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Comedy drama, continuing the season of films directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. Also starring Claire Bloom.
Calvero, once a music-hall star, stops Terry, a young dancer, from committing suicide. The subsequent friendship alters the course of both their careers.
(1952, U) Black and white Subtitled. Chaplin's KinginNewYork istomorrowat6am
♦ See Films: pages 43-79 ****

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlie Chaplin
Unknown:
Claire Bloom

Comedy, continuing the season of films starring Frank Sinatra
When Buddy Baker leaves his parents' home, he finds warm welcome at his elder brother's bachelor apartment. Widescreen. Director Bud Yorkin (1963) Subtitled ... Frank Sinatra stars in High Society at4.30pm + See Films: pages 43-79

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Sinatra
Unknown:
Buddy Baker
Director:
Bud Yorkin
Unknown:
Frank Sinatra

Animated double bill.

2.20 Bob's International Hiccup Centre
Bob loses his comic timing, but gains a talent for curing hiccups. With the guest voice of Paul Merton.
(Repeated at 8.20pm)

At 2.30 Johnny Saveloy's Undoing
A TV evangelist ensnares Wendy. With guest voices Bob Monkhouse and Professor Stanley Unwin.
(Repeated tomorrow at 7.20pm) (Digital widescreen)

Videoplus code for 2.20-2.30pm...... Code for 2.30-2.40pm Code for 2.20-2.40pm (not PDC)

Contributors

Voice (Bob's International Hiccup Centre):
Paul Merton
Voice (Johnny Saveloy's Undoing):
Bob Monkhouse
Voice (Johnny Saveloy's Undoing):
Professor Stanley Unwin

Musical comedy, concluding the season starring Frank Sinatra
Time is short if if playboy composer CK Dexter-Haven is to reclaim his ex-wife before she marries another - especially with cynical reporter Mike Connor around. Director Charles Walters (1956, U)
♦ See Rims: pages 43-79

Contributors

Director:
Charles Walters

Poppea runs into her ex-husband Ottone and makes it clear she is now far out of his reach. Ottone decides to turn his attentions elsewhere. Meanwhile, Seneca receives some bad news.
(For cast see Tuesday 29)
(Digital widescreen)
(Poppea continues tomorrow at 6pm)

From dramatic shots of Cambodian tyrant Pol Pot on his deathbed to the shocking bombing in Omagh, from the hooligans and red cards of the World Cup to an abseiling Prince Harry, photographers have mirrored the year's key events. This film looks at the images of 1998 with the help of picture editors, the agencies that sold the pictures and the photographers themselves.
See today's choices.

Contributors

Producer:
Elaine Shepherd
Executive Producer:
Tim Kirby

Mark Lamarr reveals his personal reasons for regarding New Year's Eve as the most overrated festival of the year. He offers his guide to the horrors of the new year party and the strange world of Hogmanay TV shows, and explains why even celebrities have disastrous new years.
Director Simon Toyne ; Producer Jon Riley

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Lamarr
Director:
Simon Toyne
Producer:
Jon Riley

A documentary offering a glimpse behind the scenes of the TV series in which the mechanised creations of roboteers do battle with each other and against the show's resident metal marauders.
Featuring interviews with key members of the production team and previously unseen action from the first series.
Producer John Needham : Series producer Stephen Carsey

Contributors

Producer:
John Needham
Producer:
Stephen Carsey

A comedy compilation featuring characters from A Kick Up the Eighties, Laugh??? I Nearly Paid My Licence Fee and Naked
Video. Featuring sketches with Rik Mayall , Robbie Coltrane , Tracey Ullman , Gregor Fisher , John Sessions , Louise Gold ,
Miriam Margolyes , Jonathon Watson , Elaine C Smith , Tony Roper , Helen Lederer , Roger Sloman , Andy Gray , Ron Bain and Myra McFadyen.

Contributors

Unknown:
Rik Mayall
Unknown:
Robbie Coltrane
Unknown:
Tracey Ullman
Unknown:
Gregor Fisher
Unknown:
John Sessions
Unknown:
Louise Gold
Unknown:
Miriam Margolyes
Unknown:
Jonathon Watson
Unknown:
Elaine C Smith
Unknown:
Tony Roper
Unknown:
Helen Lederer
Unknown:
Roger Sloman
Unknown:
Andy Gray
Unknown:
Ron Bain
Unknown:
Myra McFadyen.

Cult comedy musical starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon
Sweethearts Brad and Janet find themselves drawn into a bizarre and weird world when their car breaks down during a storm and they are forced to spend the night at a spooky nearby gothic mansion. Widescreen. (1975, 15)
Digital widescreen
See Films: pages 43-79 ****

Contributors

Director:
Jim Sharman
Frank N Furter:
Tim Curry
Janet Weiss:
Susan Sarandon
Brad Majors:
Barry Bostwick
Riff Raff:
Richard O'Brien
Dr Everett Scott:
Jonathan Adams
Columbia:
Nell Campbell
Rocky Horror:
Peter Hinwood
Magenta:
Patricia Quinn
Eddie:
Meat Loaf
Criminologist:
Charles Gray
Ralph Hapschatt:
Jeremy Newson
Betty Munroe:
Hilary Labow

Highlights from the summer festival that was one of the muddiest on record, but which included stirling performances from artists of the calibre of Robbie Williams, Tony Bennett, Blur, Pulp, Catatonia, Embrace, Underworld, Portishead, Spiritualized, Gomez, Bernard Butler and Bob Dylan.
(Subtitled)
7.45-10.15pm (not PDC)
10.15pm-3.00am (not PDC)
7.45pm-3.00am (not PDC)

Followed by Skiing Forecast

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Bennett
Unknown:
Bernard Butler
Unknown:
Bob Dylan
Producer:
Alison Howe

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