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1/2. Ramon Woolfe 's journey to Nicaragua to report on the birth of a new sign language. Concludes next Saturday. With voiceover and in-vision subtitles.
Repeated on Tuesday at 1225am on BBC1 (Revised rpt)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ramon Woolfe

Elegant period drama starring Ralph Fiennes and Liv Tyler.

St Petersburg in the 1820s: a bored aristocrat leaves the city to live on a large country estate he has inherited, but soon his friendship with his neighbour is seriously jeopardised.

Review page 49
(1999,12)

Contributors

Director:
Martha Fiennes
[Actor]:
Ralph Fiennes
[Actress]:
Liv Tyler

Archive performances by acts including Madness,
Dollar, Iggy Pop and Texas. Plus, new music by Simon Webbe and Damon Albarn 's latest project the Good, the Bad and the Queen. Steve Wright presents.
Executive producer Mark Hagen

Contributors

Music By:
Simon Webbe
Music By:
Damon Albarn
Unknown:
Steve Wright
Producer:
Mark Hagen

2/5. Coast. Ray Mears explores what Stone Age people would have eaten if they had lived on the British coastline - and discovers a fruit with more vitamin C than oranges. Combining archaeological findings with his own knowledge of the hunter/ gatherer lifestyle, he also finds a plant with more carbohydrates than potatoes and explains how to recognise a good piece of flint.
Shown last Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Mears

A romp through the history of the scouting movement in its centenary year as Neil Morrissey visits a modern-day scout camp, while
Ronnie Corbett , Bernard Cribbins , Stirling Moss and Duncan Bannatyne provide anecdotes of their experiences. Plus classic comedy excerpts from Spike Milligan , Little Britain and The Goodies.
Director/Producer Juliet Dwek

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil Morrissey
Unknown:
Ronnie Corbett
Unknown:
Bernard Cribbins
Unknown:
Stirling Moss
Unknown:
Duncan Bannatyne
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Producer:
Juliet Dwek

Bleak drama, from the director of Chocolat and The Cider House Rules, based on the bestselling novel by E Annie Proulx and starring Kevin Spacey and Julianne Moore. After the sudden death of his trailer-trash wife, unassuming nobody Quoyle moves to his ancestral home in a fishing village in Newfoundland with his daughter and finds a job writing a column for the local paper. As he becomes immersed in the lives of the people there, he establishes a special connection with a local single mother and widow. Wavev Prowse. Review page 49.
Director Lasse Hallstrom (2001, 15)

Contributors

Unknown:
Annie Proulx
Unknown:
Kevin Spacey
Unknown:
Julianne Moore.
Unknown:
Wavev Prowse.
Director:
Lasse Hallstrom
Ouoyle:
Kevin Spacey
Wavey Prowse:
Julianne Moore
Agnis Hamm:
Judi Dench
Petal Bear:
Cate Blanchett
Tert Card:
Pete Postlethwaite
Jack Buggit:
Scott Glenn
Beaufield Nutbeem:
Rhys Ifans
Billy Pretty:
Gordon Plnset
Dennis Buggit:
Jason Behr
Bayonet Melville:
Larry Pine
Silver Melville:
Jeanetta Amette

1/6. Dara O'Briain hosts the comedy quiz, with regulars Hugh Dennis and Frankie Boyle. Peep Show's David Mitchell , comedian and writer Andy Parsons and comics Russell Howard and Mark Watson guest. Shown last Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Dara O'Briain
Unknown:
Hugh Dennis
Unknown:
Frankie Boyle.
Unknown:
David Mitchell
Unknown:
Andy Parsons
Unknown:
Russell Howard
Unknown:
Mark Watson

2/6. David Blaine , personalised number plates and even his own appetite are comedian
Marcus Brigstocke 's targets for Orwellian oblivion. But will gatekeeper Paul Merton allow them through?
Shown last Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
David Blaine
Unknown:
Marcus Brigstocke
Unknown:
Paul Merton

The first of a double bill celebrating the "hardest working man in showbusiness", who died on Christmas Day. This documentary looks at how
Brown was influential in the creation of funk music in the 1960s, and how his defiant, energy-driven groove quickly became synonymous with African-American identity in troubled times.
Producer Alastair Laurence ; Series producer William Naylor

Contributors

Producer:
Alastair Laurence
Producer:
William Naylor

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