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Romantic musical.
Jerry Travers spots Dale Tremont and is immediately head-over-heels in love, but their romance is complicated by the fact that Dale thinks he's married to her best friend Madge.
Review page 53. (1935, U) (BW) (S) *****

Contributors

Director:
Mark Sandrich
Jerry Travers:
Fred Astaire
Dale Tremont:
Ginger Rogers
Horace Hardwick:
Edward Everett Horton
Madge Hardwick:
Helen Broderick
Alberto Beddini:
Erik Rhodes
Bates:
Eric Blore

Archive performances from
T Rex, Kirsty MacColl , Spandau Ballet, Eternal, Free, and Earth Wind and Fire. Plus Ryan Adam , Faith Hill and David Cassidy.
Shown last Wednesday (S)

Contributors

Unknown:
Kirsty MacColl
Unknown:
Ryan Adam
Unknown:
David Cassidy.

Racing coverage from Ascot is introduced by Clare Balding , with Willie Carson and Jim McGrath. Starts are at 3.00 and 3.35.
Producer Gerry Morrison (W)
Steve Rider presents further coverage of the semi-finals of golf's World Match Play
Championship at Wentworth. (S) (W)
The new season of snooker gets under way with action from the LG Cup in Preston, the first world-ranking event of the 2001 campaign.
John Parrott takes on Pakistan's
Shokat Ali and then joins Hazel Irvine and Steve Davis in the studio. Commentary is from Clive Everton, Dennis Taylor , Willie Thorne and John Virgo. Senior producer Alison Witkover : Executive producer Graham Fry
(S) (W)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Clare Balding
Unknown:
Willie Carson
Unknown:
Jim McGrath.
Producer:
Gerry Morrison
Unknown:
John Parrott
Unknown:
Shokat Ali
Unknown:
Steve Davis
Unknown:
Dennis Taylor
Unknown:
Willie Thorne
Unknown:
John Virgo.
Producer:
Alison Witkover

In the first in a new series, The Guardian's Gary Younge , havingjust returned from reporting on events in the USA, presents a look at the week's newspapers. Director Charles Kitchen: Series producer Christine Ruth
Postponed from last Saturday (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gary Younge
Producer:
Christine Ruth

A three-part series exploring the lives of three Princes of Wales and their eventual reign as kings.
Henry V. Arguably the ultimate king in waiting, Henry was a studious child but, while still in his teens, he put down a rebellion in Wales. If you believe Shakespeare, Prince Hal led a riotous life in taverns and brothels, yet he brought the English their greatest victory over France, at Agincourt. Presented by historian Filipe Fernandez-Armesto .
Director Sally Thompson (R) WEBSITE, www.bbc.co.uk/history

Contributors

Unknown:
Filipe Fernandez-Armesto
Director:
Sally Thompson

Crime drama. Al Reilly , a young, idealistic assistant district attorney, is assigned to investigate the shooting of a Puerto Rican suspect by a veteran plain-clothes policeman. This brings him into direct confrontation with Mike Brennan -the toughest, most brutal cop in the precinct. Widescreen. Review page 53.
Director Sidney Lumet (1990.18) (S) (W)

Contributors

Unknown:
Al Reilly
Unknown:
Mike Brennan
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Lt Mike Brennan:
Nick Nolte
Al Reilly:
Timothy Hutton
Bobby Texador:
Armand Assante
Kevin Quinn:
Patrick O'Neal
Leo Bloomenfeld:
Lee Richardson
Luis Valentin:
Luis Guzman
SamChapman:
Charles S Dutton
Nancy Bosch:
Jenny Lumet
Roger Montalvo:
Paul Calderon
Jose Malpica:
International Chrysis
Larry Pesch:
Dominick Chianese

Hazel Irvine introduces highlights from today's first-round matches, including action from the exciting young Australian, Quinten Hann , as he bids for a second-round match with world number one,
Mark Williams. Commentary is from Clive Everton,
Dennis Taylor , Willie Thorne and John Virgo. (S) (W)

Contributors

Introduces:
Hazel Irvine
Unknown:
Quinten Hann
Unknown:
Mark Williams.
Unknown:
Dennis Taylor
Unknown:
Willie Thorne
Unknown:
John Virgo.

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