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Adventure based on a story by Steven Spielberg, starring Sean Astin. While clearing out an attic, a gang of boys come across a map revealing the location of a long-lost galleon. Review page 39.
(1985, PG)

Contributors

Story By:
Steven Spielberg
Director:
Richard Donner
Mikey:
Sean Astin
Brand:
Josh Brolin
Chunk:
Jeff Cohen
Mouth:
Corey Feldman
Andy:
Kerri Green
Stef:
Martha Plimpton

Confrontational western. When 2,000 rifles are stolen from a US command post, Captain Haven is dispatched to track them down. Review page 39.
Director Gordon Douglas (1964)

Contributors

Director:
Gordon Douglas
Lassiter:
Richard Boone
Captain Haven:
Stuart Whitman
Rodriguez:
Tony Franciosa
Sally:
Wende Wagner
Colonel Theron Pardee:
Edmond O'Brien
Colonel Wagner:
Warner Anderson
Sergeant Ben Franklyn:
Jim Brown

The team arrive in Hereford where Paul Martin takes a look at the Mappa Mundi, one of Britain's oldest documents, and David Barby and James Braxton offer their expert advice.
Series producer Peter Smith ; Exec producer Tom Ware

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Martin
Unknown:
David Barby
Unknown:
James Braxton
Producer:
Peter Smith
Producer:
Tom Ware

Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic. Tonight's programme opens with Szymanowski's impressionistic Violin Concerto No 1 featuring the brilliant virtuoso Frank Peter Zimmermann as soloist. After the interval Rattle leads his Berlin forces in a performance of Bruckner's Symphony No 7 in E, with its famous Adagio mourning Wagner it's a high point of the Austro-German symphonic repertory.
Introduced by Huw Edwards from the Royal Albert Hall.
Live on BBC Radio 3 from 6.30pm.

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Proms on Four continues 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. On sale until 1 September, priced £3.30
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Contributors

Presenter:
Huw Edwards
Musicians:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Violinist:
Frank Peter Zimmermann
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Director:
Rhodri Huw
Series Editor:
Oliver Macfarlane

1/4. Hard Work. Business meetings and people thinking "outside the box" are fair game for women of a certain age. With contributions from, among others, Sheila Hancock , Muriel Gray , Indira Joshi and Arabella Weir. Narrated by Alison Steadman.
Director Claire Storey Lambert ; Producer Judith Holder More grumbles from the Grumpy Old Women at 10pm on Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Hancock
Unknown:
Muriel Gray
Unknown:
Indira Joshi
Unknown:
Arabella Weir.
Unknown:
Alison Steadman.
Director:
Claire Storey Lambert
Producer:
Judith Holder

7/8. Chat Shows. Michael Parkinson , Terry Wogan and David Frost contribute to a look at one of light entertainment's most successful and enduring formats - the chat show. From the intense investigative questioning on Face to Face, to the use of shock tactics in "confessional" programmes such as The Jerry Springer Show, the chat show format has constantly evolved to provide some of the most talked-about television ever produced.
Featuring Sally Jesse Raphael, Clive James,
Clive Anderson, Joan Rivers and Graham Norton.
Producer Elaine Shepherd ; Editor Anna Gien 1973: the Year in Chat is on BBC4 at 11.25pm and The Frost Years is on Tuesday at 11.30am on Radio 4

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Parkinson
Unknown:
Terry Wogan
Unknown:
David Frost
Unknown:
Jerry Springer Show
Unknown:
Sally Jesse Raphael
Unknown:
Clive James
Unknown:
Clive Anderson
Unknown:
Joan Rivers
Unknown:
Graham Norton
Producer:
Elaine Shepherd
Editor:
Anna Gien

Her television credits include Hetty Wainthropp
Investigates, Keeping Up Appearances, Steptoe &
Son and Talking Heads, and Patricia Routledge has proved to be one of Britain's most popular actresses. Alan Bennett , Michael Frayn and Clive Swift contribute to this celebration of her talents.
Producer Gabrielle Osrin ; Editor Ben Frow

Contributors

Unknown:
Patricia Routledge
Unknown:
Alan Bennett
Unknown:
Michael Frayn
Unknown:
Clive Swift
Producer:
Gabrielle Osrin
Editor:
Ben Frow

Highlights include Pearl Jam, Franz Ferdinand , Muse, Primal Scream, Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, Maximo Park , Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Streets, Dizzee Rascal and the Raconteurs. Presented by Zane Lowe and Jo Whiley. Producer Stephanie McWhinnie

Contributors

Unknown:
Franz Ferdinand
Unknown:
Maximo Park
Unknown:
Dizzee Rascal
Presented By:
Zane Lowe
Presented By:
Jo Whiley.
Producer:
Stephanie McWhinnie

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Open University/General Interest Repeats not indicated
2.00 Cell City City Works 50425 2.30 Snapshots Building the Future 9470512 2.45 Truth Will Out
Mapping the Human Genome Will Transform Medicine 5996609 3.00 Earth, Life and Humanity 57715 3.30 Open Advice: Exam Success 53512 4.00 Unearthing the Woodwide Web 41777 4.30 Life on a Thread 25116 5.00 The Next Big Thing Nanotechnology 99203 5.30 The Mother of All Collisions

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