicles a two-year period during which wildlife cameraman Hugh Miles lived with and gained the trust of a wild puma See today's choices. Producer Hugh Miles; Series
Neil Nightingale Stereo Subtiled
Videoplus code for 5.25―7.00(not PDC)
Just a big pussycat: page 21

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Kingtracks
Presented By:
Chris Packham
Presented By:
Nick Baker.
Producer:
Mike Beynon
Unknown:
Hugh Miles
Producer:
Hugr Miles

Kim is convicted of planting a bomb on Akritiri and finds himself confronting Paris in a terrifying prison colony.
(Star Trek: the Next Generation Wed 6pm)

Contributors

Captain Kathryn Janeway:
Kate Mulgrew
Chakotay:
Robert Beltran
B'Elanna Torres:
Roxann Biggs-Dawson
Kes:
Jennifer Lien
Lt Tom Paris:
Robert Duncan McNeill
The Doctor:
Robert Picardo
Neelix:
Ethan Phillips
Tuvok:
Tim Russ
Harry Kim:
Garrett Wang
Zio:
Don R. McManus
Liria:
Robert Pine

A look at life in the British Library which, after 250 years at the British Museum, is moving to its own building in St Pancras, London. The programme looks at the last days of the famous round Reading Room and goes behind the scenes of the library's much-criticised new home. With contributions from writers Peter Ackroyd and Will Self.

Contributors

Speaker:
Peter Ackroyd
Speaker:
Will Self
Producer:
Nicholas Rossiter
Director:
Tim Robinson

This week's edition follows the West Midlands Fraud Squad as they unravel the case of a company that managed to build up credit with a number of small firms before disappearing without paying for the goods and services it received. Presented by Maya Even.

Contributors

Presenter:
Maya Even
Editor:
Diarmuid Jeffreys

Romantic drama starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Al Pacino
Johnny, recently released from prison, takes a job at a local diner as a chef. There he falls for Frankie, a waitress and a loner. She doesn't believe that love guarantees happiness, but Johnny has chosen this woman and this moment to take a stand against loneliness. (1991, 15)
See Films: pages 68-79

Contributors

Director:
Garry Marshall
Frankie:
Michelle Pfeiffer
Johnny:
Al Pacino
Nick:
Hector Elizondo
Tim:
Nathan Lane
Nedda:
Jane Morris
Tino:
Greg Lewis
Luther:
Al Fann
Peter:
Glenn Plummer
Bobby:
Sean O'Bryan
Jorge:
Fernando Lopez
Artemis:
Ele Keats
Mr DeLeon:
Phil Leeds
Frankie's mother:
KC Allan
Christine the hooker:
Shannon Wilcox
Cora:
Kate Nelligan

Another opportunity to see this award-winning documentary, first shown in May 1995, about a convicted murderer awaiting execution in a Missouri jail. Alan "AJ" Bannister has been on Death Row for nearly 15 years and has always protested his innocence. This film chronicles the weeks before his original execution date in 1994, when he received a stay of execution with just two hours to spare. The date has now been reset for 22 October, but campaigners are still trying to save his life.
Director Stephen Trombley
Series editor Nicholas Fraser
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Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Director:
Stephen Trombley
Editor:
Nicholas Fraser

BBC Two England

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