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Sentimental drama based on a true story, starring
Richard Thomas and Gerald McRaney. Having saved the life of an American-Asian baby at the end of the Korean War, a US Navy crew attempts to bring the child home for adoption. Review page 52.
Director Marcus Cole (1997, U)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Thomas
Unknown:
Gerald McRaney.
Director:
Marcus Cole

While experts Susan Orringe and James Lewis appraise items in Cardiff, host Paul Martin joins historian Neil Sinclair on the docks to hear about life in Tiger Bay. Series producer Peter Smith
Executive producer Tom Ware

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Orringe
Unknown:
James Lewis
Unknown:
Paul Martin
Unknown:
Neil Sinclair
Unknown:
Tiger Bay.
Producer:
Peter Smith
Producer:
Tom Ware

New series 1/6. Science suggests that happy people are healthier, more creative and live longer. But what really makes us happy? In the first of a breezy, light-hearted investigation, Mark Easton considers Bhutan, a country that, with its authoritarian monarchy, is run around the Gross National Happiness principle. Are there lessons to be learnt for our own social policy? Director Mike Rudin ; Executive producer Fiona Stourton Ask the experts: page 30

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Easton
Director:
Mike Rudin
Producer:
Fiona Stourton

New series 1/5. A lively mix of travelogue and current affairs as Tim Samuels tours the EU.
Do We Feel European? In a quirky exploration of issues surrounding European identity, Tim sets out on a banned gay pride march with a Polish drag queen and talks immigration with a Dutch thrash metal band. Series producer Will Daws ; Executive producer Karen O'Connor
Revised repeat from BBC4

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Samuels
Producer:
Will Daws
Producer:
Karen O'Connor

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5/8. When did the actress, a northern lass raised on meat and two veg, become a devout vegetarian? Why did her eccentric stepfather once consider potatoes to be the root of all evil? And what is Sadie's tried-and-tested recipe for veggie bliss?
Director Tina Gortmans ; Executive producer David Barrie

Contributors

Director:
Tina Gortmans
Producer:
David Barrie

BBC Two England

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