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Sam and Mark pull the strings as they try to work a yo-yo. Plus follow a group of beekeepers in their search for honey.
Digital viewers can access three films about how the gamers first met up by pressing the red button on their handsets

Contributors

Presenters:
Sam and Mark

Medical drama starring Jack Warner and Anthony Steel. A leukaemia sufferer with a rare blood type requires a life-saving transfusion. Review page 45.
Director Lewis Gibert (1952. U) (BW)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Warner
Unknown:
Anthony Steel.
Director:
Lewis Gibert

*** Drama starring Richard Attenborough and Kim Stanley.

Brooding resentments have warped Myra Savage's sanity. Claiming to be a medium, she desperately seeks recognition for her abilities and goes to great lengths to achieve her aims. Review page 45.
(1964, PG)
(BW)

Contributors

Director:
Bryan Forbes
[Actor]:
Richard Attenborough
Myra Savage:
Kim Stanley

Will relationship expert Jenni Trent and matchmaker
Karen Mooney cook up the food of love with chefs James Martin and Tony Tobin ? Recipes: Ceefax p560; www.bbc.co.uk/food

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenni Trent
Unknown:
Karen Mooney
Unknown:
James Martin
Unknown:
Tony Tobin

Antiques experts Susan Orringe and Mark Stacey appraise potential sale lots in Weymouth, Dorset, while Paul Martin takes inspiration from
Thomas Hardy when he arrives in Dorchester for the auction. Series producer Peter Smith ; Executive producer Tom Ware
(Revised repeat)

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Orringe
Unknown:
Mark Stacey
Unknown:
Paul Martin
Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Producer:
Peter Smith
Producer:
Tom Ware

3/12. The Machines That Changed the World. The
Industrial Revolution was a time when Britain led the world, but many believe it's never really garnered the attention it deserved. Tonight we see how Fred's passion and enthusiasm for the machines of the past helped raise public awareness about the way they worked and their importance in history.
Director/Producer David Hall

Contributors

Producer:
David Hall

2/4. The linguistic crash-course students are plunged headfirst into the language of food and wine as they attempt their next challenge - running a top-class restaurant. An embattled Ron Atkinson is given the job of sommelier, Marcus Brigstocke must assist the head chef, while a none-too-happy Esther Rantzen dons a fetching waitress's uniform. Can they carry out their duties without recourse to plain old English?
Series producer Madeleine Hall ; Executive producer Jamie Simpson www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/excusemyfrench

Contributors

Unknown:
Ron Atkinson
Unknown:
Marcus Brigstocke
Unknown:
Esther Rantzen
Producer:
Madeleine Hall
Producer:
Jamie Simpson

2/4. The odious holiday rep is trying to flog you an overpriced boat trip with as much sangria as you can slosh down, while sun-lounger war has broken out on the poolside as other people's irksome kids splash about and shriek as if in pain. Vacation gripes galore from, among others, Arthur Smith, Jenny Eclair, Nigel Slater, Sheila Hancock, Stuart Maconie, Rhona Cameron, Linda Robson and Stephanie Beacham.

Contributors

Producer:
Judith Holder
Interviewee:
Arthur Smith
Interviewee:
Jenny Eclair
Interviewee:
Nigel Slater
Interviewee:
Sheila Hancock
Interviewee:
Stuart Maconie
Interviewee:
Rhona Cameron
Interviewee:
Linda Robson
Interviewee:
Stephanie Beacham

Film-maker Tom Roberts spent 30 days with the US Army in south Baghdad during November 2004.
Filming for the Storyville strand started just after the Fallujah campaign was launched, heralding reprisal ambushes. Travelling with the patrols, Roberts witnessed first-hand the fatal escalation of tension.
Director Tom Roberts ; Series editor Nick Fraser

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Roberts
Director:
Tom Roberts
Editor:
Nick Fraser

www.bbcco.uk/learningzone
Languages and Travel Repeats are not indicated.
2.00 A Cook's Tour of France: Part 1
Mireille Johnston visits a snail farm in Burgundy and returns to her native region in a quest to define the true nature of Provençal food. Concludes tomorrow at 2am.
5.00 Living the Dream: French Holiday Heaven
Revisited Last year Marc and Jo Finch gave up their careers to buy their dream business - a campsite in the Dordogne. Will they survive their first year?

Contributors

Unknown:
Mireille Johnston
Unknown:
Jo Finch

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