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Comedy, continuing a short season starring James Stewart.

Harvey, an invisible giant white rabbit who keeps tippler Elwood P Dowd company, causes chaos.
(1950, U) (BW) (S)
(Shenandoah is on Thursday 30, 4.05pm)
Films: pp 51-80 *****

Contributors

Director:
Henry Koster
Elwood P Dowd:
James Stewart

Musical starring Gene Kelly.
Jerry, an American painter living in Paris, is loved by the rich and beautiful Milo. Perversely, he falls in love with a poor orphan. Director Vincente Minnelli (1951, U)
(S) Films: pp 51-80 ****
Then One Man and His Dog-the Previews Contestant profile. (S)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gene Kelly.
Director:
Vincente Minnelli

The first of the six cantatas of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, performed by the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner.
(S) (W)
(Next edition tomorrow at 10.50am)

Contributors

Singers:
The Monteverdi Choir
Musicians:
The English Baroque Soloists
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner

First of seven wildlife programmes in which David Attenborough talks to film-makers about their pioneering documentaries, reruns of which follow. Today he speaks to Kenyan Alan Root.

Thirty years ago, Root and wife Joan used home-made methods to film underwater.
(S)
(Next edition tomorrow at 2.55pm)
Website: [web address removed]
Factual: page 13

Contributors

Presenter:
David Attenborough
Interviewee/Film-maker:
Alan Root
Film-maker:
Joan Root

Musical starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. Two army pals visit the Columbia Inn, where their old general is struggling to keep a hotel open. They help by staging a show. Widescreen. Director Michael Curtiz (1954. U)
(S) (W) Films: pp 51-80 *****

Contributors

Unknown:
Bing Crosby
Unknown:
Danny Kaye.
Director:
Michael Curtiz

A satirical and affectionate musical, starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, that tells the story of the fabulous twenties, when Hollywood wrestled with the problem of turning silents into talkies. Featuring the songs Make 'Em Laugh, You Are My Lucky Star and Singin' in the Rain.
(1952, U) (S)
Films: pp 51-80 *****

Contributors

Director:
Gene Kelly
Director:
Stanley Donen
Don Lockwood:
Gene Kelly
Kathy Selden:
Debbie Reynolds
Cosmo Brown:
Donald O'Connor
Una Lamont:
Jean Hagen
R.F. Simpson:
Millard Mitchell
Zelda Zanders:
Rita Moreno
Roscoe Dexter:
Douglas Fowley
Dora Bailey:
Madge Blake
Dancer:
Cyd Charisse

Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli and Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel combine to deliver a concert in the splendour of Glyndebourne Opera House in East Sussex.
Myung-Whun Chung conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra for a selection of pieces that includes duets from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni, Rossini's Barber of Seville and Donizetti's Elixir of Love.
(S) (W)

Contributors

Mezzo-soprano:
Cecilia Bartoli
Bass-baritone:
Bryn Terfel
Conductor:
Myung-Whun Chung
Musicians:
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Director:
Brian Large
Producer:
Nigel Shepherd

Oscar-and Bafta Award-winning romantic drama. The star, Massimo Troisi, died the day after filming was completed.

1952: exiled Chilean dissident and poet Pablo Neruda travels to Europe, taking up residence on the island of Capri. There he is befriended by Mario, the shy local postman.
In Italian with English subtitles.
(1994, U)
Films: pp 51-80 *****

Contributors

Director:
Michael Radford
Mario:
Massimo Troisi
Pablo Neruda:
Philippe Noiret
Beatrice Russo:
Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Donna Rosa:
Linda Moretti
Telegraph operator:
Renato Scarpa
Matilde:
Anna Bonaiuto
Di Cosimo:
Mariano Rigillo

Drama, portraying the events behind the filming of what many regard as the best movie ever made, Orson Welles's Citizen Kane, which is screened at 11.45pm.
Widescreen.
(1999) (S) (W)
Films: pp 51-80 ****

Contributors

Director:
Benjamin Ross
Orson Welles:
Liev Schreiber
William Randolph Hearst:
James Cromwell
Marion Davies:
Melanie Griffith
Herman Mankiewicz:
John Malkovich
Louella Parsons:
Brenda Blethyn
George Schaefer:
Roy Scheider
Louis B Mayer:
David Suchet
Gregg Toland:
Liam Cunningham
Hedda Hopper:
Fiona Shaw
Carole Lombard:
Anastasia Hille
John Houseman:
Simeon Andrews

Biographical drama, produced by, directed by, co-written by and starring Orson Welles.

After the death of famous newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane, reporters try to discover the truth about his life. What was he really like, and who was Rosebud, the name he spoke just before he died? Five people each give different impressions of the tycoon.
(Welles stars in The Trial, which follows at 1.40am.)
(1941. U) (BW) (S) Rims: pp 51-80 *****

Contributors

Director/Producer:
Orson Welles
Charles Foster Kane:
Orson Welles
Jedediah Leland:
Joseph Cotten
Susan Alexander:
Dorothy Comingore
Mr Bernstein:
Everett Sloane
Big Jim Gettys:
Ray Collins
Mrs Mary Kane:
Agnes Moorehead
Walter Parks Thatcher:
George Coulouris
Raymond, head butler:
Paul Stewart
Emily Norton Kane:
Ruth Warrick
Herbert Carter:
Erskine Sanford
Jerry Thompson:
William Alland

Drama based on Franz Kafka's classic novel, directed by, written by and starring Orson Welles. Also starring Anthony Perkins.

Joseph K is woken one morning by police officers who announce he is under arrest, but refuse to specify his crime. It is the beginning of a waking nightmare for K as he experiences the law's terrifying bureaucracy.
Ends 3.35am
(1962, PG) (BW) (S)
Films: pp 51-80 ****

Contributors

Based on the novel by:
Franz Kafka
Writer/Director:
Orson Welles
The Advocate:
Orson Welles
Joseph K:
Anthony Perkins
Miss Burstner:
Jeanne Moreau
Leni:
Romy Schneider
Hilda:
Elsa Martinelli
Bloch:
Akim Tamiroff

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