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A profile of Father Cyril Axelrod , the only deaf-blind priest in the world. With signing, voiceover and in-vision subtitles.
Repeated on Tuesday at 1.55am on BBC1 www.bbc.co.uk/seehear

Contributors

Unknown:
Father Cyril Axelrod

Outback adventure set in 1920s Australia, the first of two films starring Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr. A nomadic family of "sundowners" is put under strain when mother and son decide they would like to settle down. Review page 57.
Director Fred Zinnemann (1960, U)

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Mitchum
Unknown:
Deborah Kerr.
Director:
Fred Zinnemann

Sublime war drama, ending the Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum double bill.

Sister Angela, a Catholic nun, and US marine Allison find themselves stranded together on a South Pacific island occupied by the Japanese.
Review page 57. (1957, PG)

Contributors

Director:
John Huston
Sister Angela:
Deborah Kerr
Allison:
Robert Mitchum

Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire is the venue for the show in which experts Mark Stacey and Nigel Smith join presenter Paul Martin to give advice to those hoping to sell their antiques at a profit.
Series producer Peter Smith ; Executive producer Tom Ware
www.bbc.co.uk/antiques

Contributors

Unknown:
Milton Keynes
Unknown:
Mark Stacey
Unknown:
Nigel Smith
Presenter:
Paul Martin
Producer:
Peter Smith
Producer:
Tom Ware

5/10. India to Sri Lanka. Fertility and sex get
Dan Cruickshank 's blood pumping as he grapples with a naked ten-armed goddess in Calcutta and comes face to face with triple-breasted goddess Menakshi. To calm down, he also finds enlightenment in the celestial city of Jaipur and is blessed by an elephant. Shown last Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Dan Cruickshank

Her romance with a dashing fighter pilot was the stuff of fairy tales - yet the prospect of marriage between the Queen's sister and Group Captain Peter Townsend , a divorced commoner, divided opinion and threw monarchy, government and church into turmoil. In 1955, she ended two years of speculation by choosing duty over love - was it a needless sacrifice? Shown yesterday (AD)

Contributors

Unknown:
Captain Peter Townsend

A polished drama documentary filmed on location in the Middle East that provides new insights into the epic and bloody 12th-century fight for control of the holy city of Jerusalem between Crusader and English king Richard the Lionheart and Muslim leader Saladin. Based on the latest research into the original Christian and Muslim sources, it traces the contrasting origins of both men and challenges contemporary judgements about their characters.
Writer/Director Richard Bedser ; Executive producers
Anthony Geffen and Carol Sennett

Contributors

Director:
Richard Bedser
Producers:
Anthony Geffen
Producers:
Carol Sennett
Richard the Lionheart:
Derek Lea
Saladin:
Hichetn Rostom
Priest:
James Leqatte
Al-Adil:
Lotfi Dzirl
BehaalDin:
Salah Miled

11/11. With Coronation Street's Bradley Walsh , aka Danny Baldwin , R&B star Estelle, ex-Moloko singer Roisin Murphy and Simon Amstell , presenter of Channel 4's Popworld. A new series is planned. Director Paul Wheeler ; Producer Steve Doherty
Shown last Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Bradley Walsh
Unknown:
Danny Baldwin
Singer:
Roisin Murphy
Singer:
Simon Amstell
Director:
Paul Wheeler
Producer:
Steve Doherty

Highlights from Liverpool's
Olympia of the Four Nations Boxing Challenge amateur tournament. Senior ABA champions from each of the home nations will be fighting to secure a place in April's much-anticipated international against the mighty Cubans.
Producer Chris Lewis ; Editor Jim Bentley

Contributors

Producer:
Chris Lewis
Editor:
Jim Bentley

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Open University/General Interest
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2.00 BST After the Genome Why we have too few genes.

2.50 BST What Have the 80s Ever Done for Us?
The first DNA fingerprints.

3.00 BST A Life of Time

3.30 BST Breathing Deeply

4.00 BST The Vernacular Tradition

4.30 BST The Next Big Thing

5.00 BST Ever Wondered?

5.30 BST Landscape Mysteries: The Abandoned Marsh
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