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Musical drama starring Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman

Easy-going priest Father O'Malley is called in to help a run-down school, but finds himself at odds with the teaching methods favoured by Sister Benedict.
(1945, U) (Black and white)
See Films: pages 46-51 ***

Contributors

Unknown:
Bing Crosby
Unknown:
Ingrid Bergman
Director:
Leo McCarey

Coverage of the 16th Commonwealth Games begins as Steve Rider presents live coverage of England's men in their hockey clash against Bangladesh. Plus early news of the progress of the home countries in the women's competition.

Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Rider
Commentary:
Nigel Starmer-Smith
Producer:
Sharon Lence

Last in the current-affairs series with a British-Asian perspective.

The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, has courted controversy by discouraging the worship of a spirit known as Dorje Shugden.
He counters claims that he is guilty of religious intolerance and an abuse of human rights as he speaks to Rajan Datar about the furore over his decision.
A new series starts next July.
(Subtitled)

Contributors

Interviewee:
The Dalai Lama
Presenter:
Rajan Datar
Producer:
Gurdip Bhangoo
Series Editor:
Mike Finlason

The series exploring the world of aviation includes a report from Toulouse, where Airbus have announced a major order from British Airways. Michael Bywater sees how BA put Boeing to the test with their new 747, and there's a reflection on 50 years of the Farnborough Air Show. With Raymond Baxter, Fenella George and Julian Tutt.

Contributors

Presenter:
Raymond Baxter
Presenter:
Fenella George
Presenter:
Julian Tutt
Reporter:
Michael Bywater
Executive Producer:
Peter Hylton Cleaver

Jeremy Clarkson slips behind the wheel for the new 15-part run of the motoring magazine and road-tests the Ford Focus, while Tiff Needel sees how Aston Martin 's latest DB7 compares with a flying Jaguar. Plus a report from Quentin Willson on used cars imported from Japan.
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Top Gear
8.30pm BBC2 That Jeremy Clarkson is everywhere isn't he? It's only a few days since his Top Gear Waterworld series finished and only a few weeks since he was on the cover of Radio Times and yet here he is again with a new series of Top Gear.
He's to be found road testing the replacement for the Ford Escort, which according to the programme may turn out to be one of the most important launches of the year. His co-driver Quentin Willson turns to the Japanese to examine the truth behind the enormous number of cheap imports from Japan. And proving that he's a versatile chap, Clarkson dons a Jackanory guise to tell us a bedtime story about the government's white paper on transport.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Clarkson
Presenter:
Tiff Needel
Presenter:
Quentin Willson
Producer:
Chris Richards
Editor:
Jon Bentley

The documentary series returns for 20 new programmes.

In 1992, scientists researching a drug to combat the pain of angina noticed male patients achieving erections. The drug acquired the name Viagra and became this year's chemical cause celebre, inspiring a huge black-market trade and a tidal wave of media attention. This film chronicles the search for a cure for impotence but also asks if women's sexual problems have been stampeded in the rush to attend to male concerns.

Contributors

Producer:
Mike Smith
Series Editor:
John Lynch

The cultural-affairs comment show returns, with host Mark Lawson joined tonight by Rosie Boycott, Ekow Eshun and Tom Paulin. Subjects for discussion include Steven Spielberg's film Saving Private Ryan and Julian Barnes's novel England, England.

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Panellist:
Rosie Boycott
Panellist:
Ekow Eshun
Panellist:
Tom Paulin
Producer:
Mark Bell
Editor:
Michael Poole

Repeats are not indicated.

Open University
12.30 Difference on Screen
1.00 Powers of the President: Carter and Reagan

The Greats
2.00 Scientists and Inventors: Part 5

Teaching Film and Media
4.00 Film Education: Documenting D-Day
4.30 Film Education: The British Film Industry

Teacher Training
5.00 Computers Don't Bite: Business: Part 4

Open University
5.45 World of the Dragon
6.10-7.00am Social Scientists at Work

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