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Comedy series with music.
The band perform for an elderly audience. Jimmy Osman JAMES HURST. Greg Fuggle LEE OTTER. Bev Osman HARRIET THORPE , Miles Smith-Jones TOM LOWE. Giles Beamish SAM CHAPMAN Written by Roy Apps
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Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Osman James Hurst.
Unknown:
Greg Fuggle Lee Otter.
Unknown:
Bev Osman Harriet Thorpe
Unknown:
Miles Smith-Jones
Unknown:
Tom Lowe.
Unknown:
Giles Beamish Sam Chapman
Written By:
Roy Apps

The series concludes with visits to Tropiquaria in Somerset. Alton
Towers, London's Science Museum, and a venue in Tamworth, Staffordshire, for skiing, snowboarding and tobogganing. With Katy Hill , Rhodri Owen ,
Rodney Stevens , Katie Knapman.

Contributors

Unknown:
Katy Hill
Unknown:
Rhodri Owen
Unknown:
Rodney Stevens
Unknown:
Katie Knapman.

Hosted by Steve Rider with Jonathan Davies.
1.30 Rugby League
London Broncos v Wigan Warriors
Live coverage from Huddersfield(kickoff
1.45pm) of the second Challenge Cup semi-final. Commentary by Jon Champion , Joe Lydon and Richard Duckenfield.
3.25 Boxing Commonwealth light-middleweight title action between South Africa's Johnson Tshuma and Sheffield's
Paul "Silky" Jones. Commentary: Jim Neilly.
3.50 Rallying Highlights of the Rally of Portugal, the fourth event in the world championship. With commentary by Mark James and Tiff Needell.
TV presentation (rugby league) Malcolm Kemp

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve Rider
Unknown:
Jonathan Davies.
Commentary By:
Jon Champion
Commentary By:
Joe Lydon
Commentary By:
Richard Duckenfield.
Unknown:
Johnson Tshuma
Unknown:
Jim Neilly.
Commentary By:
Mark James
Commentary By:
Tiff Needell.
Unknown:
Malcolm Kemp

Last of three programmes from London's Natural History Museum with Peter Snow and Michaela Strachan viewingfossils from all overBritain. Evolution Weekend: One Foot in the Past is at 9.20pm
Then Natural Selections Artist
David Shepherd discusses his life-long passion forthe African elephant. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Snow
Unknown:
Michaela Strachan
Artist:
David Shepherd

The Final Concert
Live from the Waterfront Hall,
Belfast, Stephanie Hughes introduces the climax of this year's competition as the winners of the brass, keyboard, wind. percussion and string finals perform with the Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Barry Wordsworth.
Belfast-born pianist
Barry Douglas chairs thejury, Charles Hazlewood meets the quintet. while oboist Nicholas Daniel provides commentary.
Viewers can registertheir votes on the numbers below.
Calls cost a maximum of lOp and lines are open from
7.30pm. The viewers' choice will be announced alongside the offical verdict at 9.50pm. Finalist 1:
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Executive producer Jonathan Fulford : Director Rodney Greenberg Stereo.... Event sponsored by Lloyds Bank
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♦ See Music: page 38
Subsequent programmes may run late

Contributors

Introduces:
Stephanie Hughes
Conducted By:
Barry Wordsworth.
Pianist:
Barry Douglas
Unknown:
Charles Hazlewood
Unknown:
Nicholas Daniel
Producer:
Jonathan Fulford
Director:
Rodney Greenberg

Russell Hayes investigates the cost of EC directives on the bills of Britain's water customers in the series that examines headline-making stories in the world of business and finance.
Producer Emma Jones : Editor
Diarmuid Jeffreys

Contributors

Unknown:
Russell Hayes
Producer:
Emma Jones
Editor:
Diarmuid Jeffreys

The Victorian obsession with natural history shaped some of the most extraordinary buildings of the age. Beginning his journey in Darwin's study, historian Dan Cruickshank sets out to explore this untold story. See today's choices.
Subtitled.
"Darwin: the Legacy" is at 10.05pm

Contributors

Presenter:
Dan Cruickshank
Producer:
Julian Birkett
Series Editor:
Basil Comely

A film that explores the changing impact on society of Darwin's ideas, from those who first used them to justify extreme capitalism to supporters of eugenics. Leading voices in modern evolutionary biology, however, feel that they have wider implications, recalling Darwin's original message: that human nature is part of a larger picture. Producer David Malone; Executive producer John Lynch
Followed by: Natural Selections: British astronaut Helen Sharman speculates how animals in space would deal with weightlessness. Stereo

Contributors

Producer:
David Malone
Executive Producer:
John Lynch
Speaker ("Natural Selections"):
Helen Sharman

Drama starring
James Spader
MandyPatinkin
An encounter between Nashe, a rootless ex-fireman, and Pozzi, con man and cardshark, leads to a poker game with two sinister. reclusive millionaires. The latter win. and extract a grim price.
Director Philip Haas (1993. 15)
# See Films: pages 51-60 ***
Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Unknown:
James Spader
Director:
Philip Haas
Jack Pozzi:
James Spader
James Nashe:
Mandy Patinkin
Bill Rower:
Charles Durning
Willie Stone:
Joel Grey
Calvin Murks:
Memmet Walsh

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