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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, revolving around a family relationship. (W)

Contributors

Editor:
Paresh Solanki
Editor:
Paranda Drama

Continued coverage from BBC1 as the weekly show switches channels to make way for The Lord Mayor's Show. Today's guests include Billie Piper, who performs her latest single, EastEnders's Slater sisters pop in to the studio for a chat, and there's a special interview with Britney Spears. Plus, cartoon fun with Monster Ranchers, Rugrats and Big Wolf on Campus.
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Website: [address removed]
BBC Live and Kicking magazine: price £1.60 available monthly from retailers

Contributors

Guest:
Billie Piper
Guest:
Britney Spears
Executive Producer:
Chris Bellinger
Editor:
Angela Sharp

This week the programme returns to its magazine format as Mark Nelson visits the Pennine Way, Jackie Knight attends the launch of a new videophone and Lara Crooks investigates the mental health services. With sign language and in-vision subtitles.
Repeated Wed 3.50am on BBC1

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Nelson
Unknown:
Jackie Knight

Dougie Donnelly presents live coverage of the third round of the world championship from Vaiderrama in Spain. With no half-way cut in this tournament, there is still an opportunity for those whose started badly to put on a late charge. But the main focus of attention will be on the world number one Tiger Woods as he looks for his tenth title of the year. Peter Alliss, Alex Hay, Ken Brown, Denis Hutchinson and Julian Tutt commentate. Director Paul Davies : Executive producer Barbara Slater

Contributors

Unknown:
Dougie Donnelly
Unknown:
Tiger Woods
Unknown:
Peter Alliss
Unknown:
Alex Hay
Unknown:
Ken Brown
Unknown:
Denis Hutchinson
Unknown:
Julian Tutt
Director:
Paul Davies
Producer:
Barbara Slater

U2 perform a track from the new album, plus archive footage featuring Wizzard, Sade, Salt 'n' Pepa, Junior and Neil Young. Shown last Wednesday (S) Sade is on Later.... with Jools Holland at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil Young.
Unknown:
Jools Holland

WEBSITE: [web address removed]
BBC History Magazine: price £2.95, available monthly from newsagents

HOUSE DETECTIVES: In the first assignment of a new six-part series, Juliet Morris and the team of architectural sleuths travel to Hampshire to unravel the secrets of St Margaret's Priory. Experts Dan Cruickshank and Judith Miller examine the building's Jacobean staircase and imposing chimneys as they investigate the local myth that it was in this house that Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet. See Choice.
Series producer Tim Dunn; Executive producer Basil Comely (S) (W)
House history websites - Webwatch: page 53 Judith Miller 's kind of day: page

8.05 TIMEWATCH: Tank - Wonder Weapon of the First World War?
At the time of its debut on the Somme in 1916 and at Cambrai and Amiens, tanks fascinated the media and public. But how did they actually perform in the field? Through accounts of veterans and archive film, this programme traces the story of the tank in the First World War.
Editor Laurence Rees ; Producer Helen Bettinson (R) (S)

Then Viking Stories: A Trick of the Light. A look at a high-quality Viking lens that may have formed part of a telescope. Series producer Paul Bradshaw; Executive producer Caroline van den Brul (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Juliet Morris
Unknown:
Dan Cruickshank
Unknown:
Judith Miller
Producer:
Tim Dunn
Unknown:
Judith Miller
Editor:
Laurence Rees
Producer:
Helen Bettinson
Producer:
Paul Bradshaw
Producer:
Caroline van Den Brul

Futuristic drama starring James Caan. In the 21st century, violence has been eliminated from society and people give vent to their feelings of aggression by watching a game called rollerball. Jonathan E is the reigning champion. Widescreen.
Director Norman Jewison (1975, 15) (S) (W) Films: pp 78-86 ***

Contributors

Unknown:
James Caan.
Unknown:
Jonathan E
Director:
Norman Jewison
Jonathan E:
James Caan
Bartholomew:
John Houseman
Ella:
Maud Adams
Moonpie:
John Beck
Cletus:
Moses Gunn
Mackie:
Pamela Hensley
Daphne:
Barbara Trentham
Librarian:
Ralph Richardson

Big. The new series that unwraps the mysteries of cinema continues as Tom Sutcliffe explains how size can emphasise the importance of objects. From the maggots in Einstein's Battleship Potemkin to the infinite vistas in Blade Runner, and from David Lynch 's magnified expanse of lawn in Blue Velvet to the opening shot of the battle cruiser in Star Wars, directors Danny Boyle, Atom Egoyan and Peter Bogdanovich discuss why size matters. Director/Producer Janet Lee (S)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Sutcliffe
Unknown:
David Lynch
Directors:
Danny Boyle
Directors:
Peter Bogdanovich
Producer:
Janet Lee

Drama. Back in the small town she left years before, beautiful Rowena Eklund finds herself torn between her new found love for a gentle man and her renewed lust for his dangerous brother. Ends 2.45am. Director Sam Pillsbury (1994) (S) Rims: pp 78-86 **

Contributors

Unknown:
Rowena Eklund
Director:
Sam Pillsbury

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