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Alexei Sayle talks about changing careers from comic performer to novelist, and experts answers questions about benefits. With Adam Shaw and Paddy O'Connell.

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Contributors

Presenter:
Adam Shaw
Presenter:
Paddy O'Connell
Guest:
Alexei Sayle
Editor:
Tracey Hobbs

Stylish western starring Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster.
A former Confederate soldier and an outlaw are hired to guard gold being taken from Mexico City to Vera Cruz.
Review page 51.
(1954, PG)
Film Trivia: page 55

Contributors

Director:
Robert Aldrich
[Actor]:
Gary Cooper
[Actor]:
Burt Lancaster

Many of us are prepared to pay extra for Fair Trade goods but is it really money well spent? The Money Programme's Libby Potter examines concerns about the premium pricing of Fair Trade products in some supermarkets. Can the movement satisfy its critics? Producer Marianne Lueck ; Series editor Clive Edwards

Contributors

Unknown:
Libby Potter
Producer:
Marianne Lueck
Editor:
Clive Edwards

2/4. Terriers and hounds take to the main ring in Birmingham, plus reports on the first of the obedience events. Coverage continues tomorrow.
For an hour after the end of the programme, experts analyse what the judges are looking for in the canine competitors

6/6. Reputed to have been written by Khan's adopted son, The Secret History of the Mongols reveals a very different man to the butcher of legend: a devoted husband, politician and legislator. This documentary examines the book to show how an illiterate nomad inspired his successors to conquer the largest land empire in history. The series returns in April.
Director Heinz Leger ; Series editor John Farren

Contributors

Director:
Heinz Leger
Editor:
John Farren

1/4. What do our school reports really tell us about our progress, our potential - and those who sat in judgement on us? Celebrities, including David Puttnam, Alan Sugar, Bill Oddie, Peter Davison, Matt Dawson, Roy Hattersley, Adrian Lester, Michael Winner and Fiona Bruce, describe how they dealt with the dreaded document. Richard Briers narrates.
Class distinctions: page 57

Contributors

Unknown:
David Puttnam
Unknown:
Alan Sugar
Unknown:
Bill Oddie
Unknown:
Peter Davison
Unknown:
Matt Dawson
Unknown:
Roy Hattersley
Unknown:
Adrian Lester
Unknown:
Michael Winner
Unknown:
Fiona Bruce
Narrator:
Richard Briers
Producer:
Pip Banyard
Executive Producer:
Stuart Prebble

The world's oldest music magazine celebrated its
3,000th issue last August and, in this retrospective, Chrissie Hynde , Kaiser Chiefs, Tony Parsons , Danny Baker and Steve Lamacq look back at the feuds and personalities that shaped our musical culture.
Producer Chloe Thomas ; Editor David Okuefuna

Contributors

Unknown:
Chrissie Hynde
Unknown:
Tony Parsons
Unknown:
Danny Baker
Unknown:
Steve LamacQ
Producer:
Chloe Thomas
Editor:
David Okuefuna

Tough-as-they-come film noir starring Cornel Wilde and Richard Conte. A police lieutenant is bent on breaking a tightly organised gang led by the vicious Brown. Review page 51.
Director Joseph H Lewis (1955, PG) (BW)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Conte.
Director:
Joseph H Lewis

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Open University/General Interest Repeats not indicated.
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Pubblico, Siena 80072 3.00 Insights into Violence 75527 3.30 Understanding Music: a Change of Key? 71324 4.00 Imagining New Worlds
4.30 Global Tourism 76256 5.00 The World of the Dragon 33053 5.30 Renaissance Secrets

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