Drama, the first of two films starring Carole Lombard
Also starring Cary Grant
Alec Walker falls in love with another woman and decides to end his unhappy marriage, but his wife refuses to release him. Director John Cromwell (1939)
Blackandwhite ...............................
Cary Grant stars in Soldier of Fortune at 2.40pm
+ See Films: pages 70-82 ***
Medical drama, concluding a double bill starring Carole Lombard
Also starring Anne Shirley
A dedicated nurse takes the blame torthe negligence of her sister.
Director George Stevens (1940)
Blackandwhite ............................. Carole Lombard stars in Nothing Sacred at 1.30pm * See Films: pages 70-82 ***
Instruments of Change. Patrick Moore explains methods that are revolutionising astronomy. Shown lastSundayonBBCl
Asia-orientated quiz show, presented by SaheraChohan. Stereo .................. TO TAKE PART: please send an sae to [address removed]
Asian arts magazine, with Mo Dutta and AmandaHussain.
Highlights from a pop concert marking 50 years of Indian and Pakistani independence. Presented by Nisha Pillai.
Advice on how to get a job.
Classroom performances bytalented teenagers.
Bilko stages a seance for Sgt Ritzik.
(Black and white) (Repeat)
Movies reviewed include LA Confidential.
(Shown last Monday, BBC1) (Stereo)
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. A look at the doomed marriage of the Hollywood heart-throb and the comic actress..
Satirical comedy, thefirstfilm in a Saturday Matinee double bill, starring Carole Lombard , Frednc March
Relegated to writing obituaries, news-hungry reporter Wally Cook hears about a young woman who has a fatal disease.
Director William Wellman (1937, U) * See Rims: pages 70-82 * * *
Romantic adventure, concluding this afternoon's Saturday Matinee double bill, starring Clark Gable
Susan Hayward
A tough mercenary is contacted by a woman tryingto locate her vanished husband in China. Showing in widescreen format.
DirectorEdwardDmytiyk(1955) Subtitled. * See Rims: pages 70-82 ***
The Death Game. Acultkillinggame turns into real-life peril. With Roger Moore. First shown on ITV
Memories from the Top of the Pops archives, plus today's hits, Top of the Pops is on Friday at 7.30pm on BBC1
The Cornish Coast - beside the Sea. Many species that once dwelt on the coast of Cornwall have become extinct. Coastline inhabitants recall the times when they made a living from the animals that have disappeared. Narrated by Richard Mabey.
Producers David W Rolfe and Mike Birkhead Repeat Stereo Subtitled .......
With Moira Stuart. Subtitled
Weather Bill Giles ...........
Five years after apartheid was officially renounced, South Africa is still haunted by the spectre of its past. President Mandela's Truth and Reconciliation Commission was set up in to expose the former regime's murkier secrets. Michael Ignatieff talks to those involved in the struggle for justice.
Trouble in Paradise. Artist Carl
Larsson and his wife Karin lived in a cottage which they transformed into Sweden's most influential home. Their distinctive style of interior design became hugely popular and was a source of inspiration for furniture giant IKEA. This programme, coinciding with an exhibition of Carl Larsson 's paintings at London's Victoria and Albert Museum , examines the couple's often uneasy domestic life. Director Jenny Dames ;
Serieseditor Michael Poole Stereo Subtitled 17 WEB SITE: www.works@bbc.co.uk
With Kevin Maguire of The Mirror. DirectorVernon Antcliffe; Producer
JohnMoulson Stereo .............
Only in the Light of the Day. The sixties proved a turning point in the history of photography, as pictures of great power documented dissent around the world. See today's choices. Director Ella Bahaire ; Series producer
TimKirby Stereo Subtitled ...... ♦ Pictures that changed the world: page 24
A theme night centring around
Mike Leigh 's classic first televised 20 years ago this month. See today's choices.
Director Neil Dougan ; Executive producer Matthew Cole
Stereo 9.00 Party Menu Setting the scene forthe evening.
Followed by Funny Women Alison Steadman
A portrait of the acclaimed film and television actress Alison
Steadman, whose performance as obnoxious hostess Beverly in Abigail's 's Party shot her into the limelight. Last in the series. Producer Louis Heaton ; Editor
GaynorVaughan Jones Stereo....... + Alison Steadman : People, page 12
9.30 Abigail's Party Mike Leigh 's comedy of social pretension. Abigail's mother Sue is invited to take refuge from her daughter's teenage party by a neighbouring couple, Beverly and Laurence. Another couple, Angela and Tony, have also been invited, and as Beverly plies her guests with alcohol, marital tensions begin to ruin the evening.
Producer Margaret Matheson
Repeat Stereo
Followed by Party Nibbles
Jonathan Meades , Oz Clarke , Lowri Turner and Peter York revisit the world of Abigail's Party.
11.15-11.35 Demis Forever and Ever Demis Roussos's music is adored by Beverly i Abigail's 's
Party. DJ Bob Harris presents this celebration of the Greek singer. Director/Producer Mark Tinkler
Followed by Party Nibbles
Afinal date with the revellers.
Videoplus code for
9.00-11.35 (not PDC)
Comedy starring Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault
For 20 years, Renato and "Zaza" have lived happily together above their drag revue club. Then Renato's son Laurent announces that he is going to marry a girl. In French with English subtitles. Showing in widescreen format. (1978,15)
See Films: pages 70-82
Followed by Weatherview
