Shown yesterday on BBC1 at 10.10pm
Series on 20th-century enigmas.
A look at the mysterious mission undertaken in May 1941 by Hitler deputy Rudolf Hess.
(Black and white/colour)
Musical comedy opening a double bill offilms in the season sta rri ng James Stewart
Also starring Paulette Goddard
Jimmy Haskell tries to arrange a slot for a band on his uncle's radio show.
Director George Marshall (1941)
Black and white
* See Films: pages 43-76 **
Comedy drama concluding the double bill starring James Stewart
Also starring Jean Arthur
A naive young senator heads for Washington and soon finds himself face to face with political corruption and greed. Director Frank Capra (1939, U)
(Black and white)
The Stratton Story is tomorrow 10.30am
* See Films: pages 43-76 *****
Another celebrity recalls a James Stewart movie moment.
(Stereo)
Mercury Music Prize-nominated Beth Orton is among the attractions in the first of three highlights programmes from this summer's festival. With Jools Holland.
(Continues tomorrow at 12.20pm)
Professor Ian Stewart shows how, although animals appear to walk in a huge variety of ways, there are some strange similarities.
War drama, the first of a double bill directed by Anthony Asquith, and part of the "British at War" season.
Starring John Mills, Eric Portman
Despatched to destroy the Nazis' latest battleship, the British submarine Sea Tiger finds herself short of fuel and food.
(1943, U) (Black and white)
See Films: pages 43-76
Second World War drama concluding the Anthony Asquith double bill and part of the British at War season. Starring Michael Redgrave
A young, newly trained pilot arrives at an RAF bomber station in 1940 to face both happiness and tragedy in the days ahead.
(1945, U) (Black and white)
(The British at War season concludes with The Man Who Never Was tomorrow at 6pm)
See Films: pages 43-76
Young conductor Mark Wigglesworth examines the pitfalls of the soloist's life on the road and also explores the relationship between soloist and conductor.
(Stereo)
War drama starring Stanley Baker, Michael Caine, Jack Hawkins
In 1879, Cetewayo, ruler of the great Zulu kingdom, inflicts a heavy defeat upon the British army at Isandhlwana and marches towards the small garrison of Rorke's Drift.
Two officers, Lieutenants Chard and Bromhead, desperately rally their meagre forces: eight officers and 97 men against 4,000 Zulus. Showing in widescreen format.
(1964, PG)
See Films: pages 43-76 ****
Michael Caine's Kind of Day: page
Documentary that looks at the last Jewish school in Berlin, closed down by the Gestapo in April 1942. Over 50 years later, survivors reunite and recall their lives and bear witness to some of their past experiences.
Actor George C Scott looks back on a favourite moment in the 1956 film Anatomy of a Murder and recalls acting opposite James Stewart.
First in a seven-part spoof documentary series that follows the collapse of an elite undercover police unit.
The team face a multi-million-pound lawsuit when they wrongfully arrest a man whom they presume to be Britain's biggest crime lord.
See today's choices.
Mark Lamarr and team captains Sean Hughes and Phill Jupitus are joined by Boy George, Noddy Holder, Jonathan Ross and Louise Wener from Sleeper.
(Stereo)
More off-beat comedy about Surbiton celebrities.
(More at 11.35pm) (Stereo)
More everyday drama from celebrities in Surbiton.
(The series continues tomorrow at 10.15pm) (Stereo)
Historical drama based on the novel by Emile Zola, starring Renaud, Gerard Depardieu
A young mechanic finds work at a large coal mine during the 1860s. A self-taught socialist, he is disturbed at the appalling working conditions, and, after an accident and a pay cut, helps to organise a strike fund.
In French with English subtitles.
Showing in widescreen format.
(1993, 15)
See Films: pages 43-76 ***
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