Spy adventure, the first of today's three films based on the sixties series The Man from UNCLE, starring
Robert Vaughn , David McCallum The race is on to find the scientist responsible for perfecting a rejuvenation process before THRUSH can use it.
Director E Darrell Hallenbeck (1966) Subtitled. * See Films: pages 64-74
Spy adventure, the second film in a Man from UNCLE triple bill, starring
Robert Vaughn , David McCallum
UNCLE agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin are hot on the trail of a fanatical sect that is intent on world domination.
Director Boris Sagal (1968) One Spy Too Many concludes the triple bill at 2.35pm ♦ See Films: pages 64-74
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 ...........
The first of nine programmes in which young British people of Asian descent give vent to their opinions and concerns. Today's topic is "girl power", the attitude espoused by the Spice Girls. Hosted by Rajesh Mirchandani.
Coping with redundancy. Repeat.
Movies under review include GI Jane, Welcome to Sarajevo and Chasing Amy.
(Shown last Monday, BBC1) (Stereo) (Subtitled)
Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier. The feted liaison of the Monacan prince and the glamorous actress. Grace Kelly stars in Green Fire, which follows. Stereo ...
Today's Saturday Matinee film is a romantic drama starring
Stewart Granger , Grace Kelly
A romantic adventurer in Colombia must choose between his love for a coffee-plantation owner and his dream of finding a coveted emerald. Showing in widescreen.
Director Andrew Marton (1954) ......... * See Films: pages 64-74
Sdv adventure concluding the Man from UNCLE triple bill, starring
Robert Vaughn , David McCallum
UNCLE agents Solo and Kuryakin are sent to recover a top-secret nerve gas that was stolen from an army research centre.
Director Joseph Sargent (1966) * See Films: pages 64-74
The Gadic Collection. The Saint probes the involvement of a charming girl in a museum robbery. Starring Roger Moore.
First shown on ITV ............................
Memories from the Top of the Pops archives. plustoday's hits. Top of the Pops is on Friday at 7 pm
Sue Barker introduces the women's final in the National championships at Telford. Plus news of the men's semis. The final is in Sunday Grandstand at
3.45pm.
With Chris Lowe. Subtitled
Weather John Kettley
Following horrific earthquake in Armenia in 1988 that killed over 60,000, the Armenians blamed their Soviet masters for failingtohe(p. Kate Adie visits the scene of the tragedy and asks if they are better served nowthatthey have broken away.
And Julian 0' Halloran talks to a Parisian cardinal who recalls his anguish over the death of his mother in the concentration camp at Auschwitz. Editor Fiona Murch
Making It Big. An examination of the life of American artist Robert
Rauschenberg, whose work is currently the subject of a major exhibition at New York's
Guggenheim museum.
The programme includes an interview with Rauschenberg in which he discusses the huge autobiographical opus he has been working on for 16 years. Director Chris Granlund : Series editor
MichaelPoole Stereo WEB SITE: www.bbc.co.uk/works
Peter Hitchens of The Express looks over the week's press.
(Stereo)
The epic tale of Julius Caesar begins a new, six-part series tracing the rise and tall to the Roman Empire. Historians discuss Caesar's early life and ruthless rise to power and tell of the ferocious ambition that led him to conquer Gaul, overcome the threat of his rival Pompey and eventually become a dictator.
See today's choices.
BBC Book: I, Caesar, price £17.99, available from bookshops
Face to Face with Caesar: pg 7
The first of six documentaries from both established and lesser-known film-makers located around the world.
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Werner Herzog 's film recounts the extraordinary story of Dieter Dengler, a US pilot who survived capture and torture by Laotian guerillas during the Vietnam War.
See today's choices.
Series editor Nicholas Fraser
Beyond Good and Evil.
Clive Barker concludes the series by profiling horror-actress Barbara Steele. He also investigates the world of Rosemary's Baby, and the links between novelist HP
Lovecraft and a small town in New England. The Unnamable Returns, based on Lovecraft's work, follows at 12.55am.
Directors Ann Hawker. Celia Lowenstein , Ursula Macfarlane. David Richardson Series producer Dev Varma
BBC BOOK: Clive Barker s A-Z of Horror is available now, price £12.99
Jools Holland introduces
Boston's original hell-raisers
Aerosmith, who have completed their renaissance with the recent Nine Lives album, plus Black Grape and the Lighthouse Family playing tracks from their respective new albums. Director Janet Fraser Crook
Producer Mark Cooper ♦ Jools Holland Questionnaire: page 18; Music: page 50
Jools is joined by Aerosmith, Texas, Black Grape, Lighthouse Family and Phil Campbell.
Horror, based on HP
Lovecraft short stories. In the aftermath of a mysterious and deadly midnight encounter with a vicious entity, student Randolph Carter seeks to confront the demonic secrets beneath Arkham graveyard. Director Jean-Paul Ouellette
(1992,18) ♦ See Films: pages 64-74 *
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