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Wartime drama.

Italy 1943: the Sisters of Charity are smuggling children out of an Italian-controlled concentration camp. But then Mussolini is deposed and the nuns must pit their wits against a new Nazi commandant.
(1960) (Black and white)
See Films: pages 42-48 ****

Contributors

Director:
Ralph Thomas
Mother Katherine:
Lilli Palmer
Sister Mitya:
Sylvia Syms
Major Spoletti:
Ronald Lewis
Colonel Horsten:
Albert Lieven
Sister Gerta:
Yvonne Mitchell

Weekday focus on arts-and-crafts activities.

1.10 The Antiques Show
How to make a small fortune at an antiques fair.
(Repeat)

Then at 1.40 The Arts and Crafts Show
The techniques of a silversmith and advice on ways to restore an old violin.

Videoplus code for 1.10-1.40pm
Code for 1.40-2.10pm
Code for 1.10-2.10pm (not PDC)

Contributors

Series Producer:
Maggie Sutcliffe
Executive Producer:
Fiona Pitcher

Action from last night's first-round matches from Frimley Green, Surrey, in the World Professional Darts championship. Introduced by Ray Stubbs.
Including at 2.40 and 3.25 News and Regional News (Subtitled) Weather

Contributors

Presenter:
Ray Stubbs

Double bill of animated comedy.

6.00 Streetcar Named Marge
Marge auditions for a part in a community theatre musical.

6.20 Stark Raving Dad
Homer is forced to sit a written sanity test.
(Repeat)

Videoplus code for 6.00-6.20pm
Code for 6.20-6.45pm ...
Code for 6.00-6.45pm (not PDC)

Another double bill is on Friday at 6pm

First of three programmes looking at how communication technology is changing the world.

War in the future is just as likely to be about information as it is bullets and bombs. As society becomes ever more reliant on control systems, such technological innovations have brought forth a new threat. What happens if those systems find themselves under attack from hackers?
Information: Ceefax page 628 and Website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Producer:
Cameron Balbimie

A four-part look at the current state of British agriculture.

With a 2,000-acre business in Cambridgeshire, Oliver Walston is that rare thing - a farmer who admits that he is rich and doesn't need subsidies. A firm follower of the free market, he argues that the farm support system, which sends him a cheque for £180,000 each Christmas, is crazy and should be reformed, if not abolished.
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Subject:
Oliver Walston
Producer:
Dick Colthurst

The music-and-travel odyssey takes Jools Holland on a very personal journey to Chicago, seeking the last resting place of his boogie woogie heroes, the pianists Albert Ammons and Jimmy Yancey. On the way he meets Koko Taylor, the first lady of the blues, and Daniel Barenboim, conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jools Holland
Interviewee:
Koko Taylor
Interviewee:
Daniel Barenboim
Director:
Geoff Wonfor
Producer:
Sarah Brailsford

Antony Worrall Thompson cooks smoked haddock cakes, guest chef Sophie Grigson concocts her version of kedgeree and James Martin creates spicy dishes for dance fans at a salsa convention. Plus a consumer test of ready-to-cook meals. Series producer Elaine Bancroft Executive producerTim Hincks
Digital widescreen RECIPES: Ceefax page 580 and Website: www.bbc.co.uk/foodanddrink E-mail: [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Antony Worrall Thompson
Unknown:
Sophie Grigson
Unknown:
James Martin
Producer:
Elaine Bancroft

A classic episode, first seen in 1962, in which Eric and Ernie spar in a boxing match and take part in cossack dancing and folk singing. With guests, the Kaye Sisters plus Terry Lightfoot and his New Orleans Jazzmen.
(First shown on ITV) (Black and white)
(Another edition is tomorrow at 9pm)

Then Suspended in Time
Time Season begins with the first of a 15-part series about time-related experiences.
Dr John Rothwell explains how time can appear to stand still.
(Subtitled)

Contributors

Writer:
S.C. Green
Writer:
R.M. Hills
Producer:
Colin Clews
Comedian:
Eric Morecambe
Comedian:
Ernie Wise
Singers:
The Kaye Sisters
Musicians:
Terry Lightfoot and his New Orleans Jazzmen
Speaker (Suspended in Time):
Dr John Rothwell
Producer (Suspended in Time):
Gregor Cameron
Executive Producer (Suspended in Time):
Clare Paterson

Two programmes analysing the concept of the passage of time.

9.30 Longitude
Until the eighteenth century, sailors had no way of pinpointing their exact east-west position on the globe. Precise navigation was impossible and ships were often lost at sea. This special edition of Horizon dramatises the story of clockmaker John Harrison, who spent 30 years working on the conundrum.
See today's choices.
See This Week: page 6

Longitude 9.30pm BBC2
Imagine the disbelief if an unknown amateur came up with a solution to the millennium bug. The reaction was much the same in the 18th century when John Harrison, a clock-maker, claimed his ship's timepiece made it possible to navigate accurately.
This fascinating docu-drama tells the story of the search for a way of determining longitude, ultimately met by Harrison's astonishingly accurate clocks. Patrick Malahide plays the pioneering clock-maker and there is vivid footage of ships and the sea. It is a film on an offbeat yet compelling subject, maintaining the standard set by Dava Sobel's recent bestselling book.

Contributors

Producer:
Peter Jones
Series Editor:
John Lynch
John Harrison:
Patrick Malahide

The news analysis programme begins the year with a new look. Presented by Jeremy Paxman in London and Kirsty Wark in Berlin. (Subtitled)

Followed by Suspended in Time
Time Season continues with a look at Timothy the tortoise, Britain's oldest pet.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Paxman
Presenter:
Kirsty Wark
Editor:
Sian Kevill

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