' Rrst in a double bill of British wartime comedies. Starring
" Alfred Marks, Sid James
Aconcert party touring North Africa during the Second World War becomes involved in a series of adventures.
Director Michael Relph (1959)
Black and white
♦ See Films: pages 64-72
' Comedy, concluding a double bill of wartime comedies. Starring
Norman Wisdom , Honor Blackman
Drafted into the army, Norman Pitkin proves a menace to friend and foe alike.
Director John Paddy Carstairs (1958, U)
Black and white
* See Films: pages 64-72 **
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. Stereo ...........
A look at the success of the Pakistani pop band Vital Signs.
A short history of Edward Seymour 's
Tudor mansion at Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon. Repeat Stereo ................
Reviews of Face/Off, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, The Edge, and Copland.
(Shown last Monday on BBC1)
Followed by Shark Bites, more memories of Jaws, showing at 9pm.
Ava Gardner and Howard Hughes. The love affair between the reclusive multi-millionaire and the film actress. Ava Gardnerstarsin My Forbidden Past,
Whichfollows. Stereo .................
A Saturday Matinée double bill of films directed by Robert Stevenson starts with a drama starring
Robert Mitchum , Ava Gardner A woman who inherits a fortune devises a plan to get her true love back.
(1951) Black and white..... ♦ See Films: pages 64-72 **
Disney comedy concluding the T Robert Stevenson double bill.
Starring Peter Ustinov
A pirate's spirit is doomed to walk the Earth until he performs a good act.
(1968. U) Subtitled..... * See Films: pages 64-72 ***
The Best Laid Schemes. Simon Templar has a disturbing experience when a dead man apparently comes back to life.
First shown on ITV
Memories from the Top of the Pops archives, plus today's hits. stereo. Top of the Pops is on Friday at 7.30pm on BBC1
Followed by Shark Bites
Twice the size of the US, a pool of warm water forming off Peru called El Nino ("the Christ Child") has been responsible for disasters across five continents.
New research has made a causal connection between El Nino and carbon dioxide, and scientists say rising levels of "greenhouse" gases may lead to more instances of the destructive phenomenon.
With Moira Stuart. Subtitled
Weather David Lee
A Rough Road
Following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, members of the so-called
"royal rat-pack of photographers discuss their uncompromising methods and the low public standing of their profession.
Last of the series, although an end-of-the-year review is planned. See today's choices. Director Elaine Shepherd ; Series producer TimKirby Stereo Subtitled ....
Guardian sports journalistJim White leaves the studio to become a roving presenter. Director Vernon Antcliffe ; Producer
John Moulson
Within weeks of its release, Jaws hadbecomeone of the most successful movies of all time. Director Steven Spielberg
, co-star
Richard Dreyfuss and others recall the frustration and frayed tempers that, against the odds, resulted in an Oscar-winning blockbuster. The film follows immediately. Producer Nick Freand Jones
Steven Spielberg 's triple
Oscar-winning thriller, r starring Roy Scheider
Robert Shaw , Richard Dreyfuss Amity is a small coastal town waiting for its summertourists when death strikes in the form of a great white shark. Only police chief Brody seems concerned. Can he stop the menace before it strikes again? Showing in widescreen format.
(1975. PG) ♦ See Films: pp 64-72 ***** ♦ Just when you thought you knew everythingabout ... Jaws: p62
The human fear of monsters from the ocean depths dates back to the Bible story of Jonah and the whale and has been reflected in films such as Jaws.
Sci-fi visionary Arthur C Clarke and special-effects expert Ray Harryhausen talk about these deep-seated fears while underwater film-making pioneers Hans and Lotte Hass discuss their real-life dramas.
Director Michael Wadding; Producer Matthew Cole Stereo
A Fate Worse than
7 Death. Clive Barker explores the work of Dennis Wheatley , where the supernatural is bound up with an unmistakeable Englishness.
Plus the tragedy behind The Crow. The Company of Wolves is at
1.15am. See today's choices. Directors Ann Hawker , Stephen White Series producer Dev Varma
BBC BOOK: Clive Barker 's A-Z of Horror is available now. price L12.99.
' Supernatural fantasy starring Angela Lansbury r David Wamer
Young Rosaleen becomes entranced by her grandmother's fantastic tales of evil creatures.
Soon, she finds herself in a magical but sinisterworld.
Director Neil Jordan (1984, 18)
♦ See Rims: pages 64-72
Followed by Weatherview
