Thriller, the first in a double bill of films directed by Anthony Mann.
Starring Steve Brodie , Audrey Long
Raymond Burr
Trucker Steve Randall becomes innocently involved in a robbery in which a policeman is killed and is forced to go on the run with his wife -followed by the real crooks.
(1947) Black and white ...... + See Films: pages 60-70 ****
Drama, second in a double bill of films directed by Anthony Mann.
Starring Robert Ryan , Aldo Ray
A poor Georgia cotton farmer neglects his work searching forthe gold he believes to be buried on his land.
(1958) Blackandwhite ...... ♦ SeeFilms:pages60-70 ★★★★
Quiz show about Asian culture, history and lifestyle, TO TAKE PART: please send an SAE to [address removed]
Asian arts magazine, with Mo Dutta and Amanda Hussain. This week's guest is actor NavinChowdhry.
An exclusive interview with one of India's most successful film stars, Shah Rukh
Khan. With NishaPillai. Stereo ...
Movies under review are A Life Less Ordinary, The Peacemaker and Face/Off.
(Shown last Monday, BBC1) (Stereo)
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
Examining the passionate relationship that began when Bacall was just 19. A double bill of Bogart's films follows.
Crime drama, first in a double bill directed by John Huston and starring
Humphrey Bogart
Also starring Edward G Robinson Lauren Bacall
A disillusioned Second World War veteran arrives at a remote hotel to find it under the control of mobster Johnny Rocco and his gang. Should he make a stand?
(1948, PG) Blackandwhite * See Films: pages 60-70 ***
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
The Power Artist. Simon Templar is framed for murder. First shown on ITV
Postponed from 11 October
Memories from the Top of the Pops archives, plus today's hits. Top of the Pops is on Friday at 7.30pm on BBC1
Action from the first of today's semi-finals of the Grand Prix tournament in Bournemouth, decided over the best of 11 frames. Further coverage is at
9.00pm.
With Paul Burden. subtitled
Weather Bill Giles ..........
As part of the BBC's Millennium scheme to seek out new creative talent, this edition comprises films from around the world presented by four reporters who are new to the programme.
Jan Rocha investigates the exploitation of child labour by wealthy sugar manufacturers in Brazil.
Sunita Thakur is in India to examine the plight of women in Vrindavan, the so-called "city of widows". Blamed for their husbands' deaths, forbidden to remarry, more than 5,000 women have sought refuge in temples.
Carol Radull profiles Kenya's first woman candidate for the presidency, while Oliver Lehmann discovers a model ecological village in Austria.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)
Fatal Exposure. Photographer Davide Sorrenti 's death earlier this year from a heroin overdose sparked an outcry against the use of images that seemed to glamorise addiction. Sorrenti specialised in pictures of emaciated girls with blank expressions, shot in dimly lit alleys and shabby rooms. Just 20 years old when he died,
Davide Sorrenti was controversial to the end, and his death may not have been a straightforward result of a life misspent.
Including interviews with his mother Francesca, this programme examines the photographer's art, his lifestyle and the mark he made on the world in which he worked.
Director Simon Chu : Series editor
Michael Poole
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Ann Leslie of the DailyMail casts her eye over the week's papers. Director Vernon Antcliffe ; Producer
John Moulson
From James Dean in Times Square to Marilyn Monroe on a subway grating, certain images represent an era of co-operation between celebrity and photographer. But not only have methods of photographers changed over the years, so has the nature of celebrity itself.
See today's choices.
Further coverage of the Grand Prix from Bournemouth, featuring the second semi-final.
Angus Deayton hosts the first in a new series of the satirical news quiz, with team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton.
Shown yesterday
Broken Homes. Film director John Carpenter , whose Halloween follows, explains how that night can turn the serenity of suburban streets into a scene of fear and carnage. Plus techno-horror movies in Japan and the subversive power of evil children in horror stories.
See today's choices.
Directors Ann Hawker. Celia Lowenstein. Ursula Macfarlane and Stephen White Series producer DevVarma
Horror starring
Donald Pleasence
Jamie Lee Curtis
Fifteen years after murdering his sister, Michael Myers escapes from a mental institution and returns to the small town of Haddonfield. DrSamLoomis.a psychiatrist who has been treating Michael, races to track him down before he kills again and again. Showing in widescreen.
Director John Carpenter (1978.18)
♦ See Films: pages 60-70 **** ♦ Ten things every Jamie Lee Curtis fan ought to know: p54; An A-Z of Horror for Halloween: p56
This week's guests include Neneh Cherry performing
Woman, plus Screaming Trees, Electronic and Billy Bragg performing new tracks.
Director Janet Fraser Crook ; Producer
Mark Cooper Repeat Stereo..
Followed by Weatherview
Jools is joined by Neneh Cherry, Electronic, grunge outfit Screaming Trees, country band BR5-49, Billy Bragg and Nitin Sawhney.
