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Live coverage from the penultimate morning of the European championships in Budapest. Featuring at 8.05 the men's marathon and 8.30 the men's triple jump qualification. Presented by Desmond Lynam , with Roger Black and Linford Christie
. Commentary by Christina Boxer , David Coleman , Paul Dickenson , Brendan Foster and Stuart Storey.
Producers Sharon Lence and Martin Webster
Editors Andrew Clement and Dave Gordon. ..

Contributors

Presented By:
Desmond Lynam
Unknown:
Roger Black
Unknown:
Linford Christie
Commentary By:
Christina Boxer
Commentary By:
David Coleman
Commentary By:
Paul Dickenson
Commentary By:
Brendan Foster
Commentary By:
Stuart Storey.
Producers:
Sharon Lence
Producers:
Martin Webster
Editors:
Andrew Clement
Editors:
Dave Gordon.

The Future of History. Fenella George looks at various ways of studying history and talks to amateur historians.
Series producer David Poyser CEEFAX: page
WEB SITE: www.open.ac.uk/saturday

Contributors

Unknown:
Fenella George
Producer:
David Poyser

Beginning today's Saturday Matinee double bill of westerns starring Richard Widmark
A trapper on his way to jail for murder takes responsibility for the only survivors of an Apache attack. Widescreen.
Director, Delmer Daves (1956)
See Films: pages 42-49

Contributors

[Actor]:
Richard Widmark
Director:
Delmer Daves
Todd:
Richard Widmark
Jenny:
Felicia Farr
Jolie:
Susan Kohner
Billy:
Tommy Rettig
Valinda:
Stephanie Griffin

Concluding today's Saturday Matinee double bill of westerns starring Richard Widmark

For 20 years Marshal Frank Patch has maintained law and order in Cottonwood Springs, but he is under pressure to resign.
(1969) ***
See Films: pages 42-49

Contributors

Director:
Allen Smithee [pseudonym for Robert Totten, Don Siegel]
Director:
Robert Totten
Director:
Don Siegel
Marshal Frank Patch:
Richard Widmark
Claire Quintana:
Lena Horne
Lester Locke:
Carroll O'Connor
Edward Rosenbloom:
David Opatoshu
Andrew Oxley:
Kent Smith

Spy adventure, the first of three films today starring Paul Newman
Also starring Edward G Robinson
A Nobel prize-winning author stumbles on a plot to replace a fellow prizewinnerwith a communist double. Widescreen.
Director Mark Robson (1963) Nobody sFool is at 9pm
See Rims: pages 42-49

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Newman
Unknown:
Edward G Robinson
Director:
Mark Robson
AndrewCraig:
Paul Newman
DrMaxStratman:
Edwardg Robinson
Inger Lisa Andersen:
Elke Sommer
ErnilyStratman:
Diane Baker
DrDeniseMarceau:
Micheline Presle

Live coverage from Budapest of the men's 5,000m final-an event won in previous years by Britons Ian Stewart , Brendan Foster and Jack Buckner. Germany's Dieter Baumann will be among the favourites to win the gold and retain his European title.
Then at 7.05 the semi-finals of the women's 4x400m relay. The British team have shown promising form this season and will be hoping to secure a place in tomorrow's final. Introduced by Desmond Lynam , with Roger Black and Linford Christie. .

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Stewart
Unknown:
Brendan Foster
Unknown:
Jack Buckner.
Unknown:
Dieter Baumann
Introduced By:
Desmond Lynam
Unknown:
Roger Black
Unknown:
Linford Christie.

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Series 2

Episode 4: One for the Road

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

Vintage sitcom. According to Bob and Shakespeare, 'wine is a gentle stimulant and good companion' and so is Terry on the night Bob gets breathalysed.

Profiling items brought to Britain by West Indians in the fifties.
Since the Windrush arrived, rum has pervaded many aspects of black British life, including wedding celebrations and baby anointing. But over the years, attitudes towards the elixir have changed.
Windrush Booklet: send a cheque for £4.95, payable to BBC Education, to: [address removed]. To order by credit card. phone [number removed] (calls cost no more than 12p per minute).
Web Site: [Web address removed]

Contributors

Director:
Marcus Ryder
Executive Producer:
Debbie Christie

Captain Corelll Strikes a Chord
Novelist
Louis de Bernieres discusses his bestselling 1994 work
Captain Corelli's Mandolin during a triptoCephalonia-the Greek island where he set the book after goingthere on holiday. See today's choices.
Producer Peter Bevan ; Executive producer RogerThompson Subtitled ...... ♦

Contributors

Unknown:
Louis de Bernieres
Producer:
Peter Bevan

Drama, the second of today's three films starring
Paul Newman
Also starring Jessica Tandy
Bruce Willis , Melanie Griffith Donald "Sully" Sullivan is 60. He is unemployable and has spent most of his life shirking responsibility in the weather-beaten town of North Bath, New York. But Sully is a loveable rogue whose past is about to catch up with him. Widescreen.
Director Robert Benton (1994, 15)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof follows at 10.45pm
♦ See Films: pages 42-49 **** ♦ Ten things every Paul Newman fan ought to know ... page 41

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Newman
Unknown:
Jessica Tandy
Unknown:
Bruce Willis
Unknown:
Melanie Griffith
Director:
Robert Benton
Unknown:
Paul Newman
Donald Sullivan:
Paul Newman
Miss Beryl:
Jessica Tandy
Carl Roebuck:
Bruce Willis
Toby Roebuck:
Melanie Griffith
Peter:
Dylan Walsh
Rub Squeers:
Pruitt Taylorvince
Wirf:
Gene Saks
Clive Peoples Jr:
Josef S0mmer
Officer Raymer:
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Judge Ratt:
Philip Bosco
Charlotte:
Catherine Dent

Concluding the triple bill starring Paul Newman
Also starring Elizabeth Taylor
Burl Ives
Strained emotions mark the birthday celebration of southern plantation owner and patriarch Big Daddy. This is the first of tonight's two films adapted from plays by Tennessee Williams. The Fugitive Kind follows at 12.30am.
Director Richard Brooks (1958.15)
* See Films: pages 42-49 ****

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Newman
Unknown:
Elizabeth Taylor
Unknown:
Burl Ives
Director:
Richard Brooks
Maggie Pollitt:
Elizabeth Taylor
Brick Pollitt:
Paul Newman
Big Daddy Pollitt:
Burl Ives
Gooper Pollitt:
Jack Carson
Big Mama Pollitt:
Judith Anderson
Mae Pollitt:
Madeleine Sherwood
DrBaugh:
Larry Gates
Deacon Davis:
Vaughn Taylor
Dixie Pollitt:
Patty Ann Gerrity
Boy Pollitt:
Brian Corcoran
Sonny:
Rusty Stevens
Buster:
Hugh Corcoran
Trixie:
Deborah Miller

Drama adapted from
Tennessee Williams's play
Orpheus Descending.
Starring Marlon Brando Anna Magnani
Joanne Woodward
A penniless drifter with a guitar and a snakeskinjacket arrives in the Mississippi town of Two
Rivers and is soon turning heads in the small-minded community.
Director Sidney Lumet (1960, 15)
Black and white
♦ See Rims: pages 42-49 **
Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Unknown:
Marlon Brando
Unknown:
Anna Magnani
Unknown:
Joanne Woodward
Director:
Sidney Lumet
ValXavier:
Marlon Brando
LadyTorrance:
Anna Magnani
Carol Cutrere:
Joanne Woodward
Vee Talbot:
Maureen Stapleton
JabeTorrance:
Victor Jory
Sheriff Talbot RG:
Armstrong Talbot

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