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10.30 Words and Pictures
(ages 5-7)

10.45 Cats' Eyes
(ages 5-7)

11.00 Look and Read: The Legend of the Lost Keys: The Trap
Fantasy adventure.
(ages 7-9) (Subtitled)

11.20 Zig Zag
(ages 7-9)

11.40 Landmarks: Southern Spain
(ages 9-12) (Subtitled)

12.00 Sportsbank Special: Dance
(ages 11-16)

Contributors

Writer (Look and Read):
Jim Eldridge

The Society of London
Theatre honours top theatrical talent at this year's awards ceremony, taking place at the Albery theatre.The evening features highlights from shows including the hit-musical Chicago, which is nominated in seven award categories, Popcorn, The Front Page and Beauty and the Beast.
Stars appearing include
Ben Elton , Michael Ball , Dame Edna Everage , Julia McKenzie , Ruthie Henshall , Simon Callow and Ute
Lemper. Presented by Clive Anderson. See today's choices.
Director Duncan Cooper ; Producer
SueAndrew Stereo .............
Event sponsored by American Express

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Elton
Unknown:
Michael Ball
Unknown:
Dame Edna Everage
Unknown:
Julia McKenzie
Unknown:
Ruthie Henshall
Unknown:
Simon Callow
Presented By:
Clive Anderson.
Director:
Duncan Cooper

Chef Ainsley Harriott meets more busy individuals and shows them how to create quick, mouth-watering meals. This week he prepares chicken kiev with butter-bean puree for two west London florists and serves snappy-zapped stuffed tatties for a Solihull A-level student.
Finally, Harriott demonstrates to an Edinburgh postwoman how to cook yum yum nutty noodles.
(Stereo) (Subtitled)
BBC Book: Ainsley Harriott Meals in Minutes, price £14.99 from bookshops
See Food: page 28

Contributors

Presenter/Cook:
Ainsley Harriott
Director:
Derek Hallworth
Producer:
Caroline Officer

Drama, based on a true story. Divorced mother Gerri Anderson is forced into poverty after her estranged husband refuses to pay child support and her claims are dismissed by bureaucrats. But Gerri is a fighter and decides to take on the system.
(1995)
See Films: pages 44-50 *

Followed by Video Nation Shorts

Contributors

Director:
Joseph Dougherty
Gerri Anderson:
Lori Loughlin
Doug:
Brian Kerwin
Donald Quinn:
Gordon Clapp
Jake:
Tyler Malinger
Matthew:
Eric Lloyd
Iris:
Bibi Besch
Bob:
Linden Chiles
Gary:
Anthony Tyler Quinn
Sarah:
Farrah Forke
Judge:
Rosemary Forsythe
Constance:
Ilene Graff
Dr Peck:
Robert Hooks
Clarice:
Claudette Nevins
Susie:
Amy Steel
Chris:
Allison Dean
Roy:
Markus Flanagan
Margaret:
Victoria Haas
Eddie:
Herb Mitchell

David Mamet is one of America's greatest living writers, best-known for his explosive contemporary plays such as Sexual Perversity in Chicago, American Buffalo, Oleanna and Glengarry Glen Ross. His film screenplay credits include The Untouchables and The Verdict, and he has also written and directed the films House of Games and Homicide.
Mamet - who has recently completed his second novel, three new screenplays and a book of essays on acting- talks to Jeremy Isaacs about what it is like to be Jewish in America, his childhood in fifties Chicago, and his fondness for hunting deer.
Last in the series.

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Interviewee:
David Mamet
Interviewer:
Jeremy Isaacs
Producer:
David Herman
Series Editor:
Michael Poole

(Note: repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 A Tale of Two Capitals - Paris and Rome
1.30 Pilgrimage: The Shrine at Loreto
A tour of the site.

Schools
2.00 Modern Languages

Japan Season
4.00 Ri Koran Act 1: Part 1
One of Japan's best-known musicals
Japanese Cartoons Collection 1
Two animations.

Business and Training
5.00 Skills for Work

Open University
5.45 Siena Cathedral
6.35-7.00am Paris - Spectacle of Modernity

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