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Raj Persaud considers differences between men and women, while other features explore the composition of the sun, the concept of evil, the validity of herbalism and the mathematics of winning on the lottery. Including 9.30-10.10 Digital Planet Communication in cyberspace.
Series producer Lisa MacHale .............. FURTHER DETAILS: brochure hotline [number removed](calls charged at national rate); Ceefax: page 626: or website; www.open.ac.uk/bbc/openminds

Contributors

Unknown:
Raj Persaud
Producer:
Lisa MacHale

The show for deaf and hard-of-hearing people has a report on drug abuse in the deaf community, a look behind the scenes at the Millennium Dome and a discussion of type-talk. Hosted by Lara Crooks. With signing and in-vision subtitles.... WEBSITE: www.bbc.co. uk/see_hear

A film first shown in Wildlife on One that documents the occasionally fatal consequences for alligators of summer droughts in the Florida Everglades. With
David Attenborough. Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Florida Everglades.
Unknown:
David Attenborough.

Saturday Matinee war drama based on a true story, the first of three films showing today as a tribute to Dirk Bogarde, who died earlier this month at the age of 78.

The inaptly named Charlie Coward is captured at Dunkirk and makes countless bids for freedom, culminating in a final escape attempt with his pal, Billy Pope.
(1962) (Black and white) ***
See Films: pp 56-62
Teach Yourself Dirk Bogarde: page 53

Contributors

Director:
Andrew L Stone
Charles Coward:
Dirk Bogarde
Irena:
Maria Perschy
Billy Pope:
Alfred Lynch
Cole:
Nigel Stock
Unteroffizier:
Reginald Beckwith

Saturday Matinée comedy, the second of today's films starring
Dirk Bogarde
When Dr Simon Sparrow diagnoses that normally fearsome Sir Lancelot Spratt has fallen in love, the lives of both men are disrupted in the oddest ways.
Director Ralph Thomas (1963, PG)
Death in Venice, starring Dirk Bogarde , at 12 midnight * See Films: pp 56-62 **

Contributors

Unknown:
Dirk Bogarde
Unknown:
Dr Simon Sparrow
Unknown:
Sir Lancelot Spratt
Director:
Ralph Thomas
Unknown:
Dirk Bogarde
Dr Simon Sparrow:
Dirk Bogarde
Delia:
Samantha Eggar
Sir Lancelot Spratt:
James Robertson-Justice
Sonja:
Mylene Demongeot
Major French:
Donald Houston

A double bill of intergalactic drama.
3.25 Lambda Factor. Dr Russell reveals one crew member has paranormal powers. Written by Terrance Dicks
4.15 The Immunity Syndrome. The crew discover an apparently inhabitable planet. Written by Johnny Byme First shown on ITV Code for 3.25-4.15
4.15-5.05
3.25-5.05 (not PDC) ..............................

Contributors

Written By:
Terrance Dicks
Written By:
Johnny Byme First

Kosovo: a War of Words ... and Pictures
Jane Corbin reports from
Macedonia in a special edition of the foreign-affairs programme that sees how journalists are coping with the Balkan situation.
In a war dominated by propaganda and rhetoric, and with reportage restricted in key danger areas, factual evidence of events has often been slow to filter through. Journalists working for publications on all sides explain how they have been reporting the war, and the difficulties they have faced in conveying their version of events.
Those featured include Toma,
Yugoslavia's most famous war photographer, who stands on a high roof in Belgrade waiting for Nato's bombs to drop without knowing whether his family will be alive or dead in the morning. The film also traces the progress of the staff at Pristina's main newspaper, who have fled Serb forces in Kosovo and set up an office in exile in Macedonia. Producer David Akerman ; Editor
Fiona Murch

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Corbin
Producer:
David Akerman
Editor:
Fiona Murch

Continuing the programme strand with a historical theme. Website: www.bbc.co.uk/history
7.50 One Foot in the Past r Raine Spencer absorbs the grandeur of Brighton Pavilion, an edifice that bears witness to
George IV's hedonistic lifestyle, in which every room reflects his tastes. Kirsty Wark investigates debtors' prisons of the past and asks whether they were really as bad as their literary portrayal has suggested. And, in the picturesque village of Clovelly, where life has remained largely unchanged for centuries, resident Joss Ackland delves into the singular history of this north Devon community. See today's choices. Series producer Tim Dunn : Executive producer Basil Comely
Digital widescreen
8.20 Timewatch
Sleeping with the Enemy
Marcelleand Elise are two elderly French women who live at opposite ends of the country but shared similar experiences in the Second World War. During the German occupation of France, when their husbands deserted them, they had affairs with German soldiers. In 1944, the women suffered public humiliation as punishment for their so-called collaboration horizontale. This alternative portrait of the occupation interweaves archive footage with testimony from Marcelle and Elise, neighbours and resistance fighters. See today's choices.
Producer Catrine Clay ; Editor Laurence Rees Digital widescreen

Contributors

Unknown:
Raine Spencer
Unknown:
Kirsty Wark
Unknown:
Joss Ackland
Producer:
Tim Dunn
Producer:
Catrine Clay
Editor:
Laurence Rees

Second World War drama starring George Segal
Robert Vaughn
In 1945, as the war in Europe draws to a close, the Allies advance towards the Rhine. However, Hitler has ordered that all bridges across the river be destroyed. Now only the bridge at Remagen remains intact.
Director John Guillermin (1969, PG)
* See Films: pp 56-62 ***

Contributors

Director:
John Guillermin
Lieutenant Phil Hartman:
George Segal
Major Paul Kreuger:
Robert Vaughn
Sergeant Angelo:
Ben Gazzara
Major Barnes:
Bradford Dillman
Brigadier General Shinner:
Eg Marshall
General Von Brock:
Peter van Eyck
Colonel Jellicoe:
Matt Clark
Colonel Dent:
Fritz Ford
Lieutenant Pattison:
Tom Heaton
Corporal Grebs:
Bo Hopkins

John Inverdale introduces highlights of today's one-day matches, which pitted England against the pre-tournament favourites South Africa at the Oval, and holders Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe at Worcester. Producer Lakviar Singh
Editor Carl Hicks .............................

Contributors

Introduces:
John Inverdale
Producer:
Lakviar Singh
Editor:
Carl Hicks

' Luchino Visconti 's
7 celebrated adaptation of the Thomas Mann novella, set to the music of Gustav Mahler, the last of today's film trilogy starring the late Dirk Bogarde Venice at the turn of the century: needing complete rest, famous composer Gustav von Aschenbach arrives at the Lido and is fascinated by Tadzio, a boy whose beauty disturbs the composer, awakening in him passions that lead to tragedy. (1971,15)
Dirk Bogarde appears in Providence. showing on Friday at lam
* See Films: pp 56-62 *****
Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Unknown:
Luchino Visconti
Unknown:
Thomas Mann
Unknown:
Dirk Bogarde
Unknown:
Dirk Bogarde
Gustav von Aschenbach:
Dirk Bogarde
Tadzio:
Bjorn Andresen
Tadzio's mother:
Silvana Mangano
Frau von Aschenbach:
Marisa Berenson
Alfred:
Mark Burns
Hotel manager:
Romolo Valli
Governess:
Nora Ricci
Esmeralda:
Carol Andre
Singer:
Masha Predit
Travel agent:
Leslie French
Barber:
Franco Fabrizi

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