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Hype, Hysteria and Fluffy Bunnies. Howard Stableford studies reportage of the Louise Woodward case and the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, to determine howfar society's behaviour is media-influenced.
Series producer David Poyser BROCHURE INFORMATION: call[number removed]Calls will be charged at the national rate CEEFAX: page
WEB SITE: www.open.ac.uk/saturday

Contributors

Unknown:
Howard Stableford
Unknown:
Louise Woodward
Producer:
David Poyser

Beginning today's Saturday
Matinee double bill of westerns.
Starring Clark Gable , Eleanor Parker
A charming scoundrel searches for hidden loot in a town deserted except for a widow and her four daughters-in-law. Widescreen.
Director Raoul Walsh (1956) Subtitled . ♦ See Films: pages 46-51 *

Contributors

Unknown:
Clark Gable
Unknown:
Eleanor Parker
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Dan Kehoe:
Clark Gable
Sabina:
Eleanor Parker
MaMcDade:
Jovan Fleet
Ruby:
Jean Willes
Birdie:
Barbara Nichols

Concluding today's Saturday Matinee western double bill.
Starring Ray Milland

Kern Shaffer, stripped of his rank, quits the cavalry and re-enlists as a private at a remote outpost in Sioux territory.
(1952) Subtitled.
See Films: pages 46-51 **

Contributors

Director:
Roy Rowland
Kern Shafter:
Ray Milland
Josephine Russell:
Helena Carter
Captain Edward Garnett:
Hugh Marlowe
Private Donovan:
Forrest Tucker
Captain Myles Moylan:
Barton MacLane

Live coverage from the Oval of today's final session of play between England and Sri Lanka. With Tony Lewis, Richie Benaud, Geoffrey Boycott, Chris Broad, David Gower and Barry Richards.

Contributors

Commentary:
Tony Lewis
Commentary:
Richie Benaud
Commentary:
Geoffrey Boycott
Commentary:
Chris Broad
Commentary:
David Gower
Commentary:
Barry Richards
Producer:
Paul Davies
Producer:
Alan Griffiths
Editor:
Philip Bernie

Concluding the series about articles brought to Britain by West Indians in the fifties.
How records comforted those arriving in Britain.
(Subtitled)
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

An evening of programmes celebrating soul music and its influence on almost every contemporary music form.
Introduced by disc jockey Lisa l'Anson, with Jazzie B from Soul II Soul and record producer and musician Quincy Jones.
Throughout the evening an array of celebrities discuss their favourite soul songs........

Contributors

Introduced By:
Disc Jockey Lisa
Musician:
Quincy Jones.

Offbeat documentary in which soul figures, including Eddy Grant , Quincy Jones and Paul Young , talk about what soul music means to them and why it deserves its place in popular music's hall of fame.
Director/Producer Terry Jervis

Contributors

Unknown:
Eddy Grant
Unknown:
Quincy Jones
Unknown:
Paul Young
Producer:
Terry Jervis

On his 40th birthday, Michael Jackson 's extraordinary life is profiled in a documentary which also examines his immense contribution to pop and soul music. While recording a string of hits with his brothers in the seventies, Jackson was also forging his own solo career, which peaked with his enormously successful 1982 Thriller album.
Director David Upshal

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Jackson
Director:
David Upshal

Satire. Albert, one of the members of a rap group called CB4, takes part in the making of a documentary that reveals all about his musical trio.
Director Tamra Davis (1993. 18)
♦ See Films: pages 46-51 *** SoulNight Director Neil Dougan ; Executive producers Dele Oniya and Mark Cooper Subtitled Videoplus code for
8.10-11.00(notPDC)
11.00-2.40 (not PDC)
Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Director:
Tamra Davis
Director:
Neil Dougan
Director:
Mark Cooper
Albert:
Chris Rock
Euripides:
Allen Payne
Otis:
Deezer D
A White:
Chris Elliott
Virgil Robinson:
Phil Hartman

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