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Director Ida Lupino's electrifying film noir starring Edmond O'Brien and Frank Lovejoy. Family men Roy Collins and Gilbert Bowen set out on a fishing trip, but a hitch-hiker turns their holiday into a nightmare. Review page 54.
(1953) (BW)

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Director:
Ida Lupino
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Edmond O'Brien
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Frank Lovejoy
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Roy Collins
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Gilbert Bowen

The architecture of ancient civilisations was largely dictated by the types of ready available rocks. Dr lain Stewart embarks on a journey through Egypt. Greece and Italy to reveal how the formation of different rocks millions of years ago influenced the Egyptians to build pyramids, the Greeks to create squares and the Romans to form perfect circles.
Producer Paul Olding ; Series producers Belinda Cherrington and Jeremy Phillips

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Producer:
Paul Olding
Producers:
Belinda Cherrington
Producers:
Jeremy Phillips

How do fathers and their children cope with the loss of a mother through separation or death? Three single parent families are followed over the course of a year, providing an intimate insight into what happens when men are left holding the baby.
Carl lost his wife Becky to cancer in 2002, leaving him to bring up his lively 12-year-old daughter Naomi by himself. John's wife left him and their three young children to pursue a career. Forty-year-old Piers's wife Marilyn died soon after she gave birth to their second child, leaving him to cope with bereavement, a new-born baby and a two-year-old daughter. Can these men really provide the nurture and support traditionally associated with motherhood?
Director Nick Poyntz ; Producer Paul Dosaj Moment of the Week: page 61

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Director:
Nick Poyntz
Producer:
Paul Dosaj

15/18; series three. The teams are given the task of selling a modern art T-shirt design.
12.00 16/18; series three. The last three candidates attend job interviews with CEOs from billion-dollar companies. Who will be rejected?
Who is better, Trump or Sugar? There's only one way to find out: read [web address removed]

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2.00 Priestley Shorts An Inspector Calls. Analysis of key scenes. Followed by Study Ireland: Poetry
4.00 Miller Shorts Arthur Miller discusses the writing of four of his plays. With excerpts featuring Dustin Hoffman and Warren Mitchell.

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Arthur Miller
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Dustin Hoffman
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Warren Mitchell.

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