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Tame thriller starring
Hugh Sinclair. Slick sleuth
Simon Templar stumbles across a gaggle of spies, thugs, cut-throats and bumbling policemen vying for possession of an innocent-looking music box. Review page 51.
Director Leslie Fenton (1941) (BW)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Sinclair.
Unknown:
Simon Templar
Director:
Leslie Fenton

The waters around southern Africa are home to over 140 species of shark, from the formidable great white, to the diminutive pyjama shark. The key to this amazing diversity? A unique clash of warm and cold currents, dividing the ocean into habitats as different as desert and forest. David Attenborough narrates.
(Repeated next Sunday)
[web address removed]
A snappy guide to sharks: page 26

Contributors

Narrator:
David Attenborough
Producer:
Marguerite Smits van Oyen
Series Editor:
Tim Martin

1/2. Saturday night in the heart of the jungle - Gavin Thurston recalls the making of the series Congo.
Producer Brian Leith ; Executive producer Fiona Pitcher The repeat run of Congo continues next Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Gavin Thurston
Producer:
Brian Leith
Producer:
Fiona Pitcher

1/3. Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais's dramatisation of Jonathan Coe 's novel.
Three school friends growing up in 1970s Birmingham discover the wonderful worlds of girls and music, while their parents face some challenges of their own.
(Rptd next Sat)
Behind the Scenes: p10; One to Watch - Julian Rhind-Tutt p55

Contributors

Author:
Jonathan Coe
Dramatised by:
Dick Clement
Dramatised by:
Ian La Frenais
Producer:
Chrissy Skinns
Director:
Tony Smith
Barbara Chase:
Sarah Lancashire
Bill Anderton:
Hugo Speer
Sam Chase:
Mark Williams
Colin Trotter:
Kevin Doyle
Nigel Plumb:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Sheila Trotter:
Rebecca Front
Miriam Newman:
Christine Tremarco
Ben Trotter:
Geoff Breton
Doug Anderton:
Nicholas Shaw
Philip Chase:
Rasmus Hardiker
Irene Anderton:
Elizabeth Berringion
Lois Trotter:
Alice O'Connell
Malcolm:
James Daffern
Paul Trotter:
Sebastian Harding
Cicely Boyd:
Alice Eve
Claire Newman:
Cara Horgan
Harding:
Rate Spall
Richards:
Peter Bankole
Culpepper:
Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Donald Newman:
Roderick Smith
Everett:
Patrick Haviland
Waring:
Chris Rankin
Roll-up Reg:
Chris Fairbank
English master:
Pip Torrens
Headmaster:
Geoffrey Whitehead
Maths master:
Grant Burgin
PE master:
Ged Simmons
Music master:
Michael Eaves
Roy Slater:
Andrew Tiernan
Jack Forrest:
Tony Haygarth
Syd:
Kenneth Hadley
Leyland worker:
Matt Rozier
Voice of adult Ben:
Hugh Bonneville

Under the new Extradition Treaty, Londoner Babar Ahmad could become the first British citizen to be tried by the US judicial system. As Babar's father campaigns for his son's right to be tried in Britain, this documentary examines the impact of new anti-terrorist laws.
Producer Liviu Tipurita : Series producer Richard Bee

Contributors

Unknown:
Londoner Babar
Producer:
Liviu Tipurita
Producer:
Richard Bee

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