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A survey of diverse topics, including
Francis Bacon 's depiction of the body in his paintings, how babies learn and Tony Buzan 's guide to faster reading.
9.30 Digital Planet - Cyber Soul
Investigating the relationship between man and machine, followed by a debate. And, from 10.10, Open Minds continues with a look at getting the most from your money. Plus poet Helen Dunmore on inspiring books. Hosted by Anita McNaught and Dan Roland.
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:
Francis Bacon
Unknown:
Tony Buzan
Unknown:
Helen Dunmore
Unknown:
Anita McNaught
Unknown:
Dan Roland.
Producer:
Lisa MacHale

Lara Crooks hosts the show for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, which includes a look at how deaf children cope in Northern Ireland. There's also a discussion on how many deaf people appear to regard high-tech smoke alarms as prohibitively costly. With signing and in-vision subtitles. WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/see_hear

Saturday Matinee adventure starring Rory Calhoun, who died recently. Also starring Lea Massari

280 BC on the island of Rhodes: an Athenian soldier, Dario, forbidden from leaving the island, unwittingly joins a plot against King Xerxes. Widescreen.
(1961) Digital widescreen
See Films: pp 58-63 ***

Contributors

Director:
Sergio Leone
Darlo:
Rory Calhoun
Diala ,:
Lea Massari
Peliocles:
Georges Marchal
Thar:
Conrado Sanmartin
Koros:
Angel Aranda

Live coverage from Roland Garros , Paris, of the women's singles final in the French Open. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario is the current champion, but strong challenges to her defence of the title are likely to come from Martina Hingis , Monica Seles and the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena.
Hosted by Sue Barker , with guests
Jo Durie and Peter Fleming. Commentary by John Barrett and Virginia Wade.
Producer Ken Burton

Contributors

Unknown:
Roland Garros
Unknown:
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
Unknown:
Martina Hingis
Unknown:
Monica Seles
Unknown:
Sue Barker
Unknown:
Jo Durie
Unknown:
Peter Fleming.
Commentary By:
John Barrett
Commentary By:
Virginia Wade.
Producer:
Ken Burton

Last in the science-fiction series.
The Dorcons. The ultra-powerful Dorcon race demands that the Alphans hand over Maya. Koenig's refusal to comply results in Moonbase Alpha being attacked. Written by Johnny Byrne
First shown on ITV

Contributors

Written By:
Johnny Byrne

From Pakistan to Park Lane
(via llford)
After an investigation by top law officer Rehman Malik , the family of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif are said to have been involved in huge loan defaults, fake bank accounts and money-laundering. The litany of alleged corruption has shocked the country, although supporters of Sharif claim the leader is the object of a ruthless framing by his political opponents.
Steve Bradshaw gauges the controversy that has engulfed Sharif. Producer Guy Smith ; Editor
Fiona Murch

Contributors

Unknown:
Rehman Malik
Unknown:
Steve Bradshaw
Producer:
Guy Smith
Editor:
Fiona Murch

Continuing the historical strand. WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/history
7.40 One Foot in the Past In this last programme in the series, Kirsty Wark looks into the requisitioning of railings during the Second World War that amounted to a propaganda stunt, and offers a preview of the meticulously refurbished
Eltham Palace in south London.
Dan Cruickshank travels back to the year 999 to find medieval pre-millennium society gripped by apocalyptic fear.
Ludovic Kennedy returns to Edinburgh and, as he revisits his family's Georgian homes, tells the story of the city's glorious past. A
One Foot in the Past special on the Festival of Britain is set to be shown in the autumn; the series returns next year. Series producer Tim Dunn
Executive producer Basil Comely
Digital widescreen
8.10 Timewatch
The Forgotten Volunteers
Two-and-a-half million Indians fought for Britain in Second
World War campaigns from
Egypt to the Far East. Subject to some of the most brutal attacks on the Allies and decorated for bravery, they were forgotten by the British and disowned by India. This film recreates the era and interviews survivors of the largest volunteer army in military history. See today's choices.
Producer Paul Elston ; Editor Laurence Rees Digital widescreen

Contributors

Unknown:
Kirsty Wark
Unknown:
Dan Cruickshank
Unknown:
Ludovic Kennedy
Producer:
Tim Dunn
Producer:
Paul Elston
Editor:
Laurence Rees

An evening of programmes about the celebrated American rock performer Jimi Hendrix.

9.00 Reputations: Jimi Hendrix - the Man They Made God
Both a barnstorming showman and a misfit, Jimi Hendrix was a jumble of contradictions. A black guitarist ensnared by the trappings of fame that a white audience had given him, he became an icon of peace but adopted a pro-military stance. Friends and fellow musicians remember Hendrix against the backdrop of footage from the guitarist's short life.
See today's choices.
Director Christopher Olgiati Producer David Marks
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)
(Reputations examines the life of Eamon de Valera on Monday at 9.30pm)
See Music: page 50

10.00 Picture This: Hallelujah Hendrix.
In September 1997, English Heritage erected one of their Blue Plaques to the memory of Hendrix at his former London home, 23 Brook Street.
This documentary, showing in the strand of films by new directors, recounts the story of the plaque - from the initial idea by Hendrix's sometime girlfriend Kathy Etchingham to the eventual unveiling by Who guitarist Pete Townshend.
Director Amir Amirani ; Series editor Peter Symes
Hendrix joins the blues band: p 7

10.30 Hendrix at Woodstock
Jimi Hendrix's incendiary first set at the 1969 Woodstock concert, played with his impromptu backing band Gypsies, Sons and Rainbows, is shown here for the first time. Songs include a seminal rendition of The Star Spangled Banner, as well as Purple Haze, Voodoo Chile, Fire, Izabella and Hear My Train a-Comin'.
(Subtitled)
Code for 9.00-11.30 (not PDC) .

Contributors

Director:
Christopher Olgiati
Unknown:
Kathy Etchingham
Guitarist:
Pete Townshend.
Director:
Amir Amirani
Editor:
Peter Symes

Wartime drama starring Catherine Deneuve
Occupied Paris, 1942: Bernard Granger, a young actor, joins the theatre run by aloof Marion in the absence of her Jewish husband. In French with English subtitles. Widescreen.
(1980, PG) See Films: pp 58-63 ***
Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Director:
Francois Truffaut
Manon Steiner:
Catherine Deneuve
Bernard Granger:
Gerard Depardieu
Jean-Loup Cottins:
Jean Poiret
Lucas Steiner:
Heinz Bennent
Arlette Guillaume:
Andrea Ferreol

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