Programme Index

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Following so me of Britain's most talented design graduates as they launch their careers.

Darren Mullen and Matthew Plested start work at a company which is aiming to redesign British Telecom's telephones. It is a steep learning curve: Mullen struggles to work with the latest computer-aided-design packages, while Plested needs to improve his presentation skills. But their moods lift when their ideas are transformed into tangible products.
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Subject:
Darren Mullen
Subject:
Matthew Plested
Director:
Flavia Rittner
Series Editor:
Keith Alexander

A new Japanese contender to be the dream car of young executives has appeared - the Lexus IS200. James May tests out the £21,000, two-litre sports salon from Toyota-which has more gadgets than its rival, the BMW 3-series, but will it be more fun? Tiff Needell takes to the track in two four-door supercars that would be equally at home shopping or racing: the Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 5 and the Subaru lmprezza 22B.
(Digital widescreen)

Contributors

Presenter:
James May
Presenter:
Tiff Needell
Producer:
Chris Richards
Editor:
Jon Bentley

The first episode from 1998 of the all-Asian comedy sketch show, commencing a double bill of BBC programmes that won Royal Television Society awards last month. With Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal, Kulvinder Ghir and Nina Wadia.
(Repeat)

Contributors

Comedian:
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Comedienne:
Meera Syal
Comedian:
Kulvinder Ghir
Comedienne:
Nina Wadia
Director:
Nick Wood
Producer:
Anil Gupta

Dramatic monologue written by Alan Bennett, featuring a performance that won the Royal Television Society's best actress award for Thora Hird

Thora Hird plays Violet, a 90-something stroke victim who sometimes has trouble with words, in a solo tour de force that is both humorous and sad.
(Repeat)

Contributors

Writer:
Alan Bennett
Producer:
Mark Shivas
Director:
Stuart Burge
Violet:
Thora Hird

Vintage comedy with Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, who died last month aged 73.

In this episode recorded in Eric and Ernie perform Cleopatra and try their hands at traditional Scottish music.
(First shown on ITV)

Followed by Video Nation Shorts

Contributors

Writer:
S.C. Green
Writer:
R.M. Hills [not billed in Radio Times]
Producer:
Colin Clews
Comedian:
Eric Morecambe
Comedian:
Ernie Wise

Mark Lawson is joined by Tom Paulin, Natasha Walter and Ekow Eshun in the cultural review.

Followed by Holiday Weather

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Panellist:
Tom Paulin
Panellist:
Natasha Walter
Panellist:
Ekow Eshun
Series Producer:
Mark Bell
Editor:
Michael Poole

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 The Care Industry
1.00 Whose Body?
1.30 Talking about Care

Exam Revision
2.00 GCSE Bitesize Revision: History 2

Teaching Film and Media
4.00 Film Education: The Holocaust on Film
4.30 Film Education: The Distributor's Tale

Teacher Training
5.00 Planet Europe: Studying Abroad with Erasmus
5.15 Planet Europe: Socrates, Learning in Europe

Open University
5.45 A New Sun Is Born: Part 2
6.10 One Fact, Many Facets
6.35-7.00am Our Health in Our Hands

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