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Ends 9.10.

Playdays
An investigation into things with holes.
(R)

7.20 Top Cat
TC and the gang throw Officer Dibble a party.
(R)

7.45 Blue Peter
Children's magazine.
(Shown last Friday, BBC1) (S) (W)

8.10 Funky Phantom
Creepy cartoon capers with Mudsey the ghost and his friends.
(R)

8.35 The Busy World of Richard Scarry
A triple bill of animated fun with the inhabitants of Busytown.
(R)

9.00 Fireman Sam
Animated adventures. Dilys falls off a ladder.

First World War romance starring Gary Cooper.

Lieutenant Frederic Henry, an American serving with the Italian ambulance corps, falls in love with Catherine, an English nurse. But their happiness is short-lived.
(Cloak and Dagger starring Gary Cooper is on at 1.35pm)
(1932, PG) (BW) (S)
Films: pp 64-71 ***

Contributors

Director:
Frank Borzage
Lieutenant Frederic Henry:
Gary Cooper

Spy thriller starring Gary Cooper.

A scientist is drawn into a web of intrigue, murder and romance when he enters war-torn Italy to obtain vital information on Germany's atomic experiments.
(1946, PG)
(BW) (S)
Films: pp 64-71 ***

Contributors

Director:
Fritz Lang
Professor Alvah Jesper:
Gary Cooper
Gina:
Lilli Palmer
Pinkie:
Robert Alda
Dr Polda:
Vladimir Sokoloff

The first of three programmes in which travel writer William Dalrymple travels across India to explore its spiritual past.

Dalrymple begins with a pilgrimage to find the source of the River Ganges - venerated as being a sacred river and the fount of Hindu worship. This journey takes him up into the slopes of the Himalayas, known to Hindus as "Shiva's matted locks".
See Choice.
(S) (W)
John Peel on an inspiring pilgrimage: page 12

Contributors

Presenter:
William Dalrymple
Director/Producer:
Hugh Thomson

An episode from the series profiling our ancient forebears.

In the sixties a farmer discovered a human jawbone in his fields in Cheshire. This find was a mystery until two years ago when archaeologists dug up the field and found the graves of medieval landowners.
(R) (S)

Contributors

Producer:
Sian Griffiths
Series Producer:
Ian Potts

Series uncovering the secrets of extraordinary shipwrecks.

In 1653 Oliver Cromwell sent a fleet of ships to attack the royalist stronghold at Duart Castle in Scotland. Dr Colin Martin - a lecturer in maritime history at St Andrew's University- has spent the last seven years diving a wreck in the Sound of Mull to gather evidence that it is The Swan, one of the ships from Cromwell's mission. But his quest is under threat from the increasing number of ships churning up the waters.
(S) (W)
Truly madly deeply: page 25

Contributors

Director:
Sian Griffiths
Series Producer:
Will Aslett

Satirical quiz, with Angus Deayton. Captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are joined by actress Pauline McLynn - Mrs Doyle in Father Ted - and news presenter Edward Stourton.
(R) (S) (W)

Contributors

Presenter:
Angus Deayton
Team captain:
Ian Hislop
Team captain:
Paul Merton
Panellist:
Pauline McLynn
Panellist:
Edward Stourton
Director:
Paul Wheeler
Producer:
Giles Pilbrow

In the first of two programmes, Jonathan Freedland visits the United States to discover why Americans are so passionate about democracy. Along the way he meets a diverse range of people who all have one thing in common: a fervent belief in "people power".
A debate about the issues raised can be seen tomorrow at 11.20pm.
(S)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Freedland
Producer:
Manisha Vadhia
Editor:
Anne Tyerman

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 The Copulation Explosion
(S)
1.00 Open Advice: A Different Way of Learning
1.30 Left and Write: Recalling the Thirties

Secondary Schools
2.00 Jeunes Francophones

Languages
4.00 Get By in French: Part 2

Working In Health and Care
5.00 Careers

Open University
6.00 Ducio: The Rucellai Madonna
6.30 Two Religions: Two Communities
(S)
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