Drama, the first of today's three films starring Frank Sinatra
A press agent brings the body of an actress back to her home town. He struggles to win recognition forthe girl he loved. Can he make a miracle happen? Director Irving Pichel (1948)
Blackandwhite Subtitled ...............
♦ See Films: pages 43-79 ***
Romantic musical, the second of today's films starring Frank Sinatra
The daughters of the Tuttle household are captivated by a young songwriter, but their love lives are complicated by the arrival of cynical pianist Barney Sloan. Director Gordon Douglas (1955, U)
Frank Sinatra is in The Pride and the Passion at3pm
♦ See Films: pages 43-79
The first of 12 short films accompanying the Frank Sinatra film season in which fans and friends pay tribute.
Americans set out to unite post-Civil War east and west with a 1,775-mile railway from Omaha to Sacramento that promised work for immigrant labourers, land for poor farmers and a lucrative business for hunters.
(Subtitled)
(The West continues tomorrow at 10.35am)
First in a series of five daily science talks, intended to be of particular interest to children.
Professor Nancy Rothwell explores the senses that allow animals to survive.
See today's choices.
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See Family: page 11
Action from the crease at Melbourne as the Fourth Test reaches day three.
Clare Balding presents a four-race card from Chepstow. featuring the Welsh National at 2.15. Plus races at 1.10.
1.40, and 2.50. With Richard Pitman ,
Peter Scudamore and Jonathan Powell , and race commentary by Jim McGrath. Executive producer Malcolm Kemp
Digital widescreen
Epic adventure, the last of today's films starring Frank Sinatra
Also starring Cary Grant, Sophia Loren
As the Spanish army retreats from Napoleon's invading troops, only a few guerrillas remain to carry on the fight. Their target is the heavily fortified town of Avila.
(1957)
(Frank Sinatra is On the Town tomorrow at 8.55am)
See Films: pages 43-79
This batch of offerings from Christmasses Past looks at the festive light-entertainment spectacular and includes clips from Christmas Night with the Stars and Val Doonican.
(Repeat)
Royal Ballet dancer Deborah Bull and comedian Alexei Sayle introduce an evening devoted to exploring the many facets of dance, from ballroom and ballet to modern and clubbing.
See today's choices.
(Digital widescreen)
Deborah Bull is joined by fellow dancers Adam Cooper and Lynn Seymour in a sequence of movements that traces the changing role of female ballet dancers over the past century. It begins with Bull in the guise of Princess Aurora from Marius Petipa's Sleeping Beauty, and is followed by extracts from Frederick Ashton's Two Pigeons and Kenneth MacMillan's Invitation. Bull concludes the study by portraying the 20th-century woman of William Forsythe's Herman Schmerman.
Another chance to see Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's Bolero ice-dance routine.
Alexei Sayle sets out to prove that it doesn't take a professional to perform the waltz, jive or salsa. He learns some basic steps in his journey through some of the joys and pitfalls of the dance floor.
The waltz, by ballroom aces Marcus and Karen Hilton.
The final episode from Dame Margot Fonteyn's 1979 history of dance.
Bidding farewell to the stage on her 60th birthday, Fonteyn performs a solo, Salut d'Amour, especially created for her by Frederick Ashton, and joins Rudolf Nureyev for a rendition of Ashton's Marguerite and Armand. With artists of the Royal Ballet and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.
(Revised repeat)
A girl explores her own garden world. Performed by Ella Horton Chandler and choreographed by Rosemary Lee.
The classic Singin' in the Rain routine by comedy duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise.
(Subtitled)
The TV premiere of this award-winning piece performed by Siobhan Davies Dance Company that received critical acclaim on its debut in 1995. Choreographed by Siobhan Davies herself, it is set to the harpsichord music of Scarlatti and Matteo Fargion.
A dance-based short film with no dialogue, set around a snowy railway station in the Czech Republic. The obsession of two couples for ballroom dancing leads to murder.
Every weekend, thousands of young people around the country go clubbing. Three such individuals - Carly, who works on the door of a club in Leeds. Tim, a gay clubber from Brighton, and Janet, a Londoner who says she would be on the dance floor seven nights a week if she could find enough decent venues - discuss their devotion to the beat.
(Subtitled)
Comedy romance starring Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice
Scandalising the staid world of regional ballroom dancing in Australia, Scott Hastings is determined to devise his own steps. However, departing from tradition alienates those closest to him. Only disregarded beginner Fran wants to help Scott perform his exciting choreography.
(1992, PG)
See Films: pp 43-79 *****
Screen version of the long-running musical, starring Michael Douglas
A group of young - and not-so-young - hopefuls arrive at a Broadway theatre to audition for a big new show. Their dreams, lives and futures depend on their performances.
(Widescreen) (1985, PG)
See Films: pages 43-79 ***
Andrew Duncan interviews Michael Douglas: page 18
6.00-9.35 (not PDC)
9.35-1.55 (not PDC)
6.00-1.55 (not PDC)
Followed by Weatherview
(to 1.55)
