News roundup, with Darren Jordan and Tanya Beckett.
Weather update at 8.25. (W)
Drama. An actress elopes with her fiance but is pursued by the irate producer of her latest play. Review page 55. Director Leonard Fields (1935)
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Western starring Tom Tyler. A pair of Texas rangers set out to bring some kidnappers to justice. Review page 55. Director Henri Samuels (1936)
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Clara Ratcliffe presents the monthly update on important news stories for deaf people. With sign language and in-vision subtitles. (W)
Lara Crooks updates the story of Jane Beech-Keane , featured previously in one of two special cancer programmes. With sign language and in-vision subtitles. Repeated on Tuesday at 1.10am on BBC1 (W)
Double bill of the makeover show, demonstrating paint effects plus ways to make a sofa out offoam.(R)(S)
Set Sail for Adventure. The crew are steered into danger by an obstinate admiral. (R) (S) WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/cuit
Comedy, the first of a Saturday Matinee double bill.
When newlyweds Paul and Corie move into a one-room flat in Greenwich Village, Corie is on cloud nine, despite the fact they have no lift and no heating. Review page 55.
Director Gene Saks (1967, PG)
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Comedy drama, the second of today's Saturday Matinée films. Following the death of an old girlfriend, a con man is asked to escort her young daughter to Missouri.
Widescreen. Review page 55.
Director Peter Bogdanovich (1973)
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A concert performance from
Sting covering his years with the Police as well as his solo output. Shown last Wednesday (S)
Freelance journalist Alix Sharkey reviews press treatment of the week's events. (S) (W)
Live second-half coverage from Cardiff's Millennium stadium of the friendly international between Wales and Tonga.
Western. Determined to recover a cache of valuable rifles, a tribe of Apaches stalks a band of travellers across the Arizona desert. Widescreen. Review page 55.
Director Harold Schuster (1957, PG) (S) (W)
A revealing one-off documentary that provides an inside view of how Tony Blair and former prime ministers - including Harold Wilson , Margaret Thatcher and John Major - have run their cabinet, the highest decision-making body in the land. Through candid interviews, rare archive footage and filming inside No 10, presenter Michael Cockerell opens the door to the Government's own chamber of secrets as he seeks the answer to the question: is the notion of cabinet government an obsolete concept?
Producer Martin Small ; Editor Anne Tyerman (S) (W)
As animation continues to establish itself as a valid art-form,
Omnibus meets Chuck Jones , creator of characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E Coyote and Road Runner.
Jones's career spans over 50 years, during which time he has directed over 300 cartoons, collected three Oscars, and seen the cells of his classic cartoons become collectors' items exhibited in over 250 galleries worldwide.
Admirers paying tribute to Jones include Steven Spielberg ,
Robin Williams , Ron Howard , Joe Dante , Andre Previn , Whoopi Goldberg , and creator of The Simpsons Matt Groening.
Producer Margaret Selby ; Series editor Basil Comely (S) (W) Lucille Ball: Queen of Comedy, an Omnibus special, is showing on Tuesday at 10.35pm on BBC1
What makes Chuck Jones laugh: page 18
Two films about the long-running and much-loved children's series that originally went out as part of a theme night.
Blue Peter Confidential
Juliet Stevenson narrates a film that charts the programme's evolution, from a hobbies slot to the BBC's flagship children's series.
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9.50 Carry On Blue Peter
A compendium of Blue Peter disasters, some of which have, until now, stayed on the cutting-room floor - and some that went out live on air.
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Highlights from the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, of the 35th annual Country Music Association awards, hosted by Vince Gill. Performances come from, among others, the Dixie Chicks, Lonestar and Lee Ann Womack , plus a duet between Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow. Coverage is presented by Bob Harris and country star Chely Wright. Producer Mark Hagen (S)
Crime thriller. Strike, a 16-year-old Brooklyn drug dealer, is asked to prove his loyalty to his employer by killing a rival pusher. A day after the murder, Strike's brother Victor confesses to the crime, though Detective Rocco Klein is sure Strike is responsible. Widescreen. Review page 55.
Directors Spike Lee and Jon Kilik (1995, 18) (S) (W)
Current world champion Razer competes in a grudge match.
Shown yesterday and repeated again tomorrow at 11.30am (S) (W)
Repeats are not indicated. WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone Secondary Schools The Geography Collection 1
