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The new food zone presented by Gregg Wallace that combines top recipes with both new and classic culinary series. Today a shellfish-based edition of Two Fat Ladies, more from Australian series Food Source, plus ideas from guest chef Roopa Gulati on spicing up Sunday lunch, including roast leg of lamb with paprika and ginger.
Director Stuart Bateup ; Series producer Sara Kozak

Contributors

Presented By:
Gregg Wallace
Unknown:
Roopa Gulati
Director:
Stuart Bateup
Producer:
Sara Kozak

Coverage of three races from Uttoxeter includes the 1.45
Grand National Trial, the first in a series of form guides to the National itself. Plus starts at
1.15 and 2.20. Commentary by Jim McGrath , Richard Pitman and Peter Scudamore , with reports from Jonathan Powell. Executive producer Malcolm Kemp

Contributors

Commentary By:
Jim McGrath
Commentary By:
Richard Pitman
Commentary By:
Peter Scudamore
Unknown:
Jonathan Powell.
Producer:
Malcolm Kemp

Director Peter Mussbach and leading German artist
Jorg Immendorff collaborate for a performance of Stravinsky's three-act opera. Recorded at the Salzburg Festival, with Sylvain Cambreling conducting the Camerata Academica and the Vienna State Opera Chorus.
Director Brian Large ; Producer
Reiner Moritz

Contributors

Director:
Peter Mussbach
Artist:
Jorg Immendorff
Unknown:
Sylvain Cambreling
Director:
Brian Large
Producer:
Reiner Moritz
Tom Rakewell:
Jerry Hadley (tenor)
Anne Trulove:
Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
Nick Shadow:
Monte Pederson (bass-Baritone)
Trulove:
Jonathan Best (bass)
Mother Goose:
Linda Ormiston (mezzo-Soprano)
Baba the Turk:
Jane Henschel (mezzo-Soprane)

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
An episode first shown in March 1972 of the classic comedy starring Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell.

There's little love lost between the Steptoe family when one of Albert's siblings dies.

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Contributors

Writer:
Ray Galton
Writer:
Alan Simpson
Producer:
John Howard Davies
Albert Steptoe:
Wilfrid Brambell
Harold Steptoe:
Harry H. Corbett

Berg Violin Concerto. In the series exploring landmark 20th-century orchestral works, composer
Michael Berkeley investigates the fascinating story behind the violin concerto that Alban Berg dedicated "to the memory of an angel" - a stunningly beautiful young girl who died at the age of 18. Shot in Vienna and Carinthia, the film uncovers the coded messages buried deep within the music, including hidden melodies, secret numbers and even an anti-Nazi agenda, while the piece is rehearsed and performed by soloist Leonidas Kavakos with conductor Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Director Helen Mansfield ; Series producer Peter Maniura BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE: monthly. L3.99. Latest issue on sale now

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Berkeley
Unknown:
Alban Berg
Soloist:
Leonidas Kavakos
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Director:
Helen Mansfield
Producer:
Peter Maniura

Gosford Park, which opened at cinemas this weekend, is an all-star, 1930s-based country-house murder mystery, and the first film that maverick US director Robert Altman, now almost 77 years of age, has made with an English setting. Omnibus goes on location with the man famous for such movies as MASH (showing on Tuesday at 11.35pm on BBC1) and The Player, observing his unique working methods and examining an unpredictable career that has just earned him a Golden Globe. With Kirsty Wark. Producer David Thompson ; Series editor Basil Comely Altman's Cookie's Fortune is showing at 10.45pm
Robert Altman on Hollywood: page 22

Contributors

Director:
Robert Altman
Producer:
David Thompson
Unknown:
Robert Altman

Romantic comedy. Over the course of three years, six twentysomethings in north London get involved in a merry-go-round of relationships.
Widescreen. Review page 53.
(1999, 18)

Contributors

Director:
David Kane
Liam:
Ian Hart
Marey:
Kathy Burke
Sophie:
Jennifer Ehle
Danny:
Douglas Henshall
Hannah:
Catherine McCormacK
Cameron:
Dougray Scott
Alice:
Emily Woof
Denise:
Sophie Okonedo
Carol:
Bronagh Gallagher
Billie:
Jamie Foreman
Tourist:
Reece Shearsmith
Pub singer:
David Gray

Comedy drama. In a sleepy southern town, an old widow known as Cookie kills herself using her black employee's gun. When her daughter discovers the body, she arranges the death to look like murder so that her family can avoid the disgrace of suicide.
Widescreen. Review page 53.
(1999, 12)

Contributors

Director:
Robert Altman
Camille:
Glenn Close
Cora Duvall:
Julianne Moore
Emma Duvall:
Liv Tyler
Jason Brown:
Chris O'Donnell
Willis Richland:
Charles S. Dutton
Jewel Mae 'Cookie' Orcutt:
Patricia Neal
Lester Boyle:
Ned Beatty

Comedy drama. Texas 1976: it's the end of summer term at the local high school and the seniors are getting ready to put the freshmen through the ritual humiliation of "hazing".
Widescreen. Review page 53.
(1993, 18)

Contributors

Director:
Richard Linklater
Randy 'Pink' Floyd:
Jason London
Don Dawson:
Sasha Jenson
Slater:
Rory Cochrane
Mitch Kramer:
Wiley Wiggins
Jodi Kramer:
Michelle Burke
Pickford:
Shawn Andrews
Tony:
Anthony Rapp
Michelle:
Milla Jovovich
Wooderson:
Matthew McConaughey
O'Bannion:
Ben Affleck

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