(Repeats are not indicated)
6.05 Four Towns and a Circus
6.30 Cyberwar
7.00 Uncertainty, Diversity, Risk
7.30 The Sonnet
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David Robertson and Tanya Beckett present a roundup from News 24, plus weather at 8.25.
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Anita McNaught and Dan Roland look at the Roman influence evident in modern life.
9.30 The Romans in Britain - Fact and Fable
Historian Guy de la Bedoyere examines the impact of the Romans on British history.
From 10.00 Open Minds continues with Rome's legacy in the British garden, the A-Z of thinking and the science behind acupuncture.
(R)
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Lara Crooks introduces another round of the countrywide See Hear quiz. With sign language and in-vision subtitles.
(Repeated Thursday at 1.05am on BBC1)
Website: [web address removed]
Travel inspirations.
Remake of the classic western, and the first of a Saturday Matinée double bill. stagecoach full of disparate passengers sets off on a perilous journey through Indian territory to Cheyenne. En route, they pick up a notorious outlaw.
Director Gordon Douglas (1966)
(S) Films: pp 60-63 **
Clare Balding and Richard Dunwoody introduce races at 1.30, 2.00 and, at 2.35, the Ascot Steeplechase.
Commentary is from Jim McGrath, Richard Pitman, Peter Scudamore and Angus Loughran.
Second of today's Saturday Matinee westerns, starring Rock Hudson.
John Wesley Hardin sets out to make enough money through gambling and trail-driving to begin a new life. But the killing of a cardsharp puts him on the run from the law and the dead man's family.
(1952) ***
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Films: pp 60-63
A genetic scientist promises D'Argo, Zhaan and Rygel help in getting home.
(Shown last Monday) (S)
Archive pop performances including Slade, Queen, Madonna and a duet from John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
(Shown last Wednesday)
(S)
Joan Smith of the Independent on Sunday reviews the week's news as reported in the papers.
(S)
Three reports on the quest for stable government in Africa, introduced by Edward Stourton.
In Zamfara, northern Nigeria, Muslim Sharia law is now in place in spite of opposition by the country's secular government. Emily Buchanan reports on the fears of the province's Christian minority. Meanwhile, Peter Gill follows the Rev Joseph Ayok, a Sudanese refugee, as he returns to his war-torn homeland to find a humanitarian crisis.
After years of military dictatorship, Mali is trying to make strides towards more democracy. Tim Whewell reports on an innovative project that will allow citizens to take their complaints directly to the country's rulers.
(S)
Live from the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden, the Royal Ballet's revival of Dame Ninette de Valois's famed production of the popular 19th-century ballet, with a score by Delibes. Introduced by Deborah Bull.
Franz is engaged to Swanilda. But he has become infatuated with Coppelia, a mechanical doll so lifelike that everyone imagines it to be a beautiful girl.
During the interval Francine Stock chairs Full House, a new music quiz, as Simon Callow and John Sessions are joined by Matthew Bourne and Andrea Quinn to answer questions on music and dance. See Choice.
(A new lease of life for an enduring classic: page 47) (Competitions and offers: page 46)
(Subsequent programmes may change)
The leaders in British fashion design gather at the Natural History Museum in London for one of the highlights of the fashion calendar. Among the awards being presented tonight is the British Designer of the Year. Hosted by Graham Norton and Davina McCall, with music from Gabrielle.
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Horror, opening an It's Scary Out There double bill.
Insurance investigator John Trent is hired to track down missing horror writer Sutter Cane, whose latest book is driving its readers insane - literally. Trent travels to the sleepy village of Hobbs End, where he soon discovers that reality has taken a turn for the worse and all hell is about to break loose.
Widescreen.
(1994, 18) ***
(S) (W)
Films: pp 60-63
An extended version of the sequel to Night of the Living Dead, concluding the It's Scary Out There double bill.
The US is being overrun by zombies, but four people escape the mayhem by helicopter and land on the roof of a vast shopping mall. However, the living dead also covet this temple to consumerism.
Ends 2.40am.
(1979, 18) ****
(S)
Films: pp 60-63
(Repeats are not indicated)
Website: [web address removed]
Ends 5am.
