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A real-life love story starring Ingrid Bergman, Curt Jurgens.

A young English servant gin travels to China in the thirties to carry the Christian creed to a country ravaged by war. There she meets Un Nan, a Chinese army officer. (Showing in widescreen format) (1958, PG)
See Films: pages 70-82 ****

Contributors

Director:
Mark Robson
Gladys Aylward:
Ingrid Bergman
Captain Lin Nan:
Curt Jurgens
Mandarin:
Robert Donat
Sir Francis Jamison:
Ronald Squire
Miss Thompson:
Noel Hood
Mrs Lawson:
Athene Seyler

Invitation to Danger. Templar suspects a glamorous agent is trying to frame him.
First shown on ITV
Followed by New series Sharkbites
Beginning a week-long series in which people remember the firsttime they saw the film Jaws, and how itchanged their feelings about going into the water.

The weekly wildlife strand. With location reports from Simon King, who looks for bears in America's Yosemite National Park.
Editor Sara Ford
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5.30* Watch Out Including a look at the animals that can be found hibernating in bonfires. Producer Karen Walsh; Series producer Mike Beynon
FACT SHEET: price £1.50, write to [address removed]
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5.35* Sea Trek: The Kelp Forests of California
A film that follows divers Martha Holmes and Mike de Gruy as they explore California's coastal waters. Among the residents of the underwater forest of giant kelp are sea otters and sharks. Producer Robin Hellier
Repeat Stereo
6.10*-7.00 The Natural World: Denali - the Great Alaskan Wilderness
An examination of the wildlife living around Mt McKinley, North America's highest peak. This award-winning film focuses on an infant grizzly bear growing up with his family in a harsh landscape among wolves, moose and golden eagles. Narrated by Miranda Richardson.
Producer Bruce Reitherman ; Series editor Neil Nightingale
Videoplus code for 5.25-7.00 (not PDC)

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon King
Editor:
Sara Ford
Producer:
Karen Walsh
Producer:
Robin Hellier
Unknown:
Mt McKinley
Unknown:
Miranda Richardson.
Producer:
Bruce Reitherman
Editor:
Neil Nightingale

Sue Cameron examines
Britain's prison system and follows the Director General of the Prison Service, Richard Tilt , during his first summer under the new Labourgovernment. Executive producer Anne Lapping
Producer Annie Fienburgh ......... Prison Weekly starts Wednesday 11.15pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Tilt
Producer:
Annie Fienburgh

This edition goes behind the scenes of the British fashion industryto investigate the exploitation of workers in backstreetgarment factories. Presented by Maya Even . Editor Diarmuid Jeffreys
NOTE: as The Money Programme is topical, its subject matter may change

Contributors

Presented By:
Maya Even
Editor:
Diarmuid Jeffreys

Film Premiere. Quentin Tarantino's multi-award-winning crime drama. Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman
Downtown Los Angeles. Two lovebirds plan to hold up a diner, a pair of hit men are asked to recover some stolen property and a washed-up boxer is paid to throw his last fight. All their stories interweave in a world where violence, perverse humour and fast talk are a way of life. Showing in widescreen format. (1994,18) Stereo
See Films: pp 70-82 *****
Barry Norman: p63; a beginner's guide to Pulp Fiction: page 64

Contributors

Director:
Quentin Tarantino
Vincent Vega:
John Travolta
Jules Winnfield:
Samuel L Jackson
Mia Wallace:
Uma Thurman
The Wolf:
Harvey Keitel
Pumpkin:
Tim Roth
Honey Bunny:
Amanda Plummer
Fabienne:
Maria Demedeiros
Marsellus Wallace:
Ving Rhames
Lance:
Eric Stoltz
Jody:
Rosanna Arquette
Captain Koons:
Christopher Walken
Butch Coolidge:
Bruce Willis
Jimmie:
Quentin Tarantino

Boxing drama starring
Robert Ryan , Audrey Totter
A cynical boxing manager agrees that his man should throw his next fight. But "Stoker"
Thompson, although ageing and second-rate, reckons he can win.
Director Robert Wise (1949, PG)
Black and white
♦ See Films: pages 70-82 ****
Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Ryan
Unknown:
Audrey Totter
Director:
Robert Wise
Bill Stoker Thompson:
Robert Ryan
Julie:
Audrey Totter
Tiny:
George Tobias
Little Boy:
Alan Baxter
Gus:
Wallace Ford

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