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Nautical drama, first of today's two films starring John Wayne.

In the Second World War, a freighter loaded with dynamite sets out on a dangerous voyage.
(1940, PG) (BW) ****
(Rio Grande is at 1.40pm)
Films: pp 56-64

Contributors

Director:
John Ford
[Actor]:
John Wayne

Western, second of two films today starring John Wayne.

In the 1880s, Lt Col Yorke of the US cavalry is conducting a lonely campaign against marauding Indians. Then his trooper son and estranged wife arrive.
(1950, U) (BW) *****
Films: pp 56-64

Contributors

Director:
John Ford
Lt Col Yorke:
John Wayne

David Bowie talks about his latest single and Jamie Theakston meets Carleen Anderson and the Brand New Heavies. With Jayne Middlemiss and Rajesh Mirchandani.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jamie Theakston
Presenter:
Jayne Middlemiss
Reporter:
Rajesh Mirchandani
Interviewee:
David Bowie
Guest:
Carleen Anderson
Guests:
The Brand New Heavies
Producer:
Jo Pilkington
Executive Producer:
Mark Cooper

Eric gives Ernie a lesson in pipe-smoking, and the pair act out a French drama. Featuring guests the Mike Cotton Jazzmen, plus Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr.
(First shown on ITV) (BW)

Contributors

Comedian:
Eric Morecambe
Comedian:
Ernie Wise
Musicians:
The Mike Cotton Jazzmen
Singer:
Teddy Johnson
Singer:
Pearl Carr

The first part of a trilogy showing over the next three days looking at how medical technology might shape the future.

Recent breakthroughs have led some scientists to believe they could find a formula that would provide eternal youth. This film examines how near humankind is to the dream of immortality.
See Choice.

Contributors

Producer:
Lara Hannay
Producer:
Charlie Smith
Series Editor:
Bettina Lerner

A six-part series that considers what the world will be like in the future starts by focusing on computers.
(The series continues tomorrow at 8.50pm with a look at genetics)

Contributors

Director:
Steve Burrell
Director:
John Durrant
Producer:
Monica Garnsey

A two-part drama inspired by the real-life relationship between Arthur Conan Doyle and his tutor at Edinburgh University, pioneering forensic pathologist Dr Joseph Bell, who is believed to have been a model for Sherlock Holmes.
Starring Ian Richardson, Robin Laing and Charles Dance.

In 1878, Conan Doyle assists Dr Bell at the scene of a gruesome and apparently motiveless crime.
Contains strong images.
(Concludes tomorrow 9pm)
See Choice.
Webwatch on Sherlock Holmes sites: page 37

Contributors

Writer:
David Pirie
Producer:
Ian Madden
Director:
Paul Seed
Joseph Bell:
Ian Richardson
Arthur Conan Doyle:
Robin Laing
Sir Henry Carlyle:
Charles Dance
Elspeth:
Dolly Wells
Lady Sarah Carlyle:
Ruth Platt
Inspector Beecher:
Sean McGinley
Summers:
Laurie Ventry
Crawford:
Joel Strachan
Neill:
Alec Newman
Stark Andrew:
John Tait
Sophia:
Tamsin Pike
Mary Doyle:
Sarah Collier
Charles Doyle:
John Bett
Waller:
Matthew MacFadyen
Dr Gillespie:
Stephen MacDonald
Canning:
Ewan Stewart
Canning's maid:
Julie Wilson Nimmo
The Strand editor:
Ralph Riach
Fiddler:
Aly Bain
Medical lecturer:
Alan Sinclair
Baxter:
David MacDowell
Madame Rose:
Linda Duncan McLaughlin
Hazel:
Anne Marie Kennedy
Sobbing woman:
Mary Goonan
PC Murdoch:
Eric Barlow
Dr Latimer:
Patrick Hannaway
Crawford senior:
Bernard Horsfall
Kate:
Jenny Foulds
Marie:
Coral Preston

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