Drama starring Ingrid Bergman and Mario Vitale. Italy, 1945: a Lithuanian refugee anxious to escape destitution, marries an Italian fisherman but finds life on Stromboli violently oppressive. Director Roberto Rossellini (1950, PG)
(BW) (S) Films: pp 72-75 **
A roundup from News 24 with Sarah Montague and Darren Jordon , plus weather at 8.25.
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More drama and current affairs on the Asian culture strand. Ends 10.50. Editor Paresh Solanki
Paranda Drama series set in Pakistan about love, murder and familial relations.
Sanjeev Kohli and Sonia Deol present the weekly chat show. With guest Anil Bhoyrul and music from Joi.
Another edition of the interactive show which delves into the world of Asian music.
WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/networkasia
Bexleyface Gillingham in the final of the quiz. With sign language and in-vision subtitles. Repeated Wed 3.40am BBCl
Exciting destinations.
First of four new chat shows made by a production team all aged under 21. Host
Luke Hyams disarms celebrity guests with his questions and asks them to nominate the next interviewee. This week Mick Jagger talks about his success with the ladies, Rory Bremner appears as Bill Clinton and S Club 7 call in from LA. See Choice. (S) Sabrina Guinness's Kind of Day: pl46
Vault of Death. Can Parker save the day when a Bank of England employee is trapped in a vault? Shown last Tuesday (S)
A double bill of classic comedy.
The Bilko Boycott.
Bilko's comrades rebel against his gambling tactics. (BW) (R) (S)
12.05 Weekend Colonel.
Bilko introduces Colonel Hall's double to the club. (BW) (R) (S)
This week's Saturday Matinée is a drama set on an American liner. A fire sets off an explosion and amid the chaos, a man battles to rescue his wife from the wreckage.
Director Andrew L Stone (1960) (S) Films: pp 72-75 ***
Unsettling visions afflict the crew when they beam down to a paradisiacal planet.
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In this week's trawl through the archives, Steve Wright introduces the all-time top 40.
Shown last Wednesday (S)
Gary Younge of The Guardian reviews the week's headline stories in the first programme of a new series. (S)
Dougie Donnelly presents coverage of this year's Grand
Prix from Telford International Centre, featuring crowd favourite and two-time Grand Prix champion Jimmy White. The commentary is by Clive Everton , Ray Edmonds ,
Dennis Taylor , John Virgo and Willie Thorne. (S)
Finding Leticia. Tom Gibbs reports on Maria Leticia Burrows, a young orphan who grew up a patriotic American, only to discover that her natural father was still alive in El Salvador. This documentary describes how Maria is reunited with her family and learns that she was the victim of a US-backed programme conducted by the Salvadoran army, in which thousands of children were murdered or abducted in an attempt to extinguish left-wing activism. See Choice.
Series producer Farah Durrani ; Editor Fiona Murch (S) (W)
Continuing the historical strand. Ends 8.50. WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/history
Meet the Ancestors Treausures of the Dark Age.
Julian Richards reports from Peterborough, where an area of waste land by a business park has yielded up some fascinating artefacts. A wealth of bronze brooches, silver rings, amber beads and ivory objects imply the site was used by the first
Anglian settlers as a burial ground and suggest that the lives of those living in the period known as the Dark Ages were paradoxically full of great sophistication and colour.
Producer Jamie Simpson ; Series producer Ian Potts (R) S)
Butlers share the tricks of their trade. (R) (S)
Crime drama starring Robert De Niro and Chazz Palminteri.
When young Calogero witnesses a mob killing in 1960, but refuses to identify the killer, he wins the gratitude of the mob. mobster Sonny. But Calogero's upstanding father dislikes the association, and the boy suffers an enduring conflict of loyalties.
Director Robert De Niro (1993.18) (S) Films:.pp 72-75 ****
Highlightsof the action from today's Grand Prix at the Telford International Centre. (S)
Another round of battles between home-made, remote-controlled fighting machines. (S) (S)
Crime drama. Farm worker George Braden is falsely accused of murder and only with the efforts of his wife and his lawyer can he hope to escape the gallows.
Ends 2.50am.
(1953) (BW) (S)
Films: pp 72-75 **
Repeats are not indicated. www.bbc.co.uk/education
Dynamo Key Stage 2: Numeracy 2 Ends 7.00am.