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6.20 Work and Energy 1886082 6.45
Patterns in the Dust/Batteries Included 4877624 7.35 Toulouse: Money and Power in Provincial France
David Robertson and Jane Hill present a news and sport roundup. ....
Actress Patsy Byrne reveals her interest in genealogy. Repeat .........................
The Death of Daddy. David Goldblatt asks if the traditional family, with the father at its head. is a thing of the past.
Series producer Andrew Law
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The magazine series profiles the National Theatre of the Deaf, a travelling troupe of deaf and hearing actors from Connecticut, America. Hosted by Lara Crooks. With signing and in-vision subtitles.... WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/see_hear
The Eclipse from Cornwall. Patrick Moore and his guests analyse the results of the total solar eclipse on 11 August.
Shown last Sunday on BBC1 Subtitled....
A double bill from the sci-fi drama series.
11.45 Reflections in the Water. Straker and Foster encounter their own "twins". Written by David Tomblin
Then, at 12.35 Timelash. Straker runs amok when time comes to a standstill. Written by Terence Feely
First shown on ITV
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Artist Lucy Casson uses tin to fashion a work based on her observance of a friend having her hair cut. ....
Documentary charting the sometimes stormy life and career of Hollywood actress Joan Crawford. The film Mildred Pierce , for which Crawford won an Oscar. follows immediately.
Saturday Matinée drama starring
Joan Crawford , Jack Carson
When her marriage fails, Mildred Pierce goes to work to pay for her daughters education. She builds up a successful business, yet tragedy is never far away.
Director Michael Curtiz (1945. PG)
Black and white ♦ See Films: pp 48-54 ***** ♦ Barry Norman on Joan Crawford : p46
The series focusing on the world of dance and choreography continues with an all-dance version of Shakespeare's surreal comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, choreographed by George Balanchine , the Russian-American who died in 1983. Recorded in February at London's Sadler's
Wells theatre, the work is performed by the Seattle-based Pacific Northwest
Ballet, accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra. Introduced by Deborah Bull.
Producer Nigel Shepherd ; Director Ross MacGibbon Subtitled..... Summer Dance continues tomorrow at 10.15pm with a study of Balanchine's work with Suzanne Farrell
5.55 Women's 100m second round
6.05 Women's pole-vault final
6.30 Men's 100m second round
6.50 Men's shot-put final
7.25 Men's 1500m first round
7.55 Heptathlon 200m
Sue Barker introduces further coverage from Seville in Spain on day one of the seventh IAAF world championships.
The first gold medal of the biennial gathering will be decided in the women's pole vault. Australian world-record holder Emma George 's position as pre-event favourite was brought into doubt by injury, giving hope to rivals, Germany's Nicole Rieger-Humbertand
European champion Anzhela Balakhonova of the Ukraine.
The men's shot-put final will also be contested, with European gold and silver medallists
Aleksandr Bagach of the Ukraine and Germany's
Oliver-Sven Buder expected to be competing for positions on the podium.
Commentary by David Coleman , Steve Cram , Paul Dickenson. Brendan Foster , Stuart Storey. Reports by Christina Boxer.
The newspaper review programme is presented this week by Janine di Giovanni. currently foreign correspondent for The Times, whose reputation was established when she became one of the first female journalists to enter Bosnia in 1992. Director Charles Kitchen
Series producer Christine Ruth
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Continuing the historical strand. Western Front Richard Holmes continues his analysis of how the First World War was fought. Commanding the Front. The first day of the Somme offensive was the bloodiest in the history of the British army. More than 60,000 men were injured and killed, many of whom were volunteers who had responded to Lord Kitchener's famous
1914 appeal to enlist.
Holmes asks if Generals Haig and Rawlinson were responsible for the slaughter through their refusal to alter plans even when they suspected they might fail? Shown last Thursday
Digital widescreen Subtitled ....
9.05 Women's 800m first round
9.30 Men's 10,000m first round Further coverage from Seville as the first day draws to a close. Britain's Kelly Holmes won bronze in Gothenburg in 1995 over 800m but faces world-class competition from Russia's talented Svetlana Masterkova
and Mozambique's Commonwealth champion Maria Mutola if she is to improve on third place. In the men's 10,000m, British interests are represented by Jon Brown and Keith Cullen.
Producers Helen Kuttner and Mark Wilkin Editor Michael Cole Subtitled.
Black comedy starring
Peter O'Toole
Alastair Sim , Arthur Lowe
The aristocratic Gurney family are left in turmoil when the 13th earl dies suddenly in rather embarrassing circumstances.
His successor. Jack Gurney , returns after eight years in a psychiatric institution, believing he's Jesus Christ, welcomed only by the communist butler.
Director Peter Medak (1972)
Subtitled. � See Rims: pp 48-54
� The Andrew Duncan interview with Peter O'Toole : page 16
The Afterlife. Convicted of a murder he did not commit.
Linden Stiles is given a terrible choice: face execution or become the subject of a secret military experiment. Stiles lives to regret his choice as he finds his body host to alien DNA.
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