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Continued from BBC1. Guests include Pop Idol's Nikki Chapman and Robot Wars presenters Craig Charles and Philippa Forrester. Music from Papa Roach. Plus the final episode of S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin'

BBCi: interactive features are available to digital viewers S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin' is repeated tomorrow at 10am

Contributors

Guest:
Nikki Chapman
Guest:
Craig Charles
Guest:
Philippa Forrester
Director:
Nick Harris
Producer:
Jonathan Robinson
Producer:
Maria Stewart

3-15 Athletics After the return of Athletics Focus, Roger Black presents action from the Commonwealth Games trials, taking place in Manchester.
5.00 Tennis Sue Barker presents semi-final action from Queen's Club, London. Producer (athletics) Martin Webster
Editor Michael Cole Mark Lewis-Francis makes his matte p30

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Black
Unknown:
Martin Webster
Editor:
Michael Cole
Editor:
Mark Lewis-Francis

Highlights from Horse Guards in London of the annual military spectacular, during which the Queen took her salute as the Queen's Colour of the 1st Battalion Scots Guard was trooped in honour of her official birthday.
Edward Stourton and Simon Weston describe the scene.
Producer Julie Heptonstall ; Executive producer David Pickthaii

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Stourton
Unknown:
Simon Weston
Producer:
Julie Heptonstall
Producer:
David Pickthaii

First in a two-part profile of Japanese film-maker Akira Kurosawa, looking at his childhood, early career and emergence as a major director during the American occupation. Kurosawa's samurai roots and traumatic early experiences influenced many of his films, including "Rashomon", which brought him international fame after it won the Golden Lion at the 1951 Venice Film Festival.
Narrated by Sam Shepard with readings from Kurosawa's autobiography by Paul Scofield. Concludes next Saturday.
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Contributors

Subject:
Akira Kurosawa
Narrator:
Sam Shepard
Reader:
Paul Scofield
Director:
Adam Low
Editor:
David Kitson

Lightning in a Bottle. Finance is not easy to come by when a film is budgeted at$100m and the box-office results are impossible to predict - big-name vehicles such as End of Days flopped while the ideas of children such as Shrek exceeded all expectations. Contributions in the second of a three-part look inside the US film industry come from director Oliver Stone , actors Pierce Brosnan and Ben Stiller and writer Akiva Goldsman , Oscar winner with A Beautiful Mind. Narrated by Mariella Frostrup.
Director Philip Day: Executive producers David Dariow , Nick Ware

Contributors

Director:
Oliver Stone
Unknown:
Pierce Brosnan
Unknown:
Ben Stiller
Unknown:
Akiva Goldsman
Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup.
Producers:
David Dariow
Producers:
Nick Ware

One of Britain's top entertainers, who died in 1992, is the subject of tonight's edition of the occasional Reputations series. Friends and colleagues - including Jonathan Ross , Griff Rhys Jones , Eric Sykes and Ian Carmichael - recall
Howerd's career and a turbulent life marred by depression, money worries, a complicated sexuality- and the LSDassisted therapy that uncovered shocking and painful memories. An episode of the comedy Up Pompeii follows. Director David FTurnbull ; Executive producer Jenny Abbott

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Ross
Unknown:
Griff Rhys Jones
Unknown:
Eric Sykes
Unknown:
Ian Carmichael
Director:
David Fturnbull
Producer:
Jenny Abbott

An episode first shown in 1970 of the bawdy comedy.
Lurcio has the weekend off, but will anything go his way?
Written by Talbot Rothwell ; Producer Sydney Lotterby

Contributors

Written By:
Talbot Rothwell
Producer:
Sydney Lotterby
Lurcio:
Frankie Howerd
Ludicrus Sextus:
Wallas Eaton
Ammonia:
Elizabeth Lamer
Nausius:
Kerry Gardner
Senna:
Jeanne Mockford
Erotica:
Georgina Moon

Thriller from the director of Spider-Man. Three people living in small town Minnesota discover a crashed plane that contains a dead pilot and over$4million in cash. They decide to steal the money, but their plan soon begins to backfire. Widescreen. Review page 53.
Director Sam Raimi (1998. 15) Barry Norman on Billy Bob Thomton : page 54

Contributors

Director:
Sam Raimi
Director:
Barry Norman
Unknown:
Billy Bob Thomton
Hank Mitchell:
Bill Paxton
Jacob Mitchell:
Billy Bob Thornton
Sarah Mitchell:
Bridget Fonda
Baxter:
Gary Cole
Lou:
Brent Briscoe
Nancy:
Becky Ann Baker
Carl:
Chelcie Ross
Tom Butler:
Jack Walsh
FBI agent Renkins:
Bob Davis

Crime thriller. Kansas City, 1931: kidnapped heiress
Barbara Blandish falls prey to the notorious Grissom Gang. But, although the million-dollar ransom is paid, Miss
Blandish is not released. Widescreen. Review page 53.
Director Robert Aldrich (1971, 15)

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Blandish
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Barbara Blandish:
Kim Darby
Eddie Hagan:
Tony Musante
Slim Grissom:
Scott Wilson
Ma Grissom:
Irene Dailey
Dave Fenner:
Robert Lansing
Anna Borg:
Connie Stevens

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