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Wonderfully atmospheric mystery with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Holmes looks into a series of suspicious suicides in hotel rooms and quickly realises the deaths were in fact murders. Review page 59. Director Roy William Neill (1944, U)
(BW)

Contributors

Unknown:
Basil Rathbone
Unknown:
Nigel Bruce.
Director:
Roy William Neill

7/8. Two Devon families have to construct machines to jazz up a kids' party. Given 48 hours, how will they approach the problems of inventing devices that will slice a cake and automatically play Happy Birthday? The series concludes on 21 December.
Producer Mike McDowall ; Executive producer Hamish Barbour

Contributors

Producer:
Mike McDowall
Producer:
Hamish Barbour

1 6/6. The scientists' final challenge is to succeed in taking a photograph using horse manure and rocks. They then have to send it to presenter Kate Humble by air with a home-made hydrogen balloon. Directors Finola Lang and Chris Riley ; Series producer
Nathan Williams www.open2.net/roughscience BBC MAGAZINE: Focus, E325 monthly

Contributors

Presenter:
Kate Humble
Directors:
Finola Lang
Directors:
Chris Riley
Producer:
Nathan Williams

Ella -a Meerkat's Tale. Two-year-old meerkat Ella is in big trouble. She has just given birth to three pups and their arrival brings Ella into conflict with her own mother, the group's tyrannical leader. If evicted from the family, she will be separated from her pups. Alone in the desert, she'll almost certainly die. Can she manage to survive - and protect her brood? Producer John Brown ; Series editor Tim Martin
Repeated next Sunday www.bbc.co.uk/nature

Contributors

Producer:
John Brown
Editor:
Tim Martin

1 6/11. The conflict between Pompey and Caesar finally erupts into bloody battle. Meanwhile, Atia schemes to safeguard her family's position. Contains strong language and scenes of a sexual nature.
Writers David Frankel ; Producer Frank Doelger ; Director Tim Van Patten Repeated next Sun on BBC1 www.bbc.co.uk/rome BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE: the new issue looks at Rome. Priced E3.40

Contributors

Unknown:
David Frankel
Producer:
Frank Doelger
Director:
Tim van Patten
Julius Caesar:
Ciaran Hinds
Mark Antony:
James Purefoy
Lucius Vorenus:
Kevin McKidd
Titus Pullo:
Ray Stevenson
Atia of the Julii:
Polly Walker
Pompey Magnus:
Kenneth Cranham
Servilia:
Lindsay Duncan
Marcus Junius Brutus:
Tobias Menzies
Octavia of the Julii:
Kerry Condon
Porcius Cato:
Karl Johnson
Niobe:
Indira Varma
Posca:
Nicholas Woodeson
Eleni:
Suzanne Bertish
Lyde:
Esther Hall
Marcus Tullius Cicero:
David Bamber
Scipio:
Paul Jesson

6/8. Rodney King to Back to Basics. The videotaped beating handed out by Los Angeles police officers in 1991 that was followed by riots in the city, plus the bid to relaunch the Tory government of John Major in 1993. Producer Liam Carroll ; Exec producer Caroline Wright

Contributors

Unknown:
Rodney King
Unknown:
John Major
Producer:
Liam Carroll
Producer:
Caroline Wright

3/4. House of Horror Ben Lewis quizzes conceptual artist Gregor Schneider about his past.
11.50 4/4. The Church of Cremaster. A meeting with American mixed-media artist Matthew Barney. A new series starts tomorrow at 10pm on BBC4.
Director Ben Lewis : Series producer Anna-Claire Schroder

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Lewis
Artist:
Gregor Schneider
Artist:
Matthew Barney.
Director:
Ben Lewis

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