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Today's show is made by children from Cardiff and features a girl whose mother is a singer, a teenager with Down's syndrome, a basketball-team cheerleader and a girl who is devoted to her horse. Last in the current series. Stereo .............................

Adventure starring
Kenneth More , Lauren Bacall
In 1905, a rebellion on India's North
West frontierthreatens the life of a young Hindu prince. A British officer rescues the boy and sets out on a perilous journey on an old steam train. Showing in widescreen.
Director J Lee Thompson (1959, U)
* See Films: pages 58-70 ***

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth More
Unknown:
Lauren Bacall
Unknown:
Lee Thompson
Captain Scott:
Kenneth More
Catherine Wyatt:
Lauren Bacall
VanLeyden:
Herbert Lom
Bridie WILFRID:
Hyde White
Gupta:
Is Johar
Lady Windham:
Ursula Jeans

Coverage of the European Cross Country Championships from Lisbon. Keith Cullen is expected to lead the British challenge in the men's race, while in the women's race Liz Talbot maybe Britain's best medal hope. Introduced by Christina Boxer , with commentary by David Coleman and Brendan Foster.

Contributors

Unknown:
Liz Talbot
Introduced By:
Christina Boxer
Commentary By:
David Coleman
Commentary By:
Brendan Foster.

The skiing programme returns for its 21st series, beginning with La Premiere Neige, the traditional European curtain-raiser from Val-d'lsere in the French Alps. Hazel Irvine sets the scene from this World Cup weekend while Julian Tutt describes the high-speed action from the men's downhill event.
* See Sport: page 51

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Tutt

Simon King reports from Yellowstone National Park in the United States on how the wildlife survives chilly winter conditions. Editor Sara Ford
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5.20* Watch Out Monthly
Reports on the urban roosts of long-eared owls, how to observe spawning salmon plus small mammals escaping the cold.
With Chris Packham, Nick Baker.
Producer Gavin Maxwell; Series producer Mike Beynon (Stereo)
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6.00*-7.00 Global Sunrise
At the turn of the year, wildlife camera crews around the world recorded the natural sights and sounds of the planet waking to a new day. First shown on New
Year's Day, this revised version of the epic TV safari follows the rising sun through six continents and every time zone to witness some of the most spectacular landscapes and wildlife on earth. Narrated by Julian Pettifer. Director Graham Booth: Producer Peter Crawford (Stereo) (Subtitled)
Videoplus code for 5.15-7.00(notPDC)

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon King
Editor:
Sara Ford
Unknown:
Chris Packham
Unknown:
Nick Baker.
Producer:
Gavin Maxwell
Unknown:
Julian Pettifer.

Continuing the series about the lives of renowned composers. Mozart. The ultimate child prodigy and image of musical perfection, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was far from the foul-mouthed delinquent portrayed inthefilm Amadeus. Thisfilm explores the life and music of this extraordinary composer, with contributions from writer
Peter Shaffer , director
Jonathan Miller and conductorColin Davis.
Narrated by Kenneth Branagh.
Producer Francesca Kemp ; Executive producer Kriss Rusmanis BBC BOOK: send a cheque for £5.99. made payable to BBC Education, to [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Wolfgang Amadeus
Unknown:
Peter Shaffer
Director:
Jonathan Miller
Conductor:
Colin Davis.
Unknown:
Kenneth Branagh.
Producer:
Francesca Kemp
Producer:
Kriss Rusmanis

Continuing the three-part special. A Life in Ice. The frozen body of a Stone Age man, uncovered in the Alps in 1991, has turned out to be one of the finds of the century. His 5,000-year-old corpse was perfectly preserved and, in the five years since his discovery, science has revealed details of his age, diet, illnesses and treatment, and even his job. ProducerTim Haines; Series editor John Lynch Repeat Stereo

Contributors

Editor:
John Lynch

Drama, the second of three contemporary stories showing in the Love Bites season, starring Thandie Newton, Oliver Milburn

Clare accuses fellow-student Jamie of raping her after their first date.
See today's choices.
(Subtitled)
See Polly Toynbee: page 10

Contributors

Writer:
Ol Parker
Producer:
Elinor Day
Director:
Simon Cellan Jones
Clare Howard:
Thandie Newton
Jamie Lloyd:
Oliver Milburn
Carol Lloyd:
Isla Blair
Philip Prescott:
Miles Anderson
John Quested:
David Bradley
Police doctor:
Marion McLoughlin
Ben:
Stuart Laing
Neil:
Darren Tighe
Cathy:
Marsali Stewart
Sam:
Sam Barriscale
Defence council:
Caroline Guthrie
Moira:
Clare Swinburne
Tess:
Alexandra Lilley
Guy:
Rick Warden
Liz:
Pandora Ormsby-Gore
Ed:
Steven O'Neill
Charlie:
Adrian Bower
Natasha:
Lexi Strauss
Toby:
Orlando Seale

Psychological thriller starring Jeremy Irons
Theresa Russell Prague 1919: when his friend and colleague Eduard Raban vanishes, insurance-clerk Kafka is drawn into a nightmare world. Showing in widescreen format.
Director Steven Soderbergh (1991, 15)
Black and white and colour Orson Welles 's version of The Trial by Franz Kafka is on Friday at 12.50am
* See Films: pages 58-70 ***
Followed byWeatherview

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Irons
Unknown:
Eduard Raban
Director:
Steven Soderbergh
Unknown:
Orson Welles
Unknown:
Franz Kafka
Kafka:
Jeremy Irons
Gabriela Rossman:
Theresa Russell
DrMurnau:
Ian Holm
Bizzlebek:
Jeroen Krabbe
Chief clerk:
Alec Guinness
Castle henchman:
Brian Glover

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