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Quirky comedy starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. A former fireman leads a miserable existence, constantly worrying about his health. But after he is told he has six months to live, a millionaire approaches him with an intriguing proposition. Review page 41.
Director John Patrick Shanley (1990, PG)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Hanks
Unknown:
Meg Ryan.
Director:
John Patrick Shanley
Joe Banks:
Tom Hanks
DeDe/Angelica/Patricia:
Meg Ryan
Graynamore:
Lloyd Bridges
Dr Ellison:
Robert Stack
Waponis:
Chief Abevigoda

Can experts Kate Alcock and Nigel Smith manage to help swell wallets in Huddersfield?
Series producer Peter Smith ; Executive producer Tom Ware
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Contributors

Unknown:
Kate Alcock
Unknown:
Nigel Smith
Producer:
Peter Smith
Producer:
Tom Ware

The Shostakovich centenary continues with Valery Gergiev conducting the Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre in the choral Symphony No 13 (Babi Yar), with bass soloist Sergei Alexashkin.
Plus, one of Russia's leading violinists, Vadim Repin, performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto and the evening begins with Liadov's From the Apocalypse.
Introduced by Michael Portillo from the Royal Albert Hall.

(Also live on BBC Radio 3 from 6.30pm.)
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(Proms on Four begin tomorrow at 7.30pm on BBC4)
(Digital viewers can access synchronised programme notes by pressing the red button on the handset)
(Homes & Antiques magazine includes a feature on the history of the Proms in its September issue. Out now, £3.30 The Inside Story: page 52)

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Portillo
Musicians:
Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Conductor:
Valery Gergiev
Bass:
Sergei Alexashkin
Violinist:
Vadim Repin
Director:
Jonathan Haswell
Series Editor:
Oliver Macfarlane

3/4. Camping catastrophes are recalled by Helen Lederer , Arthur Smith , Jenny Eclair , Nigel Slater , Sheila Hancock , Rhona Cameron , Michael Winner ,
Arabella Weir , Linda Robson and Stephanie Beacham. Producer Judith Holder

Contributors

Recalled By:
Helen Lederer
Recalled By:
Arthur Smith
Recalled By:
Jenny Eclair
Recalled By:
Nigel Slater
Recalled By:
Sheila Hancock
Recalled By:
Rhona Cameron
Recalled By:
Michael Winner
Unknown:
Arabella Weir
Unknown:
Linda Robson
Unknown:
Stephanie Beacham.
Producer:
Judith Holder

5/8. Stephen Fry explores the relationship between music and light entertainment. Before the advent of youth culture, music had always been at the heart of variety, but when pop arrived on the scene television's reactionary response was to feed viewers a diet of Val Doonican and Engelbert Humperdinck. Even Top of The Pops was predicted to be a flash in the pan, but by the 1970s pop stars such as Cilla Black and Cliff Richard were hosting their own Saturday night shows. Punk put paid to all that, and it has taken over two decades for music to find its way back into the heart of light entertainment. Featuring Cliff Richard, Cilla Black, Nana Mouskouri, Engelbert Humperdinck, Simon Cowell, Pete Waterman, Nigel Lythgoe, Marty Wilde and the Vernons Girls.
Producer Mark Turnball ; Editor Anna Gien Mark Lawson talks to Engelbert Humperdinck at 11.45pm on BBC4

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Fry
Unknown:
Val Doonican
Unknown:
Cliff Richard
Unknown:
Cliff Richard
Unknown:
Nana Mouskouri
Unknown:
Engelbert Humperdinck
Unknown:
Simon Cowell
Unknown:
Pete Waterman
Unknown:
Nigel Lythgoe
Unknown:
Marty Wilde
Producer:
Mark Turnball
Editor:
Anna Gien
Talks:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Engeibert Humperdinck

Seedy comedy based on the successful TV series, starring Leonard Rossiter , Frances de la Tour and Don Warrington. Rigsby, the lecherous landlord of a London boarding house, desperately attempts to win the affections of Miss Jones, the woman of his dreams. Review page 41.
Director Joe McGrath (1980. PG)

Contributors

Unknown:
Leonard Rossiter
Director:
Joe McGrath

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2.00 Rough Science 83846 2.30 Snapshots
Engineering a New Life 2285407 2.45 Truth Will
Out Global Warming Is Caused by Human Activity 9396759 3.00 Rapid Climate Change 80136 3.30 Open Advice A Different Way of Learning
4.00 The Signature of Life 74198 4.30 The End of the Race against Time 81865 5.00 The Man Who Loved Trees 55952 5.30 Ever Wondered?

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