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6.15 West Africa Art and Identities (S) 1168483 7.05 The Chemistry of Power (S) 1476261 7.30 Wide
Sargasso Sea Real and Imaginary Islands (BW) (S)
A roundup from News 24, plus weather at 8.25. (W)
Weather presenter Sian Lloyd learns to sing in German and is put to the test in a Frankfurt pub.
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A look at how Germany's border with Poland is the front line for war refugees, asylum seekers and migrants who are looking for a better life. (R) (S)
Experts from the world of object computing explain what software objects are and how they were invented. (R) (S)
A variety of views on the Pacific region, from South Sea paradise to economic miracle. (R) (S)
An examination of the enduring qualities of Samuel Barber 's
Adagio for Strings. (R) FURTHER INFORMATION: call [number removed](calls charged at national rate). Website: www.open2.net
In the first of six summer specials, Paddy Ladd talks about his life and introduces excerpts from past See Hearprogrammes that have been of particular interest to him. With sign language and in-vision subtitles. Repeated Thursday at 1.35am on BBC1
Exciting destinations. (R)
Drama starring Cary Grant and Ethel Barrymore.
On the eve of the Second World War, drifter Ernie Mott has some lessons to learn and decisions to make about his life in London.
(1944, U) (BW) (S)
Films: pp 56-63 **
Clare Balding and Willie Carson introduce coverage of a three-race card from Newbury, with starts at
1.30,2.00 and 2.35. Commentary Jim McGrath and Jimmy Lindley. Producer Gerry Morrsion (W) Racing comes from Ascot on Friday at 2pm
Today's Saturday Matinee is an adventure starring John Wayne and Rita Hayworth.
In the early 1900s, circus owner Matt Masters decides to takes his Wild West show to Europe, to find the bewitching Lili, who ran away 14 years earlier.
(1964, U) (S)
(Films: pp 56-63)
(Followed by Bach Prelude)
Today's final visit to St Andrews for coverage of the third round of the Open, in which the world's top golfers compete for the title and the famous Claret Jug. (S)
With Sian Williams. Weather Helen Young. (S)
As a taster to / Love the Seventies which follows, a episode of the classic comedy starring Frankie Howerd as a Roman slave. Lurcio has the weekend off.
Written by Talbot Rothwell ; Producer Sydney Lotterby (R) (S)
A new ten-part Saturday-night strand celebrating a decade of popular culture, from the fads, fashions and films to the stars, sounds and sport. Ends 2.15am See Choice.
Andrew Duncan meets Gene Hackman: page 8; James Naughtie: page 15; Seventies night fever: page 20; Food: page 35; Dr Mark Porter's history of the pill: Health - page 37; Seventies furnishings: Know How - page 39; Seventies films: page 50
8.55 I Love 1970
The evening kicks off with a series focusing on every year of the decade, each presented by a celebrity well known for their connections with the seventies. Tonight Jimmy Savile takes a nostalgic look back at the year when the world moved from black and white into colour. It was a year of chopper bikes, stylophones, Scooby Doo and The Clangers, chart-toppers Mungo Jerry and the Supremes, the World Cup, MASH (which follows at 9.55) and The Goodies.
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Black comedy starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould. Three young surgeons are posted to the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Korea at the height of the conflict, where practical jokes help relieve the tension as medical staff await the arrival of front-line casualties. Widescreen.
Director Robert Altman 1969.15) (S) (W) Film of the Week: page 49 *****
Where is Gary Burghoff now?: page 51
A rerun of the six-part series capturing the decade's classic football action. The programme starts with the 1970-71 season, when Arsenal completed the league and cup double.
Producer Chris Kelly ; Executive producer Tony Moss (R) (S)
Drama. A radical student fleeing a campus riot, steals a private plane and flies to Death Valley. There he meets a restless young secretary. An passionate relationship develops at Zabriskie Point, a tourist spot, but their blissful tranquillity is soon shattered. Ends 2.15am.
Director Michelangelo Antonioni (1970, 15) (S) Films: pp 56-63 ***
The reel story behind... : page 55
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Summer Bites Dynamo: Key Stage 1 - Literacy Programme
(part 2). Literacy for five- to seven-year-olds. Ends 5.00am.
