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Antony Worrall Thompson celebrates British cheese week with chef Mike Robinson and tastes a selection of British wines with Joe Wadsack. From the BBC archives,
Jamie Oliver cooks brill with lemons, while Keith Floyd takes part in a chilli cooking contest in Santa Fe. (S) (W)
BBCi: special features via handset, or [web address removed]
The chef you'd most like to cook for you - Jamie Oliver: p13; see also p33

Contributors

Presenter/Chef:
Antony Worrall Thompson
Guest/Chef:
Mike Robinson
Wine expert:
Joe Wadsack
Producer:
Michael Connock
Editor:
Elaine Bancroft

From humble fairground snack to billion-dollar bestseller, the history and science of the hamburger is examined by Alan Coxon and Kathy Sykes.
(S) (W)
[web address removed]
Recipe Cards: free from [number removed] (calls charged at national rate)

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Coxon
Presenter:
Kathy Sykes

Adventure starring Tyrone Power.

After a century of British rule in India, the garrison post of Peshawar is threatened by a tribal revolt. A young army captain is given command of the Khyber Rifles, but he is half-Indian and faces prejudice from his fellow officers.
Review page 67. (1953, U) (S) **

Contributors

[Actor]:
Tyrone Power
Director:
Henry King

Historical adventure starring Richard Egan and Ralph Richardson.

480 BC: Greece is under threat from the army of the Emperor of Persia. Leaders of the Greek states assemble, and many want to surrender. But the Spartans, led by King Leonidas, decide to defend their country against the odds.
(Widescreen) Review page 67. (1962, PG) (S) (W)

Contributors

[Actor]:
Richard Egan
[Actor]:
Ralph Richardson
Director:
Rudolph Mate

Part 15 of the landmark series tells how grand plans for a French spring offensive fell into German hands, turning the trenches into a slaughterhouse and prompting the once proud French army to openly mutiny.
(BW) (R) (S)
BBC DVD: The Great War and The World at War DVD Collection, featuring both complete series on 17 discs, £169.99 (rrp £199.99) from [web address removed]

Contributors

Narrator:
Sir Michael Redgrave
Producer:
Tony Essex
Producer:
Gordon Watkins

An Agatha Christie murder mystery dramatisation, first shown in 1985, starring Joan Hickson.

Miss Marple looks into mysterious goings-on in the quiet village of Lymston.
(Postponed from 6 September) (R) (S)

Contributors

Author:
Agatha Christie
Dramatised by:
Julia Jones
Producer:
Guy Slater
Director:
Roy Boulting
Miss Marple:
Joan Hickson
Gerry Burton:
Andrew Bicknell
Joanna Burton:
Sabina Franklyn
Rev Guy Calthrop:
John Arnatt
Maud Calthrop:
Dilys Hamlett
Emily Burton:
Hilary Mason
Partridge:
Penelope Lee
Beatrice:
Juliet Waley
Edward Symmington:
Michael Culver
Angela Symmington:
Elizabeth Counsell
Megan Symmington:
Deborah Appleby
Mr Pye:
Richard Pearson

Second World War drama. 1945: as the war in Europe draws to a close, Allied forces advance towards the Rhine. All river crossings, however, have been destroyed, apart from the bridge at Remagen. Widescreen. Review page 67.
(1969, PG) (S) (W)

Film Trivia: page 73

Contributors

Director:
John Guillermin
Lieutenant Phil Hartman:
George Segal
Major Paul Kreuger:
Robert Vaughn
Sergeant Angelo:
Ben Gazzara
Major Barnes:
Bradford Dillman
Brig Gen Shinner:
E G Marshall
General von Brock Peter:
Van Eyck
Colonel Jellicoe:
Matt Clark
Colonel Dent:
Fritz Ford

Readings of Byron's poetry by actors including Francesca Annis and Toby Stephens, and extracts from his letters and diaries add poignancy to a journey inside the mind of the writer and thinker. Presented by Daisy Goodwin.
See Choice. (S) (W)

Contributors

Presenter:
Daisy Goodwin
Reader:
Francesca Annis
Reader:
Toby Stephens
Director/Producer:
Helen Simpson

Showbiz PR and puffery - plus tips for online Celebdaq traders. With Patrick O'Connell and Libby Potter.
(Shown yesterday on BBC3) (S) (W)
[web address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick O'Connell
Presenter:
Libby Potter
Director:
Stephen Neal
Series Producer:
Dominic Bird

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