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A short film on the daredevil pursuit of Base jumping, a sport in which participants climb cliffs or man-made structures and throw themselves off with just a parachute and their split-second timing to break their fall.
(Repeat) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Director:
Lyndon Griffiths
Director:
Ed Taylor

Last in the series about life-altering experiences.
Heidi Rhiann led a sheltered life as a Jehovah's Witness in a Powys village. But in September 1996, a touring circus arrived and she fell in love with then married a Hungarian horse trainer. Another big decision led her to become the youngest circus operator in the country.
(Subtitled)

Contributors

Subject:
Heidi Rhiann
Director:
Marcus Ryder
Series Producer:
Debbie Christie

The final holiday show in the series reminisces about tried-and-tested locations as well as looking at new holiday options. Juliet Morris takes a trip to the Gower Peninsula in South Wales, designated an area of outstanding natural beauty.
The series returns in January.
Web Site: [web address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Juliet Morris
Series Producer:
Liz Molyneux

The first of two programmes about Thailand's royal family details the life story of the Princess Mother, told through the eyes of her personal secretary Disnada Diskul as he arranges her massive state cremation.

Born a commoner, Princess Sangwan Mahidol was the mother of two kings and brought the 800-year-old Thai monarchy into the modern age.

Conclusion tomorrow 9.30pm.

Contributors

Narrator:
Disnada Diskul
Producer:
Will Aslett

Series of dramatic monologues. Written by Carlton Dixon.
Starring Nicholas Pinnock.

City trader Derrell sets off to Australia to see the West Indies play cricket. All he lacks is a clear sense of identity.

(Then Video Nation Shorts)

(Windrush Season)

Contributors

Writer:
Carlton Dixon
Producer:
Paulette Randall
Director:
Kole Onile-Ere
Derrell:
Nicholas Pinnock

Dance from around the world.

This signature work by Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker was created in 1983. Film-maker Thierry de Mey's version of the work has been set in a deserted school building, but at its heart lies De Keersmaeker's almost hypnotic choreography.

(Series continues tomorrow at 7.30pm)

Contributors

Choreographer:
Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker
Director:
Thierry de Mey
Series Producer:
Bob Lockyer

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Words and Music
1.00 Changing Voices
1.30 Toulouse - Money and Power in Provincial France

The Greats
2.00 Champions of Nature: Part 2

Languages
4.00 Greek Language and People 3-4; French Experience: Know How 2

Business and Training
5.00 Skills for Work

Open University
5.45 Richard II Character of a King
6.10 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Retreat to Romanticism
(Subtitled)
6.35-7.00am Greenberg on Jackson Pollock

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