(Repeats are not indicated)
6.10 Forest Futures
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7.00 Surviving Cities
7.30 The British Family Sources and Myth
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7.55 Computers and the Arts
A roundup from News 24, plus weather at 8.25. (W)
Today's programme explores crime and punishment, and Tony Buzan discusses study techniques.
9.30 The WebStory.com/Today
A look at how commerce is taking over the World Wide Web.
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From 10.10, Open Minds continues with Richard Dawkins explaining how science fiction inspired him to pursue science fact.
Further Details: brochure hotline [number removed] (calls charged at national rate); Ceefax p626: website [web address removed]
A look at life in the Mir space station and Biosphere 2.
A look at the problems faced by deaf people who want to become teachers, and one deaf man's training for the London Marathon. With sign language and in-vision subtitles.
(Repeated Thursday at 2.05am on BBC1)
Website: [web address removed]
Travel destinations in the south of France.
Saturday Matinee spy drama.
Singer Lili Smith is the darling of the British forces during the First World War. She is also a spy for the Germans, trying to find out about the Allies' new military aircraft.
Widescreen.
(1970) ***
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Films: pp 64-71
Clare Balding and Richard Dunwoody introduce a three-race card from Ascot, featuring races at 2.00, 2.30 and 3.05. With commentary from Jim McGrath, Richard Pitman and Peter Scudamore.
A portrait of a 1944 Dodge ambulance. (R) (S)
Jonathan Meades continues his offbeat exploration of British life with a look at churches built since the War.
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Archive pop, including Robbie Williams, Oasis and Celine Dion.
(Shown last Wednesday) (S)
The last in the series examines Africa since the end of colonial rule. Travellers to Ghana and Tanzania during the sixties recall how the optimism of the liberation movements fell in the face of economic realities, while visitors to Ethiopia during the famine of the eighties argue that western aid actually strengthened the Mengistu regime that was behind the catastrophe.
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At West Point officers are taught to persuade rather than bully their troops; every target during the Kosovo war was checked by lawyers against the Geneva convention; and British soldiers must strictly adhere to their rules of engagement. In the last of the series, Michael Ignatieff asks whether this liberal approach to war could result in defeat from a more ruthless enemy.
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Website: [web address removed]
The genealogical series concludes with a look at a Zimbabwean man's Devon roots, and a Birmingham woman's search for her ancestors uncovers an Italian love story. Introduced by Martha Kearney.
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Information: History 2000 events and information line: [number removed]. Calls are charged at national rate.
Over 40 years ago, David Lean's epic film created an enduring legend about the collaboration of a British colonel with his Japanese captors to build a bridge over the river Kwai. This documentary uses the testimony of the real-life Bridge Camp commander, Lt Col Toosey, to uncover a story more remarkable than fiction.
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History 2000 continues Monday 9pm with Journeys to the Bottom of the Sea
Followed by When I Grow Up
11-year-old Maikol from Italy talks about the new generation's hopes for the future.
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An affectionate look back at the last decade, first shown on New Year's Eve last year, in a fast-moving montage of memorable moments. Music and news bites recall the decade when Viagra and Ibiza became household names, former Take That star Robbie Williams rose and fell and rose again, and football "came home" to the middle classes.
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The final world championship medals are decided in Nice, with the ladies' free programme. Introduced by Sue Barker with commentary from Barry Davies and Robin Cousins.
Thriller. John Le Tour is a drug dealer cruising the fringes of New York society catering to the narcotic needs of his up-market clientele. A chance meeting with an old flame focuses John's anxieties about the future, but he finds his violent surroundings hard to escape.
Ends 1.50am.
(1991, 15) ***
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Films: pp 64-71
Teach yourself Willem Dafoe: page 60
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Website: [web address removed]
Ends 5am.
