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The interactive show looks at new film releases and work as a fashion designer. With Sam Nixon , Mark Rhodes and Ayesha Asantewaa.
Also on the CBBC channel
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Digital viewers can find out how to join in with the show, and a Football Focus commentary competition, via the red button

Contributors

Presenter:
Sam Nixon
Presenter:
Mark Rhodes
Presenter:
Ayesha Asantewaa

Romantic adventure starring Tyrone Power and Orson Welles.
A seditious noble flees medieval England for the Far East, where he meets a beautiful Eurasian woman on her way to the court of Kublai Khan. Review page 64.
Director Henry Hathaway (1950, U) (Film Trivia: page 70

Contributors

Unknown:
Tyrone Power
Unknown:
Orson Welles.
Unknown:
Kublai Khan.
Director:
Henry Hathaway

New series The weeknight general knowledge quiz is back, where novice challengers take on champions such as Millionaire winner Judith Keppel , International Mastermind Chris Hughes and world quizzing supremo Kevin Ashman. Hosted by Dermot Murnaghan.
Senes producer Rob Dean ; Exec producers Andy Culpin , David Young (5)Eggheads quiz: page

Contributors

Unknown:
Judith Keppel
Unknown:
Chris Hughes
Unknown:
Kevin Ashman.
Unknown:
Dermot Murnaghan.
Producer:
Rob Dean
Producers:
Andy Culpin
Producers:
David Young

New series Jennie Bond launches the quest to create a perfect four-course meal to be served at a lunch
- to honour the Queen's 80th birthday. Each week, the focus falls on two chefs from one of seven regions and nations as they vie to prepare the quartet of dishes, one per night. On the Friday, a panel of judges will eject one of the chefs, while the winner will go through to a public vote in the eighth and final week of the contest. Tonight the South West's John Burton Race and Michael Caines begin their stint with starters. Fit for a Queen: p42; RT's birthday tribute to the Queen: p9

Contributors

Unknown:
Jennie Bond
Unknown:
John Burton
Unknown:
Michael Caines

April 1981: unprecedented violence erupts on south London streets, as thousands of local residents fight a pitched battle with the capital's police in a racially motivated conflict that would shock Thatcher's Britain to the core. Compelling first-hand accounts from rioters, looters, police officers and bystanders caught in the melee piece together 48 extraordinary hours that pushed tension in Brixton beyond bursting point.

Contributors

Director/Producer:
Helen Littleboy

5/6. Wittily observed sketch show from the producer of The Office. Home-grown comedy talent includes Spaced's Nick Frost and Nathan Barley's Nick Burns. Director Ric Cantor ; Series producer Ash Atalla
First shown on BBC3 www.bbc.co.uk/manstrokewoman

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Frost
Unknown:
Nick Burns.
Director:
Ric Cantor
Producer:
Ash Atalla

Images of wide-boys - think Walker in Dad's Army - were common in Britain's postwar period. Some saw them as resourceful entrepreneurs, while others took a dim view. This film from the Lost Decade season traces their rise and fall.
Producer Helen Scholes
Series producer Mary Sackville-West

Contributors

Producer:
Helen Scholes
Producer:
Mary Sackville-West

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