News with Ben Geoghegan and Sian Williams.

Journalist Tim Sebastian takes a look behind the stories making the news.

People at the heart of global events join John Simpson for topical discussion, analysis and reflection.

Guest chef Eric Chavot rustles up some French country cooking, starting with sweetbreads and wild mushrooms, then cooking rabbit legs with calamari stuffing. For dessert he creates a mixture of peaches and nectarines with strawberry jelly and crumble topping.
From the archives, the Two
Fat Ladies give their local lock-keeper a meal to remember, and in Floyd on Food, the flamboyant Keith Floyd cooks conger eel on a visit to Jersey. Presented by Gregg Wallace.
Director Richard Cook ; Series producer Sara Kozak www.bbc.co.uk/food/saturdaykitchen

Shifting Sands. The fourth leg of Michael Palin 's odyssey finds the comic preparing to cross the Sudan, and facing the option of traversing the Nubian desert -one of Earth's hottest places
- or a war zone. Pole to Pole double video. £15.99; spoken word four-cassette set £13.99; book L10.99 from www.bbcshop.com

The doomed affair between screen siren Greta Garbo and John Gilbert.

Tom Brook and his team look at sleeper hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding, One Hour Photo with Robin Williams , and new thriller Feardotcom.
WATCHING THE DETECTIVES Triple bill of crimebusting drama.

Agenda for Murder. The raincoat-wearing detective has to outwit an attorney who has killed the one man capable of stifling his meteoric career in politics. Starring Peter Falk and Patrick McGoohan. <s)

Even Odds. When Quincy is wounded at the scene of a crime, his colleagues have to crack the case using their recollections of mysteries he has solved in the past. <s)

Case of the Maligned Mobster Mason believes an ex-mafia boss who denies murdering his wife deserves to have a fair trial, despite his criminal past.

Charity Begins at Home. The camp host decides that any holidaymaker caught without a smile must pay a shilling to the campers' amenity fund.
Written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft

Western. Jack Wright , a peaceful store owner, accidentally kills a bank robber and is regarded as a hero. But when the robber's cohorts vow revenge, the townsfolk abandon Jack and his wife to their fate. Widescreen. Review page 45.
Director Alfred Werker (1955)

Labour politician and Zionist Gerald Kaufman is a staunch critic of Israel and Ariel Sharon's government. Here he revokes his promise never to revisit the land he used to love. Among those he meets are a military group risking jail by refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories, former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, the Mayor of Jerusalem Ehud Olmert, Palestinian spokeswoman Hanan Ashwari and young Israeli Arabs who feel left out of society.
Director/Producer Charlotte Metcalf

First shown last year in two episodes, this star-studded drama chronicles the romance between Queen Victoria and her consort, Prince Albert.
The spirited Princess Victoria appears to be the antithesis of her serious German cousin Albert, but a family adviser is convinced a union between the two would be advantageous. Later on, as Albert's love and support for his wife grows, he becomes increasingly frustrated by inactivity.
Written by John Goldsmith
Producer David Cunliffe ; Director John Erman Prince Albert's character is re-assessed in Reputations on Friday at 9pm

Steven Spielberg's period courtroom drama telling the story of the journey made by a group of African slaves who take control of the ship, La Amistad, in an attempt to travel back home. After the vessel is recaptured, they are sent back to America where they must stand trial for murder. Their case is then taken up by young property attorney Roger Baldwin.
(Widescreen) (Review page 45)
(1997,15) (S) (W)
(Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is premiered on Channel 5 Tuesday at 9pm)

Adventure. Intrepid private eye Dan Hammer has one thing on his mind: to locate a map that will lead him to lucrative oil deposits in Panama. But he has reckoned without competition from the villainous Molinar. Review page 46.
Director Ted Tetzlaff (1947) (BW)

Repeats are not indicated. WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/leamingzone
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